Welcome to the Perspectives Blog!
My name is Julie Stephens, and this is my blog about portraits and life from the other side of the camera. Together with my husband, Jonathan (that’s us with our son Jack, left) we operate Calotype Photography. I’m the artist behind the camera, and Jonathan manages portrait sales. Baby Jack is the Calotype Poster Child, modeling in exchange for room and board. Watch out for him— he has an affinity for two-year-old girls in pettiskirts!
Do you absolutely love your family and children? Do you think pudgy baby hands and toes are marvelous? Maybe you cried on your son’s first (and second) day of kindergarten, or maybe you’re the mom that gives your daughter a standing ovation at every dance recital. If you believe your children are the best thing ever, then call us at 417.845.1151 to schedule a Portrait Session. We may not be able to bottle up all that childhood sweetness, but we can capture it on canvas, and you’ll be filled with joy each time you see it!
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Special thanks to Richardson Studio in Bloomington, IN for our family portrait.
Calotype Photography is headed to the West Coast for some saltwater portrait fun! Sessions are available on Pismo Beach (or the Fresno area, for the valley dwellers). Our fun Portrait Sessions are a thrilling experience that leave you with beautiful, emotional portraits you’ll cherish for a lifetime!
Special Package Collections available for Families + Children + Teens
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“Life’s an Hourglass” by Mindy Gledhill. You can buy it here and become a heap of emotional mush in seconds.
Jack and Clara, of course, our most favorite subjects in all the world.
Miss Clara Lyndon is already two months old! (It’s amazing how fast time goes by when you don’t sleep at night).
Don’t let that innocent face fool you. She can scream and wake the dead.
Breathing in her sweetness… makes this stage worthwhile.
She will not always be this way, and one day I will look back… and be so thankful for these images. We love you, Clarabelle.
When we brought Jack home from the NICU, he was a tiny four pounds, ten ounces (up a pound from his birth weight). He was one month old.
I wanted a similar image of Clara, to show the difference between the two. Clara weighed eight pounds, 15 ounces at birth and was already ten pounds, 11 ounces by her one-month doctors appointment.
Look at those glorious fat rolls!
I posted more images of our first family portraits on my personal Facebook profile, click through to see them!
Presenting Miss Clara Lyndon– the new addition to the Calotype family. Born exactly on her due date, she weighed 8 pounds, 15 ounces. I love her immensely and would love to express my feelings in writing, but I’m so sleep deprived and exhausted I must conserve my energy. (Insert “bedraggled” emoticon here). Everyone is doing well and we are adjusting as well as can be expected. Our family of four is now back to work at Calotype. More pictures to follow… eventually…!
