Lahaina, HI 5:45pm
a walk on the beach after shave ice under the banyan tree….a maui vacation before there are three.
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Oooh! I would love to see more “posts just to post” ! Wonderful!
OH my goodness. these are beautiful
The first one is simply amazing!
how did i miss this post? you amazeballs, KH. s is crazy beautiful.
It’s hard to explain the connection I feel to my clients when I get done with a session. I don’t want to stop chatting, I want to go to dinner and learn all about them instead of just studying their connections from behind the lens. After this session I felt exactly the same way. I have been referring clients for several months now, but when I received Jeff’s email and saw his work, I was flattered that he wanted me to capture his family on their vacation. (And, apparently, I only have to be flattered to take a session
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I recommended a beach that I use a lot and was flabbergasted when I arrived. The beach was covered in people and debris from recent bonfires. My jaw hit the sand for just a moment and I considered having them follow me to a nearby bay. I am pretty sure I rattled aloud all of our options while they stared at me and smiled politely. Sorry guys, I am not great at hiding my feelings. We decided to stay and I am so glad we did. It was a gorgeous night with gorgeous people and somehow we managed to stay out of the blackened wood piles, and holes in the sand (thanks, for saving me when I was walking backwards….that could have been disastrous).
Be sure to check out Jeff Seltzer Photography, if you are looking for anything other than photos of your children to fill your wall space…he has some gorgeous work.
xo, kellie
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Beautiful, Kellie. As always. Your work is always beautiful light and real emotion. It makes me happy.
Gorgeous light! I cant wait for our session!!!
Just beautiful Kellie. Such a lovely location and amazing light
Wow! I am really feeling the beautiful connection between each family member <3
It was such a pleasure meeting you Kellie. You made the photo session so enjoyable and so easy. The pictures look awesome and I cannot wait to see the rest. Mahalo!!
I’m glad you stayed too. These are gorgeous!
Stunning work! You can feel the love this family has for each other. And all but one shot makes it look like they’re the only ones on the beach, so nice decision to stay. The light has such a lovely dreamy feel to it.
are you sure you weren’t talking about the beaches on our island? lol i can’t image that Maui’s beach like that, you would never know from these photos either btw. just gorgeous!
I want to go to there. You seriously rock my socks off KH! wayne and garth baby… w&g!
And Jeff’s work is amazing! I’m speechless. gorgeous art, gorgeous family!
these are just lovely!
These are so beautiful Kellie!! I’m glad you didn’t leave! Love the drift wood…
Love! I think he picked the BEST to capture his family while on vacation! Beautiful family.. beautiful pictures!
630am bikram yoga
8am end of shivasana
bath with a new swimsuit
women’s room walgreens
beach for lunch
quick nap
after school ride
beach
i love maui
10 on 10 this month. Now, head over to see Gretchen Davis’ 10!
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I love maui too! wish I could live there… right beside you.. and follow you around 
he he.
Love these!
I love the way you see things! Great collection of images! xoxo
Such a relaxed and routine day. I always adore what you capture, Kellie. I want to be right there with you.
I was just longing to see some of your beach/Maui shots the other day!
i want to come for a visit. 
Wow. What a beautiful beach. What a beautiful day. Interesting bathroom shot : )
I can see why you love it where you live…it looks so quiet even in the action shots!
um, just the 6:30am yogi has you in hero status in my mind! i think i need to move to maui…
K, your girls on the beach bath with that late day sun? Swoon. And hot yoga at 630am? Burn baby burn…
i want to come and do yoga with you! and if ever we come to maui…you have to take me to all these places.
Hawaii seen through your eyes is exceptionally stunning, Kellie! Hope our paths cross again one day
Your life looks fabulous. Wanna trade for a week?
I’m serious.
If I could post more than 10 images, I could show you that girls can be just as crazy as boys.
I chose to show one from each hour that I liked…that made my house look semi-calm. Oh, the joy of motherhood, the hardest job I have ever had.
I am so thankful for my camera that helps me find the light and humor throughout my day.
If you want to see more of the 10 on 10 group that I am a part of, please go to Sara Tegman | St Loius, Missouri Family Photographer.
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How cute is ruby?!? And I soooo agree girls can be just as crazy as boys! These are beautiful kellie!
