Teri Genovese Photography Blog » Los Angeles Baby, Child, and Family Photographer

i hope everyone has a holiday season filled with laughter, love, family, friends, great food, and lots of rest!

i am taking a restful vacation from my photography business until Monday, January 7th. all emails and phone calls will be returned after this date. i will begin scheduling 2008 sessions when i return in January. (the first available weekend for January sessions is Jan. 18th-20th.)

one of my goals for the new year is to get back to shooting for art’s sake. i’ve struggled with expressing my artistic side (non-portraits) since i’ve made the switch to digital a year ago. for an early xmas present for myself i bought this all plastic toy camera. a replica of the 1960s Diana Camera, which takes medium format film. stay tuned for some experimental photography using this little beauty. i’m also going to return to my love of making fine art one of a kind polaroid transfers and emulsion lifts. my goal is to share some work on my blog as i explore. perhaps i’ll eventually show or sell the work, or i might just file the prints away. i’ve always been a private little art maker.

just thought i’d escape from my gigantic pre-holiday ‘to do list’ to post a few images!

here’s a few of my favorites from one of my last sessions of 2007. we had the session in a beautiful part of griffith park. it was great to photograph these 3 kids as they let me play a bit to achieve some interesting depth of field images. i had perfect models because these group images weren’t posed.. they naturally fell into these arrangements and i gave them subtle direction to make the shots work.

I’ve fallen behind in my blog for a good reason… thanks to all of my wonderful new clients who have kept me very busy this holiday season! And another reminder to those I wasn’t able to squeeze in this year, I have extended my “holiday” special (complimentary 11×14 print) through January if you book before the end of the year. It broke my heart that I wasn’t able to work with each of you!

If you’d like to be on my mailing list, just drop me a note and I’ll save your email. Next year, I’ll be sending out a newsletter periodically which will communicate limited time offers, product updates, future holiday deadlines/early bird specials, etc.

For now, here’s a couple images of a sweet 6 week old…

And another one from the session featured in the previous post… As I was retouching their order today, I got stuck on this one. I don’t know how I overlooked it before.

I met up with this family at UCLA on Saturday and I wish we could have spent all day hanging out and taking pictures. I loved meeting them and had such a great time witnessing their love and laughter. They really let me in to see their unique bonds with one another and I feel so lucky to have been given the opportunity to capture their first (professional) family photographs. Both of the parents went to UCLA and now work there, so it was great to see they are able to spend so much of their time in a beautiful place that they enjoy. Thanks again for such a fun session!!

I was so excited to get this request to take photographs of this family at Runyon Canyon. Not only because Runyon Canyon is one of my favorite places in LA… but i loved the idea of capturing this couple with their furry kids. Thanks again for such a fun morning!

here’s a few of my favorites from a session this week. this 22 month old had me smiling the whole morning! she is so sweet… and quite possibly the littlest tree hugger in LA!

i love this moment: