Journal

.toot toot. lisa maksoudian, award winning children’s photographer!

yes, i’m going to toot my own horn.  but only for a second!  (promise)

i think it’s very important as a professional photographer to stay current in the field.  and so, while i tend push it to the eleventh hour, i do enter competitions both locally and internationally.  

tonight was the awards reception for the New Times Photo Competition here in San Luis Obispo.  some truly great photographers compete in a number of categories from travel to portaits, animals and flora.  of course, ‘kids’ is quite a popular category and 500 entries i was completely blown away to have taken ALL of the awards home for the ‘Professional Kids’ category!! apparently that has never been done before, so i’m feeling kind of special.  🙂

you can find all of the winners in tomorrow’s edition of the paper. (i also had one award in the ‘people’ category as well.) 

anyways, i’m super excited to add these images to my trophy collection!  i absolutely love and adore my clients/little friends and am so thankful that you all give me the opportunity to capture the joie de vivre!  thank you so much!

🙂

L

Spinning Balerina — 1st place

Untitled — 2nd place

Sweet Balerina — 3rd place

Untitled — 3rd place (people)

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.sugar and spice…and all things soft and girlie!.

life is happening so fast these days…i’m barely able to keep up with it all!  so, while i may be short on words, there is GREAT LOVE in my heart for little friends like miss M.  we met nearly a year ago now…and these pictures were taken near her 7 month birthday.  (yes, i’m FAR behind in my blogging)  and i’m so excited to see her again in january so we can do a then-and-now shot in the back yard where we captured her tiny little sleepy essence among bowers of cherry blossoms!

 

🙂

.fresh.

i just pulled this picture off my card from yesterday’s newborn…and even untouched, i think it’s perfect. just like little M….perfect.  peaceful.  and absolutely stunning!

.happy birthday, little L. lisa maksoudian-santa barbara kids photographer


mmmm….some people pay alot of money to have such perfectly shaped, soft lips!!!   little L celebrated his birthday recently…and i  just had to share a few samples from the day!  

with the sweetest cheeks and the most gentle manners, this little guy wormed his way into my heart in…oh…2.2 minutes!  mommy had the most AMAZING outfits picked out.  and of course i had to capture his perfect little form in his pure baby-soft-skin.   check out the necktie!  janie and jack  (hopskotch kids in downtown SLO has equally adorable ties for newborns, too!)

i can’t pick between color or black and white…look at those eyes sparkle!!and for his album debut:    (move over timberlake!)

 

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.mister S. lisa maksoudian-california children’s photographer

it was so fun to visit northern california (really…it was central cal, but from this vantage point it was north of here) to meet mister S.  in all of my days, i’ve only heard one other voice that equals this guys:  sweet and oh so soothing!  i nearly gasped when he first started ‘talking’…that’s how amazingly wonderful it was!

as fate would have it, i actually got to see little ‘S’ two days in a row!   unfortunately, he and his mommy & daddy spent the better part of the evening in the ER…with a double ear infection.  but lucky for me we finished up our pictures the next morning…with a trip to the airport.  yes it’s true, this little munchkin has his own plane already!  

along the way, we found this truck…aren’t his little dimpled arms delicious!?!

and while this blog is a ‘political free zone’, i can’t help but love this t-shirt.  at least he’s got a cool name that rhymes with ‘mama’!

i know what you’re thinking, ‘get outa town!’.   that’s what i’m thinking, too!

 

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