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Monthly Archives: February 2012

VEGAS, Baby! | Chapel Hill Photographer

Well hellllloooooo strangers! When I went to put this up today, I hardly remembered how to log into my blog… it’s been way too long! As I believe most of you know, the reason I’ve been MIA here is that I went to Las Vegas for the Wedding and Portrait Photographers International conference… and if…

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Joda - Great, retro-feel shots. The first photo could be a post card!

Bert - You and your roomie PAID a couple to take THEIR wedding photo? That must be something unique to Vegas.

Meg - Can’t wait to see the presentation! And I think “plane window” should be its own genre. Hmmm… a megapixie blog-guests collective exhibit?

annemie - I think a collective exhibit is an AWESOME idea, Meg! Would you like to be my curator? Seriously… let’s brainstorm this! So many talented photogs out there!

Terri Keefer - It was so great seeing you dear friend. Our time was too brief. Next year? xo

Dilip Barman - That sounds exciting! I’m glad you got to go to WPPI. Join PPNC sometime – we’re in the midst of our annual convention which has lots of great information, speakers, and vendors. I would love to hear what your Ignite presentation was about. Thanks for sharing and welcome back!

Dilip

For Esme, with Love (no squalor) | Chapel Hill Newborn Photographer

Last fall, as I approached 200 “likes” on Facebook, I asked my fans to help me reach that next milestone, and within a matter of hours, not only was I approaching 200, but I was rapidly closing in on 250! I know you guys are the best – I hope I tell you that often…

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beth - gorgeous, the purple dress really stands out in the pics.

Nancy - That first picture is an amazing look inside her little baby thoughts. She looks so wise and confident!

Courtney - Absolutely stunning! Love, love, love… :)

Bert - Beautiful. All of them. The first B&W is especially nice. What a sweet Valentine’s day posting.

kate - These are all wonderful. You’ve captured the sweetness of the baby and her mother’s wonder and delight so well. The smiles these pictures provoke make us all winners!

Kathleen - absolutely beautiful!

Daniel - Absolutely beautiful phots of two beautiful people! These photos bring back to the special moments I shared with my children at that age…thank you.

Andy - Such fantastic photos of two beautiful young women.

Annemie - You know, I have to admit that it didn’t even occur to me that I was posting this right before Valentine’s Day, but you’re right: it’s totally appropriate! What love is better?!?!

A Happy Ending | Hillsborough Newborn Photographer

Does everyone remember Beth? Around this time last year, I had the privilege of telling her story. It wasn’t an easy decision, but knowing how many other families go through what she had gone through, she wanted to share her journey in the hopes that it might help breach the silence that too often accompanies…

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Nancy Mathias - Annemie,
As you know, this is one of the hardest things I deal with in my chosen profession. I just read a blog post shared on Facebook by another midwife by a mother whose baby was stillborn. I think one of the MOST important things we do as midwives is to support and try to reassure these women that there is nothing they did to cause this and that there was nothing they could do to prevent it. I am so happy for Beth and her family that their Rainbow baby is here but I know she will always grieve the baby that only lives in her heart. Thank you both for sharing.
Nancy

annemie - Nancy – you raise such an important point, and I apologize that I didn’t point it out in my post! Yes, yes, YES: loss is never erased, no matter how much time passes or what wonderful things may come in the interim. When I think of my own losses now, it is always bittersweet – they were both so hard, and yet in the end, they were both necessary to bring me to where I am today. I shouldn’t speak for Beth, though, so if I did, or appeared to, my apologies, again. And Nancy, thank you for ALL that you do in your wonderful, important line of work! XO

Bert - That was such a touching story that you posted previously. Thank you, and Beth especially, for sharing her heartbreaking story and now this heartwarming episode in her life. Congratulations to Beth and her family.

Angela - Annemie and Beth
I’d never been able to find the post about Beth being the technophobic luddite that I am. I’ve finally had a chance to read and view the pictures. You wrote the story beautifully Annemie. The photos of Beth are somewhat haunting but at the same time she looks stunning. And the last two pictures of the girls, well, what can I say? Those eyes!