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 one year ago 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.
This week’s photo challenge over at I Heart Faces is “Jump for Joy” – so here is my little monkey “Jumpin’ on the bed“.
No human face in my photo this week…but there is the face of a stuffed animal bunny. Does that count?
Ah well, I couldn’t help but enter this one. It’s not everyday you see a little baby catching so much air!! 
For more Hoppin’ Fun Photos head on over to I Heart Faces by clicking on the button below.
Thanks!
March 8, 2010 - 4:45 pm - Love it!!
March 8, 2010 - 5:31 pm - Very Creative! And Very Cute!
March 8, 2010 - 6:44 pm - I LOVE this photo...the cropping, the color, the details, the edges AND the tape. Perfect, and can that little person jump! :-)
March 8, 2010 - 6:53 pm - ahhh!! i love it!! it just oozes of happiness and pink! and adorable baby thighs!! great job -- it is just precious!!
March 8, 2010 - 10:52 pm - Awww, cute!
March 9, 2010 - 8:14 am - One of my fav jump photos!!! I love so much about it...great color...the image itself...the wall textures...composition...so much to love!!!! Excellent post processing! Would love to know the tricks!
March 10, 2010 - 1:12 pm - adorable. love the processing.
March 11, 2010 - 11:19 am - aww so perfect!!!! She has chorizo legs...my mom says that when she sees babies with chubby legs or arms...♥♥
March 11, 2010 - 11:20 am - Oh one more thing Love the border and the take...care share? where did u get?
Hey there!
So, were you able to make it out to the Hamilton Baby Expo this weekend? I had to take my big girls to their last swim lesson of the season (couldn’t miss that! It was report card day. They did great, too), but I did swing by the Expo after we got home. Unfortunately, I missed a lot of the festivities (I missed the Diaper Derby and the Beautiful Baby Contests!! I bet that was stinkin’ adorable!) but I was able to meet a lot of the vendors and I scooped up lots of great information for you…in case you missed it! I’ll try to feature some of these local area vendors over the next few Linky Love Mondays. Please keep in mind that, unless I say so, I’ve not actually had any personal experience with any of these businesses so I cannot personally vouch for them. I’ll just pass along the information so you know what cool services you can find in our area, and you can check them out for yourself.
Up first: Social Mamas!
Social Mamas is a community of Moms in the Hamilton area. Their group was “founded on the basis of friendship and philanthropy” and they offer lots of fun events and get-togethers (both on-line and in person) within our town. Here are some examples of what the Social Mamas do and provide (as listed on their informational hand-out):
Sounds like fun!
For more information or to join online head on over to Social Mamas right now.
Stayed tuned next week for some more Linky Love.
p.s. The First Annual Hamilton Baby Expo raised over $5000 for Ronald McDonald house. Way to go Hamilton!
It’s time for the first in the series of “Linky Love” posts! These are the post in which I will share with you all the greatest finds for Mom’s (and Dad’s) and their babies on the interwebs. And this first find is actually another exciting first: it’s the very First Annual Hamilton Baby Expo.
The Expo takes place this Saturday, March 6th at Marritt Hall, 630 Trinity Road R.R.#1, Hamilton (Jerseyville) ON. You can Click Here for directions. The Expo will run from 9:30 am until 5:30 pm and includes all kinds of fun for you and your baby. There will be speakers and seminars, an adorable baby contest, and even a “diaper derby” for all those speedy crawlers out there. It sounds like a ton of fun, with lots of great information and giveaways, and the best part of all is that ticket proceeds will be going to help out Ronald McDonald House. Ronald McDonald House is a great local charity that “offers safe and economical accommodation to the families of critically ill children who are receiving care at our local children’s hospital. Imagine not only having a sick child, but facing the prospect of having nowhere to stay near them. Ronald McDonald House gives a sick child the one thing they really need – their family – by providing them a home away from home” (Hamilton Baby Expo).
Tickets are $5 per adult; children 12 and under admitted free. There will be a Free Gift Bag given out to the first 500 people through the door!
So, be sure to check it out! And, go early!! 
Oh, and look for Pea Tree Photography in the Baby Expo brochure. I’ve got a little ad in there. Advertising. So exciting!
That’s one other first!
March 5, 2010 - 8:26 am - How exciting!!! have FUN!
It’s Fix-it-Friday!
