Changes are coming!

In mid-December I announced to my current clients & friends that a few changes were coming to Sarah Shah Portraits. Today, I'm excited to be able to announce those changes to you!

Friday my new blogsite will be launched and it will showcase my new logo!!

The website will be staying at www.sarahshahportraits.com but the look and feel will be different. It will have more of a blog feel, but you will still be able to place your orders and view galleries through the site.

My hosting company said that the downtime should be minimal, not more than a few minutes. If you try to hop over to my site during the switch it will come up unavailable, please try again in 10 minutes.

Since we are expecting ice and/or snow anytime now, I thought this image was appropriate.

2010 Photography Project: 4/52

Week 4
Theme: Texture

Turning ONE | Wichita KS Child Lifestyle Photographer

My niece turns ONE this weekend! I cannot believe how much she's changed over her first year and I'm so blessed that I was able to capture her through it.

Isn't she adorable? I love chunky babies. :)

Want to see previous shoots of "B"?

One week old HERE * One month old HERE * 3 months old HERE *

6 months old HERE and HERE

I want to be in... | Rose Hill KS Family & Couple Lifestyle Photographer

this FAMILY!!

The kids gave their parents the gift of custom photography by me for Christmas. It's a thoughtful gift that not many thinking about giving.

This was my first time photographing such a large group of adults but it went great. They were so relaxed, fun, and up for anything. :)

After their session, we had some brownies Jennifer made (delicious!) & tea and watched some soccer. It was just like being at home (hubby has soccer on all the time).

Thank you so much for being such a great group of people. I had a fun time and hope you did too.
Enjoy your sneak peek!

Earlier this week I posted a mini sneak peek just for David & Jennifer, HERE.

Feel the love | Rose Hill, KS Family & Couple Lifestyle Photographer

I'm currently going through this family's session images and I'm just in love with the Mom & Dad. I love how in love these two are, how much looking at them makes me smile, and how much the colors they wore really pops against the dormant tree that look like they have ice on them.

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Spreading the love around here a bit more through crafts. Seema made a fun Valentine, instrument, fun craft today. Check it out HERE.
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Another fun thing I'm trying out. Feel free to ask me any thing HERE. You can even ask anonymously if you wish.

Look what we did today

If you know me good, you know I love crafts! Christmas time really brings out the crafter in me and having a toddler I can't help but get her involved and have some fun. If you have any kid-friendly crafts point me to them!

I read a lot of blogs. My Google Reader has probably close to 200 blogs, of course I have to pick and choose which posts to read based on time.

This craft I found on a blog I follow often. Jodie is a photographer and a Mommy that has an art room just for her kids!! She recently re-blogged this craft here. Today I decided we would have some craft fun and get a kick start on Valentine's decorations.

I chose 2 red crayons and Seema 1 picked pink.

Even with only 3 crayons to peel it ended up taking 20 minutes. Then I grated the crayons. Seema thought I cut my fingers with all the red coloring from the crayons.

With Jodie's recommendation, we did this part on our kitchen floor. Much easier to sweep than getting it out of the carpet! Seema put the crayon on the wax paper how she wanted. Then I put another piece of wax paper on top and melted it together with the iron.

Cut out heart shapes.

During Christmas I discovered hanging items from twine across this window as garland. Love how this came out! We added some heart shaped beads between the wax hearts.

2010 Photography Project 2/52

Week 2
Theme: Eyes

Check out week 1's image here.

A+A Your Gallery's Up | Wichita Kansas Family & Couple Lifestyle Photographer

Check your email! Your proofs are ready to view.

2010 Photography Project 1/52

I will be posting one themed image a week for 52 weeks (1 year). I'm really excited about working on my photography skills with a abstract style in mind.


Week 1
Theme: Glass

Love on a cold winter day | Wichita Kansas Couple & Family Photographer

They braved the cold, and I mean December 19th cold, for their portrait session. I love that they chose RED for their clothing. It was the perfect choice and really pop against the dormant trees.

Adam & Abbie- I really enjoyed your session. Even with the cold all the laughing kept me warm. :) I can't wait to finish the rest of your images. Enjoy your sneak peek!
-Sarah

Isn't that a really simple and stunning ring?

YAY! We got smiles, giggles, and tickles from G. :)

Christmas Wonder | Wichita Kansas Child Lifestyle Photographer

A's gallery is ready! Check your email for your password.