I mean Syd
Haha! These are so awesome. Your girls and my wild boys would get along so well Play date next time I come to Maui! Maybe this Fall…..and photos from you of course!
LOVE these The light in your house is stunning!
My girls and I love the ‘flying’ one.
These make me laugh out loud! My girl sleeps in the basket, too. Love your perspective, Kellie!
Don’t think I can pick a fav. All of them. Perfection.
Oh gosh!! I love this day! My little Alexa would have a blast with your girls, she is a crazy little thing and hangs with the boys like she’s one of them. These are such fun captures!
LOVE these. Love love LOVE them. Real life with REAL children. Excellent captures!
awesome as always. your house looks like it’s amazing kellie.
Beautiful day! Your work if so soulful and amazing! I’m a big fan of your presets, I pretty much can’t live wihthout them
Love your day, love the light, love the details. Your fam is beautiful.
These are just brilliant – LOVE the toilet paper and the curls in the laundry basket!
and it IS hard isn’t it… You are so right about the camera helping find and focus on the beauty in it all
I keep missing these! ahh! Please start emailing me personally so I wont miss another! hehe. Love each one!
oh dear, that laundry basket shot! and girls are MORE crazy than boys, I swear it!
Several weeks back a friend of mine asked if I would help start a Photography Club for the upper classmen at my daughter’s school (she goes to a pre-k through 12). Of course, being the crazy passionate person I am, I excitedly said “absolutely!” I hoped that just one student might catch the “photography bug” of seeing the world differently. It was only before our first class that I panicked and thought I was SO not qualified to stand in front of teenagers and teach them about exposure, light, lines, and perspective. Why would they trust me? And for some reason I thought if I showed them some of my work, it might prove to them my passion for the craft, and that I just might know what I am doing. I am not sure it proved anything to them, but I am having a ball teaching this group of bright students, who seem to be catching on at a lightening pace. Here is a short version of the group of work that I showed them.
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OMG- I saw me on there Very cool. I love your work Kellie! And how cool to share your passion with those students!
Some of my all time favorites!! You rock!
How cool! Can I come to that class
i wanna take your class toooooooooooooo!
I want to live in Hawaii just to take a class from you! The images you make are oh so beautiful.
Lucky students!
Your images are amazing. Those teens are pretty lucky to learn from you. (You should show them the comments–how many of us would do anything to live close to you to learn from you!
Awesome work. Those are truly moments that can never be re-created. I love your honesty that shows through so beautifully through your images – I’m sure the students loved it!
This is me angry. I came here to get my Kellie fix… and then saw I totally missed a post from you! Here it is March.. and I’m just now seeing this! he he.
I dont think I could love you & your work more than I do.. ok wait… yep. I love you more after this post. A MAZ ING.
Every time I check in to see what you are up to I am so rejuvenated and comforted by your work. Your eye for the important things in life is more intuitive than most. I love, love your photographs!! You are more than qualified to share your passion and insights with those kids. Wow! They are so fortunate and what a rewarding experience for you!
These photos are stunning. Thanks for sharing!
I have been an admirer of your work since I found it through Molly Flanagan and the 10 on 10′s!
What lucky kids your students are! Here are some words I think would be perfect for teaching anyone “the art of seeing”.
I got turned on to photography in my Junior year of High School and it changed my life. I know your students will be inspired by these words because your work seems to reflect this…so keep going and don’t stop!
Here are the words:
“What defines extraordinary? What should it describe? The elite? The astounding? What about the ordinary? The mundane and common? What about all the parts of our world that fall in between the extremes?
Could extraordinary be defined by them? Of course. You see, the ordinary is the part of our world that is somehow the most extraordinary. It’s the part of our world where beauty is interlaced into each detail.
And character is found in every nook and every cranny. It’s the part of our world that can knock our socks off. Leave us with tears in our eyes. It’s the part of our world that can change minds and influence world leaders. It’s the part that’s common to us all. It’s there for us. It’s all there every day for every one of us. But we walk by it. So many of us just walk by every day. Never knowing and never caring.
But some do. Some see the detail and the beauty . The character and the harmony. They see every perfection and imperfection. They see the sum of the parts and they see it become greater than the whole. They see everything. Everything become beautiful. Everything become- extraordinary.
Show someone. Show someone first the ordinary, and then show them the extraordinary and see if either one of you can tell the difference.”
