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  • We are Permanently Closed

    After serving Oak Harbor since 2006, I have closed my doors officially. I am still on Whidbey Island, but no longer offering photography services or learning classes on a regular basis. I am only offering Preschool Portraits for Ms. Ashley's Preschool in the spring.

    Past clients may be able to purchase digital images from their past sessions if they are still available on my archive drives. Contact me for more info.

    If you are a photographer inquiring about the possible purchase of my props and/or backdrops, many of my items are listed on Facebook Marketplace. Feel free to contact me for direct links or to inquire about anything you see in y portraits that you are interested in to see if they are available.

    Thank you for trusting me with your family portraits since 2006. I loved working with you all.

    Renee

     

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Gorgeous Little Guy

Sunday, June 10, 2012 4:56 pm

This session was tough… not because of the baby, but because of ME. Yes, ME! 🙁

As mentioned previously, May was a month in which I was sick throughout most of it. At one point, I thought I was feeling better and decided to do this session. About 45 minutes into the session, everything got extra hot, my legs & arms got heavy (I was standing on a ladder) I began to shake and almost passed out. I had to get air, water and a 5 minute break. I sat on the floor with my head on my knees and eyes closed. Although my head was spinning & I was nauseous, I felt especially frustrated and VERY embarrassed at what seemed to be a failed attempt at this newborn session. Luckily, I had worked with this wonderful couple before and so it was a small relief to me to know that they knew this was NOT normal. After a few minutes of rest, I decided to continue on.

I ended up needing another week and a half to recover. It has been tough for me to really accept that what happened was “okay” because I honestly felt I was going to be fine. I feel that “I’m sorry” is not enough for this family, for the worry I have caused them during the session and not being at 100%. But I knew how important it was to them to capture portraits of the Grandma’s with this little guy. THANK YOU so much for your patience with me and at the same time, again, I’m so SORRY for that scary moment.

Posted in Babies, Family, Newborn, Sneak Peek

by Renee Giugliano Photography

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Lina - Beautiful captures, love family photo – baby is rocking his little outfit 🙂

Christy Johnson - Beautiful images! Glad you’re feeling better!

Sindea Horste - I am so glad you are ok! And for someone not feeling well, you did an amazing job!

Yvonne - Glad that you’re OK. Their portraits turned out beautiful! You would never have known you were under the weather that day.

Jesikka High - Lovely family images! Love them!

Christie - He is just adorable, I love these! Love the grandma shots!

Tammy Krummel - Such wonderful pictures from this newborn session!

alej keigan - what a pretty family and great shots of a cute little guy!

Heather Puett - Awe, Hugs Renee. These are really great!

Bethany Ester-Julien - So cute love that his grandmas got to be there!

Amy Stillions - That hat and bootie set is adorable! Great pictures!

Clarice - Oh what an adorable baby. You’ve caught such great memories for parents!

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The Curly Girly Boutique CUTIE Model Search

Tuesday, June 5, 2012 12:04 pm

Back in April, I shared a post about The Curly Girly Boutique, who they are and how we work together. I also shared about their Model Search to find a CUTIE to represent their clothing line. The boutique provided clothing/accessories to 21 kids for mini sessions with me this past weekend. The two days of sessions went by smoothly and were so much fun! The kids all received goodie bags filled with discounts/freebies from local businesses, little toys & candies – I’m sure that was their favorite part!

Now, it’s time to start voting. These images were chosen by me, but the winners are chosen by you – the public. Please click on each of the boxes below to vote! The polls will only be available for a few days (expire on June 8th at midnight), so don’t delay! Once these polls close, a final poll with the top boy & top girl will be provided to choose the Grand Prize Winner & Runner Up! (I will add that poll here when it’s ready)

Here are all the kids who joined in on the fun! A few of them went home in the outfits they were wearing. Yep – they purchased them there at the session and were taken home. All these outfits are available to purchase – please visit the boutique’s website and/or Facebook page to send them a message today. They offer all their products in various sizes & styles and will do custom orders if you have something special in mind.

THANK YOU to all the moms, dads, sponsors & supporters of these fun little event! Be sure to drop by The Curly Girly Boutique’s Facebook page, LIKE their page and leave them a review in their recommendation box. If you would like to do the same for me, click HERE to visit my Facebook page.

Note: There are only 19 images here, since 2 of the kids didn’t qualify for the model search. One was my daughter & the other was the boutique owner’s daughter. To see my daughter’s image, click HERE. To see the boutique’s daughter’s image, click HERE.

       

Posted in Babies, Kids, Local Businesses, Local News/Events, Other Businesses, Promotions, Sneak Peek, Toddlers

by Renee Giugliano Photography

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Lina - Good luck to the winner, they all look great!

Corey Sewell - They are all too cute!

Erica K Ellis - So hard to choose…..I might have to look over it again 🙂

Michelle Webster - Everyone looks adorable!

Heather Puett - Fantastic job Renee!

alpana - They are so adorable!

georgette - Love it

Jessica Washburn - So, so darling!

