Thanks so much for stopping by my photoblog. My name is Norma-ann and I am an on-location portrait photographer specializing in all things adorable (Newborns, Kiddos, Families, Baby Bumps, you know, that sort of thing). I am also a wife to one terrific guy, and a mom to three amazingly beautiful little girls. Our third baby was just born near the beginning of this year and, my goodness, she is growing fast.
Being a mom, I know the importance of documenting these special, and fleeting times in our lives. Nine months can go by in the wink of an eye. Babies don't stay babies very long. And, before you know it, the kids are on their way out the door for college. Now is the time to remember. Now is the time to celebrate. Now is the time to document.
I like to capture these moments for you, the way I do for my own family: in very relaxed, informal, and fun photo sessions. No cheesy poses or awkward smiles. That's not the real you. I love to see movement, and colour, and big ol' belly laughs! That's the stuff of life. And those are the moments you will look back on, and cherish, forever.
You. Your life. Your love.
Captured.
Oh my! It has been a long, long, time since I posted to my poor bloggy here. But, I’ll keep it short anyway because this post is gonna’ be a quick entry into this week’s photo challenge over at I Heart Faces. The challenge theme for this week is “kisses” and I really wanted to share this cute kissy picture.
I loved you before I met you.
For more mushy-goodness please head on over to the I Heart Faces Website by clicking on the button below. Thanks!
February 8, 2010 - 12:17 pm - I love this. Absolutely precious!
February 8, 2010 - 12:39 pm - aww iLuv it!!!!....♥♥♥...oxox...♥
February 8, 2010 - 12:50 pm - Takes my breath away! Stunning!
February 8, 2010 - 1:00 pm - I big ole' AWW, love it!
February 8, 2010 - 4:31 pm - Awww. SO sweet.
February 8, 2010 - 4:38 pm - Oh my gosh. So sweet!!
February 8, 2010 - 5:16 pm - very cute...i love the quote too.
The theme this week at I ♥ Faces is Excited and I don’t think my friend Michelle could have been any more excited to see just who was developing in her tummy!
Turns out – it’s a girl!! And, I’m hoping to meet her later this week!!
Congratulations Michelle! I’m so, so, happy for you!!!!
For more Exciting photos, be sure to head on over to I ♥ Faces by clicking right HERE or on the button below.
Thanks!
October 13, 2009 - 7:52 pm - I love this picture!
October 14, 2009 - 2:27 pm - what a fun picture! i love it!
October 14, 2009 - 6:43 pm - Love,love, love this photo! Beautiful!!
October 19, 2009 - 10:34 am - So cute - she does look very excited :)
February 4, 2010 - 2:27 pm - aww iLuv your photography...♥ I will love a header like yours...How can I create one like that?
I am so excited and I have been just dying to share this with you all, but I really wanted to wait until everything was all nice and official and…done! And, now it is…
It’s my brand new PhotoBlog with my brand new Business Name and my brand new LOGO made by a real-life designer guy. How cool is all that?! I had so much fun throughout the whole design process and I just love looking at my new logo now. It was made just for me!! I still can’t get over it. And it’s so pretty. And cool. And fresh. And whimsical. Hey, I’ve always wanted a tattoo! Ahhh…maybe not. Needles scare me. But, still, I love it!
So, welcome to Pea Tree Photography!
This is just the beginning…
October 6, 2009 - 8:05 pm - The new look is great - Love it! Love it! Love it! How exciting :)
October 7, 2009 - 11:31 am - Ah! Thanks Jeni!! And thanks for stopping by my blog!! (For those who don't know...Jeni is one of my all-time-favourite photographers!!!) =)
October 26, 2009 - 9:01 pm - Well, I just love your new logo! =) Beautiful.
This week’s photo theme at I ♥ Faces is BLUE. So, here is a picture of my blue-eyed girl, in her cool, blue pool! We will be surrounded by cool blue icicles around here in no time, so I am enjoying looking at my little sweetie in this photo that we took just a few short weeks ago. Ahhh…I can almost feel the heat.
Check out more BLUE photos by clicking right HERE or on the button below. Thanks!!
September 29, 2009 - 2:56 pm - Aww I miss summer. Love the picture. Great blue colour.