-Dietrich Ludwig
Talk about waiting until the last minute this month. When this posts, I will have finished my last shot only 6 hours earlier. It was a day of errands and not very much “seeing” or creativity. Each month I think I will be more creative the next time, and each month, I hastily shoot and post. Being that it is only February, I think I will make a resolution to plan my 10 on 10, how’s that for a resolution? For those of you new to my blog, a 10 on 10, created by the great Shannon Harrison, is 10 images of our everyday lives posted on the 10th of each month. Here are my 10, posted in haste.
Mama’s new shoes in which she can’t walk
Caught in the garage
To the other side
Costco
Swimming lessons
Groceries
Quick headstand
Before clean-up
Now head over and visit the uber duber talented Kristy Lane | DFW | Lifestyle Photographer who is also participating in the 10 on 10 project.
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Oh those curls! they get me every time. Love these Kellie!
This is awesome, Kellie! I just adore it!! xoxo
Love!!!!!
Lovely! ….Ordinary day, let me treasure you!!!
LOVE these! And why is it so nice and warm where you live? Man…I need to talk to the Army to get us to Hawaii too…
Every time we post our 7 on 7 I’m so excited, because I know it’s your turn soon
These may be last minute, but they are amazing! That head stand shot *kills* me! And the locker room is a close second fav. All are fantastic.
These are such amazing “last-minute” shots! Love that head stand image. Just beautiful!
I’m just going to second the curls and headstand. Fabulous stuff!
i love your photographs.
Love the headstand! They are all perfect in their own perfect way. I’m curious to see what “more creative” could possibly be?!
Kellie your processing makes me swoon every time. love the headstand
It may have been shot in haste, but I would never know without you telling us. I love the look at your day!
Just found your lovely photos through the 10 on ten and may i say, you have won me over, these photo’s are so stunning! much love from your newest fan
If these are unplanned I can’t wait to see what you do when you plan next time! These are all so great. Love so many of these. Especially the cute upside down curls and the locker room!
love the shower curtain and the light
Baby on her head….too much fun! B&W swim lessons is so awesome.
Hottie shoes mama! Love that little “headstand” shot. I always long for HI after seeing your 10s.
if this was an uninspired day, then i think the world could not handle an inspired one. the internet would explode.
my fav–the 5th frame. seriously, kel!
i see london, i see france! lol! these are great. I always love your processing.
Your pictures are so fabulous!
Would love to see ya sometime!
LOL…those must be those oprah winfrey five minute shoes. baby on head is classic..love your ten this month
Just another day of exhilarating moments for my 10 on 10. 10 photos from one day and posted on the 10th day of the month.
Now please head over and visit another talented 10 on 10er amy boring | california lifestyle photographer.
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super duper love all the hair goin’ on this month…the curls are beautiful! and a wonderful story of your day. happy new year, friend!
a beautiful set of photos! just gorgeous!
Love your photos
Im with Kristin, THAT HAIR! That toothbrush shot is bound to be a favorite when she’s all grown. So touching.
Those curls are the bomb. Love all of these…your family is precious. Happy New Year!
beautiful amazing goodness!
love that sleeping shot. you have adorable kids. best wishes for you in 2012!
Gorgeous…all of them…love how the dark moody tones just draw more attention to LIGHT.
Love !
What a yummy day. Adore the processing for these and the teeth brushing, what a precious moment to have forever.
so cute! i love seeing SNOW in your images lately
The nap image is my favorite – great framing. And ditto what Shannon said!
Yep. That toothbrush shot really gets me too. And the family shot rocks, so awesome that you did that!
We have so much of that same hair going on in our house right now! I always love seeing your girls. And I’m just so impressed that you threw a family shot in the mix. You get extra points for that. Beautiful.
Those curls, toes and swing. String shot just so cool and playful. Love daddy brushing teeth.
So Kellie, I somehow found you on instagram (through keli?) and now I’m finding your blog. I’m really not a stalker I am in love with your images. In love. So happy to find you here.
Kellie, beautiful shots! the toothbrush shot is also my favorite! were these processed with your presets? if so, which ones?
Thanks ladies!!
Daria, I think I used Milo (adjusted tone curve) Beauty and Dream. A handful of shots are presets that I haven’t released. Hope that helps!! Thank you!
