NE PA photographer ellie Van photography http://ellievanphotography.com/blog blog Fri, 09 Jul 2010 06:42:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Maybe I’m amazed http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?p=454 http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?p=454#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 06:30:05 +0000 ellie http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?p=454 Blog for the most part is a little bit business and a little bit personal. I tend to take my business personally so I guess you can say It’s a lot personal. It’s been quite a while since my last brain dump/personal thoughts jotted down some where I can go back 10 years from now and say…oy!

anyway July 14th 2010 will be our 14 year anniversary. F.O.U.R.T.E.E.N! yes ladies and gents 14 years. I think we’ve been through every up and down a couple can go through. From giving birth to our babies..to moving away from our families..to loosing track of our lives..to loosing some of the most important people in our lives. Each situation has brought us closer. As I sit here at 2:12am..(here comes the oy!) listening to our wedding song. The words make my chest feel tight. I can close my eyes and think back to the day that Jody and I met. We were 16 and just friends. Now I can honestly say He is my best friend. I know sometimes life can get away from you..bills,school,work,kids..I tend to get overwhelmed a lot lately. Then I stop and think about what I have..take a deep breath and smile. I.am.blessed. with a caring husband..loving (crazy) family, beautifully gorgeous children a Job that I can honestly say I LOVE! My life isn’t perfect far from it. But it’s my life and I love it. All of the things that lead me to hear. Good and the bad! I’m just happy to be here.

I’ll leave you with us and “our song”

Paul_Mccartney_-_Maybe_I_m_Amazed  <–click there to hear the song :)

Maybe I’m Amazed-Paul McCartney

Maybe I’m amazed at the way you love me all the time
Maybe I’m afraid of the way I love you
Maybe I’m amazed at the way you pulled me out of time
And hung me on a line

Maybe I’m amazed at the way I really need you
Baby I’m a man maybe I’m a lonely man
Who’s in the middle of something
That he doesn’t really understand

Baby I’m a man and maybe you’re the only woman
Who could ever help me
Baby won’t you help me understand,Oooohh

Baby I’m a man, maybe I’m a lonely man
Who’s in the middle of something
That he doesn’t really understand

Baby I’m a man and maybe you’re the only woman
Who could ever help me
Baby won’t you help me understand, oohhh

Maybe I’m amazed at the way you’re with me all the time
Maybe I’m afraid of the way I leave you
Maybe I’m amazed at the way you help me sing my song
Right me when I’m wrong
Maybe I’m amazed at the way I really need you

 

]]> http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=454 2 A is for Adorable http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?p=446 http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?p=446#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:58:47 +0000 ellie http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?p=446 And that is exactly what Mr. Alec is. Capital A. adorable!!  J and I had SO.MUCH.FUN photographing this little sweet tart! As soon as I saw Alec walking with his mom up the hill to meet J. I knew that this session would be one to mark in the books! From the few hours we spent together I can tell you this. Alec loves sticks,running,bubbles and getting piggy back rides!  OK enough babbling and on to the images!! Thank you C. for letting Jody and I capture your precious gift!! And a very special THANK YOU to Alec for being one of the sweetest boys around!!

Just look at those eyes!  Playing peekaboo with me. Such a Ham!!

stopping for a quick break and to smell the flowers. Sweet Guy!

one of my ABSOLUTE faves from this session and I have so many so this was a hard pick!

Another Fave!!  Thank you again C for contacting me to photograph this little guy!  These pictures bring such a smile to my face. I hope they do the same for you ;)

xellie

]]> http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=446 23 10 http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?p=442 http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?p=442#comments Sun, 20 Jun 2010 15:26:20 +0000 ellie http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?p=442 For the past ten years I have been lucky enough to call this man, my baby’s daddy :D I feel blessed beyond words. My Children and I are so lucky to have such a hard working,caring,funny wonderful man to call dad and well I call him Honey..lol Happy Father’s day Jody!! Love you!!!

]]> http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=442 1 F.A.M.I.L.Y http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?p=426 http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?p=426#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:11:49 +0000 ellie http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?p=426 I had the pleasure of meeting up the MaryBeth and Her Hubby Jeff and their ADORABLY GORGEOUS little ones. Let me tell you when I say this I mean it. I’ve known MaryBeth for several years so when she contacted me about photographing her family I was beyond excited! For Many reasons. A few of which being I always remember laughing my butt off around MaryBeth, Another being that I hadn’t seen Marcus since he was a Little itty baby and of course to Meet Miss Jayleigh Rae!  I’m sure we will be seeing plenty of Miss Jay. She’s going to be one of my Fall promo models!! can’t wait. OK enough of my jabber onto the goodies ;)

MaryBeth and Jeff. The proud parents of these two adorable kiddo’s below :)

This one fills my heart. The bond between Mama and son. Nothing like it in the world :)

Little Miss Jay and her Daddy!! I love this one too. I swear I try to pick a fave for every session and I just can’t I have too many :)

Big Man Marcus!

