Crush on Capturing Memories

We have had the pleasure of photographing the Ghilieri/Markwell Family for a few years, having the honor of witnessing some of the firsts and special dates in their lives. A walk backward down memory lane...

isa at 1 and grandpa at 91

one + ninety one wishes from skye snyder on Vimeo.

the family

introducing isa

wedding celebration (book cake)

amy with newly adopted, monty

the family

marc and amy { engagement } 

Crush on Saving Furniture

My Dad is a tinker, a jack of all trades, a survival instructor, a man's man. It is from him that I adopted my love of reclaiming thrown away objects and turning them into items ready to be infused with our family's history. If I hadn't wiggled her into my Scion, this little lady was on her way to the dump.  

She sat waiting until the day I discovered an unwanted bolt of fabric;  orange flowers trapped in baby blue velvet stripes. Sold for free to me. I dismantled, sanded, stretched, and reupholstered and created The Queen Chair. My girls fight over her and race to be first to the dinner table , reinfusing her with our family's history. 
Repurposing, salvaging, working with what you got is a family hand-me-down around these parts. It's something that I'm proud of and has become a part of my photographic style. The time, the history is important to me. Why I have always preferred photographing on location to studio work. I prefer the story that it offers. The challenge to finding the light, the story. The photo below tells the story of our life when Ruby was 6 and loved to wear her Mama's necklaces, adored her best friend's handed-over "angel" shirt, and savored eating dinner in the Queen Chair.

Crush on Spring Winner

It's official. Spring has sprung in our backyard and the winner of the SPRING HAS SPRUNG Photo Contest has been chosen. 
The entrants' photos were posted in a Facebook album where I asked the Skye Snyder Photography members to vote on their favorites to help me choose the winning image. The member favorite was of Vivian, a garden fairy, who got caught on film by Hanna Felix. Just a glimpse of her magical wings make it into the frame. A fleeting moment. Isn't that what photography is all about? A simple moment that seems magical enough to photograph.  
I like the dreamy quality, the garden pieces, and newly growing grass, and that Fairy Vivian is moving out of the frame as a shy fairy would do. I, too, love this celebration of spring.
Hannah, CONGRATULATIONS. You have won the SPRING Photography Contest. You will receive a complimentary June mini-session. Please RSVP to claim your prize. Leave a post on the Facebook wall   to claim it. Please claim within 7 days, otherwise the prize will be granted to the runner-up.  

Thank you all for participating, joining our page, and commenting on the wonderful entries. We will have more contests and are always excited to see your photographs. Your submissions encourage us all to be experience the world creatively. Thank you for sharing.

As an extra bonus, Mindi Dagerman won $25 SKOSH BUCK$ for participating as a commenter in our contest. My daughter, who can't read, must like the look of your name as it was yours on the long list of commenters that she highlighted as the winner! Congratulations.

Honorable Mentions 

1st Runner-Up: Cody Sanders: Iris at Bodega Bay, California 

2nd Runner-Up: Angela Leone:  San Francisco Lily  

Thank you all for playing in our games and celebrating spring here on the blog and on our Facebook Page with us. 

We appreciate the support and hope to see more of your photographs in our upcoming contests.

CONGRATULATIONS

{to spring}

Crush on Graduate To Something Different

We have it that second time of year when we get to spend a large percent of time with graduating seniors...my favorite type of session. These sessions are so carefree, adventurous and always full of laughs, and in the last case, maybe a broken toe (sorry Joce :().  I wanted to share with you the latest and greatest in Graduation Announcements from our favorite card company, Tiny Prints.  Click their link to see their 2011 collection of cards. Enter Code: SALE15 | Offer expires 5/3/11 at 11:59 pm (PT)

If you have our session disk, upload your hi-resolution image, personalize and VOILA. You are set to announce to the world that you are about to embark on the next greatest adventure of your life---full blown adult hood....wait that doesn't have to happen until a baby arrives. Enjoy the next great chapter.
I am so excited for all of you.
Congratulations.
olivia

jocelyn

amy

isaac

aimee

 Richelle

 amanda

 ali

 alyssa

what's with all the A names? :)

Crush on Baltic Amber

Yesterday, we played Skosh Games for a $10 Skye Snyder Photography gift card. We asked on our Facebook wall,"What is the purpose of this necklace?"

Last week, I had the honor of photographing one of our most photographed families to celebrate their little one's first birthday. Little Miss Isa had on this beautiful necklace. I didn't think it held any special purpose other than a fancy pretty for her photo session. The members on our page are way more in the know than me. 

Erin Craig received $10 SKOSH BUCK$ (which are on the SKOSH BUCK$ TALLY BOARD) for being the first to identify the necklace's purpose as a teething necklace. Amber Richter also scored $10 for explaining it so well, "It's a Baltic amber teething necklace. It's a natural remedy to soothe teething pain and can also decrease drooling."

The baby doesn't chew on it. The natural properties of the Baltic Amber are heated by the skin and absorbed into the body . Well, fancy that!

If you would like to learn more, check out the online shop, a local Reno business, where Little Miss Isa got her lovely and soothing, Baltic Amber Teething Necklace. 

Crush on Photo Books

I used to have bags of envelopes stacked full of photographs to eventually compile into an album. I still have the bags, tied up, and waiting. I also have boxes of gigabytes rammed full of digital files to eventually compile into a cherished family heirloom. Stored and waiting. Perhaps I am waiting for the disks of all our family images to become obsolete like an 8-track tape. Perhaps I am tempting Murphy and his Law into letting me experience how it would feel to lose the images from 2005, 2006, '07...due to a corrupted disk; humidity, heat, or getting crushed under a high-heeled foot or under mountains of my procrastination.

The point of this post. I have started mine using a variety of media; beautiful hand-crafted heirloom albums, videos, and digital bookmakers. One of my favorite is Blurb. I use them for turning our family vacation images into coffee table books starring our little tribe in some of the most magical places on earth. 

I've never made them for clients but am always asked by my client/friends to, "PLEASE, make me a book of my session because I don't have time. I will never get to. I have good intentions but..." Perhaps, you too, are collecting images that will most likely meet the fate of the missing socks, the lost keys, or meet the unidentifiable liquid that is now stuck to my baby's newborn session disk. I should have done that sooner...

Here's the deal. I can do it for you or you can click Blurb's ad below and use their incredibly simple self-publishing tools to make your own. Use the code (NEWBLURB) to receive 20% off your entire order.

Crush on Cool Cards

Our favorite card printers, Tiny Prints, has a great new service. you can upload your images to make custom greeting cards and receive reminders to send your unique creations to all the family members on your calendar. The prices are better than the card shops and you get to make it your own! Check out their special offer below, just in time for Mother's Day!

Crush At Eleven Days

skye snyder photography has brought a new service to our clients; the skosh short. These film pieces are a blend of film and photographs and narrated by the sounds of the session. I love the intimacy that the skosh film brings to the photographs. Here's one that stars little Sumner at eleven days old...

enjoy.

at eleven days from skye snyder on Vimeo.

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