Just stunning. I feel like I was actually there peeking in on your day. Thanks for that!
kellie, you’re an inspiring artist. breathtakingly beautiful. as always. x
your photos inspire me!
I just love them all, esp. your family documentation!
so perfect!
tara
I adore the way you document life. Brilliant!
I’m very interested in your new presets, do you know whether you’ll release them? I love the color presets I bought from you, they totally fit my style <3
Oh my! not one.. but TWO posts? I’m so slacking. You rock Kellie. I just want to move in with you for a few months.. follow you around…. can I?
Writing is stressful to me. I have powerful emotions and can never articulate my thoughts in a way that is most melodramatic. So, until I can figure out how to express myself more appropriately, I have decided to write in short scraps from my brain. It is entirely relevant, because if you have met me, I don’t control my brain to mouth ratio very well. So, here are a few of my scraps.
Cold.
Watching my girls embrace Grandmas, Grandpas, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins makes my tongue feel thick and my throat feel tight.
My heart feels warm.
Enjoying my Mom’s Christmas enthusiasm.
Fascinated by a fish that lives upside down when it has a full stomach.
Watching that fish die because it ate too much :-/
Playing with my old toys.
Rolling around in the snow.
Dancing with Papa.
My heart is full.
Excitement.
Magic.
Enjoy my 10 photos (okay 15) on the 10th that I am doing with many talented photographers. You can see more talent here with Kristin M. Young | Gainesville, Central Florida Photographer.
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The one with the sun flare taken from the porch perhaps? Yeah, I love that one. Great post! Sorry about the fish.
There is nothing like middle America Love your journaling shorts, they’re perfect and to the point. Sorry about Mr. Fish- he made for some fantastic images
OH no to the poor gold fish. I love these! Thanks for letting us peek into your Christmas <3
the window seat shot is perfection.
I am in love with these. Ditto Amy on the window seat…..I have dreamt of one for my little ones rooms. Family is home, no matter where you all are…..
What a wonderful trip to the midwest. Love these moments you’ve shared. Beautiful work!
love how you are soaking in the details of your visit. beautiful stuff kel! xo
I love these glimpses into other people’s days. So sweet, that snow looks just perfect.
silly woman–you don’t need to write a word—your pictures speak a thousand of them! loved looking at them this month!
beautiful!
It doesn’t get better than a shave ice and the beach, especially for a couple toddlers. This little family just moved from Seattle back to the Mom’s home in Hawaii. Their 3 year old daughter announced “my heart feels good in Hawaii” shortly after their move across the Pacific Ocean.
I could feel their warmth and love for each other as soon as I met them. I thoroughly enjoyed my time with them and felt I had new friends at the end of our session. Thank you! xx,
kellie
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Hey, I know these guys!!! I’m so happy to see them again through your photos! The b/w of mom & dad is so perfect – love it!
On a side note, Hawaii sounds so good right now – it’s 39 degrees and raining in Seattle today.
I really really really want to move to Hawaii just so you can capture my family! jeez Kellie… u rock.
What a wonderful family session, I’m almost completely speechless…You are insanely talented!! I love that I can feel the love and fun from this post…I’m totally grinning from ear to ear!
I love how you capture life! so fun. beautiful family!!
So much fun in your sessions! LOVE as always!
Such gorgeous work…love the story you tell with your pictures!!! Thanks so much for stopping by, friend, miss seeing you around!!
Such great shots. I love her bathing suit. What a cutie!
I’m in love! So Lahaina…love it! And what a gorgeous family!
she melts my heart and makes me crazy every single day.
she runs or skips everywhere she goes.
she shakes when she’s mad.
she screams when she’s exicted.
she starts at least one sentence a day with “when i was a boy…”
she thinks she can’t swim without her goggles.
she can’t say her “r”‘s and has a lisp.
she turns a rooms upside down in no more than 3 seconds.
my heart swells when she puts her arms around me, sometimes i can’t get my breath and a tear comes to my eye. i’m crazy in love with her.
i don’t want her to be 3.
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Don’t you just love how contently exhausted they are at the end of exciting days?
But I hear ya, I don’t want my baby to turn 3 either. Next year
Love what you wrote and of course love the pics. 3 is even better than 2 though! Every year keeps getting better.
Happy birthday!
