Sadie's Tree

A couple more of Sadie in the tree :-)

My Sadie-girl

As I'm sure many of you know, getting pictures of a very active 2 yr old can be next to impossible. My baby-girl is no different and being a photographer it drives me crazy that I struggle so much with getting a nice picture of my daughter. I've practically given up on trying to do an actual "photo session" with her and have just managed to get some nicer snap shots here and there. However, last week I had a couple of ideas to coax my little one into being a model for me.

#1- I put her in a tree.

Now, when I was little, my parents gave me the nickname "Monkey-woman." I apparently loved to climb and there were stories of my climbing out of my crib, up in trees and up onto my bedroom window sill. They even got me a t-shirt with the name on it. Well, looks like my daughter has inherited not only my love of climbing but also the nickname.

She absolutely had a blast being in the tree and lovingly called it her "monkey tree."

#2- I bribed her with a lollipop (and a rather large one at that)

The child adores candy and especially lollipops. What more can you say?





One final note- the last photo session I did with her was back in Mar of 2008

Playing Catch Up

It's been a rough few weeks here which has made it a real challenge trying to balance my time and I haven't been very successful at it. Hopefully things are starting to turn around and I'll be able to be back in the groove before I get hit with Christmas sessions :-)

To catch up, I just had to share a few shots that I did from a session at the end of September. These were the daughters of a really good friend of mine (known her since kindergarten) and her little girls are just precious.

If you follow Jodi Walsh Photography on facebook, these should look familiar... :-)

BetterPhoto Finalist - August 09

wow! 2 months in a row! I'm so excited and happy to share with you my finalist in the Betterphoto Monthly Photo Contest. My entry was one of 22,300 photos entered during the month of August and one of 886 finalists selected to go into the final round of judging. Professional and amateur photographers from around the world compete on this site.

Check it out!

Contest Results

So the deadline came and went and we have 2 winners! I decided I couldn't pick just one, or rather I have 2 kids and they each wanted to pick :-) Thank you very much for entering and keep checking on the blog for future updates.

*hint* Sadie's birthday comes up in Nov so there could very well be another contest on the horizon :-)


So the winners of my first give-a-way are...

Alicia Taluskie



and

Aimee Eisamen



I can't wait to get together with you all!

September Changes and Contest!

The Birthday Boy!!

Summer is ending and a new school year is beginning! There are also some changes for Jodi Walsh Photography...

As of September 1st, my session fee is increasing to $60 this price includes tax. I find it very difficult to raise prices but a necessary evil in order to make this a viable business. Thank you again for all the encouragement in this adventure!

Also September is very special to me because years ago my life thoroughly changed when I became a mom. So in honor of Caleb turning 4, I'm offering a contest for a free session! To enter, just send me a picture of whoever you want in the session through email or Facebook. Entries will be excepted from now until midnight September 9th! The winner will be chosen at random and announced on September 10th!

Oh and this contest is open for anyone (not just little kids) :-) Email pics to jmwalshphotos@gmail.com.

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Free session is not applicable to sessions already scheduled for September or October. Winner has until September 30th to schedule their free session. Prints or photo CD are not included. Locations are limited to Pittsburgh, PA, Latrobe, PA or Derry, PA. Winning entry will be published online.