Looking for something fun to do this summmer? | Sacramento Sidetracks = Resource for Family and Child Activities In and Around Sacramento

Recently a client of mine shared a great resource with me for finding fun family and child activities.

Sacramento Sidetracks is a site that contains great information about places offering different activities that are family and kid friendly. It is updated often with alerts on specials and discounts that are available. It is maintained by a Sacramento mom with three children, Keilah Woodard.

She describes the site as, "YOUR ONE-STOP RESOURCE * Fun places to go with kids * Indoor & Outdoor Outings * Upcoming Events Calendar * Birthday Party Ideas * FREE things to do * Reviews of our experiences"

The website address is: www.sacramentosidetracks.com

and if you are on Facebook, the page is: http://www.facebook.com/SacramentoSidetracks

Thank you Nikki for sharing this with us, I have put it to good use several times already.

We learned about this water spray park located in West Sacramento which is only about 25 minutes from Dixon. We spent about an hour there one evening and had a great time. These are some photos from my iPhone:

We also learned about Funtastic Play Center located in Natomas about a 1/2 hour or so from Dixon. Bailey and Ashlyn had a good time there playing in the air conditioning for a couple hours one hot afternoon.

Both places were clean, well-maintained and were not crowded.  I would recommend both of them. I would also recommend checking out Sacramento Sidetracks website and FaceBook page for listings of more fun stuff.

Olivia's Modeling Portfolio Potrait Session - Vacaville California

We had a great time photographing Olivia's modeling portfolio session at Andrews Park in downtown Vacaville. I don't know how her mom Amber is going to make choices for her Zed card. She did great in front of the camera and we got some incredible images. These are some of my favorites.

Fun In-n-Out Burger Facebook Photo Contest

Last year, in the middle of the summer, DJ found about this little photo contest one of the Facebook Fan Pages was running for the best photo with an In-n-Out theme. This is what we came up with. Of course, we used our best model, Bailey, who really did get to eat the prop food. We won the contest - I wish I could say it was some of their yummy grub - but it was the honor of saying we won which meant this picture was posted as the profile picture for the page on FaceBook for awhile. Fun!

We LOVE In-n-Out!

Some cute portrait collages

We had a lot of fun working with Abbi and Nathan and I love these two 10x20 collages that we did for Christmas. They looked gorgeous framed!

Firefighter, Little Hero Portrait Session Special

Enjoy some images from our Firefighter, Little Hero Portrait Session Specials in 2009. These are one of the special sessions we'll be running again later this year. We'll be announcing the dates of our specials soon. This session is great for boys (and girls) ages 2 through 12. The costumes, gear, and other props are provided. This session is $49.95 and includes one 8x10 print of your choosing.

Happy New Year! Enchanted Forest Fairy Portraits - Dixon California

Happy New Year everyone! I'll be spending some time on here (0ne of my resolutions) catching up with many of the postings I missed over the last half of 2009. We had some great clients and shoots that I need to share.

To start with, some of the Enchanted Forest Faeries we worked with last year. These sessions are so magical!

Magical Fairy Portraits - July 26 , Dixon California

Mason's Portrait Session

Friday night DJ and I went over to Jill Orr's house to photograph her grandson, Mason. Mom, Alyssa, was there to baby wrangle and it went great. Jill has an awesome backyard which gave us several locations to use. It was very hard to limit myself to these few images.

Bailey and Victoria Koogler

Some photos of the girls from a few weeks ago....

Victoria:



Bailey:

Miller's Professional Imaging Baby & Child Portrait Contest

Capture each little moment of your child's life

Let us help document your child's ever-changing stages with priceless portraits that will be with you for a lifetime. Schedule an appointment with us from now until June 21st, and your child's portrait will also be entered into the Miller's Professional Imaging Baby and Child Portrait Contest. A range of prizes will be awarded from $500 - $5,000 in cash!

Contest Rules - children, infant to age twelve, are eligible. Images must be taken between January 1st and June 21st, 2009.

Alex's National Child Model Search Session

Alex and I did her Model Search Session at her home in Dixon. We ran out of light before we had a chance to finish everything we wanted to do so there will be a few more coming, but these were a few of my favorites. It's going to be so hard to pick one to enter! You can go to www.sandypucvotes.com to vote on Alex's entry when it is posted.

Andrew's National Child Model Search Session

I did a fun little model search session at Balboa Park on Sunday for Andrew. His mom will have to choose her favorite to enter in the contest. I've posted four of my favorites. You can follow this link, www.sandypucvotes.com to vote for Andrew's entry when the image is posted.

Andrew was a real natural and full on ham in front of the camera. He wasn't shy at all and made quite a few suggestions about where to take his photo. He had already made his way down the trail once so he knew how to guide me to this spot:


This red bench outside one of the International Cottages went well with his shirt.

Andrew loved his new hat!

I think this is his tough guy ninja look.


Thanks for being such a great model Andrew!

Is Your Child America's Cutest Kid?

I am happy to announce my participation in the National Charity Model Search to select “America’s Cutest Kid” and to raise funds for charity.

We’re looking for cute children ages 18 months to 14 years old to model for a portrait to be entered into the contest.



Models Search Special:
$75 entrance fee, includes a 20 minute model session and one image submitted to the national gallery.

Finalists will be determined by online votes. Anyone may vote. Each vote is $1, and all proceeds from votes benefit the non-profit Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep. (nowilaymedowntosleep.org)
The grand prize national winner will be determined from the 50 city finalists. Winners are selected by photography and modeling industry experts.

The contest runs from January 1, 2009 through March 25, 2009. Voting closes on April 2, 2009.

If your child is selected the national winner, you’ll receive many prizes, including a $5,000 US Savings Bond and a Canon PowerShot G10 digital camera.

If you’re interested in entering your child(ren), or for more information, please call the studio at 707-678-1071.

Click *here* to view the flyer, *here* to download the model release for entry, and *here* to read the rules.

Eden and Kiana

Eden is one!

It's been a couple months since I've seen these two and they have gotten to be such characters. We went out to the Arboretum for this session.

Tea for two.

Kiana in grandma's wedding hat.

Eden not too sure about the tu-tu.

Kiana the ballerina.

Happy baby.