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Baby Ian | Atlanta Baby Photographer

Angela — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:18:29 +0000

Smyrna Baby Ian arrived a little ahead of schedule so I had the opportunity to photograph him two times! The first time was for his newborn baby portrait session and the second time was just a couple of days after Thanksgiving for an extended family portrait session. You would not believe what a poser he is for being such a brand new little guy. When we got to the part of the family session where I was photographing him with his Grandparents, Aunts and Uncle he would look right at the camera and pose, I don’t think I’ve had a newborn ever do that every. single. time. I think he has a future as a model!

Baby Ian is such a blessing to his family as they have waited for him a long time, what a wonderful early Christmas present he is. I fell in love with his family and even his sweet dog Tanner. Tanner would come stand by me and nuzzle his head on my hand and wait for me to pet him. Then he would put his head on my leg if I was sitting down. I’m pretty sure Tanner is one of my most favorite client furry friends I’ve ever met. Thank you so much to Ian’s Mommy & Daddy for choosing me to document your lives during this very special time.

Here are a few images to share from Ian’s newborn session

Did I mention I fell in love with this family? I sure did.

I couldn’t resist showing you Ian’s super cute cousins, this one was from the family portrait session a few days after Thanksgiving, aren’t they cutie pies? They liked me because I had Smarties for them!

Anna : One Year Later | Atlanta Baby Photographer

Angela — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:29:34 +0000

Last year at this time I photographed beautiful Baby Anna shortly after she was born. I was so excited when her Mommy told me that they wanted me to photograph her again this year. I love love love seeing how much the babies I photograph have grown over the past year when I see them for their one year portrait sessions. Miss Anna is *such* a sweet and beautiful little toddler. She blows kisses and waves bye bye, oh she just melts my heart. We had a lot of fun playing in the leaves and being silly that day. Thank you so much B & P for inviting me back again this year.

Here are a few to share from my morning in Mableton with Anna:

Don’t you just love how she has her leg kicked out to the side on the one with her Dad? I sure do.

Ava, Bryce & Gavin: One Year Later | Atlanta & Los Angeles Child Photographer

Angela — Mon, 04 May 2009 03:27:23 +0000

Last year about this time I had this wonderful client family that had a gorgeous three year old little girl named Ava. They were expecting identical twin boys just a few weeks after I did their maternity session and I was lucky enough to get to go back for the newborn session. This is one gorgeous family y’all (see the southerner in me is creeping back in to my daily vocabulary)! Not only are they beautiful but they are such a wonderful sweet and loving family and I was thrilled when they hired me again this year when I was in LA. Miss Ava has grown in to a confident and spirited four year old who loves Hello Kitty and being silly and the boys, oh my goodness what a difference a year makes. These two little heart breakers who were so tiny the last time I saw them, were now busy one year olds that cried when I started to leave. Yes it’s true they cried when I was leaving. Oh how they melted my heart.

Here is what they looked like this time last year:

Here they are just one year later:

Quinlan: One Year Later | Atlanta & Los Angeles Baby Photographer

Angela — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:32:15 +0000

I just returned home this evening from a wonderful week in Los Angeles. While there I had the opportunity to photograph many of my sweet little clients from last year that I first met as newborns and have all recently turned one.

My first stop was Redondo Beach to photograph sweet baby Quinlan. She is not quite walking yet but it won’t be long (look out R & T!). The minute you walk in to the door she smiles and giggles and just melts your heart with her GORGEOUS blue eyes. I’m telling you folks, no Photoshopping on her eyes, they really are that blue. It is so much fun seeing how much she has grown in the past year, I was so excited when her parents asked me to come back again this year. I’ll confess to loving them as well, even though her Dad likes to make fun of me for going to see New Kids on the Block while I was in LA.

Here is Miss Quinlan one year ago:

Here she is now:

4 1/2 | Atlanta Child Photographer

Angela — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:53:53 +0000

My four year old (wait correct that – 4 1/2 year old as she often reminds me) is one of the sassiest little girls on planet earth, she is also one of the funniest too. While she does have her divalicious moments that turn my hair gray much sooner than it should be, she is a sweet caring and snuggly girl. She loves pink & purple, kitty cats and shoes. She would wear nothing but dresses that “spin” if she had her way. She brings such a smile to my face each and every day, I’m truly blessed to be her Mommy. (Now don’t think I’m leaving out my son, he is getting his own blog post next week!)

Recently I worked with a clothing designer to help her with her new Spring/Summer catalog. She had several photographers photograph their daughters in her clothing. When she has the catalog ready I will be sure to share the link, her designs are really cute and fun! So I thought I would share a few of the photos of Morgan. I think that by looking at these you can get a good idea of how sassy she is. I’m quite certain that I could open up the dictionary and see her photo right next to the word sassy. If you want to know what I looked like as a child, just take a look at her, she’s my carbon copy. Of course she’s also been mistaken for Suri Cruise a few times (one time at Disneyland when we still lived in Los Angeles, the person thought I was the nanny and Morgan was Suri). My collage software did a little hand and feet chopping on these, so just ignore that, no feet or hands were harmed in the creation of this collage .

Giving is Awesome

Angela — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:26:46 +0000

Last year I gave away a portrait session and prints to a deserving family who was nominated by a friend. This year I joined in the giving going on over at http://www.givingisawesome.com . Kristen from Essential Imagery put all of this together and photographers from around the world are donating their time, talent and art to deserving families all around the world. The concept is simple…

The rules:

* You cannot nominate yourself, and the person nominated must sincerely be incapable of purchasing my services. (Being unable to make mortgage payments for a two-million-dollar-vacation-home in Paris does not qualify as sincere financial need.) Times are tough, many people have lost their homes, jobs and hope. Custom portraiture is the last thing they are able to afford right now.

