dutch baby | {solo} session | roseburg, oregon children's photographer, kellie trenkle

and here we are again with little miss anna... she must be the poster child for {captivating} or something. she's always on here! here's the deal... mama is on the {captivating} team, so we must highlight her firstborn child over and over and over again!






anna's parents, will & krystal, chose the location for their daughter's 18mo portraits because of the DAFFODILS! krystal (and now anna) is a dutch girl and wore the little duds she put on anna when she was this same age... now those are the SWEETEST hand-me-downs, yeah? vintage all the way, baby.




we shot at the quaint little calapooia church near umpqua, oregon, where (ahhhem) will & krystal were married nearly 5 years ago! so a really fun, special little session.


{solo} sessions are 1-subject sessions and are perfect for high school seniors, bebeGLAM, mamaGLAM, etc... you can read about them in my information section on my website!



(c)2010
www.kellietrenkle.com
www.vividly-captivating.blogspot.com

and here we are again with little miss anna... she must be the poster child for {captivating} or something. she's always on here! here's the deal... mama is on the {captivating} team, so we must highlight her firstborn child over and over and over again!






anna's parents, will & krystal, chose the location for their daughter's 18mo portraits because of the DAFFODILS! krystal (and now anna) is a dutch girl and wore the little duds she put on anna when she was this same age... now those are the SWEETEST hand-me-downs, yeah? vintage all the way, baby.




we shot at the quaint little calapooia church near umpqua, oregon, where (ahhhem) will & krystal were married nearly 5 years ago! so a really fun, special little session.


{solo} sessions are 1-subject sessions and are perfect for high school seniors, bebeGLAM, mamaGLAM, etc... you can read about them in my information section on my website!



(c)2010
www.kellietrenkle.com
www.vividly-captivating.blogspot.com

New Year, New Glam | SweetHeart-Glam | lifestyle photographer, kellie trenkle

happy new year!

as reluctant as i am to say this... i am going to have to confirm for you all, that january is here to stay! i can no longer deny that we've entered a new decade. it really is 2010. '09 was a spectacularly incredible year for me personally and for captivating. i experienced both smooth sailing and bumpy roads, cups running over, even a few scraped knees.

learn and grow, that's how i try to roll.

a humongous thank you goes out to everyone who was part of my first year of business, you make me smile! thank you for your faith and for... well! for captivating me! you KNOW who you are.



mark your calendars, my peeps:
coming up this month... SWEETHEART-Glam for Valentines Day. mmmm-hmmmmm.



you mamas can bring me your cherubs for some sweetheart goodness!
OR
you mamas can allow me to capture some sweetheart goodness of YOU for your very first sweetheart... remember him? that man of yours? (be prepared, though. there IS potential sweeping-off-of-feeting by your hubby when he opens up his special captivating-style-keepsake Valentine...... hey! i'm just sayin'.)



January 22nd & 23rd ONLY
limited session availability.
i'm building the packages this week!
more details to follow, so save the date!

happy new year!

as reluctant as i am to say this... i am going to have to confirm for you all, that january is here to stay! i can no longer deny that we've entered a new decade. it really is 2010. '09 was a spectacularly incredible year for me personally and for captivating. i experienced both smooth sailing and bumpy roads, cups running over, even a few scraped knees.

learn and grow, that's how i try to roll.

a humongous thank you goes out to everyone who was part of my first year of business, you make me smile! thank you for your faith and for... well! for captivating me! you KNOW who you are.



mark your calendars, my peeps:
coming up this month... SWEETHEART-Glam for Valentines Day. mmmm-hmmmmm.



you mamas can bring me your cherubs for some sweetheart goodness!
OR
you mamas can allow me to capture some sweetheart goodness of YOU for your very first sweetheart... remember him? that man of yours? (be prepared, though. there IS potential sweeping-off-of-feeting by your hubby when he opens up his special captivating-style-keepsake Valentine...... hey! i'm just sayin'.)



January 22nd & 23rd ONLY
limited session availability.
i'm building the packages this week!
more details to follow, so save the date!

