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Hello, and welcome to the Enchanted Images blog! We are James & Stefani, a husband & wife photography team based in Roseville, California. We are so passionate and excited about what we get to do as photographers that we want to share it, and that's what this blog is for. The blog is both a personal and professional journal, and we hope you enjoy getting to know us and our work. Check back often, or heck, add us to your bookmark bar...we update frequently! Please also visit our main site at www.enchantedimageslife.com
 




Weygandt
08.03.2010

These happy newlyweds came to us for some “family portraits” with their baby, Chopper.  Chopper is the cutest bulldog I’ve ever met, and the first one we’ve photographed.  It was so sweet to capture the glow still apparent in the Weygandt’s first year of marriage, but Mr. Chopper definitely competed for their spotlight.  It was an extra treat for us to photograph Scott & Braeden, as they are part of one of our favorite families!
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Brittany: What a gorgeous couple! You look beautiful as always! Chopper looks so cute too! Love you both! xoxo (03/08/2010 , 11:37)
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Models for a day.
05.03.2010

Last Sunday we took the girls over to our friends at the Silver Spoon children’s boutique to photograph some of their brand-new spring arrivals.  We all agreed that some of the outfits definitely needed live models; enter Reilly & Teagan.  While the ladies pulled outfits, I styled the girls in and out of clothes as fast as Superwoman changed into her digs.  The girls had so much fun trying on all of the super adorable clothing, and even insisted on choosing a new hair accessory from the store’s vast assortment for each outfit.  Enjoy a peek at some of the Silver Spoon’s gorgeous new selection!
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Nicole: I am SO lucky I only have boys! I would spend a fortune on all those cute clothes! The girls look adorable, I miss them SO much! (03/06/2010 , 00:36)
Grams: The girls did a great job modeling. That is dangerous letting the girls model all these clothes. How many did they want to take home?? That could be a little costly. Love to all, Grams (03/06/2010 , 07:24)
Nichole: Oh, how I love those girls! Jus precious! (03/08/2010 , 20:56)
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Anast
01.03.2010

The Anast’s are just those kind of people who you can’t help but have a great time around.  We met them a few years ago when little brother was just a baby, so it was fun getting to see them again and this time, at their gorgeous property in Loomis.  When we first talked about the possibility of doing their session at their home and I asked N about what the property was like, she said it really didn’t have much on it but this falling down old tree.  We were super excited when we heard that, and of course she thought we were nuts but took our advice anyway and went forward with having their family portraits made at their place.  As you can see, the falling down old tree was awesome!  We had so much fun just following the kids around the property, letting them run free and explore.  We did sneak a few of mom & dad in, and the one shown here was our absolute favorite of them!  This lovely family is a constant reminder of how lucky we are to be doing what we love; they invited us back as a family a few weeks later for dinner…what a blessing to become friends and be invited into the homes of those we are so fortunate to photograph.  Thank you Anast’s for everything!IMG_6611flatcrop copy_2 IMG_6700aflatcrop copy IMG_6691 5x7 copy_2 _MG_7499flatcrop copy_2 _MG_7459flatcrop copy_2 _MG_7430flatcrop copy_2