Christy Johnson - They are all so adorable! Love the clothes too!

Kay Van Ausdle Larsson - I have voted, Andrea! He's a WINNER for sure!

Robin - What adorable children, I love all the outfits too!

alej keigan - can’t go wrong with any of them, all precious!

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Family Fun!

Wednesday, May 30, 2012 11:22 pm

The month of May blew by quickly. I have been recovering from illness for most of it. As I feel better, I am trying to catch up on proof editing. I am the only one that works on my proofs, I don’t outsource any of my work. So, it’s taking me much longer than my normal 2 week turn around. I am taking it slow, and really hate it! I want to get things done and it’s been tough to sit around to “rest”. I pushed myself too hard in April and when I got this odd strain of a flu, it hit me hard. Thank you to all my wonderful clients who have been so patient during this month while I kept going back and forth from feeling well to being knocked down again.

This family was pure joy to work with. Daddy happens to work alongside my husband, so it was fun to get to joke around and share some little silly tidbits about the Chief he works for. 🙂 The kids did great! It’s always tough to get siblings to want to sit next to each other at this age. Either the love each other or want nothing to do with each other. (That’s the phase my two younger kids are in) But as always, a little bit of patience and bribery made all the difference!

To see another image of their daughter modeling an adorable dress from The Curly Girly Boutique, click HERE.

Posted in Family, Kids, Sneak Peek

by Renee Giugliano Photography

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wendy - what a cute family!!!

Anabel Sanchez - Love these! Adorable family!

Vanessa G. Photography - Newborn Photographer - Love that background. So simple and timeless.

Heather Puett - These are beautiful. I love the one of sister and brother on the couch.

Maritza Ruefer - What a gorgeous family and beautiful images!

Sarah Pierce - Beautiful images–I love that background color. Those kids are adorable.

Corey Sewell - What a great looking family! Love that one of brother and sister together!

Christie - Love these, such a cute family! The kids hugging on the sofa is too cute!!

alej keigan - beautiful family – love these!

Marie Ostensson - What a beautiful family! I love the kids interaction!

PamN - Such a beautiful family! They will treasure these images forever.

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Beautiful Baby Boy

Monday, May 21, 2012 4:14 pm

I’ve been down and out due to the flu this past week. Two of my kids & I had it and each of us were affected differently. It seemed to hit me the hardest, leaving me no other option but to sleep as much as I could. So, my computer stayed off and I rested.

Unfortunately, my resting period halted all work. I was already falling a little behind due to our town’s annual Holland Happening celebration (I had a booth). So, now I feel a great deal of pressure on myself to get caught up ASAP. Today was my first day back to work and I am so happy that I was able to finish a few things on my list.

First, a sneak peek of this gorgeous little guy. Isn’t he just precious? He didn’t sleep at all until about the last 20 minutes of the session. And even then, it was quite light. Thank you mom and dad for your patience as I have gone through the ringer of illness and am catching up. Not sure if you saw it, but on Mother’s Day, I posted another image HERE on my Facebook page.

Posted in Babies, Newborn, Sneak Peek

by Renee Giugliano Photography

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Vanessa G. Photography - lovely rim lighting. sweet baby.

Robbie - Precious! Gorgeous baby!

Bethany Ester-Julien - Beautiful baby boy!

Kelly - Gorgeous images Renee!! What a beautiful baby, his eyes are stunning!

alej keigan - what a sweet guy – love the eye contact, gorgeous shots!

Christy Johnson - Beautiful images! What a gorgeous baby!

Jessica Washburn - Love the eye contact on the gray–too cute!

Anabel Sanchez - Great job! Gorgeous baby/family! : )

Saskia S Davis - so cute

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Sugar & Spice…

Friday, May 11, 2012 11:45 pm

Three little girls… and even though two may look alike, they were all so different. The sweet twins were a challenge for me. Those big gorgeous eyes just looked at me like I was the oddest person they had ever seen. My little tricks may have got them looking at me, but my silly faces didn’t get them smiling. Mom & dad knew all the tricks, but as one would smile, the other had a questionable stare or was fiddling with their own or the other’s foot or hair. It was quite entertaining. All this while their older sister watched us as patiently as she could as we continued with the noises and the faces. She probably thought we were silly too. But after all was said & done, they all did wonderful. Thank you so much for choosing me! I had so much fun and hope to work with you again in the future! 🙂

The outfits in the last image was provided by The Curly Girly Boutique.

Posted in Babies, Family, Kids, Sneak Peek, Toddlers

by Renee Giugliano Photography

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Bethany Ester-Julien - Lol so cute how the twins are so serious

Mari - Love the pic with all 3 girls…reminds me of my grandson…So Serious. Like they are trying to figure you out 🙂
Love the one with the twins in purple.

Anita Scheftner - So cute!

Carol Wilhelm Sperry - Wonderful pictures of a beautiful family!

Jordyn Donnellon - Love it! The picture of the 3 of them cracks me up! So much for getting a two year old to perform. These are beautiful!

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