Christmas-Glam | *TEASER* | oregon lifestyle photographer, kellie trenkle

well, first of all, today's Christmas for CASA was a blast! however, i couldn't have pulled off such a fun & fruitful event without my faithful team -- THANK YOU, GIRLIES -- for all the elbow grease! i have some seriously awesome friends.

who buys 70-lb bags of sand to anchor a backdrop stand? krystal. and not just 1, either! and guess who carries them up and then down the 2 sets of stairs? yeah. krystal AND rachael. i actually asked if she'd be willing to find me some dirtbags. and i'll tell you what, when you ask krystal for a favor, she delivers and delivers BIG. she also knows when to pray. today she was all about inviting Jesus into the meanest wrapping paper debacle on this side of the mississippi.

and rachael was my right hand girl today -- "can you grab this, can you grab that..." blessed is what i am. did you even know that rachael carries a swiss army knife? yeah! i needed scissors, a knife, a drill and a new sink installed today... rachael carried all the necessary tools for the job, in her ever-loving purse. THANK YOU, GIRLIES!!! you bring me joy, my whole team does, for that matter! even the ones who couldn't make it -- thanks, kris for handling 911 document issues with such finesse!

and... thank you, Babe, for being my covering as i stepped out for CASA & put on the ritz for some captivating families today. it's incredible how much i love you!

second of all, i will be spending this weekend processing today's images so i can put the orders in ASAP!

third of all, thank you to all of the folks who came out today to support Casa de Belen -- i'm so excited to have partnered with Celebration Street to bring them a little bit of cheer. we did it together!

fourth of all (is that even a phrase, really?), ahhhhem, FOURTH of all... my feet are super tired! i wore real shoes, like high heel boots. all day. click-clack, clickity-clack. and would you believe my sweet girl, kennady, pampered me with a foot squeeze massage when i finally collapsed on the couch? that was right around the time NEBRASKA was beating TEXAS tonight in the Big12 Championship and right before i dozed for an hour in the midst of all the typical trenkle tornado madness that occurs right about bedtime. and when i woke up i was covered in candy cane remains thanks to the baby (who found the loot leftover from our refreshments) and NEBRASKA was losing. 1 second on the clock, that's all i can say. hey, next year. but our BOISE STATE BRONCOS... undefeated, baby! woo-hoo!

fifth of all (hey, i can invent new phraseology, i'm on a roll here), on friday night, my children and i tested the christmas set lighting -- can't wait to process their pics. karsyn was not thrilled to say the least. you'll see. bryson, however, was the best EVER... he even decided he LOVED the hot pink tie mommy "asked" him to wear. kennady worked the camera (how does she know how to pose and you won't believe the shoes i found for her, i... no, you'll just have to wait to see them). kev? kev was more interested in CHOWING DOWN karsyn's lollipop than making eye contact with the camera. (the way he eats hard candy & animal crackers [at sunday school in particular], would lead an untrained person to believe that he is being STARVED to death by his parents.) and yes, if you're wondering, i bribe reward my children for "modeling" for me. (vanilla milkshakes all around last night.)

so, in the meantime, please enjoy sweet missAnna for a little ChristmasGLAM preview. more goodness to come! and i do mean GOOD-ness. ***also, if you are waiting for your image collection or a sneaky peek -- rest assured, i am working hard to wrap everything up this week! if you have questions, send me an email -- it's the best way to reach me.***

and hey! LAST of all, i'd love to know some of your favorite ways to spend family time with your kids in december. how do you make christmas meaningful for your kids?

2 things i'm looking forward to doing with my babes this week: reading max lucado's An Angel's Story and surprising them next weekend with a trip to the Live Nativity hosted by the Church on the Rise -- it's called JOURNEY THROUGH CHRISTMAS! we missed it last year and i'm counting down the days!

love to you and your families! it's christmas! it really is...

the
season
for
the
reason.

well, first of all, today's Christmas for CASA was a blast! however, i couldn't have pulled off such a fun & fruitful event without my faithful team -- THANK YOU, GIRLIES -- for all the elbow grease! i have some seriously awesome friends.

