My apologies for much delayed blog posting. In order to fit all my lovely clients in prior to maternity leave, we are a bit insanely busy at the moment and the blog posting is getting most of the slack. However we are on top of the galleries and if you are expecting a gallery this week you will be emailed soon. Once caught up on galleries I will go back and blog all my favorites from the past couple weeks sessions….

*Note, we are completely booked for 2010 and not accepting any more client sessions this year. We will begin booking for 2011 Spring sessions at the end of February.  All print and card orders must be placed PRIOR to 11/19 to ensure Holiday delivery, due to maternity leave I will not be placing orders after this date.

Check back in the next week or so for more images from this gorgeous Valley Forge session….

and more favorites from the mini-sessions like this adorable baby girl…

Until then thanks for stopping by and email michelle.lindenmuth@gmail.com with any questions!

Best,

Michelle

Officially, right? I sent one child off to school last week and the younger one has his first day of Kindergarten tomorrow. *sniff sniff* So yet another summer is over.  It amazes me each year how summer seems to fly by at such a fast pace. All the days spent at the pool, day trips and little vacations. It was such a hot summer that I am sure not sad to see the weather gone and gladly welcome the cool days of fall. I have a few spots open for my Fall Mini-Sessions. (See below post for information or email me.) I was surprised at the response and extended the times so I do have just a couple spots left. Please contact me asap if you are interested and haven’t done so.

Yet at least we are still eating delicious tomato’s, like the ones we picked at Linvilla Orchards last month. 

Looking back it was a wonderful summer, despite some slight hibernation from the heat. Next year will be a different and more challenging summer for me I suspect as a Mother of three however I am looking forward to it.

Here is my nephew, Jackson reflecting on his summer. =) Or well just checking out the backyard.

Thanks for reading!

Best,

Michelle

Is not an easy task! Believe me. Just because I am a professional photographer does not mean my children know or care about this fact.  I do not photograph them as much as I used to, somewhat because they complain, somewhat because we are busier and then there is the part of me that has to face how much they are growing when I see them in photographs. (oh sappy Mommy.) Of course then I get that call or email from my Mother complaining she does not have any recent photographs of her grandson’s which helps get me back on track. (Sorry Grammy.)  My New Years resolution and goal this year was to document my family more and spend more time photographing my children when they were not expecting it. I failed. Big time. Ha! However, this summer has allowed me many more opportunities to capture my beautiful boys.  On the 4th of July at a family bbq they were feeling some brotherly love and I was right there with Nikon in hand to snap it. It is a rare moment indeed that I both witnessed and captured it but all around but makes my week!  (I’m pretty sure they were whispering fart jokes but I do not care. =)

The first face is what I normally get from my sometimes very serious seven year old. He is logical, full of interesting facts and loves to debate however if he lets his guard down his smile is the best.  He has become very hard to photograph. However if I let him give me a pop quiz on a topic he is into he will chat forever. I believe he was testing my knowledge of mountain heights here. Not exactly my area of expertise and he loves showing his Mommy how much smart he is than I.

If you are lucky enough to meet my five year old you know he is full of laughter, smiles and silliness. He wakes up each and every day completely cheerful with a “good morning Mommy I love you!”  He loves to be photographed by my cell phone however not so much by the “big” camera – go figure.  In order for me to get great connection I say “tell me a story.” I believe he was telling me about pirates in a sea of macaroni and cheese to get these great expressions. Try it on your kids. What will make them connect with you to get that wonderful shot?

Just a little Mommy gush today.

I am honored again this year to be nominated for Nickelodeon’s Parent’s Pick for Philadelphia Family Photographer. So if you get a chance, I would love your vote! Thank you!

Nominated for best family photographer in Philadelphia, PA. Vote now!

to all my blog readers for my lack of posting, blogging and general photo sharing. I can not believe it has been over two weeks since my last blog post. Apologies all around! Summer has come, my boys are home and family time has increased of course – I am still scheduling sessions and delivering beautiful memories to my lovely clients. I would love to catch up on some sneak peeks (no longer sneak peeks since Mom and Dad have seen their galleries -ha but new to my faithful blog readers.)

I do have a small announcement. Just a small one.

We will be expecting a new arrival in the Lindenmuth family in late November! Yes, I am expecting baby #3 and we are over-the-moon excited!

So we can pile that excuse onto my other excuses why my blog has been woefully neglected. =)

In addition to catching up on posting I will be adding a calendar for fall photo sessions in a next couple of days. My clients know I normally take Holiday clients until the end of November which will not be the case this year but I plan on being able to schedule all of you in before I take maternity leave. Feel free to email me or call me know to get those dates planned well in advance.

I hope everyone is enjoying their summer. Need some ideas for the kids? So far this summer my boys and I have checked out:

www.kidsbowlfree.com — sign up and take your kids to bowl for free. If your kids are anything like mine they have a short attention span for bowling so since it’s free it works perfectly!

http://pleasetouchmuseum.org/ have you been there yet? Why not? It is the best place in Philly for kids of all ages. Dad’s get free admission on Father’s Day too! Check it out.

http://www.co.delaware.pa.us/summer/ Outdoor concerts at Rose Tree Park. We have been going for years. The kids love it!

http://www.nps.gov/inde/index.htm Have you played Philly tourist lately? A couple of weekends ago we took the boys downtown and did the tour of Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell. We even did a carriage ride through Society Hill and listened to the StoryTellers. It was a fun experience playing tourist for the day. Even though I often do photo shoots in Old City/Historic/Society Hill areas it was great fun experiencing it from the other side.

I will be posting more ideas throughout the summer. Have anything neat you have checked out with your little ones? Please email me or post in comments. I would love to feature it (and check it out myself.)

Thank you so much for reading! I will be posting again soon.

Best,

Michelle

Welcome to the new blog! The new site! (yep, check it out!) The whole new deal! It’s all entirely new around here.  I am so excited to finally have the new website and blog up and running along with our new company name!
Beautiful Babies and More Photography is now Michelle Lindenmuth Photography! Yes, I have to accept the fact I married the Lindenmuth name and must use my married name accordingly. =)  However, I will still continue to photograph THE MOST BEAUTIFUL babies and children in the Philadelphia area. No Sir, none of that has changed, still photographing those sweet babes and feisty children and their awesome parents, and still not photographing any weddings – ha! I felt a change was in the air. I worked on several commercial projects last year plus recently have done some magazine work so I needed a name that was well, my own. If you accidentally go to our old site, no worries you will be directed over to here. You can still call me Beautiful Babies and More, I will answer, I promise.

So in addition to my pretty new site and name we will be doing some new features on the blog going forward. I have been compiling a list of questions asked by my dear clients regarding how to take better photos of their own children (yes, of course you can) and other great topics – so we will be doing some great tutorials on the blog. Look for that soon! If you can think of something you would love to know the answer to (not math related though my 6 year old might be able to help) please email me at michelle.lindenmuth@gmail.com and we will add it to our list.

So change your bookmarks and rss feed so you do not miss any of the great goings on happening here at Michelle Lindenmuth Photography.

And of course I have to share some from a recent session. Poor Mom was denied her blog sneak peek when we had an outage on the old blog last week and I love sharing my sneek peeks with the family (I must admit I was sad that I could not blog these boys.) Here they are!   (new handy tool on the blog is below the post — you can post via one click directly to your Facebook, Twitter etc. — how cool is that?)

Those eyes! Love it!

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Thanks for stopping by! We love comments! Email michelle.lindenmuth@gmail and phone 484.461.9190 have not changed – drop us a line!

Best,

Michelle