keeping current:

hi friends!

if you are looking for me, here is where to find me:
my personal blog is becoming more of a combination of work/family/life because, well, that's how my life functions.  i'm posting photos from recent clients there also. check in!

also, as always, you can find me here:
www.katieprentissphotography.com

or here on facebook.

and really. that should be plenty for all of you! ;)

website...

i just wanted all my clients to know that my website is finally done!!
and i wanted to say thank you so much for trusting me with your family photography... it's been wonderful to work with you all!

www.katieprentissphotography.com

wouldn't you be? couldn't you be?

please won't you be...

my neighbor.

meet our neighbors: the dove family.

we've lived in seven houses since brian and i married. we've had a LOT of neighbors. some of them have been great, others- not so great. but few places we have lived have had the caliber of neighbors that we have here. we moved in three years ago when abi and the little one in this family were not even two! big sister and our oliver started kindergarten together too. needless to say, we have many wonderful memories with these neighbors of ours.

you gotta love people who see the dirt in your house or your half dressed children running around outside and still love you. one of my favorite memories with the doves was when we were leaving for a long trip over the summer: imagine one taxi driver waiting, four little kids jumping around, about 52 pieces of luggage on the sidewalk, and two parents running back into the house at least 18 times because we forgot one more thing. the doves are watching the insanity and alex simply called out over to us, "it's always sad when the circus leaves town."

we laughed all the way to the airport. and behind our laughter we believed we really would be missed and would also miss them. :)
doves, we are so thankful that you all live across the street from us! and so thankful that you enjoy visiting the "circus" when you can!
(i loved doing this photoshoot with you all! sept. 2008- right crystal?)

new posts coming!!

finally, there is a little lull in my work load and i have so much to catch you up on! i will be posting a few pictures from each of the sessions i had this fall very soon!
i just don't want you to miss seeing some of these wonderful families and photo sessions! i have so many new favorites to share...
so i hope that you don't mind my back tracking a bit...
stay tuned. ;)

summer session

i know. it's hardly summer.
but, i loved this session and have been wanting to get it up for a while now!
i met with the lee family when this little guy was 6 months old.

i knew it would be a great session... they live in an eichler home which is just so modern and full of light!

we wanted to see how the baby stacked up to all the heavy reading his parents had done through the years! he is pointing and laughing at the books... don't you wonder what he is thinking? i'd love to do another set of these when he is sitting or standing to show how much he has grown!

i think the next photo is one of my absolute favorites! it really fits their modern taste... hold the frame and order a canvas wrapped print that's ready to hang! also, it plays with the idea of getting a "frameable" shot~ not to mention that they are SO CUTE especially with baby's feet wrapped around the edge of the frame!


you three were so fun and easy to work with! thanks for hiring me and sorry it took me so long to post your photos!

i have other sessions to share with the rest of you too... and i've been working for the past few months on my website~ i hope i will be launching that SOON!!

little june-bug

sometimes, when you're the baby in the family, you have to scream really loud to get attention.
but something tells me this little cutie is going to get all the attention she needs!

at least from her big sister.
big brother might just be a little too busy these days! ;)

little june~ we are all so happy you've come into our lives!

"way down yonder..."

(i'm testing your country music skills with the title to this post.)
the rest of the lyric is "by the chattahoochee."
it's a river in Georgia.
and it's where this photo session happened~
with very dear friends of mine.

keri happened to have just found out she was pregnant before the photo shoot...
so she decided to whisper it to rusty while i was there.
this photo was after the news settled a bit!

i went to high school with rusty and college with both of them...
and they will always be our very dear friends.

it's so cute to me to watch how their kids resemble them~ and now we have another child to meet in the future!
thanks rusty and keri for doing this photo shoot with me!!

my sister's family...

my nephew just turned three!my niece was just three months when we took these!

we're so happy to have another female cousin!

our kids love this little guy... so do we!

i just love the way e is looking at his daddy here!

i know it was months ago that we came to see you guys,
but thanks again for hosting us even after just having a baby!
love you all!!

my second child.

world record lashes, originally uploaded by everydaylady.

these lashes always amaze me...

just edible.

mini maternity

nikki wanted to surprise phil for father's day with a session showing her growing belly and her sweet daughter gaby. aren't they sweet?? she found out they are having another girl, which is perfect because they've done such a good job with the first one!

nikki, don't forget to come back when that belly is even bigger!

as if you could ever have enough of them!

the oh-so-groovy barna family:i love photographing this family~
they are just so darn cute~

not to mention flexible and open to my crazy ideas!

we did a photo session back when they were just four.
they were waiting on Mei-Mei.
now, she is here and they are a full five!
and just as beautiful as a family could be.

uncle alex (liz's brother) joined them for this session.
i've decided every kid needs an uncle alex...
helpful, fun and cool like a rock star.

we decided for their new family portraits we would go urban and casual... which i think set the tone for relaxed fun, which is really my preference! these were taken in downtown san jose at the plaza de cesar chavez park. it was a great location and a great time!
thanks y'all!

what little girls are made of:

tutus and roly-polys

i love that big sister is showing little sister how to find them.
i love that one baby roly-poly in the baby sister's hand.
and i love the contrast of such girly sweetness digging in the dirt for bugs.