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Welcome Baby Sophie Jo : Tri-Cities Newborn Photography

Hey folks! You’ve probably noticed I’ve been derelict with the blog posts lately. Besides photo shoots and the gazillion albums I’ve been designing, I’ve also been exercising my editorial alter ego.ย  Associated Press has me shooting the Washington high school basketball tournaments in my old stomping ground the Yakima SunDome. One set of championship games down, two more weeks to go! Boy I can’t tell you the last time I shot at 1600 ISO. Talk about ugly grain. But it’s good to know my trigger finger is still up to par. If I get a chance I’ll post you some fun stuff from it.

In the mean time, I just had to show you this cutie patootie from a recent newborn session. Little miss Sophie Jo was such a sweetheart, and such a good sleeper! We did the session at her grandmother’s house. I just loved using all her antiques for the photos. Let me tell you, this baby girl already has the whole family wrapped around her tiny little finger. What a lucky family!

Enjoy!


Steve - March 3, 2010 - 5:20 pm

Killer shots, you do a great job on all your sessions.

robin cornett - March 3, 2010 - 6:16 pm

What a darling baby–I envy that hair! The pictures are just lovely, especially on that chair. Gorgeous!

JaNae - March 3, 2010 - 7:18 pm

precious! Love the antiques – so sweet

VIctoria - March 3, 2010 - 8:38 pm

She is adorable! The pictures came
out in great quality.

Terri - March 4, 2010 - 7:36 am

Beautiful poses!Great background!Super adoradle baby…looks just like her Auntie ๐Ÿ˜‰

Bethany Gilbert - March 4, 2010 - 9:08 am

Gorgeous! So jealous of the props! You did a great job!

KayLa - March 4, 2010 - 10:06 am

She is so cute! You did a really great job at taking it! So cute! What a cute name too. ๐Ÿ™‚ Amazing!

Joe - March 4, 2010 - 5:39 pm

Great shots, Great props, and she’s obiviously relaxed. What a sweetpea.

Colleen Donovan - March 4, 2010 - 11:01 pm

I can’t believe that hair! And I love the name Sophie. ๐Ÿ™‚ I need another baby…

Cathy - March 5, 2010 - 7:46 am

She’s as beautiful as her mama. Love the baby in the basin, all the pictures are beautifully done with great coloring. Especially like the toes!

Cate - March 5, 2010 - 7:51 am

Wonderful job in capturing the essence of a newborn at it’s best. Great composition, great model!

Tina K - March 5, 2010 - 7:52 am

What a cuite. Love the photo of her sleeping in the chair. Congratulations Traci.

John - March 5, 2010 - 7:59 am

Tracie,
Nice pictures, good props, beautiful baby. Congratulations! These photos are going to be perfect when her date shows up for the senior prom.

Mike Lockart - March 5, 2010 - 8:32 am

Wonderful pictures of one of the prettiest babies I have ever seen. Very cute.

David - March 5, 2010 - 8:43 am

Best looking baby in Southeast Washington

Catherine McMackin - March 5, 2010 - 11:24 am

Sophie is such a perfect subject. She is precious! I don’t know anyone who has cuter pictures of their baby.

Sandy - March 5, 2010 - 11:25 am

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.

gary - March 5, 2010 - 11:26 am

Awesome pictures and a beautiful baby.

Lucy - March 5, 2010 - 12:53 pm

Sandy did a wonderful job and was such a pleasure to work with. I am the Proud Grandma! Thank you everyone for the compliments on the baby and my antiques!

Kevin Shenefield - March 5, 2010 - 1:25 pm

What a doll Sophie Jo is! Looks just like her Auntie ๐Ÿ™‚
Fantastic camera work as well!

Julia - March 5, 2010 - 5:20 pm

Traci,
How could anything be more beautiful? Little Sophie is so darling and a natural at taking photos already!We’re sure she’ll grow up to be a model! What can we say? It runs in the family! Lots of love!

-Aunt Judy & Julia

Terryn - March 5, 2010 - 8:23 pm

I really like the colors in these photos, very soft. Super cute baby.