Their Gorgeous Family :D

Jayleigh such a beautiful name for a beauty-full Baby

Cuddling with her Big Brother

Love these too!!

Thank you MaryBeth and Jeff for letting me capture your family’s special moments! 

 

xellie 

]]> http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=426 15 If you really love me :) http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?p=424 http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?p=424#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 22:27:50 +0000 ellie http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?p=424 I did it. I’ve thought about doing this for about a week now. When I would finally get up the nerve to press the enter button I would always end up clicking the red x up there in the corner. Not today! I entered the ppmag.com cover contest. If you really love me and wouldn’t mind popping over and voting for me and the gorgeous girlies in the images. I would REALLY appreciate it!!!! Here’s the link!!

 http://www.ppmag.com/cover-contest-2010/vote/31897/

brain dump coming soon ;-)

]]> http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=424 2 Lucky star | Ringwood NJ Baby photographer http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?p=416 http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?p=416#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 17:17:28 +0000 ellie http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?p=416 I know I’ve said it before and I will probably being saying it again. I.am.blessed. Sometimes without realizing it I let life get to me.  The non-stop running, the dishes,the homework,kids bedtimes, “us” time for the hubs and I. I tend to over look how incredibly blessed I am. Mornings when I know the day is going to drag on and on. I walk in to my kitchen and on the chalk board will be a sweet message from Jody. My kids keep  me sane. They are my everything. I wouldn’t know what to do without them. My Job. I cannot say enough how I love my job. I wish this happiness on everyone. All of this mushy gushy-ness is due to the fact that I get to photograph little cutie pies like Baby Brody.  This little guy was FULL of smile. Not the gassy kind I mean ear to ear grins. full on gums I tell ya! He is what I call a BEAUTIFUL baby. His personality really shined through. Sometimes serious, I think he may be a thinker. And others full of smiles. You can tell he loved his Mama and Daddy. With just a glimpse of them he coos and smiles. That alone fills my heart. Leslee and Kyle you’re definantly also blessed. Here are a few sneak peeks of Baby Brody.

see what did I tell you full of smiles :)

xellie

]]> http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=416 23 cutie pie x’s 3 | Hawley PA photographer http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?p=378 http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?p=378#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 17:39:51 +0000 ellie http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?p=378 Wanna see pure cute-ness? This little guy and I got off to a rough start. I think he was a bit put off by this woman and this huge black thing she keeps pointing at me. Thankfully Little V warmed up to me and I was able to capture his cute-ness for his mama.

Isn’t he just the cutest!! His sweet little smile.  We had fun running around picking flowers. Little V has the cutest way of smelling flowers. He puts them up to his nose for a half a second. Such a cutie pie!!

Little V’s Mom had the cutest little sailors suit with her. She wanted to see if I could get a few pictures with him in  it.  Let me just say he is the sweetest sailor I’ve ever met.

Thank you for taking a peek at this cutie pie!! Also don’t forget about my current contest..The details are in the poost below :)

xellie

]]> http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=378 0 brain dump..and a contest :) Hawley PA lifestyle photographer http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?p=364 http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?p=364#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 05:08:43 +0000 ellie http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?p=364 Since it’s 12:30am and I’m still awake I thought eh it’s been a while since my last personal blog post why not make it a brain dump at 12:30 in the mornin’. Life is going pretty well. Business has picked up tremendously. I am so thankful for that. The kids are doing FAB.U.LOUS in school. I couldn’t be prouder of them!! Football and Cheer leading will start soon. Both Gab and Jody are excited as am I. I just know things will get extra busy around here. As if they aren’t already. Mother’s day is aproaching super fast. I have so many things to be thankful for. My wonderful.healthy.busy.beautiful children.  I LOVE them so much!

This was taken about a month ago..it was for a session for my Mom for mother’s day. O.M.Goodness. I’ve had some busy sessions. But this by far was the busiest of them all. ha ha. My Nephew Noah the little one in the striped shirt always has the sweetest expressions. Speaking of Noah..since this is a brain dump…I’m going to just put this out there, In case by any weird chance my sister is reading this..