I so LOVE 3. For me it’s the perfect blend of baby & independence.
My heart swells when I read your post and your images of her melt my heart.
i’d be completely in love with her too. happy birthday!!
First off, I just adore your work. Lovely.
Second, I LOVE three. My son is about three and a half and I totally agree with Erika. If I could freeze him at this age right now I would. I think it’s my favorite. Then again, I pretty much say that about any age.
sighhhhhhhhhhhh. love. love. love.
This is the sweetest! We use to call Hailey the Tazmanian devil:) Happy Bday to your baby:)
What a beautiful set of images, I really love the feel and processing of the last one!
melt!!!
Love your words – I can totally picture her in action.
i am so late in replying to this, but i just wanted to say that i LOVE this post and i love her
reading the one about sentence starting with “When I was a boy” slayed me!
love your pictures–extensions of your heart, for sure.
adore every single one! happy 3 to your beautiful little girl!
these are ALL so perfect. that last one takes my breath away.
This month I joined a group of photographers in a project called 10 on 10. The idea is to take 10 (or so) photos one day during the month and post them on the 10th of each month.
I decided it would be a perfect opportunity to capture my Ruby’s 5th birthday.
I am not quite sure how this happened. Me, having a 5 year old. I love her so much. Especially when she is sleeping. I know that sounds horrible, but when I stare at her tiny body, deep in slumber….not moving, I see her new freckles and her hair she twisted into a knot just before she nodded off…and, she’s not moving. I think of all the funny things she told me that day and how she can’t stop skipping even when she knows she’ll lose her slipper. I think of how she can’t help but swing her hips if there is music playing, and how she loves to sing herself to sleep. I smile thinking of how she introduced herself to her ballet class as “Ruby Do (pause) Ruby Dooby Do”. And, how she still gets so excited about balloons.
She is full of it…everything. Energy. Style. Attitude. Brains. And sometimes, even gratitude over the littlest things.
I love my Ruby Do.
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Now, go check out the uber talented Gretchen Davis | Portland Oregon Family Photographer.
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I love that black and white of your daughter! It all happens so fast….my oldest is almost twelve now! Love this set.
Love the layout of this Kellie. Very very cool!
happy birthday Ruby! love all of these minus the blender blow up. lol. bummer. ps. I call shannon’s ruby…ruby doobie…as well. I mean how can you not?
Happy Birthday little girl! Your processing is scrumptious! That B&W of her is darling. What a great day.
Happy Birthday Ruby! I love getting a glimpse into Ruby’s world and all the things she adores. Those pink balloons — what a wonderful surprise to wake up to!
i must meet her. i must hug her. i was just telling my husband something similar about cogan… he can’t help but sing all.the.time. it is like all that life inside is wanting to burst out.
Oh Kellie, your Ruby. What a simply perfect day for a new 5 year old. Her art work makes me happy. Such a hallmark piece. Can’t stop staring at that milkshake shot and that BW.
love. happy 5th b-day to your sweet girl! love how you documented her special day!
she is so adorable kellie! and i can totally understand loving them so much when they’re sleeping ; )
Fun, fun, fun! And happy birthday to your girlie!! Love these bits and pieces…happy you have joined us!
Oh my heart! Ruby Do, Ruby Dooby Do? Sigh. She looks simply precious. My Nathan turns five at the end of the month and it is fun to see the differences between 5 year old girl and 5 year boy!
Oh goodness that has to be the cutest introduction I have ever heard! I love these images. I love the love you have for your Ruby Do. I’m not sure how it happens either, but I too have a 5 yr old.
i love these shots kellie. i love how the shots seem to be on her eye level, like you’re seeing it through her eyes. i’m not sure how you do the color and darkness so well, but you do and i love it.
Seriously. adore adore adore.
So happy that Molly shared your name on her blog! Now I have another amazing blog to enjoy Cute post by the way. I love capturing those real moments with my kids. My daughter is 6 and my son is 4. Life is nothing short of busy-fun. Blessings to you <3
Wow! I love these! So great. Just when I think you can’t get any better…
So great!I love it
A glorious thing happened after I launched my first set of presets. I was miraculously cured from only seeing things in black and white…most of this was probably due to the fact that while the presets were in the creating and testing process, I got sick of them. Really sick of them. After the first launch, I had an overwhelming response asking me to release a color set. Well, I didn’t have a color set. In fact, I completely hated my own color processing! But, since I still had sessions to edit and I couldn’t possibly present an entire disc to my clients with only black and white images, I was forced to create something that I loved. At the beginning of the summer, I started creating a new color preset for each session that I shot. Again, since I am moody, most of my presets add mood and depth, and a film like feeling. They are not shiny and new. They are old and worn, just like my favorite pair of slippahs (that’s Hawaiian for flip flops).
