'Mommy & Me' Mini Session::Grand Rapids Children & Family Photographer

A special gift for all of you Mommies out there:

***Attn:  New dates!!!!!!*** 

Mother's Day is right around the corner.  Soooo...

Next week I will be offering a special 'Mommy & Me' Mini Session for all of you hard working Mother's.  Being a Mommy myself, I understand the busy & sometimes (ok, mostly) hectic schedules that you keep.... so I'm not setting a date/time for this session.  I will honor the offered mini session rate from April 30 to May 5.  Contact me via email and we will get you set up with a date/time that works for YOU.  All of the details are listed below.

'Mommy & Me' Mini Session

$40

15-20 minutes

5 photo files (for you to print)

Personal printing and sharing rights

BONUS:

Book your session back to back with a fellow 'Mommy friend' and her little ones and you each will receive a $5 discount and one additional photo file! 

To  schedule your appointment,  send an email to:

kristinalehnerphotography@gmail.com

Please include the following information in your email:

1. Name and ages of all to be photographed

2. Preferred date/time of session (send a few options)

3. A # for calling/texting in case I have to get ahold of you quickly



FLOWERS FOR CONNIE

Working on a project for my Mother-in-law.  

Connie, take a look through the images and let me know if any look like something you would like to use. 

Each flower is numbered at the bottom of the image... just let me know which #(s) you like best and I will send you the full files.

Love you, 

KL 

flower #1. 

Flower #2

Flower #3

Flower #4. 

Flower #5

Flower #6. 

Flower #7

Flower #8

Flower #9

Flower #10

Flower #11

Flower #12

Flower #13

SPRINGTIME MINI SESSIONS:: GRAND RAPIDS PHOTOGRAPHER:: CHILDREN & FAMILY

SPRING IS HERE!

  LET'S HAVE A MINI-SESSION!

 $40

*15 MINUTE SESSION

*4 ARTISTICALLY EDITED PHOTO FILES EMAILED TO YOU FOR YOU TO PRINT (SHARE MY FB MINI SESSION POST ON YOUR WALL AND RECEIVE ONE ADDITIONAL PHOTO FILE FOR FREE!  THAT'S A $25 VALUE!)

*PERSONAL PRINTING AND SHARING RIGHTS ON ALL IMAGES

HOW DO I SIGN UP? 

 I'M GLAD YOU ASKED!

1. PICK YOUR TOP 3 TIME SLOTS FROM THE LIST BELOW

2. EMAIL ME AT kristinalehnerphotography@gmail.com WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

            Your top 3 time slots

            The names and ages of all to be photographed during the session

            A cell  number to call/text you (just in case I need to get ahold of you quickly the day of)

3.  WHEN YOU EMIAL THE ABOVE INFORMATION TO ME I WILL RETURN YOUR EMAIL W/I 24 HOURS WITH YOUR TIME SLOT.  YOU WILL RECEIVE THE LOCATION NAME AND ADDRESS EARLY NEXT WEEK. 

4.  SHOW UP AT LEAST 10 MINUTES PRIOR TO YOUR ASSIGNED TIME READY TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED! 

SESSION DATE/TIMES

THURSDAY, APRIL 12TH -  10 AM - 11 AM

10:00 (Booked) Holt

10:15

10:30

10:45 (Booked) Dekker

11:00 (Booked) Yonker

SATURDAY, APRIL 14TH - 11:00 - 12:00 PM

11:00 (Booked) Farr
11:15
11:30
11:45
12:00 (Booked) Bauder

**IF THERE IS ANY INTREST I WILL ADD ONE MORE HOUR TO EACH SESSION

**I WILL HAVE A FEW PROPS ON HAND AT THE MINI SESSIONS.  PLEASE FEEL FREE TO BRING YOUR OWN!  SUGGESTIONS: HAVE A PICNIC, BRING A BOQUET OF FLOWERS, A BASEBALL, GLOVE AND HAT, GET ONE MORE USE OUT OF YOUR EASTER OUTFITS...

THANK YOU! 

KRISTINA LEHNER 

BRODY'S BLOG :: KRISTINA LEHNER PHOTOGRAPHY ❘ GRAND RAPIDS CHILDREN'S PHOTOGRAPHER

This is Brody.

He's 4.

And he LOVES (I mean, L-O-V-E-S) to eat snow!  :)

Is he not one of the most adorable little guys you have ever seen?!?  

He celebrated his 4th birthday at the beginning of December.  Every year Brody's Mommy has his photographs taken right around his birthday.  This year mother nature wasn't diggin' what we were trying to do.  We REALLY wanted to do the session in the snow... so we waited... and waited... and waited some more.  We finally gave up for fear of him turning 16 before we got the snow we were waiting for.  We scheduled the shoot and kept our fingers crossed for a decent day.  I actually went to the site the day before to check on the conditions of the grounds. I emailed Brody's mommy and told her to dress (and be prepared for) muddy conditions.  The next morning when we woke up and looked out our windows we saw that God had given us what we had been wishing for all along;  a beautiful and marvelous winter wonderland to use as a back drop for Brody's 4 year photographs!  

Here are the images from the rest of the session.  Enjoy.  

Brody; 

Thank you for coming out to play in the snow with me... I had SO MUCH FUN!  The snow may not have lasted very long, but my memories from this fun-filled day will last forever.  

