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And the winners are... antisdel.s 2012 Cutest Kids Contest!

BROOKLYN is our grand prize winner! She will receive a framed 30x40 print displayed in Oak Park Mall that is hers to keep after the display, a portfolio of images from the her Cutest Kids session and an item of her choice upcycled by Suburban Thread and a gift certificate to Mady & Me! Good Job, Brooklyn and friends. Your pictures are beautiful!

 

KYLIE is our First Runner Up! She will receive a framed 16x20 print displayed in Oak Park Mall that is hers to keep after the display and a $30 gift certificate to A Perfect Treasure and a gift certificate to Mady & Me! Awesome job on the voting, Kylie and family! Your pictures are so sweet!

There was a tie for our Second Runner Up! Because the voting was so tricky and I received numerous emailed votes, BRAXTON as well as siblings, NAYA and BROCK were very, very close. They will all be awarded  the 2nd runner up prize -a framed 10X14 print displayed in Oak Park Mall for each of them that will be theirs to keep after the display. Braxton and Brock will also receive an upcycled item by Suburban Thread and Naya will receive a $30 gift certificate from A Perfect Treasure and a gift certificate to Mady & Me! Can't wait to display your pictures at the mall!

 

Our additional prize winners: NAYA and LAYNIE are our Boutique Winners. They will receive a free modeling session with A Perfect Treasure. Watch the blog for images from that fun session!

 

Visit Oak Park Mall in the next few weeks for our display of our Cutest Kids Contest winners. We'll be moving the Cutest Kids images back to the studio in a week or 2 so come see us at the studio soon, too! Thank you everyone for voting and participating! With your help we raised almost $2000 for Hope's House orphanage in Nepal.

 

No Fooling! Today's the Last Day to Vote for antisdel.s 2012 Cutest Kids

 

Today is the very last day of voting for antisdel.s 2012 Cutest Kids. If you haven't voted yet, please click here

http://www.facebook.com/pages/antisdels-photography/51429224586?sk=app_178956022151490

to support the children and families that have helped build a home for 5 orphaned girls in Nepal by participating in antisdel.s Cutest Kids.

We have had so much fun with the contest this year and we can't wait to display the wall portraits of the winners at Oak Park Mall and to do our boutique photo shoots with some of the Cutest Kids as well.

Watch our blog and facebook page for the official announcement tomorrow. Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who participated in the contest and voted! You've been part of something that really matters.

Top 25 in the International Charity Model Search

At the same time as antisdel.s Cutest Kid Contest, we also offer an entry into the International Charity Model Search. I just found out that spunky Lejhin has made it to the Top 25! That is so exciting! Congratulations cutie!

This is what Lejhin's mom said about her session at antisdel.s photography.

"I was really impressed with you and your work I feel we are a perfect fit. Thank you for the exceptional job you did at our shoot. We luv ya!"

Click here to see Lejhin's page in the International Charity Model Search.

The International Charity Model Search benefites Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep. Click the link to find out more about what this amazing charity does.

 

There is also still time to vote for Lejhin and all of our other Cutest Kids by clicking here. Make sure you like antisdel.s photography page and that you are not on the facebook mobile application before you vote so that the voting function will work for you!

By the way, Lejhin's dress is from Mady and Me. Isn't it great? When I was in there the other day, this is one of the dresses I would have picked out for myself!

The voting has begun for antisdel.s Cutest Kid 2012 contest!

This is our 2nd year for the Cutest Kid contest at antisdel.s photography and I'm so pleased that it was as much fun this time as last year. I love to try new things and this is the perfect event for that. We created brand new sets unique to the Cutest Kid contest - some that are going to be favorites to use throughout the coming year.

As usual, I felt like every child was the cutest ever and we had some amazing outfits to work with. We asked where one darling dress was from, thinking we might have to go get one and it was all the way from Australia! I guess we do need a reason to travel there someday.

Voting begins today and we'd love to have you help us out. The 3 winners get portraits displayed in Oak Park Mall and additional winners will be chosen to model in some of our local boutiques and clothing companies modeling campaigns.

The Cutest Kid contest supports the Aasha fund and we are so proud to be able to donate all of the session fees to help create a home for 5 orphaned girls in Nepal this year. Thank you to everyone who has participated!

To vote, click here to go to antisdel.s photography fan page and like antisdel.s photography.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/antisdels-photography/51429224586

Then, go to this link or click on the photo contest album on the facebook page and you can vote by clicking the thumbs up your favorites.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/antisdels-photography/51429224586?sk=app_178956022151490

 

Who We are Helping with antisdel.s Cutest Kids Contest

Several weeks ago, I received the following email from my friend, Vicki Taufer. If you have been following antisdel.s Cutest Kids contest, you would recognize Vicki as our contact to the orphans in Nepal that we are supporting with the session fees from our Cutest Kids sessions. I was so happy to know that we will be able to make a difference in these 5 specific little girls lives. Thank you so much for being involved if you have been and if you haven't or you want to do more, please consider donating at one of the links below.

"I am reaching out to my friends in the photography industry to share with you something very close to Jed and I's hearts. We have become aware of 5 orphaned girls in southern Nepal who need a family and a home. We are working with our adoption agency, Hope's Promise, to start up and fund this home. We believe in what Hope's Promise is doing and have spent time with the children in one of their other homes during my 6 month stay in Nepal.  