September 29, 2009 - 3:32 pm - Gorgeous smile! and a great shot!
September 29, 2009 - 3:35 pm - What a great vibrant shot!!
September 29, 2009 - 3:36 pm - Excellent capture - love it for this week's theme :)
September 29, 2009 - 3:48 pm - Gorgeous photo.
September 29, 2009 - 4:22 pm - What a sweetie : ) Love your blue picture! Lots of blue. LOVE that smile. How cute is she?
September 29, 2009 - 4:36 pm - Love the missing teeth. Great shot!
September 29, 2009 - 5:45 pm - Great image! I really do LOVE the blue here! It's so crisp & clear!
September 30, 2009 - 1:31 am - yes I love this! great shot!
September 30, 2009 - 7:20 am - Great smile!
I am so excited for this week’s challenge at I ♥ Faces. That’s because as soon as I saw the theme “Completely Candid” I knew I already had the photo that I was just dying to share with you!!
Here are the guidelines for this week’s challenge…
“All photos entered this week have to be a spur-of-the-moment, completely candid, non-posed capture“. Cool!
This picture is of the baby girl of one of my really great friends. She and I, and a bunch of our other girlfriends, were having a little “Mommy Picnic at the Park” a few weeks ago. We brought along a few treats, all our babies (7 girls and just 1 boy!), and I (of course) brought along my camera. It was around my neck when I heard little Trinity going “ahh, Ahh, AAHH…”
“CHOOOO!”
It was one of those moments when I was SO glad that I had the camera handy because I just LURVE this shot. She is such an absolute cutie-patootie to begin with and to see her here, face all scrunched up, mid-sneeze, is completely, completely, adorable.
I bet there will be lots of great candid shots this week over at I ♥ Faces, so be sure to go check them all out by clicking right HERE or on the button below.
Thanks!
How about a few more shots from my photo shoot with the little cutie-pie in the post below? I entered her photo into the I Heart Faces photo challenge this week for the theme “Contemplative” and I realized that I still had more great photos of her to share with you. I also have some photos from a maternity shoot I just did, so I’ll get those up soon, too. Just been a little busy around here with Back to School time! My kiddos are all still young enough to be really, really, excited for back to school. Hopefully, it will stay that way for a few more years at least!
So, for now…here is little bit more of the beautiful Madison with the big blue eyes, and the fantastic pouty lips (she got those from her gorgeous Mommy). :0)
And, now, all tuckered out, cuddled up, and incredibly sweet.
{thanks Madison…}
September 16, 2009 - 6:21 pm - She's a doll. Love those blue eyes.
September 19, 2009 - 10:37 am - She is so lovely! They get bigger all too fast don't they? Have a great weekend.
This week’s theme at I ♥ Faces is “Contemplative” defined as: thoughtful observation; full or deep consideration; dreamily or wistfully thoughtful: a pensive mood; expressing or revealing thoughtfulness; quiet modes of apparent or real thought. Well, this is the first week I’m not specifically taking a photo to enter in the challenge because as soon as I saw the theme I knew I had the perfect shot.
As soon as I took this photo I labelled it in my mind as, “The Thinker!”. This little one is full of deep thoughts…goodness only knows what they are. Where’s my milk and who is this lady taking pictures of me, maybe.
For more wonderful entries…click right HERE or on the button below. Thanks!
September 15, 2009 - 3:05 pm - That is a super cute pic. She's a doll.
September 15, 2009 - 5:19 pm - Oh, that's too cute! What beautiful eyes!!
September 15, 2009 - 8:06 pm - Wow! What a cool expression you captured! Such a pretty baby with great eyes!
September 15, 2009 - 9:55 pm - I can't express how darn cute this is! Love it!
September 15, 2009 - 10:27 pm - oh so very cute! love the hand under the chin!
September 16, 2009 - 4:14 am - What a cutie!
September 16, 2009 - 10:46 am - precious!!!!
September 16, 2009 - 12:36 pm - Thank-you everyone for your sweet comments! :0)
September 16, 2009 - 2:05 pm - ADORABLE!