* The nominee must reside in Atlanta, GA or immediate surrounding areas. Tell me who you know, what they’re experiencing, and why they deserve my artwork. Please include a way to contact both your nominee and yourself as well.

*You must email the nomination and story to giving@angelacalderon.com

I am so excited about this and I hope that you will all take a few minutes and think of someone who you could nominate to receive this very special gift!

It’s Fall Ya’ll | Atlanta Children’s Photographer

Angela — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:47:08 +0000

See now that I am back in the south I don’t stick out like a sore thumb when I say ya’ll. I still said it during my 11 years in LA and it would immediately be followed by the question, oh you aren’t from LA are you?

Fall here in Atlanta is BEAUTIFUL! The weather is crisp and so are the leaves, everything is golden and just gorgeous. Yes I’m still behind on my blogging (what else is new right?) so I decided to put several of my recent cuties all in one big post.

I told ya’ll that I’m declaring myself Atlanta’s official twin photographer right? Another set of twins and their little brother, these little guys were so much fun and look how cute they look!

Look at these curls on this toddler boy, oh my goodness and those chocolate brown eyes. PERFECT!

This little one flew in from Los Angeles for her photo shoot! I’ll be photographing her when I’m in LA next month at her home there. She was so sassy, I loved it!

Look at how sweet this little one is with his beautiful Mommy. I love their fall colors they are wearing!

This handsome little guy was so polite and sweet, such a good boy.

And last but not least a beautiful maternity client who is having a baby girl this week!!!

18 | Atlanta Toddler Photographer

Angela — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:11:21 +0000

Today little Miss M came to the studio for her 18 month portraits. We started out just like most sessions for little ones that age. A little unsure of who this stranger is, she was clinging to her mommy. She walked around and was pointing to the photographs of other babies and children in the studio, she found one she liked and kept “talking” to her. It only took a little bit of time before she was coming over and hugging me, cutest thing ever.

She loved the little chair we have in the studio and even decided she wanted to stand up in it! Not to worry, her beautiful Mommy was right there ready to catch her if she took a tumble. Thank you to Miss M and her Mommy for being so sweet today!

Here are a few from our morning together. I love the little freckle on her chin, it’s her signature mark!

This one is more of an outtake but I love how cute she looks here, it reminded me of my little one who loves to do the same thing with her dresses

Off to a sweet start… | Atlanta Family Photographer

Angela — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:13:41 +0000

First let me tell you that when they call it HOTlanta they aint joking! As they say “it’s not the heat it’s the humidity”, I’m hear to tell you every single word of that is true. Phew!

This evening I met my clients at a beautiful park in East Cobb County. They have the best last name ever and I hope they don’t mind me sharing, it’s Sugar. How cute is that and that they are my first Atlanta clients and they have a sweet last name. I had such a wonderful time, they were so much fun and were so very sweet and kind. We had a mission today and that was to get some shots of the three generations of Sugar Men. Grandpa Sugar was in visiting from New York so this was the perfect opportunity for photos! Later on this week we will have part two of our session and it will be all about little J.

Thank you to the Sugar family to living up to your name and being so sweet and welcoming to me and for braving the crazy heat together!

Just a side note that I’m currently turning cartwheels in my front yard (ok not really, I would probably break my neck) but our “stuff” arrived today in the moving crates and after 2+ weeks I get to sleep in my own bed. You read that right, no floor, no crazy air mattress, yes my very own bed. My back is already thanking me!

Here are a few sneak peeks from this afternoon!

Don’t you just love those dark eyes and gorgeous red hair he has. So so cute!

Mission accomplished…

and we can’t forget Mr. J’s beautiful Mommy (who reminds me so much of my friend Monica back in LA)…

Looks like we made it…

Angela — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:33:13 +0000

This post is long overdue, however we just had our internet service connected today. We arrived on Sunday night so it took us exactly three days to travel from LA to Atlanta. Phew! We had plans to get out and do things and make more stops, but let me tell you, when it’s 125 in Phoenix and 108 in Texas, we just stayed in the car with the a/c cranking! I’m happy to report Little Miss was wonderful, however her brother, oh boy, he was a little challenging, which surprised us because he’s normally the easier of the two.

One night we tried to find a hotel room in Oklahoma and I swear the entire state was booked, we must have stopped at least 12 different times in different cities and there was nothing.

Our stuff doesn’t arrive until Saturday, so this week we’ve been sitting and sleeping on the floor. OUCH my poor back is not a happy camper! This afternoon a storm was rolling through and the power went out, when it came back on the security system went nuts and we couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so we had a visit from some wonderful police officers who came to check up on us. I’m sure the neighbors are already thinking there goes the neighborhood with those crazy California people setting off alarms and causing problems only after a few short days here. I promise we are nice!

Texans are friendly drivers according to their welcome sign… (Oh and I know I am supposed to show a Georgia sign but it was super late when we arrived and I had a severe case of driver’s foot cramp, so I’ll have to take a picture of the Georgia sign some other day!)

It’s true, everything *is* really big in Texas. We saw the 2nd largest cross in the Western Hemisphere. It was HUGE and was right off the interstate.
Interstate 40 follows along historic Route 66

And my regular blog readers know, I love using the fisheye. Spencer & Morgan outside our new home…

and the friendly police officers who came out today when the security system went nuts
(a la point and shoot camera )