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Grams: what a beautiful family!! You did a great job as always. I loved the setting. Love to all, Grams (03/02/2010 , 06:51)
Cami "SS": These photos are simply amazing...they capture what a fun and gorgeous family the Anast's are. The setting is perfect and the portraits are timeless. (03/03/2010 , 10:40)
Deanna: Oh my :-) These are gorgeous! The first pic is my fav.....love the "aubergine" colors in the rustic setting. Bellissimo :-) (03/03/2010 , 10:40)
kristi bennewitz: simply stunning... what a gorgeous family, and i love the tree! the photo of the little ones running with the sun behind them is beautiful... (03/03/2010 , 10:40)
K & B: Gorgeous! Great way to celebrate the family & home! (03/03/2010 , 10:41)
LaRee Florence: Wow! What a GORGEOUS family! These look beautiful. You'll never regret capturing this amazing moment of your family. My fav is the one of the kids with sun behind them. (03/03/2010 , 10:42)
Vicki Barakos: Love the pictures ... naturally and capture the beauty of their family (inside and out)!! (03/03/2010 , 10:48)
Erin Hill Goldie: What beautiful photos, and of course gorgeous family! You chose the perfect time of day, clearly, to have the sunlight filtering through, from BEHIND your subjects, great work! Thanks for sharing them! (03/03/2010 , 10:49)
Kelly McCabe: These pictures brought tears to my eyes, the kids are getting so big! What a gorgeous family.. <3 (03/03/2010 , 11:06)
Christine Forbes: Enchanted Images you have done it again! What beautiful family portrait. You captured the magic of this wonderful family. Everyone looked so relaxed and happy. Enchanted Images really brought out the warmth and love of all these personalities. I can’t help but think the idea of being on their own property showed a great life style and comfort. Makes me want to go visit the Anast’s. (03/03/2010 , 11:09)
Pam & Ron Bledsoe: Oh My Heavens! What beautiful pictures. Everyone looks like the are really enjoying taking pictures. Who knew that old tree would looks so good. Love, Pam & Ron (03/03/2010 , 11:12)
bethany: Love these people! Beautiful pictures. Niki, you are a hot mama!! (03/03/2010 , 11:13)
Vicki Barakos: Great pictures -- love the setting -- love the "subject matter"!! (03/03/2010 , 11:22)
Pam & Ron Bledsoe: Oh My Heavens! What Great Pictures! It looks like everyone is having a great time taking these pictures. Who knew that old tree could look so good! Love, Pam & Ron (03/03/2010 , 11:44)
Lawrence: Niki: THese are gorgeous! I can't believe how fast the kids are growing up. Keep the tree! (03/03/2010 , 11:52)
Argie Vlamis: These pictures of the Anast Family are incredible, but you have such beautiful subjects, how can you ago wrong. THank you for sharing the pictures with us ...we are honored to be a part of this. (03/03/2010 , 12:12)
valarie: love seeing you all from so far away...love to all of you...valarie and family (03/03/2010 , 13:27)
Lex Macciocchi: I love the photos of the Anast family!!!!! You do such beauitful work. (03/03/2010 , 14:16)
Jen Daniels: the Anast family looks, great! (03/03/2010 , 14:18)
Barney Forbes: Wow, what fantastic portraits of the most beautiful family besides mine! You folks did a great job of capturing all of the beauty of the Anast family at their family home. But to be honest, you had perfect subjects to start with! Great job! (03/03/2010 , 14:31)
Kathi Finnerty: Such a beautiful family. Love the pix. Great use of light! p.s. Nice rocks! (03/03/2010 , 15:02)
Courtney Family: The pictures are fantastic!! What an amazing family...we might have to have them over to our neck of the woods! Love Juli and Chad (03/03/2010 , 15:37)
Greg Hoffman: What great photos. The Anast's look fantastic and the natural setting is a home run. Great work. (03/03/2010 , 17:09)
Deanna Latendresse: I love, love, love your photos! The setting is perfectly matched with the aubergine colors you've chosen. My fav. is your first photo :-) Bellissimo! (03/03/2010 , 20:00)
The Bakers: What a great photo of all of you!! (03/03/2010 , 21:04)
Jim Vlamis: Great looking family - the setting makes a big difference and the smiles are genuine. (03/04/2010 , 00:39)
Senior Sunset Care Faliclity-Loomis: The photos of the family are wonderful. Niki you are looking OOLALA. We didn't recognize George. He is looking so old. Hope the hard work on the farm is not getting to him. Maybe he just needs more sleep. :-) (03/04/2010 , 12:06)
Stephanie Hoffman: Your photos take my breath away! As always, you have a way of capturing everyone's beauty and grace. I love the family photos but I have to say, George and Niki look fantastic together in the shot with them laughing. Just beautiful!! (03/04/2010 , 13:00)
Nancy Hinton: Those are beautiful pictures! What a gorgeous family. (03/04/2010 , 14:14)
jana shepherd: These photos are amazing, of course it helps when you're photographing beautiful people! (03/04/2010 , 16:03)
Emily & Dino: What a setting for these fabulous pictures that capture the warmth and joy of this beautiful family!Favorites----loved them all!! (03/05/2010 , 09:40)
Molly Natsues: wow - can't decide whether it is the photography or the beautiful people in these photos (03/05/2010 , 09:41)
Nichole: Of course, they are one of my favorite families too! Just love the photos and the joy behind them. XOXO (03/08/2010 , 21:00)
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Zander Bebe Part 2
26.02.2010

Little Miss B visited us for her 2nd Bebe session (her 3rd actual session since we also did mom’s maternity!) and was sweet as can be.  We had some fun in the studio first (and mom and dad really know what I mean when I say “fun”….you had to be there!), and then ventured outside to show off her awesome winter outfit, full of color and texture, which we absolutely loved.  We always have a blast with the Zander family, especially since Dr. Zander happens to be our dentist…it’s a treat to get to see him when we’re not laying on our backs with our mouths wide open!IMG_4134flatcrop copy_2 _MG_7474flatcrop copy IMG_4165flatcrop copy _MG_7449flatcrop copy_2