Greetings!

Hopping on here today to announce the winner of the Fall sessions popular vote contest. With 15 out of the 23 votes the Q family (image #3) won!! Congratulations!!

This family won a 5x7 proof book containing all the images from the proofing gallery of their session. I'm really excited to see this product, too. :)

**Note: blog wins are not at the top of my to do list so they may take longer than normal.



I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. We had a very nice Christmas, my favorite moment was watching Seema go through her stocking and saying "Oh my goodness gracious". I have no idea where this kid picks up all these phrases but they are adorable.

I hope to see everyone again in 2010. The best part of this business is families returning yearly and seeing how much the kids have changed. Wishing you a very healthy, happy, and prosperous new year!

Look Who Turned ONE | Wichita Kansas Child Photographer

A just turned ONE! The last time I photographed A, she was had just mastered sitting up... now she is crawling, walking, eating solids, has teeth, a lot more hair, and is going to be a big sister!! She's grown so much during her first year and I'm so glad that I was able to capture it!

A's Mom made this birthday banner, isn't it adorable? It's on my project list. :)

A tutu was fitting since her Mom was a ballerina.

7 days old session here.
1 month old session here.

It's a CONTEST!

I only have TWO scheduled sessions left to shoot in 2009 and then I'll be off for a couple of weeks, enjoying my family at taking it easy! I am currently booking for the 2010 year, if you are interested in a session please contact me to book your session.

*Reminder* I leave room in my schedule to fit in newborns through 1 year old through out the year. If you have recently had a baby or will be soon please let me know. Newborns are best shot at 2 weeks or younger.
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Now the contest...

One image from each of my Fall sessions was chosen, and posted below. Leave a comment on this post with the image number you would like to win. Feel free to ask anyone to vote for the image you want to win.

Anonymous votes don't count and only one vote per person, please!

The contest will end DECEMBER 19th at MIDNIGHT.

Scroll through the images and at the bottom is what the winner will receive. :)

To leave a comment, click here.

#1 - "E" Family

#2 - "K"

#3 - "Q" Family

#4 - "S" Kids

#5 - "R+A"

#6 - "D" Family

#7 - "G" Family

The winner of this contest will receive a 5x7 proof book containing all the images from the proofing gallery of their session. These are not sold and would make a perfect parent/grandparent gift or a nice brag book for yourself.

To leave a comment, click here.

***Only comments on the blog will be counted. If you are on Facebook, please click here to go to the blog***

Baby R | Wichita Kansas Newborn Baby Lifestyle Photographer

Baby R's gallery is up! Check your email for the password. :)

Blissful 4 weeker | Wichita Kansas Newborn Baby Lifestyle Photographer

A newborn baby sleeping is so blissful. Doesn't she look just like a baby doll? (I was tickled when this pettiskirt was pulled out, it's the exact same kind and color as the one I have)

I fully enjoyed this in-home newborn session. R had just turn 4 weeks old and was so sweet, even when she only wanted her Mom.

Erin- Thank you for letting me capture some of R's sweet moments for you. Your Husband's Aunt's house was beautiful and the perfect setting for this session. I can't wait to show you the rest in about a week.

Sarah

D Family | Wichita Kansas Family Lifestyle Photographer

This was my first urban family session. And I really enjoyed it!

Meet Joe & his 3 daughters. For being an overcast, chilly Fall afternoon they brought such great smiles. I love this first one, but the family bond & closeness that is shown in the 2nd one makes it a favorite too.

Thanksgiving

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving yesterday. We had a nice Thanksgiving with family. Ate turkey, fixings, and pie. Played a couple board games.

Since we opted to not take part in Black Friday sales this year, I thought today I would share some of the Fall/Thanksgiving crafts that we did.

I found the idea for the leaf mask here. Of course ours came out a bit more scary than their version. Seema even screamed when she saw herself in the mirror.

With the leftover leaves that were already modge podge'd we hung on some twine across one of our windows.

I made these little yarn pumpkins from this yarn apple tutorial. Each of the kids that came out for my pumpkin patch portraits received one of these in their treat bags.

Lastly, this month we made marshmallow pilgrim hats to share with family and friends. One of my co-workers pointed out this recipe to me, so we had to try it. This is perfect for toddlers. Seema laid out the cookies and put the marshmallows in place, then I poured the chocolate and added the yellow buckle later.