who buys 70-lb bags of sand to anchor a backdrop stand? krystal. and not just 1, either! and guess who carries them up and then down the 2 sets of stairs? yeah. krystal AND rachael. i actually asked if she'd be willing to find me some dirtbags. and i'll tell you what, when you ask krystal for a favor, she delivers and delivers BIG. she also knows when to pray. today she was all about inviting Jesus into the meanest wrapping paper debacle on this side of the mississippi.

and rachael was my right hand girl today -- "can you grab this, can you grab that..." blessed is what i am. did you even know that rachael carries a swiss army knife? yeah! i needed scissors, a knife, a drill and a new sink installed today... rachael carried all the necessary tools for the job, in her ever-loving purse. THANK YOU, GIRLIES!!! you bring me joy, my whole team does, for that matter! even the ones who couldn't make it -- thanks, kris for handling 911 document issues with such finesse!

and... thank you, Babe, for being my covering as i stepped out for CASA & put on the ritz for some captivating families today. it's incredible how much i love you!

second of all, i will be spending this weekend processing today's images so i can put the orders in ASAP!

third of all, thank you to all of the folks who came out today to support Casa de Belen -- i'm so excited to have partnered with Celebration Street to bring them a little bit of cheer. we did it together!

fourth of all (is that even a phrase, really?), ahhhhem, FOURTH of all... my feet are super tired! i wore real shoes, like high heel boots. all day. click-clack, clickity-clack. and would you believe my sweet girl, kennady, pampered me with a foot squeeze massage when i finally collapsed on the couch? that was right around the time NEBRASKA was beating TEXAS tonight in the Big12 Championship and right before i dozed for an hour in the midst of all the typical trenkle tornado madness that occurs right about bedtime. and when i woke up i was covered in candy cane remains thanks to the baby (who found the loot leftover from our refreshments) and NEBRASKA was losing. 1 second on the clock, that's all i can say. hey, next year. but our BOISE STATE BRONCOS... undefeated, baby! woo-hoo!

fifth of all (hey, i can invent new phraseology, i'm on a roll here), on friday night, my children and i tested the christmas set lighting -- can't wait to process their pics. karsyn was not thrilled to say the least. you'll see. bryson, however, was the best EVER... he even decided he LOVED the hot pink tie mommy "asked" him to wear. kennady worked the camera (how does she know how to pose and you won't believe the shoes i found for her, i... no, you'll just have to wait to see them). kev? kev was more interested in CHOWING DOWN karsyn's lollipop than making eye contact with the camera. (the way he eats hard candy & animal crackers [at sunday school in particular], would lead an untrained person to believe that he is being STARVED to death by his parents.) and yes, if you're wondering, i bribe reward my children for "modeling" for me. (vanilla milkshakes all around last night.)

so, in the meantime, please enjoy sweet missAnna for a little ChristmasGLAM preview. more goodness to come! and i do mean GOOD-ness. ***also, if you are waiting for your image collection or a sneaky peek -- rest assured, i am working hard to wrap everything up this week! if you have questions, send me an email -- it's the best way to reach me.***

and hey! LAST of all, i'd love to know some of your favorite ways to spend family time with your kids in december. how do you make christmas meaningful for your kids?

2 things i'm looking forward to doing with my babes this week: reading max lucado's An Angel's Story and surprising them next weekend with a trip to the Live Nativity hosted by the Church on the Rise -- it's called JOURNEY THROUGH CHRISTMAS! we missed it last year and i'm counting down the days!

love to you and your families! it's christmas! it really is...

the
season
for
the
reason.

good timing | the *TWINKLING* sessions | oregon lifestyle photographer, kellie trenkle

so... saturday was like WAY AWESOME!
i left my house that was sitting below blue skies & rainbows and drove TOWARD the DARKNESS for my mini-sessions saturday. i was keeping an open mind.

rainy to the top of the hill, 35 minutes from my house.
amy & christy & i started to set up our hot, cinnamony cider & cookies. and the rain fell to a sprinkle. my first peeps arrived & i didn't blink an eye. it didn't start raining again until it was time to load up & go home.

thank you to all who booked these special sessions! i know iiiiiiiii had fun. hopefully you enjoyed being with your family as much as i did -- all playing & smooching up there overlooking the vistas & rolling golden hills at celebration ranch. mmmmm-mmmmmm. good. ness.

