Out of the Office | Recovering from a Total Hip Replacement

Hey clients! Friends! Family! And all the other cool people who stop by here now and again! :)

Just wanted to provide a little update and let my clients/prospective clients know I am now home recovering from a total hip replacement surgery. While things are going really well, I am healing up wonderfully and the worst is behind me, I am, of course, not taking clients at the moment. I will definitely be up chasing toddlers by early summer and anticipate the ability to take on maternity and newborn sessions about mid-May, but I do need to let a little time pass before I make any final decisions.

Thank you for your continued, amazing support and encouragement, I couldn't have done any of this hip stuff on my own. Every single one of you in my life has been such a huge part of this journey, thank you a million times.

For the whole story this time around click here:             

For the whole story the first time around click here: femoral osteotomy to treat late diagnosis of Perthes Disease

Close Up Portraiture {Monthly Challenge Blog Circle}

Testing...1, 2, 3...is this thing on? Hello, Blog!!! I've missed you <3

It's been a pretty little month or so around here since my last post and I've missed writing and sharing images here. I do plan to be here more often, so let's start with January's challenge with the ladies at Clickin Moms. I'm not only a member at the most amazing photography forum for women, but I'm also involved in a few blog circles with some crazy talented photographers. This circle consists of monthly challenges where we set out to photograph something in particular, share it on our own blog and link to each other.

 I initially headed outside one evening when the sun was setting looking for some soft back lighting for this project. On our way back in to the house, I noticed the beautiful light pouring through the window...inside our garage :)

Close Up Portraiture - Canon 5D w/ 100mm 2.8 macro - 1/125, f/2.8, ISO 3200

I love the way the light falls dramatically across her face and the shadow lines softly hug her contours sliding deeper as they move to the left. There is just enough illumination to see her friendly expression and big bright eyes with such a content stare.

Please visit my friend LaShawn's Blog HERE to see more close up portraits :)

Portland Lifestyle Photographer | Our Everyday {December 2012}

Traditions. Our December is so very full of them. Some great, some small, many faithful and many more just plain yummy :) We bake Gingerbread cookies every year and cut them out into little men and let the kids decorate them any way they'd like. We set out frosting, chocolate chips, cinnamon candies, small pieces on candy canes and sprinkles in every Christmas color and make an afternoon of it. With Christmas music or holiday movies playing in the background and cinnamon candles burning on the mantle above the gentle roar of a warm winter fire. We are so very blessed to live our everyday together.

Full disclosure - recipe is from Betty Crocker's Christmas Cookbook :)

Kaylee is getting SO good at rolling out cookie dough!

This is Kaylee's almost completely on her own - rolling, cutting, and all!

Her after-nap hair...oh my gosh...

I just love him. That is all.

Taste testing is totally encouraged ;)

A few of the final masterpieces!

To see more Everyday Moments from some pretty amazing photographers and friends follow our blog circle this way ------------> Visit Misty's Blog post here.

Portland Oregon Lifestyle Photographer | Our Everyday

I've teamed up with a group of lovely and talented ladies to start a new blog circle featuring images of our everyday. A chance to turn the camera around and back on my family and my kids. The theme is pretty open and I intend to mostly showcase lifestyle images that expand on our everyday.

Sunday donuts. Church, donuts, nap: our Sunday ritual only broken on the occasion someone is sick or we are out of town or some unforeseen emergency. Sometimes we get a dozen donuts from the local bakery or the market, sometime we grab a few boxes of Hostess minis and take them back to the house for brunch, but one of our favorites is going in to the donut shop and making a date out of it.

Please visit Misty's blog here to view the next post in this blog circle :)


Visit my website here - Portland, Oregon lifestyle photographer, Kimberly Anne Knox

Natalie Six Months | Portland Baby Photographer

I met back up with this gorgeous family to photograph Baby Natalie's six month portrait session last weekend. She has gotten so big yet she is so petite and so sweet!

I drove down from Portland to meet them at their house in Albany where we were planning to begin the session with some lifestyle images around their home, but when I arrived and the sun was out, we decided to start outside and get as many beautiful fall foilage scenery shots done as we could and then, if we had time or got rained out, we'd head back to their place to finish up.

Turns out the whole afternoon was set aside for their baby's portrait session, because we had sunshine and clear skies for theentire session. Once we packed up and started heading back to the car, it started to get cold and sprinkles turned to rain. But it didn't matter one bit because we rocked it out!

All of these images were taken in Corvallis, Oregon on the Oregon State University - OSU - Campus and the location was absolutely gorgeous!! The perfect backdrop for this little sweetheart's six month portraits!

Thanks Katie & Tucker, your family is gorgeous!!