September 20, 2009 - 1:41 pm - Oh my goodness...PRECIOUS..you are gonna win HANDS DOWN! I love it!
This week’s theme at I ♥ Faces is “Nostalgia”. The very first thing I thought of –when it comes to wonderful memories of my childhood–is my little buddy “Leo”. I got Leo when I was in the hospital at the age of 5 to get my tonsils out. He and I become inseparable buddies from that point on. I threw birthday parties for Leo (complete with cake), I dressed him up (yes “He” is a boy, but he also wears dresses. That’s just the way it was when I was 5), and I took him ~everywhere~ with me. Now that I am full-grown, I’ve let him go sleep in my daughter’s room at night. She is just about the same age now as I was when I got him. And, she and I look a fair bit alike. So, it is really amazing and wonderful to watch her playing with him. It’s like being able to actually look at myself as a child.
He used to have longer hair, but my sister cut it off and told me it would all grow back. It never did. He has also lost an eye over all those years and he’s had his smile rubbed off with kisses. But, that’s all okay because that is what makes him “real”. I always believed that then, and my little girl believes it now. The Velveteen Lion.
For more great trips down memory land please go check out I ♥ Faces by following this LINK, or by clicking the button below.
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August 25, 2009 - 10:24 pm - How sweet! He looks well loved!
August 26, 2009 - 7:29 pm - Your daughter is beautiful and that photo is just beautiful. I enjoyed my visit today. It was nice to meet you. :) Lynnette Dancing Barefoot on Weathered Ground
August 26, 2009 - 10:30 pm - Beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
August 26, 2009 - 10:55 pm - I LOVE LOVE LOVE this entry! Gorgeous picture - just perfect for this week's theme!
August 27, 2009 - 5:44 pm - Another great Jamie picture. Love your stuffie!
September 12, 2009 - 3:08 am - Your Jamie is gorgeous! And very similar to mine. She has a large collection of soft toys that may have started life as boys, but still wear dresses more often than not!
December 13, 2009 - 10:40 pm - I love the velveteen lion!! Your site looks great. So easy and fun to flip through! Great pics!!
I just had another baby photo shoot today and, as usual, I cannot wait until I’ve processed all the photos to share at least one! This little girl was just so cute and so sweet – with beautiful blue eyes and the most adorable big, pouty lips. At one point I picked her up to reposition her on her little basket and I kissed her right on the head. I didn’t even think about it until I was driving home {oh, ya — she’s not my baby. I hope her Mommy didn’t mind!}. But, I mean, that is just how cute she is — I couldn’t even help but give her a smoochie!!
You can’t blame me! See what I mean…
Cute. E. Pie.
I love baby photography.
This week’s challenge over at I ♥ Faces is “Bubbles” and this bubbly little girl is Maddie. We got about 2 minutes into our little photo shoot and the milk was gone. She said she was thirsty. Good thing we got some cool bubbles at the start! 
For more wonderful bubble shots, head on over to the I ♥ Faces website right HERE or by clicking on the button below. Thanks!
August 18, 2009 - 6:32 pm - What a Beautiful photograph! and I love the originality! Fabulous!!
August 18, 2009 - 7:45 pm - Ok, that is fantastic. I love the whole concept and the color pop in the editing is amazing. I want to learn how to edit.
August 18, 2009 - 8:03 pm - Thanks Jenny! :) Thanks Shannon! :) Believe it or not -- I really didn't do anything with the colour in the photo. I did put a textured overlay on the background - but that's it. I just had an open aperture and some nice light. The eyes...she was born with 'em {lucky girl!}.
August 18, 2009 - 8:43 pm - great colors! love the eyes and expression :)
August 18, 2009 - 8:44 pm - SO pretty! the color in the background is gorgeous! :-)
August 18, 2009 - 9:48 pm - LOVE it! Such a wonderful idea. Colors are awesome. Fabulous entry :)
August 18, 2009 - 10:59 pm - Incredible picture of Maddie. It's beautiful.
August 18, 2009 - 10:59 pm - good job thinking outside the box! love this shot. :)
August 19, 2009 - 1:47 am - Straight out of a magazine!
August 19, 2009 - 9:02 am - Her eyes are just gorgeous!
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