so... saturday was like WAY AWESOME!
i left my house that was sitting below blue skies & rainbows and drove TOWARD the DARKNESS for my mini-sessions saturday. i was keeping an open mind.

rainy to the top of the hill, 35 minutes from my house.
amy & christy & i started to set up our hot, cinnamony cider & cookies. and the rain fell to a sprinkle. my first peeps arrived & i didn't blink an eye. it didn't start raining again until it was time to load up & go home.

thank you to all who booked these special sessions! i know iiiiiiiii had fun. hopefully you enjoyed being with your family as much as i did -- all playing & smooching up there overlooking the vistas & rolling golden hills at celebration ranch. mmmmm-mmmmmm. good. ness.

Ruby & the Irwins | *CHARMING* the deluxe family session | kellie trenkle, oregon lifestyle photographer

this is the family of krystal irwin, one of my very best friends and a behind-the-scenes V[i]P for captivating. krystal was one of my first friends in the area when we moved to roseburg almost 9 years ago. my first friend was her mama.

we had quite the scheduling melodrama for our *CHARMING* session. first, they moved. then, i was booked. then the rains came. but we finally made it happen! on a rainy sunday afternoon in about 50 degree weather. we found shelter. and then, the heavens parted and there was blue sky! so we shot in a few locations. it was fun!!! thanks to jake & june for the use of your truck to haul miss Ruby! (i'm still shopping the classifieds for her own personal trailer -- every superstar needs a "trailer" on set, right?)

i'm quite attached to this family. there, i said it.

this is the family of krystal irwin, one of my very best friends and a behind-the-scenes V[i]P for captivating. krystal was one of my first friends in the area when we moved to roseburg almost 9 years ago. my first friend was her mama.

we had quite the scheduling melodrama for our *CHARMING* session. first, they moved. then, i was booked. then the rains came. but we finally made it happen! on a rainy sunday afternoon in about 50 degree weather. we found shelter. and then, the heavens parted and there was blue sky! so we shot in a few locations. it was fun!!! thanks to jake & june for the use of your truck to haul miss Ruby! (i'm still shopping the classifieds for her own personal trailer -- every superstar needs a "trailer" on set, right?)

i'm quite attached to this family. there, i said it.

she had me at hello | bebe-glam session | oregon lifestyle photographer, kellie trenkle

(CLICK TO VIEW LARGER)

this sweet girl had me at hello. about 3 months ago i was with my family at fred meyer and this new mama came strolling by, completely unaware what would unfold when she walked thru the automatic doors near electronics.


i have that baby-itch thing going on lately (and i still HAVE an itty-bitty!) and so my eye catches every infant carrier and every baby bjorn with a baby inside... bright eyed ones tug at my heart strings, but sleeping babes? it's over, i melt. and so then i run to squeeeeeze mine, all four of 'em, so tight, that they struggle to wriggle free like so many earthworms.


ANYWAY. the point. [my new friend] megan had NO IDEA i would stalk her in the lobby of fred meyer and ogle her bright-eyed baby, make all 5 of my family members ogle her bright-eyed baby, including introducing my husband so he could ogle the bright-eyed baby. i told her that i would love to have little Miss Irresistible in front of my camera, just for me, purely for selfish reasons -- cuz, omiheavens! this sweet girl's soft curly black hair and catch-light-full eyes HAD me at hello.

thanks for indulging me, megan & blessing!!!
(by the way... it turns out that megan & blessing are missionaries on maternity leave from YWAM missions -- they met & fell madly in love in AFRICA!!! whoah. their love story is almost right up their with my own [walmart] romance. ALMOST. wink*)

(CLICK TO VIEW LARGER)

this sweet girl had me at hello. about 3 months ago i was with my family at fred meyer and this new mama came strolling by, completely unaware what would unfold when she walked thru the automatic doors near electronics.


i have that baby-itch thing going on lately (and i still HAVE an itty-bitty!) and so my eye catches every infant carrier and every baby bjorn with a baby inside... bright eyed ones tug at my heart strings, but sleeping babes? it's over, i melt. and so then i run to squeeeeeze mine, all four of 'em, so tight, that they struggle to wriggle free like so many earthworms.


