Chase’s newborn moments

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

This month the Delutri family were blessed with their second baby boy, and I was blessed to help them capture some of his very first moments. You may recognize is big brother, Carter, because he’s one of the amazing kiddos I’ve photographed with spina bifida this past year. Here’s Carter’s little brother Chase only about 12 hours old.

We spent some time recently capturing Chase’s newborn moments when he was about a week old. He was such a sweet little newborn for us.

During our time together we made sure to capture a few moments with Chase and his family. He’s clearly a Momma’s boy. Carter adores his baby brother – I imagine it’s only a matter of time before they’re best buds.

Jennifer I hope your family & friends enjoy the moments we captured with your family. Best wishes to you all – you’ve definitely been blessed with a sweet baby boy and a wondeful family.

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by Amanda Kern

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fall 2013 mini sessions!

Monday, November 4, 2013

I’ve had a lot of requests this year for mini-sessions so for the first time in 4 years I’m going to offer a few sessions. I shared details in advance with those on facebook who sent inquiries and I’ve already filled half the mini session times I’ll be offering. So if you’re interested contact me now because I expect these to fill fast. I currently have 3 sessions remaining on Nov 10th and 1 session remaining on Nov 23rd. Sessions will be confirmed by those who contact me first and make payment online. I’m offering 3 options for the mini sessions to help offer my photography at a bit more of a discounted rate through the holidays to make sure you have amazing photos before the holiday season.

MINI SESSION OPTION 1 – $75

  • 30 minute session
  • Digital download of low res watermarked edited images
  • Digital download of your 3 favorite edited high resolution images (both color and black & white)

MINI SESSION OPTION 2 – $100

  • 30 minute session
  • Digital download of low res watermarked edited images
  • Digital download of your 5 favorite edited high resolution images (both color and black & white)

MINI SESSION OPTION 3 – $200

  • 30 minute session
  • Digital download of ALL high resolution edited images from your session (both color and black & white)

MINI SESSION DETAILS

  • All sessions last 30 minutes
  • Only 4 sessions will be offered each day
  • All sessions will take place in the late afternoon
  • Sessions start at 2:45pm and the last sessions begins at 5pm
  • Session times & dates will be confirmed with online payment
  • All sessions included unlimited photos taken during session time
  • Approximate 10-20 edited photos in both color and black & white
  • All sessions include digital download of low resolution watermarked edited images
  • Personal copyright granted for use in holiday cards and for personal printing and sharing online
  • Additional digital files and prints may be purchased online
  • You will be given 1 week to order once photos are shared online
  • Printing & digital prices are the same as 2013 pricing. All sessions & prices are subject to Florida sales tax.

Please send all inquiries by email through my blog or facebook (because I receive those more promptly than the comments on this blog).

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by Amanda Kern

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2013 Spina Bifida awareness campaign

Sunday, October 20, 2013

 

“You were born with the ability to change someone’s life, don’t ever waste it.”

I’ve been pouring a lot of my heart into this year’s spina bifida awareness campaign for the Spina bifida association of Central Florida and am excited to finally be at a point to share the final campaign for 2013. I have to admit this time of year is quite emotional and reflective for me and undoubtedly has had an impact on the awareness campaign that has been created over the past three years. Just over three years ago we learned our son Chance would be born with spina bifida and as we began to learn so much about spina bifida and were surrounded by the fear and uncertainty that comes with the diagnosis we were embraced by a community of families online – many who were so hurt to hear that the diagnosis scared us so much that we nearly gave up on our baby boy’s life. I am not ashamed to say that the information online and provided by medical professionals is scary…I don’t now how any normal human being wouldn’t feel like giving up when they learn of all the complications that can happen living with spina bifida. It’s a conservative estimate that 50% of pregnancies are aborted due to spina bifida, a Wayne State University study in 2011 indicates it may even be as high as 64%. It’s so sad, but not surprising because of how frightening some of the material about spina bifida is. I recall so clearly being told not to google “spina bifida” by my doctor and by the families who had children with spina bifida because of the scary things I might find online. I recall receiving printed material the day we were diagnosed with information about spina bifida – information dated from between 1977 and the early 1990′s, clearly outdated material that doesn’t reflect how much has changed and improved with the care of individuals with spina bifida. What was lacking most three years ago was what every parent expecting a child with spina bifida needs…something that gives them hope. They need to be told the truth and understand the facts but they need to hear that their child will be okay and will live an amazing life no matter how many challenges may arise. Chance has definitely been a blessing to our family and we couldn’t imagine what life would have been like if we had have given up. He now inspires me to help change the negative stigma associated with spina bifida and help create a more positive perception of the birth defect.