Susan - March 6, 2010 - 4:36 am

What an adorable baby and wonderful shots!

Michelle Hebert - March 6, 2010 - 9:45 pm

Awwwwww! Love these pictures! These are so beautiful…the parents must be thrilled! Love the furniture!

Jessica - March 8, 2010 - 4:51 am

aaww what a pretty baby girl! The pictures are all very cute!

Patty - March 10, 2010 - 7:11 pm

Traci…I am tearing up from these pictures…she is absolutely beautiful,just like all the Hoffman girls.
Love the photographers eye. The soft colors and antiques are perfect together….Makes me wanna pat that little rear and smell that little head!! Can’t wait to meet her. ;<)

Linda - March 10, 2010 - 7:37 pm

Great pictures! Beautiful baby and she is so lucky she has a great Mother!!:)

Talitha - March 11, 2010 - 8:58 am

I’m so glad you shared this link with me. These pictures turned out so cute. I just love the toes one and the black and white on the washbasin stand. What an adorable little subject.

Sandy Summers Russell - March 11, 2010 - 9:56 am

Oh my goodness! Thank you everyone for all your lovely comments. Beautiful little Sophie Jo and her family were just a dream to work with. I have the most awesome clients ๐Ÿ™‚

Kary Pink Mathews - March 13, 2010 - 12:04 pm

I love love love these pictures she is darling!!!

Ginette Sundin - May 25, 2010 - 5:08 pm

That last shot is just perfect. Love those toes!

The “G” Family : Moses Lake Portrait Photographer

Stand back because this is going to be a ginormous photo post. I couldn’t narrow down my choices, so I figure I’ll just post a bunch.

What a fun, fun family I had the honor of photographing. They laughed and joked the entire time. The weather was just perfect too, especially for this time of year when it’s usually so overcast and dreary in Moses Lake. This session was special because I also got to photograph the two girl’s grandparents as well. What a sweet and tender relationship they share. Thanks so much for letting me be there to capture that.

Don’t forget about the new blog comment contest too! Ten different comments wins you a free 8×10. Get 20 comments and you’ll get upgraded to a 12×18 print. Nothing is cooler than free!


gina&tony - February 11, 2010 - 3:37 pm

ok a) LOVE the new blog! yaayyy! b) also love this session. ๐Ÿ˜€ the second to the last is just perfect. gorgeous!

mandiimae - February 11, 2010 - 4:31 pm

i love the one with them by the lake holding hands! oooh so precious. ๐Ÿ™‚

Stuart (UK) - February 11, 2010 - 5:14 pm

What lovely pictures ๐Ÿ™‚

EC - February 11, 2010 - 5:27 pm

These are LOVELY. The photos are stunning and I actually REALLY like the clothes they chose to wear…total color pop with the landscape behind them!!
Great job!

tami - February 11, 2010 - 9:11 pm

very nice! 3rd from the bottom is my favorite!

Colleen Donovan - February 11, 2010 - 10:50 pm

So cute! I love the light and the colors. You always do such a great job Sandy! ๐Ÿ™‚

Joanna Turgeon - February 23, 2010 - 10:30 am

I love the “ta da” photo with the girls. And the ones of mom/daughter. Nice job!

Bethany Gilbert - April 25, 2010 - 11:16 am

Beautiful shots of a beautiful family! Love their outfits and the locations. Great job!

Brand New Blog Day!

Welcome to Summerland Photography’s brand new blog! Isn’t it pretty? Take a few moments to peruse around and check out all the new features. You’ll find information pages, a contact form, RSS subscription, and portfolio galleries.You may also notice that all content from my old blog was brought over, except, sadly, for all the lovely comments you’ve left for me over the last few years. Hmmmm, it looks like a contest is in this blog’s future to get the new comments rolling don’t you think?

