.patience and focus
“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works“ Merrik has decided he now wants to be a car designer instead of a trashman. He has my patience and his dad’s focus. I can wait to see what career path he takes because right now I am enjoying [...]
photography is [why]
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I’ve been asking myself a lot lately, “Why? Why am I photographing?” My kids are definitely asking this a lot lately. I have decided to explore this in more detail and ponder it as much as I can. I want to be more conscious of not only why I am photographing but why I am [...]
[photography is] an updated blog
If you are reading this from an email or Facebook feed, be sure to visit my redesigned photo blog and make comments to let me know what you think!! As always, I love your comments no matter how brief or how long. I have been wanting to update my blog for several months now and [...]
[photography + life] father’s day album
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I am totally loving the Finao album that I created for Jim. It arrived quickly, was easy to put together and is beautiful. I can only imagine what some of the other fabrics would look like-especially on a larger format book. Kristianne Koch Photography Kristianne Koch specializes in artistic portrait photography of families, children and [...]
[photography + life] art direction
I have always struggled with art direction in my photography and now that I have finally given in to doing portrait work, I am finding that art direction necessary for stepping up the distinction of my work is somewhat at odds with my lifestyle. When I was studying photography back in the ’90s, I realized [...]
[design] your own SIGG
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This is so cool! A couple of years ago I entered the SIGG bottle design contest with one of my designs. The winner was chosen by the highest number of votes and by committee for the final selection. The one they ended up choosing was horrible and I was disappointed with the process. They must [...]
maliea’s birthday party
I’ve decided to keep Maliea’s first birthday party family only. It’s going to be sweet and simple at the house. I am designing it with the theme “poppies.” I don’t know how I got on poppies but I just did and I have had much success finding poppy decor and accessories. Here is the outfit-dress [...]
colorforms
When I decided not to go to Disneyland because Merrik’s friend, Marley who we were going to go with is sick, then I decided it was a good day to get out some new games. Merrik loved it. We pulled out the “new” old Chinese Checkers that are probably 30 years old. A game that [...]
gap: holiday card designs
I have several holiday photo card designs that you can customize with colors and fonts to create your own one of a kind greeting to friends and family. Just a $40 set up fee gets you a 5×7 digital file ready to print at any photo lab on your choice of photo paper. If you [...]
thought: dino-mat!
Merrik picked out this cute Japanese import fabric for his nap mat. Kristianne Koch Photography Kristianne Koch specializes in artistic portrait photography of families, children and couples. 949-702-7707 kristianne.koch@cox.net
thought: redesign
So as you can see, I’ve redesigned my blog, again. I just can’t help but think of new ways to organize information. My biggest hindrance is my limited code writing skills. I know just enough for things to take me hours to figure out. I wanted a taller and narrower header so I chose a [...]
thought: fun by the yard
I started looking for fabric for a nap mat for Merrik today and found so much inspiring, modern, hip fabric on etsy that it made me want to sew everything in my life. Check out fabric worm. I can picture pillows, sheets, dresses for Maliea, a hip nap mat for Merrik, napkins (yes, we stopped [...]
thought: when the world lets you down
Both Jim and I are experiencing thorough disappointment from our work relationships letting us down. I had a class taken away from me for the Fall semester with no one from the university’s department letting me know what was going on. It feels like crap to be manipulated in such a way. But it in [...]
gap: baby’s got a brand new dress
look at this absolutely adorable handmade dress I found on etsy by coochooloo! maliea can’t wear it until she’s 1 but it is so gorgeous I had to pounce on it! Kristianne Koch Photography Kristianne Koch specializes in artistic portrait photography of families, children and couples. 949-702-7707 kristianne.koch@cox.net