I worked on today’s photo (which was downloaded from the I Heart Faces website…click HERE for more information!) in Photoshop Elements 8.0 with the help of Nik Software Color Efex Pro 3.o. I used the “Darken/Lighten Center” command to bring up the light on this adorable little girl’s face and I used the healing brush tool to smooth out her elbows a little bit. I removed a few distracting spots from her dress and I cropped and rotated the photo for better placement of our little model (I thought she was getting a little too lost in all that, albeit beautiful, sky). I decided to rotate it, too, because I like the way her hair falls down to the bottom of the frame with a 90 degree rotation. Finally, I used Nik’s noise reduction plug-in and Florabella’s beautiful Retro Vintage action. I just love the Florabella actions. They are so pretty! Very last step was to resize and sharpen for web.
Ta-da!
Here is the Before shot.
See ya’ next week for more Fix-it-Friday fun!
February 26, 2010 - 4:21 pm - Your edit is in my top 3 so far! Great job!
February 26, 2010 - 4:30 pm - Beautifully done!
February 26, 2010 - 7:11 pm - I love the softness!
March 1, 2010 - 5:32 pm - Great job!
Well, we haven’t gotten very much snow this winter. At least not around here. At least not until today!
And once my big girl got home from school, the middle-sized one couldn’t wait to get out in the backyard to play with her…in all that fluffy snow. I thought Maddie’s purple hat and gloves looked so pretty against the snow-white backdrop, so even I (who is allergic to the cold) had to get out there to take a few shots. This one is my entry for this week’s photo challenge over at I Heart Faces!
For more handy shots…head on over to the I Heart Faces website just by clicking on the button below.
Thanks!
February 22, 2010 - 8:42 pm - Great shot! I love it!!
February 22, 2010 - 9:15 pm - Love the color and the sharp focus. It makes me cold! Nice shot.
February 22, 2010 - 10:11 pm - What a great angle! Love the DOF here! So cute!
February 22, 2010 - 10:33 pm - Wow! That's great! Love the comp... Love the color... Love the energy! Outstanding!
February 22, 2010 - 10:53 pm - Love the DOF too! She looks like she's having so much fun!
February 23, 2010 - 12:01 am - Such a beautiful shot! Look at the joy in her face!
February 23, 2010 - 1:31 am - SO pretty!! the purple looks wonderful against the snow... love the placement, the aperture, everything!
February 23, 2010 - 9:04 am - soo sweet! I love the expression on her face :D
February 23, 2010 - 9:07 am - OM!! This is a great shot!! I can't wait for it to snow, i must have a shot like this of my girls :)
February 23, 2010 - 9:10 am - I too love the purple! Awesome shot!
February 23, 2010 - 9:14 am - Great shot!! I'm allergic to the cold as well...I know exactly how you feel! The purple does look wonderful with the snowy backdrop!
February 23, 2010 - 9:20 am - This is such a great shot!!! LOVE the color and the best part is that you can feel her joy!
February 23, 2010 - 9:26 am - Love this shot, love the processing, beautifully done!
February 23, 2010 - 9:33 am - this is beautiful, I love the focused gloves, and she is a cutie :)
February 23, 2010 - 9:33 am - Beautiful shot!!
February 23, 2010 - 9:37 am - her precious face in the background with such a gorgeous expression... love it!
February 23, 2010 - 10:34 am - Being from FL, I really dig this shot!
February 23, 2010 - 11:23 am - that is just too cute!
February 23, 2010 - 12:18 pm - Love this. I love your logo too.
February 23, 2010 - 12:22 pm - I love the color, the composition, the DOF - it's perfect! :-) What a great entry!
February 23, 2010 - 12:52 pm - This is terrific-one of my favorite entries!
February 23, 2010 - 1:41 pm - This is fantastic!! It makes me (almost) wish it was snowing :) Great entry!!
February 23, 2010 - 4:49 pm - I love the contrast between the purple and white. Beautiful.
February 23, 2010 - 6:37 pm - wonderful picture. love the excitement in her face.
February 23, 2010 - 7:15 pm - I absolutely love this, so fun!
February 23, 2010 - 8:15 pm - fabUlous comp, color, everything!! my favorite entry "hands down"!
February 24, 2010 - 2:16 am - I agree that this is fantastic! Great color, great composition...its fun! Looks like a winner to me!
February 24, 2010 - 8:30 am - beautiful beautiful photo. I love the colours and the feel of the picture. You can't help smile when you see it.
February 24, 2010 - 10:37 am - iLuv it...♥
March 9, 2010 - 8:18 am - I love the edge action on this shot....I would love to know what it is. You seem to have lots of cool actions in your trick bag!!!! So much fun!!!
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.
February 8, 2010 - 7:28 pm - Beautiful pictures, and beautiful blog!
February 9, 2010 - 8:45 am - What a sweet sentiment. Precious indeed! : )
February 10, 2010 - 3:14 pm - this is beautiful! i love the coloring!
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!
by The Chick Pea
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