Angela Calderon Photography Blog

Turning Three

Angela — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:27:25 +0000

I’m back here in Atlanta safe and sound after spending the last week shooting in Los Angeles. I sure missed my husband and my children, and while I do love LA it is great to be back to my new home Atlanta. I have some emails to catch up on, so if you are waiting on one from me, I’ll be responding asap! It was awesome to see some of my LA clients again. Many of them I’ve had the pleasure of seeing every year since they were brand new babies!

Miss M has been a client of mine for three years now. It’s always so neat to see my little clients each year and to see how much they’ve grown since our last portrait session. Last year at this time she was shy, quiet and very reserved, this year she was spunky, talkative and so silly, we had a great time. She had a very special birthday party this weekend too, so this past week was very busy for her.

I’ll be sharing some sneak peeks of my California clients all this week. Here are a few from my morning with sweet little Miss M.

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Straight From Santa

Angela — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:56:04 +0000

I arrived safe and sound to Los Angeles and I’m caught in a little bit of a time warp gaining three hours of time and from being up all night last night since I had to get to the air port so early I just stayed up! Phew I am tired! I can’t wait to see some of my LA clients & friends this week!

I just have to tell you about this wonderful website that my friends Pete & Charlaine created. It’s called Straight From Santa and what they do is send your child a letter from Santa just before Christmas. Now the super cool thing about it is that Charlaine is up in Alaska and the postmark will say North Pole. How cool is that? My son is going to love this and will notice the post mark right away. The best thing about it, the price! It’s only $10 a letter, which very reasonable and they have several letter designs to choose from. So head on over and check it out and get a letter sent to your little ones!

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Baby Anna

Angela — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:56:56 +0000

Today I traveled to Mableton to photograph a newborn baby girl who is only six days old. I always tell my clients and potential clients that it is so important to have their newborns photographed within their first two weeks because it makes such a difference. Anna was a true testament to that, she was so sleepy and laid back, I think I could have just sat and looked at her all day. She almost shares a birthday with her Dad, so there were quite a few of us scorpios in the house today! Thank you to Anna’s wonderful parents, they were amazing and so sweet and kind.

Oh, she is such a little heartbreaker at only six days old, here are a few from our morning together…

I love it when I catch babies mid-yawn, this modeling thing is hard work!

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Baby Elizabeth

Angela — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:08:25 +0000

Earlier this week I traveled to Marietta to photograph a brand new baby girl. Her beautiful Mommy came in last month for her maternity session and now I had the chance to meet her sweet baby.

Miss Elizabeth did not want to go to sleep, she liked staying up and hanging out with us. I’m telling you, these newborns love partying with me. She was so alert and was so tiny and cute. Finally she got tired of us fussing with her and she took a little nap. I love photographing newborns, its such an amazing time for their families and to see how much they change in the first year is mind boggling.

Thank you to the M family for welcoming me to your home and being so kind, it was so much fun and I can’t wait until our next portrait session!

Her Mommy had this beautiful scarf that she got when she went to Paris, I love the color and it made a perfect wrap for baby E.

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Just Do It

Angela — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:01:30 +0000

Tomorrow is one of the biggest days in the history of our wonderful country, the 2008 Presidential Election. Please please please take time out of your day to get out and vote. I like to wait until election day to vote, however this year being in a new state with fewer polling locations I anticipated a long wait on the actual day so my husband and I voted last week.

Now I would love to tell you who I’m voting for and why I think you should vote for that person, but I don’t like to mix my politics with my business. I just ask that you please vote and choose who is best for you, your values, your beliefs and who you think is best person to lead our country. Also whoever wins I hope that you will all support our new President, even if it’s not who you voted for. Now more than ever we need to all join together to come out of this slump that we are in.

Email a photo of you with your “I Voted” sticker to contest@angelacalderon.com and I’ll pick a winner for a itunes gift card! Entries must be received by Tuesday night at 11:59 eastern standard time. Get out and rock the vote tomorrow!

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William & Sofia

Angela — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 02:51:43 +0000

Back in August I worked with this cutie pie set of twins for a commercial shoot. Today they were my portrait clients and they can now sit up! They were so cute and I just love it when babies are newly sitting, they are just so proud of themselves and their new skill!

Thank you to the V family for welcoming me to your home! You are such a sweet family and I had a wonderful time!

Sofia’s Mommy told me that she is a very serious baby, she sure is cute though and we managed to get some smiles from her, but this is her serious look.

Little Will took a power nap and he was such a happy camper when he woke up! Check out their dog Lenox sitting behind him, he was the best dog ever. So gentle with the babies and such a little love.

Together in the rocking chair…

Last but not least, their beautiful Mommy & Daddy!

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Happy Halloween!

Angela — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:07:07 +0000

I hope all of you have a safe and wonderful Halloween tonight! Don’t eat too much candy and be sure and put the chocolate at the bottom of the bowl so if you are left with candy it will be the yummy stuff. ;-) (just kidding!)

Here are my two little trick-or-treaters! Email me a photo of your little ones, I would love to see them!

Alice In Wonderland and a Skeleton who said he didnt like wearing his mask because (and I quote) “It hides my cool hair Mom, people can’t see it,” oh boy, he’s only seven, I’m going to be in trouble when he’s a teenager.

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New Kids on the Block - Atlanta

Angela — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:57:00 +0000

Last night my friend Josh and I went to the New Kids On the Block concert here in Atlanta. Oh my goodness, they were AWESOME and I think everyone in the audience had a sore throat and probably couldn’t hear well after leaving the show, the audience was so excited and LOUD!!! Natasha Bedingfield & Lady Gaga opened for them and they were really good too. I’m telling you, it is just not fair how well men age compared to women. Jordan, Joey, Donnie, Danny & Jon were even cuter than they were back in the New Kids on the Block heyday. We had the best time, we danced, screamed, sang, yelled, cheered and partied the entire time. The only bad thing from that is how much my feet hurt now! To all my blog readers in other cities who are going (and you know who you are) you are going to have so much fun! I wish I could go again!

Here’s a little clip from the show last night, we had great seats!

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On this one you can see Jordan looking right at me, yep he was singing to me! It’s a song about taking photographs, see I told you he was singing to me!

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It’s Fall Ya’ll

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!!!

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One + Twins

Angela — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 06:30:56 +0000

I have so much stuff to share and I know I need to blog when people are emailing me making sure I’m alive. Very alive and very busy! Fall is the holiday portrait season rush and not to mention all of these beautiful babies being born in Atlanta, it’s my favorite time of the year.

Also one bit of business - I only have a couple of Los Angeles portrait sessions left for the week of November 10-16 so if you want one, book now! I am going to be all over LA, quite a busy schedule during my week there!

Today I traveled to Cartersville and met this wonderful family bright and early, these little ones wake up at 6:00am every day (sounds like my two!) so we were outside with the chickens this morning. They were such troopers because it was super cold outside, but that did not stop us from having fun. Awesome awesome parents and incredibly cute children, what a wonderful way to start the day! I think I am becoming the official Atlanta Twin photographer, just call me the twinographer! ;-) I have so many great clients that all have twins. Here are a few to share from our morning together:

Hey those pinwheels match my logo!

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