Hello and welcome to the Lisa Russo Photography blog! I am a portrait photographer based in Atlanta, Georgia specializing in maternity, newborn, baby, child and family photography. Throughout this blog, you'll find images from recent sessions, photography tidbits and chatter about me and my family. To visit my website, click on the link at the left end of the navigation bar above. I hope you enjoy your stay! ~ Lisa

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** Important: Session Availability **

Thursday | August 28th | 2008

Things have booked up *so* quickly this year - many of my fall sessions are return clients, which is so wonderful - I LOVE my clients and cannot thank you enough for trusting me with your family’s precious memories.

Of course, that means that as of today (with the exception of any newborns, who I will always squeeze in), this is my session availability:

September: 6th in the a.m., 27th in the midday/afternoon, and a couple of weekday morning openings. 

October: Completely full.

November: Completely full through my holiday cut-off, with limited dates after November 15th (any session after November 8th is too late for holiday cards and prints).

If you are interested in a Fall/Holiday session, get in touch with me asap for one of the September openings.

Newborns: If you are expecting a baby in the next three months and would like to book a session, get in touch with me asap - I will always try to squeeze in a newborn!

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Dylan at 6 Weeks: A Sneak Peek

Thursday | August 28th | 2008

I think one of the toughest parts of my job is picking the images for the sneak peek. I try to only pick a few, but I just can’t. So here we go again!!

Little Dylan here finally put one of my long-held ideals to rest: Shooting newborns in the first two weeks. I mean, it’s perfect when I can, but it’s not 100% necessary. I did warn mom that since little Dylan was older (isn’t it funny to call a 6 week old “older?”) that he might not sleep - so we’d go for fun shots typical of a 3 month old.

Then I got there…met this adorable little chunk of a guy…turned on my sound machine…and….zzzzzzz

He even gave me a little smile. All together now: “Awww……”

Hey there, bright eyes…

Those of you who’ve had sessions with me know I have a bit of a thing for chunky knuckle dimples…Likely because of my 100 pound 9 year old who is due home from school any minute…but I digress!

Favorite? Oh yeah…

With his beautiful mama…

And very fun dad…

And then we ran outside for some family & creative shots. We did use the bowl - but then we pulled out the bench I’d just bought for siblings. Dylan was *so* content and happy, we decided to give it a go!

What a sweet, happy little guy! Katherine and Ken, thank you *so* much for letting me photograph your sweet boy - and for being so willing to try out my new prop! I hope you’re happy with your sneak peek, and I’ll be in touch very soon with the rest of your session!

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  1. kim   -  

    oh my…he’s a sweetie. i am in love with image #2!

  2. Traci Turchin   -  

    Oh my goodness, Lisa!! He is so precious! You did a fabulous job with him!

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How did this happen?

Thursday | August 28th | 2008

My baby is three (3!!!) today.

(more later, but I’m behind on sneak peeks - adorable little sweetie who is NOT 3 coming up soon!)

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  1. Addie   -  

    Happy Birthday! I’ve been reading your blog since you were in the H with her! 3 years has flown by!

  2. kim   -  

    well, happy birthday to you miss ava!!

  3. Dawn   -  

    Gosh I remember when you shared photos of Ava when she was just an itty bitty… ::sigh:: They grow so fast. She’s as cute as ever though!

  4. berta   -  

    HAPPY 3rd BIRTHDAY MISS AVA =) Hard to believe that tiny little peanut is already three?? Where did the time go! Hope she has a terrific day!

  5. becky   -  

    Happy 3rd Birthday Miss Ava. You are such a lucky girl. I’m sure it was a wonderful day.

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I guess this means she likes dancing class (as she calls it)?

Sunday | August 24th | 2008

I came home from my newborn session today to find this:

Vic said he went in after her nap to find her clothes off, this (way too small) tutu outfit on, and she was sitting in bed reading books. Add the feather mules, and she’s just a dancing little princess, no? Then she insisted on wearing it to Kroger with me - THAT was fun. ;)

I had the best weekend - I got to photograph not one, but TWO sweet newborns. Little 6 week old Dylan, with the most adorable chunky rolls (got me thinking about the little chunk I had…oh, 9 years ago…) and today I had adorable 1 week old Gabrielle, who slept so soundly and even gave me a smile or two. Those sneak peeks should be up sometime this week. I can’t wait to share them!

And on Friday night I had two local photographer friends over to watch a lighting video…that we never got to! One thing is for sure: When you get photographers together…and they can talk “shop” with someone other than their family (who tend to get glassy eyed when you start talking about aperture and posing and props and software - why, I have NO clue!), well the hours just tend to while away… It was a great night!

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  1. becky   -  

    how absolutely sweet. K did a tumbling tutus class at that age and loved it. I highly recommend it.

  2. Paula   -  

    Is that the sweetest or what? I hope God has one of those in store for me one day! BTW, hoping to get you pictures of the wall and measurements for the new house very soon. Then we can start working on adding to it. The ‘Martha’ post got me excited!!!

  3. Susie   -  

    Lisa- I get plenty of sweet comments from strangers when we go out in public dressed all fancy- I tend to think it’s just a short season, why not let them have fun in their pink sparkly tutus?

    By the way, she’s adorable on her tippy toes there!!

  4. Shaun Paddock   -  

    Lisa, I just cannot stand it, she is too cute. So many photos of Ava remind me of my Vinny when she was that age. The above photo truly did so I quickly posted the photo on my blog. You will crack up when you see my photo. I gave you a little plug as well, I hope you don’t mind.
    Have a groovy week!
    Shaun

  5. Michele   -  

    So cute! :) She reminds me of my own little three year old (who starts dance class next week) and just HAD to wear her Aurora outfit to the football game on Friday night. LOL I’m really going to miss this stage some day.

  6. berta   -  

    She is just too cute and the shoes make the outfit! I would take her anywhere dressed like that. She will only be this age such a short time. They grow up way too fast!

  7. Cheryl Johnson   -  

    the little lady has a style all her own :)