From the category archives:

portrait photography

I have had a few requests lately for the ability to right click and save images off my blog. I have that feature turned off for a few reasons and while it does say to ask nicely, I will not be turning the feature back on. However, I love the idea of collecting inspirational images [...]

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the chipped polish makes the shot for me. check back this week for a great post featuring never before seen photos from the day my twins were born three years ago!  

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the fairy godson . california

by sesame on February 7, 2011

i love that family.

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tempermental models . daily life photoblogging

by sesame on November 10, 2009

hands down, one of the most adorable yet WORST models i have ever worked with. she is just not at all interested in helping her mother test lights. nope. not at all. the hoops i had to jump through for these 4 shots and 2 of them are out of focus. i now owe gemma [...]

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just a quick snapshot.  back into his real clothes, a snuggle with his biggest fan, his baby sister.

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photos with tea & jam . melbourne lifestyle photography

by sesame ellis on August 10, 2009

it is always a thrill for me to photograph other photographers.  it is one of my favorite challenges.  of course there is the obvious hurdle of convincing  jaded camera weary children that there really IS a purple unicorn that lives inside my lens.  no really, look.  surprisingly, that is not the most significant complication…  i [...]

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babies . international kid photography

by sesame ellis on August 5, 2009

it seems that i have had the pleasure of photographing a lot of babies recently who are the joyous completion of an arduous journey to parenthood for their folks.  i understand that every baby is a gift, but some are a lot easier than others to get.  i know that first hand.  gemma was one [...]

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these are photos i am thrilled to share as my very first post of my new blog.  i am excited to finally show my photos in a much larger format.  everything always looks better BIG!  the old posts have been imported and soon there will be a complete archives section. have a look around and [...]

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