ANYWAY. the point. [my new friend] megan had NO IDEA i would stalk her in the lobby of fred meyer and ogle her bright-eyed baby, make all 5 of my family members ogle her bright-eyed baby, including introducing my husband so he could ogle the bright-eyed baby. i told her that i would love to have little Miss Irresistible in front of my camera, just for me, purely for selfish reasons -- cuz, omiheavens! this sweet girl's soft curly black hair and catch-light-full eyes HAD me at hello.

thanks for indulging me, megan & blessing!!!
(by the way... it turns out that megan & blessing are missionaries on maternity leave from YWAM missions -- they met & fell madly in love in AFRICA!!! whoah. their love story is almost right up their with my own [walmart] romance. ALMOST. wink*)

*charming* | the deluxe family session | oregon lifestyle photographer, kellie trenkle

this month, captivating photography is offering new *CHARMING* sessions for the families who want a fun, distinctive, premium session -- with top-of-the-line perks.

limited availability -- if you're interested, call now! only 3 time slots left. (click on the image above for more information!)

this month, captivating photography is offering new *CHARMING* sessions for the families who want a fun, distinctive, premium session -- with top-of-the-line perks.

limited availability -- if you're interested, call now! only 3 time slots left. (click on the image above for more information!)

blue eyes | bebe-glam session | oregon lifestyle photographer, kellie trenkle

yep, here she is again! i see her bright blues every month. this time she's 10mos old. she happens to be one of my baby girl's bff's. my baby girl just turned 1 and for her birthday, she BEGGED me to give her a glamour shoot with her 2bff's and her sister. so i indulged her. i can't wait to post more of these -- check back next week for some more eye candy, i'll be working on these this weekend!

and if you like what you see and your baby starts begging you for her own glamour shoot, i'd love to play. this is NOT just for girls, either! bring your little dudes, too, for their own rock-star session! (think leather jacket, chuck taylors, vivid colors.)

bebe-glam & rock-star sessions, both exclusively thru captivating photography!

leave me a comment if you're interested! there's a little somethin' somethin' for the first peeps who book their session for september!

this is my baby karsyn.
(doesn't she look thrilled to finally have her own way?)

yep, here she is again! i see her bright blues every month. this time she's 10mos old. she happens to be one of my baby girl's bff's. my baby girl just turned 1 and for her birthday, she BEGGED me to give her a glamour shoot with her 2bff's and her sister. so i indulged her. i can't wait to post more of these -- check back next week for some more eye candy, i'll be working on these this weekend!

and if you like what you see and your baby starts begging you for her own glamour shoot, i'd love to play. this is NOT just for girls, either! bring your little dudes, too, for their own rock-star session! (think leather jacket, chuck taylors, vivid colors.)

bebe-glam & rock-star sessions, both exclusively thru captivating photography!

leave me a comment if you're interested! there's a little somethin' somethin' for the first peeps who book their session for september!

this is my baby karsyn.
(doesn't she look thrilled to finally have her own way?)

she's mine! | bebe-glam session | oregon lifestyle photographer, kellie trenkle

this is going to be so hard, but i am only posting ONE photo from tonight's session.

i can't help myself. (there were 4 girls total @ tonight's bebe-glam session and i'm going to have so much fun processing these this weekend.) i just took a quick looksie at all of them. two words (or so) on the matter: my cheeks hurt from smiling!

oh, K-bear! thank you, my sweet girl, for making my life so colorful!
(and your dollar is on the fridge by the batman magnet.)

yep, i have to pay my children to work with me.

this is going to be so hard, but i am only posting ONE photo from tonight's session.

i can't help myself. (there were 4 girls total @ tonight's bebe-glam session and i'm going to have so much fun processing these this weekend.) i just took a quick looksie at all of them. two words (or so) on the matter: my cheeks hurt from smiling!

oh, K-bear! thank you, my sweet girl, for making my life so colorful!
(and your dollar is on the fridge by the batman magnet.)

yep, i have to pay my children to work with me.

sisters | oregon lifestyle photographer, kellie trenkle

(i think that says it all!)

(i think that says it all!)