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Look who's 18 months old now!

You may recognize her because she is all over my blog and site, on studio samples, and in magazines. I have been photographing her since before she was even born (I did mom's maternity session), and I...

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Hair Envy Strikes Again!

If you read my blog regularly, you will know that in the past I have had hair envy over a baby. Well, it’s happened again. Look at the full head of hair on this little guy! He came in for a baby parts...

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Christmas Cutie in September

Why, yes I am shooting holiday portraits in September. Don't roll your eyes! Other photographers out there know that we need to start shooting holiday sessions in September and October in order to meet...

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Sneak Peek

I can't believe it's been a year since I have seen this little cutie. She's grown so much since last year, and now she's a big sister too!

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Kids As Art

This 14x20 is a beautiful canvas art piece in the master bedroom!

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What to Wear

"What should we wear to our family portrait session?"Many people think that everyone in the family needs to wear the exact same thing. While I have definitely shot these types of portraits, I would...

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Sibling Sneak Peek

I do indeed love all the adorable babies who come to visit me, but it's also fun to work with older kids because they have a lot more patience. Here's a sneak peek from a weekend session. These two...

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Sneak Peek - Three Little Elves

This might simply be my favorite holiday photo ever. I love these hats, plus the expressions on all three kids is just priceless. I would print this one on a billboard if I could. LOL!Here are a few...

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Rapunzel, my new photography assistant

Remember this 3 year old's session? Well now big sis is 5! Over the summer I was suggesting that their mom get in the photos, and this time she did! What a gorgeous family, huh? I am especially...

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Grandparents & Grandkids

It's always fun to capture the relationship between grandparents and grandkids, but even more fun when it's my own family. Here are my awesome in-laws (and no, they are not paying me to say that! LOL),...

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Happy Halloween!

My daughter wanted to be something scary this year. I love how it's so obvious it's her with those little red glasses showing right thru the mask. Wall-e woke up with a fever this morning, so I am glad...

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Twins!

I had the wonderful opportunity to photograph some preemie newborn twins today. They don’t look like preemie newborn twins, you say? Well that’s because they were born at 36 weeks and weighed 7 lbs 3...

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More Kids As Art

I got to visit some of my favorite clients today to check out how they have incorporated the “Kids As Art” idea into their home. When I got there I saw that this was an easy idea for them as they have...

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Thing 2 Turns 4

Happy fourth birthday today to my sweet baby boy! He wants to go to dinner tonight at Sweet Tomatoes in honor of his birthday. That's his idea of fancy. :)

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Thing 1 Turns 7

Happy Birthday today to my firstborn, the child who is at the same time the light of my life and the reason for my gray hair. She wants to be Beethoven when she grows up, not really realizing that...

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What to Wear

There is time for one more "what to wear" suggestion for those last-minute holiday portraits. As with other earlier "what to wear" ideas, notice that no two people are dressed completely alike yet all...

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Almost 8 months old!

Look at this little cutie who I met yesterday. He was so easy-going and cooperative. I swear those are his real eyelashes. No photoshop enhancement performed. Jealous? I am!

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Happy Hanukkah!

Growing up in a mixed religion home, I have taken lots of "menorah with christmas tree" pictures over the years. This year I had seen some online tutorials about how to change the shape of lights in...

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Sneak Peek - Father and Sons

You may recognize little A from earlier in the fall, when I was honored to shoot his 1-year session. He brought the rest of his family to meet me this past weekend. I love to see fathers having fun...

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Kids As Art, and some great news!

You may recognize this family from a session we did in September. At that time their middle daughter S, now 5, was at the tail end of her treatment for Wilm’s Tumor, a form of childhood kidney cancer....

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Merry Christmas!

It has been a great pleasure working with all of you this past year. Wishing you all the blessings of the season. Merry Christmas!

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(my own) Kids As Art

If you follow my blog, you might recall the 24x30 canvas gallery wrap I gave to my father over the summer.I loved it so much, I temporarily hung it on my wall just to photograph the kids with it before...

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Gorgeous Family in their Gorgeous Family Room

Over this holiday break, I had the opportunity to visit the K family to see their Kids As Art display. Wowza! It literally took my breath away and I momentarily wished I was a product photographer...

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Here I go again!

Several of you might recall the photography challenge I participated in back in 2008. It was called Project 365 and it involved a self-portrait a day for an entire year. It was a ton of work, but I...

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I'm moving the blog!

In order to have more flexibility with my blog, I have decided to change my blogging platform. Please update your bookmarks and RSS feeds to: http://jessicagwozdz.com/blogThank you!

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