St. Louis Photographer » A Journal by Holly McCaig

I had a complete blast tonight at the Girls Guide to the Galaxy relaunch party. I think my mom did too. So much fun seeing friends and meeting new people. My aunt and my cousin came too. I think my jaw hurts from laughing and talking so much. Totally worth the stress I felt all day today. Oh, and I learned how to backcomb my bangs…score! I wish I had brought my flash with me for when it got dark out, but I think the 5D Mark II did okay in really low light. Still noisy on super high ISO levels, but all-in-all I’m really happy with that camera.

I quickly whipped through the pictures to make sure everyone got them before I get sucked into my whirlwind, exciting weekend of amazing friends and family coming to town and over on Saturday for our big 80’s shin-dig. More later on that!

Congrats to Josh Kocurek for winning my complimentary photo session at the event too!!! I hope to do more of those fun giveaways at future events with this amazing team of ladies.

Here’s the slideshow from tonight! Be sure to come back to the blog here to see if you can’t in your feedreaders!

My mojo has been hiding. Last night, I forced myself to open up Illustrator and do some drawing. It’s been ages. I finally was motivated to draw a ton of cute, little baby icons and graphics/word art. So, I’m slowly creating some new baby resources for Pink Ink Studios store. This is the first of the release! I think it’s rather cute.

You get both a girl & a boy birth announcement template with these. As always, be sure to read the full description in the store before purchasing. Click here to make your purchase! P.S. I will add the only place you would need the actual font is on the back side where you type out the custom birth information. The front word art is included.

So, I seem to knit almost every day now. When life gets stressful, or just trying to wind down the day. I took some photos of some of the hats I’ve done a while back and have decided I need to sell some of these to justify this huge stash of yarn I’ve managed to accumulate. I buy it to knit myself something for studio use with newborns (not that I shoot many – where are they?) And, I have yarn left over. So, I’m going to sell some! Don’t expect a regular stocked store. This summer is going to be crazy busy, but for the time being, here is what I have photographed from my stash to sell. They are sized at 12 inches in diameter (24″ circular at the brim). Pricing is a little higher than on some hats because I used handspun merino yarn from ETSY. Beautiful stuff!!! I ship these items US Priority mail so I can track them and insure them properly should they get damaged or lost in shipping. Oh, and if you buy one, would you PLEASE share your shots with me? Thanks! This one is my new favorite – click the ETSY links below it to go to the store.

Last Saturday, I babysat with my mom. We watched my cousin, Tom’s little girls, Ana and Ella, while he and his wife, Jamie, took my aunt out for her birthday dinner. A while back, I bought some Matilda Jane outfits specifically for these photos. I knew for a long time I wanted to do this for them. My mom made the adorable headbands in these photos. I hope she will sell them soon!

So, we got them dressed really quick, as we had little light to work with. Then, we played on their sidewalk in front of their home in Maplewood. Seriously, it was so fun, and so adorable. And, if you know both of these children, you know that these pictures really do show off who they are. I think it’s the first time I’ve realized this when I hear my clients tell me, “you really captured their personalities”.

Today, I showed their mom and dad and now, I can show you. I am definitely putting a few of these in the studio – and doing a larger Dream Album with these photos. How can you not love them all?

Enjoy the slideshow:

And, one of my favorite shots!

Thanks to my friend, Nancy Comelab, for sending me these YUMMY Tim Tams. I think they are by far, THE BEST cookie, EVER! No, really. You can purchase Arnott’s the company brand here in the states, but Tim Tams are from Australia. Oh heavenly goodness! Thanks Nancy!