This Blog is moving!!!

I finally have a new blog! Stay tuned for the big move! I will post a link here in one or 2 days that will redirect you to my new blog address!

Sneak Peek!

Here is the sneak peek I PROMISED the beautiful Daley Family! They were visiting from out of state- we met at the beach for a late afternoon session. I hope the rest of your stay went smoothly! Thanks for the great session!

I LOVE it in Black and White:


And in Color too:


One of the girls only


And one of the guys!:

I have been a BAD Blogger!!

Well, I just realized it has been 8 weeks since I have blogged ANY of my sessions!! I apologize to my readers that follow my blog! (Yes, I got all of your emails) and yes, I am fine! I just have been so busy! I also have to admit that I am waiting for my blog design to be completed, and I STILL am not sure when that will be!

A couple of changes have occurred, as you may have noticed, I have a new logo!! I am also providing a photo jewelry line and a selling photo handbags to my customers!

These past 2 months I have been flooded with Graduations, Baby and Family Sessions! Designing birth announcements and Birthday invites too!

Looking ahead, I am booking up fast for the Holiday Season! So if you want to book a session for the Holidays, make sure you get in touch with me so we can reserve your date before time runs out!!

Squishy Kisses are the best!!!

Ok, I have been really sick all this week!! I had to finally go to urgent care today, I was dehydrated- had an IV put in and it was a cold turned into a sinus infection which I haven't had since I was a teen! I couldn't keep anything down nor wanted to eat on Sunday and I had a fever AGAIN--And when I feel so horrible, I sleep but I wanted to post ONE picture from a session this weekend!!

Sneak Peak~ I love these family interactions!! They are the best!




Stay Tuned for more!!!

Family Session at the Park

A boy and His Scooter

I just love the concentration on his face!!

Mother and Son

Here is a session of a gorgeous mom and her son and their adorable pup!

Princess at the Park!

Another modeling session!!

Cutie at the Park!

Here is a cutie from one of my Modeling Sessions!!

Baby girl and her Big Sis!!

I am starting to blog some of the sessions that I have not had a chance to post until now!

I met one of the sweetest families for their baby girl's newborn session and let me say they completely melted my heart! Especially Big Sis!! She was adorable! As soon as she saw that I "dressed" her sister as a ladybug, she ran to her room and got her halloween "bee" costume! It was one of THE the sweetest things I have seen a 2 year old do! Big sis also wanted to put hairbands on her toes when she saw that I put mommy and daddy's wedding bands on her little sisters toes. I can't wait to see the four of you soon! Thanks for the amazing session!!

I am still here!!

I know I have not been consistent in blogging these past few weeks! I am super busy getting to launch new products that will only be available to those of you who have or will be booking a session with me!

I am also getting ready to revamp my logo and blog, so I am also excited that I will have a new look soon!

Spring is here! And I have been busy as a bee getting caught up with sessions!

I also was working on a little project and I will be posting some of those pictures soon.

Stay tuned!

--Susanne

Back in the Swing of Things....

Wow!

It has been a while! Because I worked so hard during the holidays, I took almost all of January and February off! Now that March has finally rolled along I find my self rapidly starting to book now and the next months ahead. I have been so busy lately that I have been ignoring my blog! So I thought I'd start by showing a slideshow of a recent Senior session! Enjoy!

Teen Session

I had the awesome opportunity to do a shoot for Kaitlyn. I know she has been patiently waiting for me to post her pictures online :)

She has such beautiful features it made my job so easy! Gotta love that! After all that work Kaitlyn, Emily (my assistant) and I headed for In-N-Out and it was so fun to hang out!

Thanks Kaitlyn! I had a blast! We should do this again soon :)

Emily, like always thank you so much for being my right hand! You are the best!

Happy 2009! Let me Start off by Saying...

First of all, I wish all of you a Happy New Year full of health, happiness and good fortune!

Now that my eldest daughter is going back to preschool from winter break, I am now getting back into work mode...

