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Welcome to my blog!
I'm Grethel, I'm a mommy to 3 little ones and I have an obsession for photography. I'm a life style photographer, I use only available light, shoot on-location, and there is almost always a kid involved in it! I love my job, I love to create art, I love to make friends. I'm currently serving Central Alabama, Atlanta, GA. and surroundings.  Here are a few sneak peeks of my recent work, for more info please contact me at: info@gvephotography.com or 205-453-4983.

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I'll be on vacation/working out of town from May 14th to June 6th. I'll be available only through email, if you want an specific date for your session please contact me asap as April and May are filling up very fast. Thanks!

Edie..

Edie turned 2 and she was back for some pics.. I think this session is my favorite from them.. it was a beautiful evening and they just played and had a good time while I followed them around.. they look so happy that I had a smile the whole time I was editing the session..

we also played with bubbles.. :)we were able to get on camera a huge milestone for Edie.. she’s giving her first steps!!! congrats Edie!

thank you guys!!!!

Even more pics on FACEBOOK!!

You all have a great weekend! I hope the rain is all done.. :)

Confession…

I often get from people how fun mom I am, or how creative and all those nice things… but to be honest with you if I wasn’t into photography  I don’t think people would thing the same.. truth is I’m so so obsessed with my camera that I let my kids do things that I don’t think I’d let them do.. I’m not the most patient person in the world so  believe me, lots of the times it’s just for the love of photography.. I hope though in the future my kids remember me as in fact a fun mom and not just me wanting to take pictures of them.. :)

Yesterday with all the rain, all I was thinking was puddle jumping..  so today as soon as I saw the beautiful blue sky and warm weather I knew what I had to do. Allison got out of the bus, we all put rain boots and off we went..

we got there, we saw the biggest puddle and they ran and ran.. I made them stop until I was ready for pictures.. I swear poor kiddos.. LOL

and of course the iPhone shots…

we came home, took a quick shower and I let them chose their favorites for dinner.. so we had waffles, pancakes and cereal.. I’m cool like that.. ;)

but they loved it.. loved it!! and for one moment I just hoped they’ll remember the day their mommy couldn’t wait to take them puddle jumping..

Colton…

it’s always fun to see Colton and his mommy and daddy… he’s part of my 1 year package and I love seeing him grow.. this time it was his 9 month old pictures… he’s getting so big! as cute as usual!

it was one of those first warm days.. it was beautiful outside!

Beautiful family.. can’t wait for his 1 year session!!

Thank you guys!

Client share…

Do you ever wonder what people do with their pictures? well, 2 of my clients have been kind enough to let me share what they did.

This sweet family decided to do 4 square canvas on their wall.. I think they look pretty cool!

and this is my third 9 squares wall.. each square is 20×20 and I put a “digital vintage frame” to them.. love it! and as you can see even though you might think that 20×20 is big, once they are on the wall they are really not that big.. :)

and one more, this is 4 20×20 gallery wrap canvas. Cool isn’t it?

Please feel free to send my way your pics of how you put your pics on your wall.. can’t wait to see!!

Family Fun

I met Hilary (from Samaru Designs) a while ago, we’ve worked together a few times  but this time it was different, this time it was all about her family and having fun with them.. I love so many of these pictures.. enjoy!


Thanks Hilary!!

Chase

I can’t believe it’s been a whole year since I met baby Chase..

We started with some cake.. he LOVED it!

he got so dirty that we had to do a quick jump in the tub.. ;)

lots of love from momma..

and off we went to play.. all clean and cute..

it’s been an honor to photograph Chase’s first year. Thank you so much for trusting on me!.. :)

Lily

So excited when I heard she was finally here. Her mommy and daddy were my first 2010 session and I was so happy to finally meet her.

Sweet Lily was one of my littlest babies that I’ve photographed, she was so so good to me so sleepy and cute. :)

Mommy got some pretty lilies as a present at the hospital so we had to use them of course.

love baby’s little pieces

I loved using pink.. first time in a while.. ;)

I really like shots like this.. tells you how little she really is.

they make such a beautiful family!

Congrats again guys!!!.. enjoy your sweet little girl.

Avery

it’s always fun to see little Avery and her mommy and daddy… she’s just so pretty!

so we had to improvise a little “natural light studio”.. to be honest with you I don’t think I could ever have a studio.. I would feel limited to what I can do but I’m ok with doing it every once in a while.. I think it looks cute.. and totally saves the day when it’s freezing outside.. ;)I just think she’s so beautiful..

We did ventured outside to get a couple of pictures in such a beautiful background, we met the day after that snow storm that we had so everything was still white…

She didn’t care that much about it though.. :)

Next time I see little Miss Avery she’ll be one and I know we’ll have tons of fun again.. Thanks guys!

I hope you all are enjoying the awesome weekend!

William

My little buddy was back for his 9 month old pictures.. it was cold and dark so we shot everything inside, we got some cute ones.. of course, that’s not hard to get with such a cute subject.

mom and I are already planning the 1 year old session.. can’t wait!

Hayes

Meet sweet Hayes in all his 10 days old cuteness.. ;)

I don’t think I’ve said enough how much I adore newborns.. :)

meet proud big brother..

love this

Thanks guys and congrats again on your new baby boy.. :)