I hope you love them as much as I do.
xx, kellie
COLOR SET FOR LIGHTROOM $45
COLOR SET FOR ACR $45
COLOR AND BW FILM SET FOR LIGHTROOM $80
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And because I have THE best testers in the world. I asked them to send me their favorites edited with my presets. I love these!!
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Hello Kellie, I’am a French Photographer and I’m fall in love with your new presets ! I love them ! What chance to test your work! I would have liked me ! :p
Hugs
great presets! I have found with Miss K, I love them! is the style of colors, I’m looking for! bravo! (excuse me for my english)
Vanessa.
ahhh!!! so beautiful!! [and sorry i didn't get my pics in in time ... i unplugged this weekend - will try to send some over when i get the monkey down her for her morning nap] xxo
thank you for creating these!!!!
beautiful my friend! BRAVO.
You have no idea how excited I am about this!!!! Yay! I have made a point to keep checking your site for color presets and today you just made my day! Thank you so much for sharing! Love all your work! Xoxo
OK, I know this is a silly question, but I’m only familiar editing in CS4. I’ve opened images a few times in ACR (but they were shot in jpeg), but I’m not really comfortable with it. Would these actions not work in Photoshop? I’m TOTALLY in love with this look; it just blows me away. It’s exactly what I’ve been looking for. Just wanted to see if there was a possibility that somehow they would work in CS4. Thank you so much, and beautiful job!!!
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Were these presets designed for Raw or Jpeg?
These are amazing, Kellie! I’m so impressed!
wow, kellie. these are so beautiful. i love your work.
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I agree, you have some GREAT testers! Your amazing presets make their fantastically composed and creative pics even BETTER!
I just got these presets yesterday and I LOVE them! Thank you so much!
fabulous presets .I love it.
i believe in what i do.
i believe that people need to remember these moments more than a perfect picture of them smiling. when i see a photograph of a family all smiling at the camera, it doesn’t prove to me they were happy in that moment. i am skeptical, i guess. i want to capture fleeting moments that you may not even remember having. the “in betweens” of your session. these are what make our lives unique. my good friend, molly flanagan, said this about my work…and i think she nailed what i have been trying to accomplish all along -
“it is awesome to go on vacation and have this incredible experience with your family. but to be able to come away with pictures that capture that delight is really incredible. you are not documenting the fun things they did on vacation, but recording how that time together makes their relationships stronger. not the specific memories, but the feeling of creating memories together.”
thank you, moll, that is exactly what i am trying to do.
and this family couldn’t have created memories in front of me any better. i love them. i immediately wanted to go home and have two more children.
and because that wasn’t really possible, i named a color preset for my upcoming set after them. nicoloff. used for this session.
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What fun, beautiful images. I adore the way you captured such fun moments and the love between them
These types of photos speak 1,000x more than the “perfect portrait”. These are wonderful and I can feel joy in them!
I was sucked into the emotions of these photos! Gorgeous session, esp. loved the last one!
Kel, this is definitely one of my favorite sessions of yours…if not THE favorite. I just love all the connection you caught, and what.gorgeous.images!!!!!
so beautiful, kellie. i don’t really even see sessions when i look at your family photographs. i see families. love. happiness. joy. connections. you capture the REAL so very very well.
Love your style Kellie! That last shot is perfection!
i CANNOT wait to come to maui next summer! i am totally hiring you to do a session with my family [aug 25-31...dont make plans ] we were just there last month, and i totally regretted not having a session, so i came home and started researching maui photogs…you were where i stopped looking
and can i just mention i am beyond ecstatic to hear you’re working on putting out some color presets!? which black and white did you use on these? i LOVE the soft chalky blacks!
These are AMAZING Kellie! She is an OC photographer that I admire…..love how you captured their family! Can’t wait till my boys are a little bigger and we come back to Maui….and can’t wait to do another session with you!