Well how about this, when ten different comments are left in the first two weeks of a portrait post, the client gets a FREE 8×10! If twenty comments are left in the first two weeks I’ll upgrade it to a FREE 12×18! And to make it fair for all my past clients, for the entire month of February, comments left for any post on this blog, no matter when it was photographed, will also qualify for the free print!

Stay tuned, a brand new photo post is coming soon! Don’t forget to subscribe to my RSS so you get all the latest and greatest.

C. Davidson - February 6, 2010 - 4:59 pm

The new blog design is fabulous, Sandy! Love the galleries as well. Can’t wait to see all the gorgeous light and beautiful moments in 2010!

Sandy Summers Russell - February 6, 2010 - 8:36 pm

Hey thanks! I’m excited to see what this year brings too. I think that’s my favorite part about being a photographer. When you wake up in the morning you never know what will have been created by the time you go to sleep. How cool is that!

Kimberly Fetrow - February 8, 2010 - 2:36 pm

Beautiful. Truly Beautiful. LOVE it. Wonderful images, patterns and colors.

Bethany Gilbert - April 25, 2010 - 11:17 am

Very nice!

Carla Olsen - December 2, 2010 - 11:17 pm

IM GETTING EXCITED FOR ALL YOUR SPECIAL AND STUFF COMING UP AND CANT WAIT FOR YOU TO TAKE PIC FOR US AGIAN BABY JADA IS DUE IN FIVE WEEKS ALMOOST THERE!

Welcome Baby Camille : Prosser Newborn Photography

Sweet baby Camille you are just as pretty as your name. What a joy it was photographing this beautiful new family. I was also super excited to find out that Camille’s parents, Amy and Jon, are former Midwesterners like myself. They’re from Iowa and Kansas respectively while I’m from Nebraska. We got to compare bad weather stories from back home and lament about how dusty it is here in eastern Washington. But unlike this flatlander, they actually know how to ski. I’m so jealous!

Enjoy the photos! I think my favorite is the first one…no wait, maybe the last one; those bee stung lips are to die for! Oh I just can’t decide. I like them all!

baby Camille Tri-Cities newborn photography

Prosser newborn photographer

Tri-Cities newborn photography cute baby toes

Mother and Child Prosser family photography

Kennewick newborn photography

robin cornett - January 26, 2010 - 4:55 am

What a PRETTY baby! I love the one of mom and baby in front of the window–such a lovely peaceful image.

Annie Warren - January 28, 2010 - 7:34 am

Oh she is SO precious and tiny! Beautiful work Sandy…. so soft and delicate, and the light is lovely.

Colleen Donovan - February 11, 2010 - 10:52 pm

I have to stop looking at your baby posts. They make me want another one…

Sandy Summers Russell - February 11, 2010 - 11:44 pm

Hey as cute as you look after having your last I’d say go for it! Love your new haircut I saw on your FB profile ๐Ÿ™‚

Shaysta: Moses Lake Senior Photography

Meet ShaystaMoon. This lovely Moses Lake High School senior is just about one of the coolest teenagers Iโ€™ve met. Iโ€™m doing my typical chatting a mile a minute to get to know her while I take her senior pictures. โ€œSo Shaysta,โ€ I ask. โ€œWhat do you like to do for fun? Whatโ€™s your hobby?โ€ Here Iโ€™m expecting the typical sports or general hobby response. But no, not miss Shaysta.

โ€œI like to weld,โ€ she responds casually.

What!? Thatโ€™s just about the coolest response Iโ€™ve gotten to date. Thatโ€™s awesome! Sheโ€™s making a giant flying metal pig for her Senior Project. Now that, is something I have to see.

Anyway, this was just a quick photo shoot so sheโ€™d have a picture in time for the yearbook deadline. This spring we are going to tear it up for her full Summerland Photography Senior Session. Stay tuned. Maybe Iโ€™ll make her bring her welding gear. Now that would be something to see.

Moses Lake Senior Photography Shaysta

Moses Lake Senior Pictures

Moses Lake Senior Photograher

Tina K - March 5, 2010 - 7:55 am

Picture of her in the welding gear would be really cool. Look forward to seeing those.

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