I miss this little guy so much I can hardly bare it. Just before my sister and I stopped speaking. Noah and I had gotten extra close since I had been baby sitting him quite a bit. He is such a little character. Ella loved and I mean LOVED her morning/afternoons with Noah. We both did. He holds such a special place in my heart.. All of my nephews do. (I have no nieces..so sad :( ) I love them all equally. But with Noah I had to love hard and Fast because you never quite knew when my sister would take him away and then I wouldn’t be able to see him again. It’s been a couple weeks now. I should be OK..I shouldn’t feel like my heart is being ripped from out of my chest because honestly I’ve gone months with out hearing Noah’s voice or seeing him smile with his eyes like only he can. Any way..I just wanted to put this out there..Just so you know Monica we all miss him and YOU very much!! You have my number use it.

These two..hmm this picture describes them to a TEE! The belly laughs and inside jokes!! Gabs and Kyle are only a little more then 2 months apart. Gabrielle being the eldest..which I’m sure now is the coolest but once she’s my age, she’ll be begging kyle to forget all the “I’m older then you” jokes. :)

This little guy. I’m not sure the world is ready for my god son. He is the happiest baby I have ever met. And all three of my babies were happy. Bryce is never with out a huge cheesy grin on his face. God i love him and all of his cheeks..lol

Now for another contest!! This contest will be a little different from the last. You will not have to send in any pictures this time around :) There are three ways to enter this contest.

1: Leave a comment here on this blog post. Tell me about something/someone special in your life.

2. Head on over to my FB fan page and become a Fan :) Make sure you leave me a comment or shoot me an email telling me that you’ve become a Fan!!

3.  Give me a little shout out :) You can Tweet it/Face-book it or if you my-space it. But once again make sure to leave me a comment or email so I will be sure to know.

How this will work is, if you do one of the three your name will be entered into a drawing once. If you do two of the three your name will be entered twice. If you do all three it will be entered three times. The contest will start today May 5th and end May 9th on Mother’s day @ 11:59pm

What you will win..a FREE mini session with a free gift print 11×14.

ok before I head to bed!! Here are a few special people in my life :) ETA- you will notice Ella isn’t in any of these pictures, She’s like grease lightening..hard to capture on camera..ha ha

Don’t forget to take a peek at Gabriel and Caleb’s post and Nikira and Jay’s post and make sure to leave LOTS of comments :)

xellie

]]> http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=364 5 Snips and snails, and puppy dogs tails | Hawley PA|Ringwood NJ lifestyle photographer http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?p=348 http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?p=348#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 03:15:47 +0000 ellie http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?p=348 That’s what little boys are made of. I was beyond excited when I posted a mini session schedule on my FB fan page and one of my oldest friends from High School contacted me and said she was interested in getting her boys pictures taken. The last time I had saw her..ooh was about 4 years ago. Her little boy Gabriel was a few months old and she didn’t have little Caleb yet. So when I saw these two adorable,sweet boys. I felt my heart jump! Gabriel is no longer a baby, instead he’s a sweet little man and om-goodness Caleb with those GORGEOUS eyes and sweet cheeks. My heart was mush by the end of our session..OK OK I’ll stop yapping and show you a few pictures from our session.

Here they are..G and C. Tw of the cutest boys around :)

So as we walked through the park and reminisced. Ooh I could tell so many stories. Hanging out at my house after school and Helena getting stuck on the balcony..then my mom coming home and flipping out..ha ha!!! Then working the night shift at troll. I remember one of the teacher’s calling in to place an order and not having her order number..So she started to cry and poor Helena. All she could say was “ooh no don’t cry”  One of the sweetest people you’ll ever meet :) OK I’m blabbing again :) Here’s a few of my GQ Gabriel!

This little guy was completely comfortable infront of the camera! He made my Job easy and F.U.N!

OK now I will warn you..Your hearts going to melt when you look into this little one’s big brown eyes. I know I was complete mush looking through my lens. Such a serious little one. I did how ever manage to get a few smiles. I promise Helena next time I will capture more :) . I think this little one’s a thinker.

Isn’t he just the sweetest! Look at those eyes!! I did manage to get a smile from him..well I actually can’t take the credit for this one. He was cheesing for his dad :)

Can you handle just one more of this CUTIE PIE!!?

And just one more of the boys together..

Thank you Helena and Felix for a fun session and a BIG thank you to Gabriel and Caleb for being the cuties they are!!

xellie

]]> http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=348 1 Winner’s announced!! http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?p=346 http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?p=346#comments Sat, 01 May 2010 17:56:59 +0000 ellie http://ellievanphotography.com/blog/?p=346 What a great turn out!!

The Winners are :

1st place a free session w/11×14 mounted on mat board- Entry #3. Bonnie

2nd place $35.00 off of a collection package-Entry #4. Linda

3rd place $25.00 off of a collection package-Entry #1 Alison

If the winners would please contact me to schedule your sessions :)

Thank you everyone who sent in entries and voted!!! Keep an eye out a NEW contest will be announced next week :)

xellie

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