Fantastic. You did a great job at highlighting the love this family has for each other.
SIGH. One. you make me love this family. two, you make want to move to maui. and three. I adore you.
The second sentence captures it. I love it! That is what I strive for as a photographer as they are the most genuine moments. In my (limited) experience, it is what people love the most! I love, love, love these shots. I’ll also be looking for nicoloff soon
Ditto Rosina.
And I just have to add that with every new session you post I fall that little bit more in love with what you do. Your work is magical, but it can only be a reflection of who you are.
xx
Kellie…no words can express how I feel about these images..I know I already said this to you but…you gave me more than photographs…you gave my family a priceless gift! They are truly more beautiful than I EVER imagined….I love every single image! YOU my friend have a special gift..and I am so thankful to have found you:) Thank you again!!!! I cannot wait to see the rest!
this post has sucked me in. love. maybe even in love.
kellie, these shots are fabulous. truly. you do so much more than capture an image. you capture their essence. that is a gift, my friend. xo
p.s. I forget to say…your friend described what YOU DO perfectly When I look at these images…they bring out so many emotions and they make me so happy:) I know my husband loves me…but with these images..I can see the love…and that warms my heart sooo much:) I could go on and on….sooooooo thank you again:) Also, I am getting LR…I love your processing so much that I need to have your presets…and especially now that they will be named after us:) xoxoxo
be still my beating heart. such joy captured so beautifully. love your work miss hatcher. love it. xx
What a beautiful family. I love this so much. Outstanding.
This make me want to move to Hawaii, get really tan and sandy and just be. Love it, adore it, beautiful family… you rock.
stunning! beautiful job:)
Simply breathtaking, my friend. Love every little thing about this session. Beautiful work!
Gorgeous! I love these images and your thoughts behind them even more.
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful … to see your crew getting SO BIG, Shell … wow, time doesn’t stand still for us does it. I love seeing how happy you are here – you deserve all this & more! Beautiful work Kellie! I would say you captured them perfectly
Brillant. I love your style of photography. I want my photography to be more like this, but it is hard sometimes. Your amazing. And I am dying…..when are the color presets coming out? I am on the edge of my seat…
Thanks you so much, Chelsey!
one of the most inspiring sessions ive seen to date. gorgeous kellie.
color preset? for your upcoming set? is it really true? A-MAZING. cannot wait.
p.s. i’m honeymooning in hawaii next summer (trip has yet to be officially planned) and i might have to give you a call. . .
The colored tubes photos?! Swoon! I don’t think I will ever forget these images. Beautiful! You leave quite an impression.
amazing.
Love this Kelly! Agree with you!
im visiting your blog today from LET THE KIDS DRESS… oh my goodness… your work is so amazing! you capture the most beautiful moments and connections and your processing is to die for… i hope to buy your actions! first i must learn how to use lightroom…
this day she cried for almost 45 minutes, and now, i can’t even remember why.
but when the crying stopped and i went to check to see if she was ready to go, she was laying in the most beautiful light.
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She is just the cutest. I love her hair. That sure was some beautiful light. So moody.
Very beautiful light and child!
i love it…beautiful light in your hallway! and i love the moodiness of the processing for these
awh bless her heart. this would make me run and get my camera too! love all these!!
love!
gorgeous! and such a beautiful series of images that capture what it is like to live with a little girl!
Beautifuuuul! And Molly is right. You captured the girlness pefectly.
As a Mom of a 3.9 year old, I can relate. I just love these shots!
I swear PMS starts at 2. lovin’ the colors and moodiness– see your presets add emotion!
ahhh…i’m so glad to know i’m not the only one who has a child who will cry for long lengths of time for who knows why. lol and now you’ve just reminded me how important it is to capture those moments too…these moments fade too quickly. these photos are simply perfect to me! i absolutely adore them! xoxo
happenstance right? my kids look at me like im crazy when i shoot them when theyre crying. its too beautiful to pass up.
I look at these in amazement. How could a little girl on the floor be so perfect?! Yet it is. When I look at your images…..I feel. I’m not sure how else to put it. They heighten the senses, they intensify feelings. Wow.
amazing. i am i love with all of these images ♥
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Beautiful family bathed in golden light. Love your work, Kellie.
Beautiful perspective!
Gorgeous light.