I have some sessions to catch up and post on here so let me start with the Bulger Family. Grandma had emailed me that she and her husband wanted to do a family session with her son, his wife and her grandchildren! Mom had warned me that the her son would not smile for the pictures... little did she know that I would make him smile and even laugh! The kids were so full of energy my favorite shots were when they went leaf throwin'!

We also got to watch Caterpillars getting ready to make their cocoons and butterflies fluttering by...


Thank you Bulger Family I had a blast! Here is a slideshow with a few pictures of the session. Enjoy!

Click to play!

Family Session

Here is another Family I met for the first time! And the funny thing was that I told Mom that I had seen her youngest somewhere- maybe a magazine?. When I finally went to drop of her pictures I realized she was one of my neighbors- probably a 30 second walk!

Baby M

I went on location to meet this sweet baby girl and the first time parents at their home. It was a good thing since it was a cold and blustery day!

Thank you so much for letting me capture these moments for the three of you! And no worries, I already got my props back from the dry cleaners :)

Family in Coronado

I met this gorgeous Family in Coronado for their shoot for a late afternoon/sunset shoot.

Contest: Who Wants A Free Session?

Back In August, I announced the winner from my "Moments Treasured Family" Contest. This family emailed me from Oklahoma and they won the contest! They received a FREE session at any location in San Diego and a FREE 11x14.

And I am doing it again...

Do you or someone you know need a FREE family portrait for their home? Or, will be needing a family portrait because they are expecting a baby?

This is how it works:

#1-Send me a snapshot of your family AND
#2- Shoot me an email on why your family should be chosen to as the "Moments Treasured Family" in 1000 words or less. The winner will be contacted via email on January 7th, 2009! The winner will receive a free family session to be taken in anytime before May 30th, 2009 and a complimentary 11x14 portrait!

Send your entries to contest@moments-treasured.com by December 31th, 2008, at midnight PT! Winner will be contacted via email on January 7th, 2009!

Good Luck!!

A baby girl...

Here is a shoot of a wonderful baby girl I met. I did her mommy's maternity session in October. She was so sweet and slept through much of the session. Here she is at 6 days old at her home. Mom looks great doesn't she?! Congrats Mom and Dad and I can't wait for her next shoot!

No Black Friday for me!

First of all, I want to say that I hope you and yours had a great Thanksgiving. Yesterday was a double celebration for us since it was also my Dad's 50th birthday :)

I am TRYING to catch up in sessions and will post sessions on this blog as soon as I can...

Now for my story...

Growing up, my family never did the whole "black friday, shopping-day-after-thanksgiving" shopping day the next morning. I am guessing we were lazy and rather sleep in, but I now know my mom knew better....

Forward to 2006... The midnight after Thanksgiving in 2006, my friend Amy convinced me to go with her to the Disney Store Outlet for their "midnight madness" sale-- and madness it was... it was like nothing I had ever seen... the first few minutes were fine, but as more people got into the store, the more aggressive these people got. I remember the workers would go to receiving (the back of the store) to get more toys and as soon as they would open the door, people were attacking the poor workers and ripping the "goodies" out of their arms. People where fighting about what was theirs and ripping things out of each others hands like two little preschoolers that did not want to share a toy. People were vicious, fighting with each other and that was not OK with me. That was the first and last time I have done Black friday.

Now I know some of my readers will say that they have never seen this. And will tell me that what I wrote above and the following is just an unlucky incident. I will be happy to hear that... BUT

The whole reason I decided to write about this is because I was very sad to hear that a 34 year old man was KILLED at a WALMART in New York because he was crushed by the throng of customers. This is horrible-- a life has been taken to save a couple of bucks. I can't imagine having been one of the individuals who ran over this man and go home after a day of shopping and say "hey honey look what a deal I got, and I got it because I was one of the first to get through the door, unfortunately an innocent man lost his life"...

This man is someone's son, brother, and maybe husband and father...

This incident convinced me that my first and only black friday will be the Thanksgiving of 2006.

For those of you who are out there, please be careful and look both ways before you cross the stores aisles ;)

Here is a link to the story...