Christmas In June
- Click the picture, or click here, for Meaghan and Mike’s slide show!
- Happy Father’s Day, Mike!
- The photo session was a gift for Meaghan last Christmas. I think she looks a lot like Andie MacDowell in this picture! Beautiful!
- This was the baby’s first glimpse of me. He was waking up from his nap, and there I was. That’s got to be weird!
- But he was only freaked out for about 10 seconds before the face of great expressions began! What a cutie!
- Here’s that off-center thing I do again. I never did explain why I do that sometimes, so here goes: THIS would make an excellent beginning to a spread in a coffeetable book. The left side would be the left side of the spread, as is, and the right side would be the backdrop colors for an overlay of a storyboard of two or three black-and-whites (or color images as long as they all have the same basic color palette). For a framed print, this picture can easily be cropped as a vertical, cropping out the right side. Cool, huh? This would also work great for a Christmas card. I’d make this whole picture the inside spread of the card, and I’d put the message on the right over the reds and greens. Pretty! See how versatile that one image is? And all because of some creative in-camera framing!
- Here’s another one that would make a really cool album spread all by itself. I love pictures that get me to stop and think about something. Maybe it’s just me, but this picture draws me in and I can’t help staring at it and thinking about how big those tiny feet will be someday.
- Meaghan, was that a great Christmas gift or what? I think it’s so cool that the timing worked out for your slide show to go live on Father’s Day. It’s a gift for both of you! Er, uh, all three of you!
- BONUS IMAGE and CAPTION CONTEST!
Post a comment caption for the image above relating to Father’s Day! Meaghan will get an extra print credit bonus in her store gallery for each comment posted and the first commenter to make me laugh will get lots of blog praise! (One bonus credit per IP address through June 30.)
It’s my birthday month, so that means I give out lots of gifts in June!
Happy Father’s Day to all my blog-reading dads, and especially to MY Mike — a great dad to Bradley, Gregory and Lauren! We love you!
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My family calls me "the mamarazzi."
Hi Julie!
I just had to watch this today because today is Luke’s 3rd birthday! It made me emotional seeing him as such a little chubb in all these photos and now he is so big. I love looking at these, it never gets old. Thank you again for this beautiful slideshow. Love, Meaghan
Well, your comment made me watch it again too. So cute! Gotta tell you — 3, huh? My baby is turning 16 on Sunday. SIXTEEN. Where did the time go? Thinking back on it now, I wish I had a slide show like this for every year of his life.
Say hi to Luke and Mike for me.
Has anyone noticed the heart shape between Luke’s legs??? It’s on the last picture with ” the end” on his sweat pants.
Poppi
Hey Poppi — julie here — THAT’S SO COOL!!! I hadn’t noticed that. Awesome! Thanks for the smile today — jws
JULIE: OUTSTANDING!!
SIMPLY PUT, FABULOUS!!!!! I LOOK AT THEM WHEN I COME HOME FROM WORK, AND AT LEAST ONCE BEFORE I GO TO BED, EVERYDAY.
Okay, I’m jumping in….that baby is the cutest baby I have ever seen! He’s just precious! Great pictures, Julie. As usual, you capture the essence of this family!
Talk to you soon!
Jennifer
how’s this:
Daddy — PLEASE let Mommy do the cooking — OK?
Deb
That had to be the most beautiful Father’s Day gift ever given. I would love to have this done when my son is born!! You all looked so adorable together – what a nice family!
This was an amazing slideshow…you all looked fabulous!
What incredible pictures of the family – amazing job with the slideshow!
Why are we watching another Yankees game??
I don’t want to hear that the Patriots lost!!!!
I wish I grow up to be like my Dad.
Oh no…not the Villanova bib!!! Where’s the PC one?!?!?!
Luke has such a beautiful smile and you captured it perfectly. What a lovely family!
“Yuck! Beans!”