liz de Puydt Photography

cash

Really, how cool is his name?!  CASH.  I just love it.  And, I adore him, too...  I had the opportunity to photograph him at only a few days old, the morning after he left the hospital.  It was sort of a crazy day, squeezed in the session immediately following a wedding, rainy outside and not long before I was to get on a plane for Seattle with my family.  Amazingly, we pulled it off and I am so glad that we were able to capture these precious moments for his mommy and daddy.  

Here he is... Mr. Cash:

I love that his dad unintentionally still had on his hospital band in this next one.

And, yes, of course we had to put Cash in a guitar case... wouldn't be right otherwise.

I met with his mom, Whitney (of the amazing www.whitneyfusion.com event planning) this afternoon to create his custom birth announcement.  We had such fun and it is going to be so darn cute!  Thanks to Whitney, I was motivated to blog today... it is always encouraging to connect with other moms who are running their own businesses to help keep me going.

Oh, and his full name:  Clark Edward Stoner IV... now, that's pretty cool too.  

xo,

liz

 

 

pretty in pink

What more is there to say about this perfect baby girly-girl today on Valentine's Day?  

Other than that she is amazing and beautiful, and lovely and soft and so incredibly adored by her dear parents.  And that I had such an enjoyable afternoon watching her from behind the lens and dressing her up and cuddling with her from time to time.  Sweet Eleni, you are just an angel... and you made me wish I could have another baby girl in my life so I could adorn her in pink and ruffles and all things girl.

I will be sharing more from this session coming up... so come back soon to take another peek.  I have been having incredible challenges with my computer recently, but believe I am finally on the mend.  And, yes, I do hope to get back to my blog journaling here after over 2 months off.  During the very full holiday season something had to give... and well, knowing me, my blog is often the first thing to suffer.  But, today is a new day...

xo,

liz

re-emerging

Yes, i have been M.I.A. for quite some time.... for about a month actually, yikes.   My post holiday holiday that I so badly needed sort of got the best of me.  I had that intoxicating week of no phone, no computer, all family and relaxation time and realized how good it was for me, how much I NEEDED a little down time.  And, in the midst of all that and now getting back in the swing of work projects again, well, I sort of lost my blog momentum.    But, I AM BACK!  And, I am going to try to be better, once again... and do my best to share thoughts and images... because I do love it, but it is one of those things that just falls to the bottom of my list sometimes.  That being said, I must tell you how much I love your comments, they mean so much and that is one thing that keeps me going with blogging, being able to hear from YOU, too.  Still being a relatively new blogger, I need the encouragement.

The encouragement-  this is what I was given tonight by an old friend in Seattle, in a round about way, she doesn't even know it... a friend who is fighting her fight with cancer, who is blogging regularly, who is incredible and awesome and inspirational and sweet and kind and funny as heck, and just an over all phenomenal human being... and well, it made me think... and want to get back in action and start journaling again.  (*more on this super star later...)

So, hello, it's good to be back!  And, because I cannot journal without posting an image, of course... here is a little sweet peach from quite a while back, I just adore her...

Sleeping angel...

 

And, wide awake... ready to do great things.  Doesn't she just look wise?

I love this family... and must post their pregnancy shoot one of these days...soon.

xo,

liz 

early Christmas gift

Look what this family was blessed with this Christmas season...!  Little Chloe was such a sweet babe, just along for the ride, allowing us to play all morning long.  I love mom's style, so kept finding more and more fun places to put this angel.  How about this first one underneath the funky vintage tree... just about perfect to remember her first Christmas.

 

   

Proud big brother, Finn pushing around his new baby sister!  

  

"Which one of these doggies just doesn't belong here...?"  Could not resist taking pictures of this adorable pup... nice teeth.

 

Such a handsome little guy.  I love his hair, most certainly done by great stylist mom, Shiloh, who works at Urban Groove in Santa Cruz.

Last shot of the day... all tuckered out, but still just chillin' peacefully, watching the world go by.

Thank you, Chloe and family for a beautiful morning... you know I could have stayed all day.   I hope you enjoyed your little preview, many more to show you soon.  Cannot wait to see how you have grown already, little angel girl.

xo,

liz

peaceful babe

Yay, another newborn!   I love newborn shoots and am also always thrilled for the families, as I just know they will look back on their images over the years and be so very happy with themselves that they chose to do a shoot at this amazing and fleeting time.  Those first days are just gone in an instant... Oh, how I wish I could rewind and breath in the freshness of my 3 babies for one more day, lay with them, snuggle them, stare at them all day long... hmmm, maybe I need just one more (yea, right).

This new little man was absolutely peaceful in every manner...    Typically newborn sessions can take quite some time, 4 hours or so, due to the various newborn needs-  tending to nursing, tons of peeing and pooping going on, crying, etc.  But, this guy was amazing... He only ate once or twice and I honestly don't think I heard more than a peep out of him the entire session.  So how appropriate that I happened to have this new scarf that I bought for my daughter that day in my car.  When I pulled up to their home I saw it in the bag next to me and had an idea... and how nicely it went with their red sofa...

Pure perfection, pure peacefulness...

Still zonked out...

Beautiful big sister, Sophie!  What a doll she is...

I love the feeling in this shot.  The image is a little soft, due to us losing light quickly at the end, but such sweet emotion shared here... baby Andrew is really looking up toward his mama already, eye to eye, knowing who is keeping him safe and so very loved.

I love your dress, Sophie... so vibrant, I didn't even have to enhance any color here.  What a wardrobe you had picked out for us that day!  

Thank you Monica, Simon, Sophie and Andrew for having me over to capture these first days-  I had a wonderful time getting to know you.  Blessings to your sweet family.

xo,

liz

First ever

At 2 1/2 weeks new, baby Andrew is my first session ever in my new studio!  How special this was for me, to invite their family in and actually shoot in my own space.  Still in the throws of move-in-ness, it was not exactly how I wanted to host my first in house baby shoot (not even a couch available for nursing!), but wonderful none-the-less.  

So, here he is, tiny Andrew, little brother to Olivia.  Welcome to the world, sweet baby!

One of the few pieces of furniture I had in there... made for a perfect baby resting place!

...and then big sis wanted in on the action.

Little tosies...

Look at the coordination here... blankie with monkey, monkey with blue hat, baby with blue hat... and both of them smiling about it all!  Good job, mom!

Here is Olivia taking care of her little baby.  Check out the peek of the bottom of her feet... cannot believe I had them walking around in such dirtiness-  had never even mopped before...ooops!

And here he is awake and ready to go...

I love this series.  He was mellow the entire session, but I really wanted a crying shot... finally got it out of him at the very end.

Thank you, baby Andrew for sharing your newness with me this day in my new place.  I will remember it forever.

xo,

liz