KLP

Harvest-time Fun!

For those of you who know me well, you know how much I love the Fall season and everything that comes with it.  Every year when the magical month of October rolls around my family braces itself for being dragged to pumpkin patch's (yup, that's multiple), apple orchards, hay rides, corn mazes, color tours... the list goes on and on... you get the idea.  This year we were lucky enough to have my husband home to enjoy Fall's fabulous-ness with us!  I know he was happy when the season finally ended... I'm not so sure that he could have stomached one more pumpkin doughnut or chased the kid around one more pumpkin patch.  You're a good sport, babe!  143. 
This morning, while digging through my photo files, I found these photographs from one of our apple/pumpkin picking trips.  The orchard was lovely (we'll be going back this year) and created beautiful backdrops for many of our photos (can you say Fall mini sessions?!?).  Here is a quick tour of this wonderful (and hilarious) day.  Enjoy. 

We started out doing a corn maze.  If you have ever been in a corn maze (which we had not) here is how they work.  You sign in at the starting point with your name and the time you entered the maze.  This is so they can rescue you should you get terribly lost in the rows of corn.  Frightening.  They hand you a list of clues and a map that helps you navigate through the maze.  Most people take about an hour to get through the maze.  We cleared it in 20 minutes.  No, no, I had nothing to do with it.  I am 'directionally challenged.  They would have had to bring in the helicopters to find me had I entered that maze myself.   My husband, USMC extraordinaire, navigated us through that maze so fast that Gabe and I hardly had a chance to figure out where we were or what was going on!  His face in that bottom picture says it all!  Hahahaa... such a funny memory.  :)

Next, we hit the orchards for some apple picking.  I think this was one of the first times that we realized that our son was turning into a little boy.  He was 2 months away from turning 2 and he was such a big helper while we choose which apples were going to come home with us.  We also enjoyed eating the apples right off the ground.  How rustic of us.  ;)  Pesticides-schmesticides!  Who cares!  WE WERE LIVING OFF OF THE LAND!!! 

And then we chose our pumpkins.  See!  I was there!  You have no idea how long I have waited and wished to have a little one of my own to take on these seasonal adventures.  It was so wonderful to experience the magic of a pumpkin patch through his little eyes.  I love these pictures... :)

Look at my family.  I am so blessed.  I love you guys. 

I have failed to mention how warm it was on this day.  It was unseasonably HOT for October!  We were over dressed and all in dark colors and denim.  By the end of the day we were drenched and irritated.  Gabe rode home in his diaper.  Doesn't matter though.  Looking back at these images I feel as though it was one of the best days ever.  







VALENTINE'S DAY MINI SESSIONS:GRAND RAPIDS CHILDREN'S PHOTOGRAPHER

VALENTINE'S DAY MINI-SESSIONS

I know one little girl who is going to have the coolest valentine's cards in her class this year!!!  

We are going to staple (or glue) construction paper to the back of her picture which will create a pocket.  Then we are putting  'Pop Rocks' candy in the pocket for the coolest Valentine's day classroom cards EVER!  I totally stole this idea off of Pinterest... Oh how I love you Pinterest (and oh how I love beautiful children that LOVE being in front of the camera... She's a doll, isn't she?!?)!!!  

I know.  Now you're thinking "I want my kids to have the coolest cards in the class too".  So, in the spirit of the Valentine's day season I am going to offer last minute Valentine's day mini sessions.  Details are listed below.  I did a mini-session with my son and our dog as well (he's 2, so he's not in school, but he will be sending them to his grandparent's and aunts and uncles). I can't put the images up yet b/c they are a surprise for our family.  :) 

VALENTINE'S DAY MINI-SESSIONS

Monday, February 6th

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

& 

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

$40

Includes: 

*10-15 min. session

*3 customized photo files 

*Personal and sharing printing rights

*for an additional $20 I will print up to 25 4x6 professional quality prints of 1 image of your choosing

Prop Suggestions (client is responsible for bringing their own props):

Cut out construction paper hearts, Valentine's day themed clothing, giant suckers or cupcakes or candy, heart shaped balloons... 

**clients: If you want your image to have text on it (as pictured above), Please come prepared with what you would like it to say.  Otherwise, I will have a list for you to choose from.

Valentine's Day Mini Session Sign up times:

Morning Session

10:00

10:15

10:30

10:45

11:00

Evening/After School Session

4:30

4:45

5:00

5:15

5:30

To book your session, email me at 

kristinalehnerphotography@gmail.com

Bonus:

Share this blog post to your personal FB wall and receive 2 additional images for free!  

Gabriel Robert's 2 year photo session... with his mommy. ;) ::Grand Rapids Children's Photographer

 Our sweet little boy turned two on Christmas Night.  

I thank God for him every single day.

How fortunate we are to have you in our lives, Gabriel Robert.

For Gabe's photo session I wanted to capture his interests at this stage of his life.  If you haven't guessed it by now... he's OBSESSED with trains!  His little life revolves around them.  We play trains, we watch trains, and we chase trains in our Jeep.  Let me tell you... as if I didn't already know... it is pointed out to me EVERY time we drive over a train track.  :)

We also wanted a few football shots to hand over to the presses when he's drafted for the NFL.

Ohhhh.... Gabe.  My heart is full.  

 LALOU!