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RG: Bella is so precious! Love the outfit! (02/26/2010 , 12:49)
Ana Maria Zander: You capture perfectly the intense love of two adoring parents for our precious little Bella. I am so happy you are documenting her as she blossoms.... (02/26/2010 , 12:59)
Tia Ria: The pictures made me smile and miss all of you, but especially Miss Bella! Thank you for sharing! XOXOXO!!! (02/26/2010 , 13:37)
Amy: What a little beauty she is!! (02/26/2010 , 14:20)
Janet Bailey: Awesome pics! (02/26/2010 , 15:44)
Ina Benhard: All of the Zander Family photos are fantastic. Great photography...beautiful subjects. Bella is destined to be as beautiful as her name implies! (02/26/2010 , 22:46)
Ina Benhard: Beautiful Photos....beautiful Bella! (02/26/2010 , 23:14)
Kimberly Crawford: She is so dang adorable!!! (03/02/2010 , 17:19)
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James on Good Day Sacramento!
24.02.2010

You might have seen our earlier post with the fun images James shot while having fun with the Good Day Sacramento folks, and now we finally have the video clips to share.  Good Day invited James down last month to talk about the many awards he brought home from the SPA (Senior Portrait Artists) event in San Diego, as well as do a mock senior photo session with their weekends anchors on air.  I guess they must have liked it, because they invited him back the following weekend to share the images he took of them on air.  The clips below are in order and include his appearances on both weekends.  James had a blast and absolutely loved everything about the fun group at Good Day Sacramento.  Thanks to their entire team for making it such a great experience!  We’ve also included his winning high school senior folio that garnered the most awards at the SPA event.  Click on the clips below to see his TV debut…

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Good Day Sacramento pt. 2 from james on Vimeo.

Good Day Sacramento pt. 3 from james on Vimeo.

Good Day Sacramento pt. 4 from james on Vimeo.

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Mike Atkinson: WELL deserved recognition. Congrats!! (02/25/2010 , 08:01)
mom: I'm so glad that you added this collage! Hopefully you'll share the other one as well. Hugs, mom (02/27/2010 , 10:58)
Nicole: You did an awesome job dude! You're a natural : ) (03/06/2010 , 00:45)
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Bierer
20.02.2010

We knew from the first consultation that this was going to be a fun maternity session.  S mentioned that she really wanted to go outside and by the railroad tracks with the bridge, so our minds immediately switched gears from a “traditional” maternity session.  S & J had some of their wedding photographs taken by this very same stretch of tracks near our studio and thought it would be fun to go out there again and document this next exciting stage in their lives.  We still did some studio work with them, and that was a blast, too.  You can see below that we turned the “fashion fan” on her to help bring out her inner diva. Our favorites from the day, though, were definitely the last few images we got by the tracks.  I just love the connection you can see between them, anticipating the arrival of their baby boy.  A few short weeks later they welcomed their son.  Meet the Bierer’s…_MG_7475flatcrop copy_2 _MG_7496flatcrop copy IMG_4030flatcrop copy_2 _MG_7457flatcro copy

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Riley Class of 2010
16.02.2010

Meet Riley, class of 2010 Union Mine High.  Riley decided to keep her senior portrait session close to home so we went exploring downtown Placerville.  It was a little chilly that day and her clothing choices were well…not.  Riley was a trooper however, even going barefoot for quite a while in some deep ivy.  After some time shooting I asked how her feet were doing, and she said “Not sure, I can’t feel them”.  That was my cue to move on.

Next was a trip to a nearby vineyard Riley had scouted out.  It was perfect and had everything we could have asked for.  Great light, beautiful old structures, and a cool old truck (actually a COLD old truck).  Toward the end of the session Riley was shivering between takes and even then  wanted to keep going but at last, the sun went away and it was time to go home.  Thanks again to Riley and her mom for all the efforts, and of course the location scouting, it was a great help!

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Nicole: What beautiful pictures! I love the hair! (02/16/2010 , 23:02)
Grams: Great photos!! I really like the ones in the truck. Great jov! Love to all, Grams (02/17/2010 , 06:24)
mom: The bottom one in the truck as well as the one on the swing were by far my favorite picks. (Cute dress!) (02/17/2010 , 08:13)
Lizzie: Love those last two...great dress & shoes! (02/17/2010 , 12:37)
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
14.02.2010