I want to thank you all in advance, I have felt the love as I’ve shared some of the glimpse’s of this year’s work and I’m excited to hear what you all think of this year’s campaign. I’ve come to realize that by giving our son a “chance” it’s given me the strength to pour so much of my heart into helping our spina bifida community. After pouring more energy into this year’s campaign than in the two year’s campaign’s combined I feel incredibly blessed and appreciate the time all 30 families have taken to be a part of this special work. Every single person holds a special place in this year’s campaign and has inspired much of the messaging associated with the images. I’ve had one family travel from Mexico, another travel from hours away in south Florida and many others travel an hour or two to meet to be a part of this work. Now I am honored to know that through all this work we’ve managed to inspire many and the spina bifida awareness work from the past three years are among the things families will now find if they search for “spina bifida” online on google or other social media sites. Though we won’t ever be able to prevent families from finding the stories and photos that may make a family fearful of having a child with spina bifida we can hope that somehow they’ll come across some of this hopeful work I’ve spent so much energy working on and that they will get to feel uplifted by these individuals living with spina bifida that I’ve been blessed to have an opportunity to photograph.

If you’d like to support our local spina bifida community please consider a donation to Chance’s team in this year’s walk-n-roll event. All donations go towards supporting our families here in central Florida affected by spina bifida. I hope you all enjoy this year’s campaign!

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creating awareness of spina bifida

Saturday, October 12, 2013

“No one has ever become poor by giving.” ~Anne Frank

So if you’ve been connected to me on social media you may have heard that last night we were featured on our local channel 13 news. There’s no video online but they did share this article on their web site…

I’ve had a ton of friends, family and those within the spina bifida community asking if there was a way to see the video. Right now the story is only being shared on tv, which is only on brighthouse, but it is airing every half hour and I believe it’ll be shared for most of today. I’ve mentioned to channel 13 that there’s a lot of requests to see the story online by those who don’t have cable and also those who live outside of the Orlando area. The most I can suggest is to voice your wish to have the story shared online on their facebook page.

To those who have seen the story who have shared your sweet thoughts with me…thank you. It’s been touching to see the response from those who have seen it – I know many are just as appreciative as I am that the media has begun to show an interest in helping create awareness of spina bifida. I’ve begun to receive messages from several people who have seen the story that I don’t know who are somehow affected by spina bifida…I’m honored to know this photography I’ve been doing the past three years has touched so many lives. I love hearing from all of you who have been touched by all this work I’ve been doing with our families affected by spina bifida in central Florida.

If you would like to help support the spina bifida cause it would mean the world to our community if you made a donation support Chance’s team in the walk-n-roll for spina bifida. We encourage all families affected by spina bifida in central Florida to join us on Oct 26th, 2013 at 10am at Blue Jacket Park in Orlando, Florida. If you happen to reside in central Florida and are affected by spina bifida we encourage you visit our web site and facebook page. It’s a great way to connect with other families who are also affected by spina bifida.

I’m so close to having the 2013 spina bifida awareness campaign finished…until it’s ready to share I thought I’d share one of my favorites from this year’s campaign. Thanks again for all the amazing love & support.

Photography, spina bifida

by Amanda Kern

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Newborn John

Sunday, September 29, 2013

 

This past week I spent some time with this precious little blessing – John. He was born nearly six weeks early and spent a little over a week in the nicu but is doing really amazing. He was only about 5lbs when I photographed him last week. He’s an amazing gift to his parents who have patiently awaited his arrival. After spending a little time with them I was blessed with his sweet and calm spirit – he was one of the most perfect little newborns and allowed me to capture some really precious moments to help his family remember these moments when he was still a itty bitty little baby. Wendy & Bob I hope you and your family enjoy all the moments we captured with John during his newborn photos…he sure is blessed to have amazing parents like you both. Best wishes to you all!

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