Then last night happened. Funny thing though – she had messy, braided, bed-head, sweaty hair. She was wearing just a regular everyday Carter’s outfit and she had red ant bites all over her legs from the attempt at her pictures the night before and getting  set in a pile of red ants while mommy was 30 feet away drying desperately to get her picture in the weeds at the beach….So perfect conditions, right? OH and the sun was going down in about 1/2 hour. BUT on the other hand, she was very happy and acting silly. I thought – what the heck. I feel like playing with the camera, let’s take the baby out into the middle of the street and PLAY. Can’t HURT anything!!  Well what happened was nothing short of MAGIC. I have to admit that these are my favorite pictures of her  – bar none. THIS is my baby’s personality…messy braids, bug bite legs, nail polish on her shoes, dancing in the street in front of our house. Emma and I rocked out the Laurie Berkner Band songs – especially “ALLISON HAS  A COW ON HER HEAD” – (c’mon moms – sing along with me) and “Let’s go swimming let’s go swimming”…she rocked out and smiled and laughed…magic I tell you.  Here are some of the results…my heart be still…..

These little thighs….what can I say??!?

The next little series here has very special meaning to my heart.  If you  know Allie, you know she’s a very nurturing little soul. She LOVES her loveys, she loves anthing with a kitty on it, really. Emma has even drawn stick figure pictures of kitties on paper and she’ll hug it, rock it, pat it on it’s little paper back – it’s very sweet. When she RRRRRRRRRREAAAAAAAAAAALLY loves something, she’ll go through her routine of rocking and patting and then start kissing it and FALL on it -just total love there. She can’t love it enough, so she must SMOOSH it with her entire body. I’ve always wanted to capture this in a series – I just never pictured that I’d capture it in the ROAD in the front of my house!!!  Nevertheless, here’s my little Allison loving her little “Beries” lovey….These are the steps to properly showing affection to your trusty bear. 

Step one:  hug bear around the neck really, really tight. Pat him a little and rock back and forth: 

Step 2: Whisper sweet love in his pink furry ears…

Step 3: I’m not sure about this, but I’m suspicious that he whispers back because all of a sudden there’s a flood of emotion…

Step 4: Fall on bear in full-on bear lovin’ love…

Lastly:  FACE PLANT (make sure you remember that it doesn’t matter where you are, even in the middle of the road in between cars – this last step is CRUCIAL to showing your bear your love…)

Well, that’s it. I have triumphed over not only photographing the ever-elusive 18-month-old, but 18-month-old photographer’s kid. I’ll be back to conquer another day. You can count on it.    :)

First she wanted some pictures done in her favorite Alice in Wonderland costume – doesn’t she look JUST.LIKE.ALICE??? such a pretty little thing. She danced and danced her little heart out in that costume – it was almost 100 degrees out too – I don’t know how she did it!!

Our next task was to get some photographs in her favorite yellow dress – again she danced her little heart out with the little parasol that matched perfectly. Can you believe the hand position in this 5-year-old?  Now I’m certainly no expert in ballet, but it looked pretty good to me!!

And one last one – just because  I love it. 

So one last issue is for some reason everything is loading slowly – my background paper comes in basically when it feels like it … obviously some gliches to work out yet – but I’m happy!!  

After all of THAT — welcome to the new WildSugar Photography blog!!!   With a new fresh blog, new look, new name, I was thinking it’s kind of like New Years and I should make a resolution that I’m going to be a better blogger.  Should I even say that?? Kinda the kiss of death when you make resolutions and by the 7th you’re like – ehh… forget that. No really – I WANT to be a better blogger, I really do. So I’ve made a list. I have a list of topics on photography, on life, things about the kids, things about my WONDERFUL AWESOME FANTASTIC clients…. I’m gonna do it!! I can feel the change in the  air.

Ok done with the technical stuff – now on to the fun stuff. I’ve been absolutely chomping at the BIT to share one of my recent newborns with you…. We weren’t sure this session was destined to happen at first – I got to the house that was FILLED to the brim with the most gorgeous light you’ve ever seen…mom fed baby, we did a few mommy/baby pics – and it was like the apocalypse – I’m not kidding. As we looked out the 20 foot glass windows in the back of her house, we could see these black clouds come rolling in – stealing my beautiful light with every second. And wouldn’t you know it?? Little baby B had jusssssssssssttttt fallen into a nice, deep dreamy sleep.  Watcha gonna do?   I think it was meant to be because when I returned for the sunrise light a couple of mornings later, it was absolutely glorious lighting and I’m just so pleased and excited about these beautiful images.

Can you believe the gigantic blue eyes on this sweet little one??? He looks just like his gorgeous mama!

How cute is that little tushie in the air!??!