I am hoping to return to Nepal with Nima in the next few months and meet the 5 girls and the family they will be living with. You can be a part of helping give these kids find hope. In the event our initial goal is met, we will be putting the additional donations into www.AashaFund.org as a way to continue to fund the home indefinitely. To help us start the Hope's Promise Children's Home, people can make a tax deductible donation through Hope's Promise and put "Nepal House of Life-Taufer" in the comment area. http://www.hopespromise.com/donate/

Love and Blessings- Vicki and Jed Taufer"

As a side note, the voting for antisdel.s Cutest Kids Contest will start in 2 weeks. We'll keep you posted and thank you again!

Kansas City's Cutest Kids 2012 Coming Up!

Bohemian Princess Sessions Now Booking August 30 - test images

As you can tell by our new blog header, the main image on the antisdel.s photography website and the main image on antisdel.s photography facebook page, I loved the results from our Bohemian Princess Test shoot images. Ever since I saw these gorgeous metal crowns handmade by an artist in Palm Springs, I envisioned this session. I actually have one more crown that was just shipped yesterday to use for the session as well - a delicate silver one for our littler girls.

Of course, we also made our own crown for the image below out of paper to go with the dress Ashlynn's mom made for her. We attached a hair piece by Rosie Face to the crown. You can check out Rosie Face on Etsy here.

We still have times available for Bohemian Princess and Bikes & Trikes on August 30 so call to reserve your time today if you love this idea, too.

Above, Liberty is wearing a hair piece created by Wendy Turner with Oing Oing. Check out her site for custom ribbons, hair pieces as well as the supplies to create your own here.

My daughter, Kessa, designed Ashlynn's crown below. You can make and bring your own crown if you'd like. That's the great thing about being a "bohemian" princess at antisdel.s photography - anything goes!

Below, Ankita's feathers are another way to put feathers in your hair, great for something not permanent for your littler girls. These feathers are from Rosie Face and we'll have them for our sessions.

In the image below, Ankita is wearing a darling skirt and leggings from Mommyshop. To find out more about purchasing these or similar pieces which would work great for the Bohemian Princess session, go here.

Just Finished the KC Parent October Cover Shoot!

We went on location tonight to photograph the KC Parent Cover Kids Contest Winners for the October edition. It was quite an experience. I scouted the new location this last week, got permission from the farmer who told me just to make sure I closed the gates behind us. He didn't mention the hot wire on the inside of the barbed wire that was HOT. We had to watch out for that!

All 3 of our models were so cute.

 

 

I love thinking up a pose and putting everyone where they go. It was so nice for it to be cool enough to wear my jeans and cowboy boots. Boy am I ready for fall!

Now, I just hope they'll stay where I put them. That's the million dollar question, isn't it?

A cow pasture always has lots of treasures. These purple clover are my favorite because the nectar is sweet in each petal.

Will I get my last shot? I watched our models play to see if it would happen. Look for the October cover on the news stands to see what we came up with.

Mud Pies are Sweet!

We've had so much fun with our mud pies sessions. Here are a few of the framed products I photographed with my phone! 



This image is a wrapped canvas of my kiddos. It's 24" long which seemed really big until I got it into my house. When I put it up on a wall in my living room, I was shocked that it was not big enough for the space. I ended up putting it in a small space by the door of my bathroom. I love seeing all their happy faces.



I thought of this idea after I did the test session with my own kids and rushed to make it happen for some of our first mud pies sessions. We decorated frames with muddy hands and feet prints to create personalized art to frame our darling mud pies images. This is one of my favorite products we've made - ever!. I love them so much that we'll be offering the mud pies sessions again next summer. Put that into your calendar if you love this look too.



You know what else I loved about this session? That the girls had just as much fun as the boys. As you can see, both of these girls got quite covered in glorious mud - with no help from us. What a fun experience!

Bikes and Trikes Test Shoot at antisdel.s

Jacob came in for our Rugged Cowboys session in May, but when his mom saw my model call for the Bohemian Princess test shoot, she let me know he would be available for test shoots if I wanted. It's always nice to know you've got someone interested and excited about working on a project with you so I took the encouragement and set up a test shoot for the Bikes & Trikes sessions that are scheduled for August 30.

I knew Jacob's mom had great taste so I asked her to bring some urban clothes for our little test shoot. We tried out our vintage trike, a cool spidey bike and even the red flyer wagon at our loft studio in Louisburg, Kansas. 

 

 

I have to say I love it when a plan comes together. These bike sessions are going to be so fun and evocative of childhood. I could see it in my head, but it's always a joy to see what I've envisioned come out in the images. My kids love flying around on their bikes. We even had to buy Kessa special biking gloves on our recent vacation for her to really ride her bike fast.

 

 

Sometimes, our Make Believe sessions are all about the look of fantasy but other times, like with Bikes & Trikes, it's all about what you can Make Believe in the moment. My bike was usually some sort of horse, 
 specifically a chestnut horse with a flowing, flaxen mane and tail who frequently reared up on the back wheel, I mean his hind legs.

What was your bike when you were a kid?