Liza Jane Photography

Braylee and Blake

I love being able to witness children grow.  I met Blake the day he was born, and have enjoyed seeing him grow from an infant, to a little toddler that called me Liba,to the handsome little guy he is today.  I have seen little Braylee grow through my camera lens the past years.  She was one of my first newborn sessions, and since then their Mom makes sure to schedule a session every year.  So, I have been watching them grow through my camera lens since I started my photography business.  After this year's session, I went back and looked over some of their earlier photos.  It amazes me how fast they have grown!  I can still picture Blake snuggled up in Misty's arms in the hospital when we first came to meet him, and to see him now climbing on train cars and holding his little sister's hand makes me realize how lucky I am to be a photographer, and to have the opportunity to see kiddos grow up through my camera lens. 

The Balzen Family

Kenneth and Brandi make the cutest kiddos.  I think they should go in the baby business... or be in a gene study to find out which genes make beautiful children, because Brandi and Kenneth obviously possess the genes! Their kids have the biggest, most expressive eyes and the cutest smiles.  I swear their little ones could pass as the Gerber baby!  Take a look for yourself, but be ready to behold some major cuteness!

 

CD Pricing

Ok folks...my cd prices are changing.  In the past, clients have inquired about a cd along with their prints, and I offered it for a small fee.  However, lately I have had numerous clients order a cd only at that price.  With the hours that I put into uploading, sorting, editing and resizing the photos from a session, the earlier price doesn't come close to covering my time that I put in to a session.  So, with the overwhelming number of requests for cd's only, I am having to change my prices.  Thanks for your understanding.

CD only-  $150

CD with $100 print order-  $50

CD with $200 print order-  No charge

The Niemann family

I went to high school with Jennifer and Chris.  Go Bulldogs!  In fact, Jennifer and I had most of the same classes together, were cheerleaders together... RAH!, were chased by Coach Gunn for wrapping his house once or twice, hid out in the gym's locker rooms to avoid running the cross country route with Becca.... Sorry, Mona!, and we graduated together.  I won't divulge the year we graduated.  Let's just say it was around 8 years ago!  We even went to college in Waco together for a couple of years.  Or maybe I should say we were both enrolled in the same college.  Jennifer attended class a lot more than I did.  Especially the 8:00 am classes.  We took a Government class together, too.  Jennifer was nice enough to sign me in on a lot of days that I couldn't quite make it to class.  So many days in fact, that the professor thought I wasn't enrolled in the class when I decided to show up one day.  I think I told him I changed my hair and that was the reason he didn't recognize me.  

I've always known Chris to be a cut up.  Always cracking jokes...never being too serious.  I fixed Jennifer's hair for their wedding.  After witnessing them exchange their vows, Chris stopped me and told me how beautiful Jennifer looked and thanked me for doing her hair.  I have to tell ya, internet, I almost fell over!  Seriously, I wasn't expecting that from Chris.  He was the rough and tumble guy from high school that never said any of that sweet, sappy stuff.  Or at least not in front of anyone!  I guess this is why I have remembered that moment all these years.  They now have 3 beautiful children, and their youngest, Karah, is in the same class as my son, Carson.  So, needless to say, this was a fun session.   At the end of our session, we talked Chris into taking some photos of just him and Jennifer.  I told him they probably haven't had any photos of the two of them since their wedding day, and Jennifer informed us I was right and that they would soon be celebrating their 12th anniversary.  I know...if you are doing the math from the years we have been graduated, that would mean Jennifer was 14 when she got married.  She wasn't 14, but it's my blog and we'll just leave it that we graduated 8 years ago!  So as we were finding spots for their photos, Chris remarked  "Wow, I can't believe we have been married 12 years!"  I was touched because I realized Chris was just about to be sweet and sappy again.  Looking lovingly at Jennifer, he said "12 years!  It seems like it was just 5 minutes...  .......underwater."  Same Chris I have always known!

The Ketchen family

I'm still a little behind on blogging, but in spite of all the sessions I have scheduled in the upcoming days, I am determined to catch up from my little blogging vacation.  This past weekend I had a session with the Ketchen family.  We traveled out to the Pottsville Community center, and we were blessed with perfect light and weather.  These are a few photos from our session.

Maya

Miss Maya must be somewhat of a celebrity.  In the past few days, I have had more people stop me to ask if her pictures are up on my blog yet.  We had Maya's session a little over a week ago (yes, I'm waaaaay behind on blogging) and since word got out about our session, Maya's fans have evidently been anxiously waiting to see some of the tiny tot's photos.  With such a fan base already, I am planning on asking for her autograph.  As soon as she can write her name, of course.  So, without further ado, here are some of Maya's photos.

 

Pack of Poe's

Gaggle of geese, dule of doves, pride of lions, shoal of bass....Pack of Poe's.  The title makes sense to me, but then again, I might not have had enough coffee this morning.  This past Saturday, I had a session with the Poe family.  Though some have married and their names have changed, they are still Poe's to me.  This is Hamilton after all.  If you are a female and grew up in this town, it's kind of hard to shake your maiden name.  We had a fun time during the session, and the Poe grandkids are absolutely adorable.  Here are some photos from our session.

Introducing Emma Kate

Little Miss Emma had her first photo session last week, and she is an absolute doll.  The session started out with the usual oooh's and ahhh's seem to fall from my mouth when I see a new baby.  But then, an Oh My Gosh! flooded out too.  I had previously photographed Emma's big sister, Aubrey's, newborn session.  And after looking back at the photos of Aubrey, to say that Emma and Aubrey look alike would be an understatement.  Seriously, they are almost identical!  Here are a few shots from Miss Emma's first session.