Now I must warn you – serious gorgeousness ahead — both inside and out…

This last one just took my breath away…little B was just a little fussy – we put him on mama’s shoulders and he transformed to an instant calm…I love that about being a mom….you get to be that magical, mystical person who just with a touch can make everything all bettter…

So cozy with mama…

I have so much to share!!!! It’s been busy around here. Till later!!!

I have thought long and hard about a name change.  I know the reasoning behind going with MYNAME Photography – but in all honesty, I wanted something that really felt more true to my personality. Something very fun and whimsical, but still fresh and modern at the same time. I also really wanted to incorporate my last name (WILDS) into the name. We came up with the name WildSugar Photography and I’m so excited to share it with everyone!! Kim hit the nail on the absolute head with her design work and I’m just thrilled with the results. My NEW WEBSITE will be unveiled in the next couple of days. But for now -enjoy the sneak peak at my new logo…

If anyone out there is looking for a great designer  – check out Kim at Madilu Designs – here’s her site :  http://www.madiludesigns.com/  And stay tuned for the new site!!! If you type in “Teresa Wilds  Photography” it will still direct you to the new site -but to go directly, go to www.WildSugarPhotography.com.  See you there!!!

That’s it for now! Can’t wait to share the rest of your gallery with you guys!!

T

Here’s a couple more of sweet baby O and little  J – he and I became quick buddies…I love this little boy age with all the cars! He was just TOO TOO sweet too.

Don’t these children have the most gorgeous eyes!???!

I’ll see you guys soon with your beautiful portraits! I can’t wait to see them printed!

So funny story. I planned Father’s Day out all week (last week) – got the presents ready, kids ready, egg casserole for breakfast in the making…Got the kids up and did the whole “Happy Father’s Day” thing. Dave looked confused and said, “I didn’t k now it was Father’s Day today!” I thought…um ok – that’s weird that the DADDY didn’t know it was father’s day! So we go to church and I began to ask my friends what they were doing today to celebrate Father’s day – again, blank stares…I’m now figuring out that I’m on a totally different planet right now!! SOOOOO – my question to you is – did Dave really *KNOW* it wasn’t Father’s Day and was banking on me being nice for two whole Sundays in a row – or was he seriously as lost and confused in this world as I am!???!??! 

After a little embarassement, we decided to make a day out of it anyway and spent the evening/sunset at Honeymoon Island. Dave and I used to spend all our time there when we were first married….but haven’t been back since Emma was a baby….that’s too bad, beacuse this place is seriously heaven on earth. We had an awesome day  -  the sky was so cool b/c there was a storm rushing in. The best part was that Allison is finally starting to lose her fear of the beach and had a great time digging in the sand and watching the big kids play in the surf! FABULOUS I tell you. These are the days you look back on and say – OH REMEMBER that day???!  That was the BEST DAY EVER…that’s what kind of day it was.

This shot brought tears to my eyes….can’t believe my little beanie is 16 months old already – such a big girl playing at the beach!

AHHHHHHH – we need to do this more often.

My three babies playing together and laughing  – insert heart melting icon here….

or this?

I feel like the luckiest person on earth that this is my job! It’s just such a blessing and joy to be invited into people’s homes to photograph this tender and precious time in their lives!  This little guy was only 5 pounds – can you believe it?? He was a pretty tough customer, I have to say. He did NOT like to have his hands touched! He would scrinch and squeal  -  he’s a fiesty little guy but ohhhhhhhhhh so tiny and sweet!!! Don’t you agree??

We endured some Florida heat for this shot  -  it was BLAZING hot outside. I think little E liked it best though -he was all snuggie and warm and happy!

One last one – I’m a sucker for little baby feets…

Till next time!! t

I feel so badly for his teacher - I cleaned him up as well as I could – thought he was okay. But when we got in the car, I had to drive with the windows down in order to keep oxygenated air flowing through my lungs.  His poor teacher… 

OK on to the fun stuff!! Here’s another recent senior rep from Canterbury High School. We hit downtown St. Pete (I’m really loving shooting down there…each time I go I find somewhere new and FUN to shoot.  Here’s a few of our results!

I absolutely love this shot….

Till next time!!

I do have to admit I’m looking forward to summertime. I think my favorite thing about summer is not having to rush everyone out of the house so early! No lunches to make – just take our time and head to the pool a couple times a week, catch a free kids movie or two at the summer movie events and a few sunsets at the beach! I love it. BUT – ask me in about a month if I STILL love it after my kids have had a month of playing together every single day!! We’ll see how THAT goes!

With the end of the school  year, comes time for next years’ seniors to think about getting their portraits done! I have a few more senior reps to share with you and I am already anticipating a VERY busy summer photographing the class of 2011 !!!   Here’s my  next gorgeous spokesmodel, Miss “J”. She has the most stunning eyes, don’t you think??

Don’t miss out on your chance to be photographed by Teresa this summer! Call and reserve your spot today!

If you know Miss “J”, ask her how you can recieve 16 free wallets with your session!