As many of you know, we held our first annual Vintage Valentine portrait event at the Silver Spoon children’s boutique a few weeks ago.  As this was our first go at this particular “theme” if you will, we had no idea how it would go, especially given that they were 15 minute mini-sessions.  Much to our delight, we had an overwhelming response, completely filled every available spot and then some, and the images turned out–magical.  We provided tutus, pettiskirts, tanks, and hair accessories for the girls (and thanks to the Silver Spoon for adding to the selection, as well as our talented friend who provided the amazing hand-made flower headbands-you can find her one-of-a-kind pieces on her Etsy store, Wrapped in Clover), but the boys were on their own this time around, with some suggestions to guide their choices.  As you can see from these examples, the boys looked adorable, too!  I wish we could post everything, including all of the delicious Valentine cards and custom montages people ordered, because they were all just too cute for words!  This event was such a fun experience for us and everyone who came out, that I’m sure this will not be the last…we’re already thinking of next year’s Valentine event.  We’ve chosen a few faves to post here, but it was painful to only show a sampling; if we had posted everything I wanted to, it would have pretty much been every image from every session!  Happy Valentine’s Day!_MG_7958flatcrop copy_2 _MG_7453flatcrop copy _MG_8127 copy_2 _MG_8149 copy _MG_8234_2 IMG_7664_2 _MG_7888 copy_2 IMG_1541flat copy_2 IMG_7918 copy_2 IMG_8663flatcrop copy
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Lindsey Li Pera: These are absolutely gorgeous!!! Where do people get these tutus and accessories? (02/15/2010 , 00:06)
Grams: How do you choose one favorite?? The photos are amazing! Such cute kids. You did a great job. Love to all, Grams (02/15/2010 , 07:15)
crystal rioux: Totally adorable! Wish we would have made it out there with Hannah :o( (02/15/2010 , 23:09)
mom: What can I say??? Every one of these photos are beautiful! Good job... and way to go Stef.... James is blessed to have you. Love to you both on jobs well done.. you made a lot of mommies and daddies quite happy. (02/16/2010 , 18:09)
Heather B. Zander: Wow, these are such beautiful photographs. You really captured the essense of each child in such an angelic way. They are such unique images...truly enchanted! We will definitely be attending this event next year! (02/26/2010 , 11:58)
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Christine – class of 2010
12.02.2010

Meet Christine, Roseville High class of 2010.  Another fun session here at the studio & around town.  I almost didn’t recognize her when she arrived with her fab hairdo (it was down at her consultation).  She had it done up that morning and it just looked fantastic.  We started in the studio and then went out for a bit before the sun went down.  As you can see in the first few, it was just a perfect glowy day and Christine had the look to match.  Toward the end of the session I asked if she might want to do a few photographs with her hair down.  15 minutes and 35(!) hairpins later, she let it fly for some great shots.  Thanks for all the effort Christine!IMG_4447flatcrop copy_2 IMG_4470flatcrop copy_2 IMG_4283flatcrop copy_2 _MG_7559flatcrop copy_2 _MG_7495flatcrop copy_2 _MG_7467flatcrop copy_2 Site Meter_MG_7463flatcrop copy_2

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Pam: Gorgeous photos, beautiful girl! (02/16/2010 , 07:09)
margaret: Christine is absolutely beautiful!!!! I wish her all the happiness the world has to offer. Love, Aunt Margaret (02/16/2010 , 09:27)
Linda Duverney: All I can say is fantastic; Christine you look absolutely beautiful!!! You should submit these pictures to America’s next top model. Love you guys Aunt Linda (02/16/2010 , 15:56)
Andrew Beauchamp: WOW! Senior pictures have improved. (02/16/2010 , 20:19)
peg: Sweet! good job, James!!! just beautiful! (02/16/2010 , 22:37)
Karen: Love the close up. Beautiful Christine (02/18/2010 , 19:18)
Jennifer: WOW. I am so jealous. Simply outstanding. I wish you well. (02/21/2010 , 11:28)
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Tahoe!
11.02.2010

Last weekend we were fortunate to have been asked by our good friends to join them at their family lodge in S. Lake Tahoe for some winter fun (and superbowl).  We were thrilled and jumped at the invite, as poor Teagan has never been to the snow (she’s 4 1/2!), and it’s been so long I doubt Reilly even remembers it.  We were a bit nervous about how the weather conditions would affect our drive up, but just like magic, the clouds parted, the roads were clear, and there was no traffic!  Then, as is we had control over it, a ton of new snow fell all day Saturday, creating the most gorgeous winter wonderland you could imagine.  There was so much snow the kids were able to sled in the front yard right off the new hill that was once just a flowerbed of bushes.  In a word, the kids loved the snow!  Teagan was particularly fond of a giant snowball she found in the yard (see below).  We could not have asked for a better weekend–great friends, great weather, great fun.  Then, to top it off, the sun came out Monday when it was time to drive home.  In a word–amazing!  Thanks to Ann & Matt for being such gracious hosts!_MG_7428 _MG_7433 _MG_7442 _MG_7457 _MG_7567 _MG_7522 _MG_7581

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Grams: That looks like so much fun!! We had alot of snow to. It was beautiful! The girls look like they had a ball. Love to all, Grams (02/12/2010 , 07:14)
Wokas Family: We feel honored to have been a part of Teagan's first snow experience- what a fun weekend! (02/13/2010 , 23:30)
Nicole: How fun! I love Reilly's hair! I need a jacket just to look at these, brrr....... (03/06/2010 , 00:48)
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