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Welcome to my Blog! I will be using this to post sneak peeks from portrait sessions, announcement specials, and to help you get to know me and my photographic style.
In a few words, I am an on-location, natural light, lifestyle photographer. I strive to capture the organic moments of every stage of life. The real moments. The natural interactions. The ones that will evoke emotion, every time you reflect on them.
I am a wife, a mother, a daughter, a sister, a friend. I am a photograher and a speech-language pathologist. I am a perfectionist yet still a big kid at heart.
I hope you enjoy your visit enough to add me to your regular blog reads. I also hope that from time to time, you give me some feedback by leaving me a comment.
~ Kimberly Svenson
Maci and her Mom and Dad drove from St. Petersburg last week for their session so I was a little more worried about the weather than usual. I did have a back-up plan, but I really love shooting in a settings where I can work with natural light and find that most babies and children do better in a non-studio type situation. I was biting my nails hoping we escaped the summer afternoon and evening thunderstorms for several hours prior to their session. The skies were getting that ominous gray, and I was beginning to think we were going to have to go with plan B. But, we got LUCKY! The weather held out and we ended up with a pretty mild evening, considering we are in Florida and it's late June. In fact, it is the only evening out of fourteen that did not involve thunder and lightning.
Maci was a perfect angel and seemed to read my mind. She looked up when I hoped she would, ate her toes, sat, rolled, smiled and giggled. She has the most amazing BLUE eyes that just seemed to sparkle. It was great to meet you Beth and Travis! I can't wait to document Macey's growth and her milestones over the next several months.
I got to meet sweet Eli when he was just 5 days old. Little Eli's mom and I go way, way back. We both started our "big girl" jobs as therapists (her a Physical Therapist, me a Speech Therapist) together, just out of college and graduate school. We have been friends ever since, through all the crazy ups and downs that life has brought us. I am beyond thrilled that we now have something else to share - Motherhood. Congratulations Kristy and Mark! Eli is pure perfection! You are a great team and are already amazing parents. Sit back and enjoy every moment of your sweet baby boy! Thank you for the honor of photographing Eli! Enjoy your sneak peek!
It was HOT and HUMID on Tuesday evening, the typical hit you like a ton of bricks conditions we experience in Sarasota Summers. First up is nine-month old Sloan and her parents. They traveled all the way from California to visit their Sarasota Family. Sloan was such a smiley baby and quite easily amused. Thank you for the opportunity to capture three generations of the "B" family. Enjoy Part one of you Sneak Peek!
With a little help from Aunt Bonnie (and some encouragement from me), I was able to document a BIG milestone in Sloan's life - her first bow! I think she wears it well and see lots of bows in her future.
Stacy thanks for being a good sport, I know you aren't a fan of the grass - I think it was worth it!
Grandpa and Grandma "B" with their granddaughters
I am beyond late in posting this sneak peek. It was most certainly not out of lack of excitement, in fact, it was the opposite. I totally overshot this session and needed to clear off my hard drive before I could start processing the images.
The initial reason for the session was to document sweet Ivy's third birthday. She is one little ham and is full of personality! I couldn't resist getting some of her beautiful big sister and mom and dad too. In order to make-up for my extreme tardiness, this sneak peek is obnoxiously large. Enjoy, there are lots more to come. Thanks for being so patient!
Nina was a shy, but sweet little girl who definitely did NOT want to have her pictures taken. She did not like the trees or anything that might involve a chance of encountering bugs. I thought I won her over with my Smarties and Pez candies, but that was very short-lived. We briefly talked about Princesses, Elmo and Friends and Bush Gardens and her upcoming Barbie birthday party, all of which brought smiles to her face. But, Nina's true personality really came out when she hit the fountains at Bay Front Park. We had a great time splashing around and managed to complete her session before the big rain storm came in. Check out four-year old Nina's BEAUTIFUL blond curls and amazing eyes.
I met Mia when photographing her baby sister. I couldn't resist the chance to capture some images of four-year old Mia. She was one of the sweetest, most cooperative, helpful, and fun little girls I've ever photographed. I absolutely loved this series of images. Mia was a natural in front of the camera. No cheesey smiles, no pouts, just real emotion. I love that I was able to capture the amazing connection between mother and daughter.
Caroline is nine months! NINE! It feels like just yesterday that she was born, but I can't remember life without her. It's like she's been in my heart forever. My sweet Caroline is just getting sweeter. She is B.U.S.Y. these days. I have a feeling, she's only going to get busier. She's clapping, doing "so big", has started saying Mama and really means it, does some signs for more and up, crawls pretty efficiently, pulls to stand, and is starting to cruise. She dances to music (especially hip hop) as we noticed while waiting at Madelyn's dance class and at the Rays game. She is sleeping a little better these days, usually only up once or twice each night. I'm not going to lie, she has me (and the rest of our family) tightly wrapped around her little finger.
I attempted to do a 9-month session with her. Unfortunately, she's already got PCS (Photographer's Child Syndrome) and it lasted less than 5 minutes. But, these images are a pretty good representation of Caroline at 9 months.
