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Kim Fordham Photography is a location and studio photographer serving Toledo, Ohio and surrounding areas. She currently accepts weekday evening and weekend appointments. Please contact her at (419)392-6013 or kim@kimfordhamphotography.com to schedule a session. Be sure to visit her website at www.kimfordhamphotography.com.

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A Beauty in the Park – Toledo Baby Photographer

June 27, 2010

We were very lucky to be able to squeeze this session in between the spurts of rain. I was afraid we’d have to reschedule again when it poured shortly after arriving to our location but it stopped almost as quickly as it started and we were able to carry on. Good thing too because little “S” is absolutely adorable and we had a great time just roaming around the park. Aren’t her eyes stunningly beautiful?!?

kfp0627baby kfp0627baby2 I brought a picnic basket full of lemons and limes to match her beautiful yellow skirt and she immediately tried to bite into a lemon!

kfp0627baby3 It didn’t taste good hahahaha!

kfp0627baby4 We played peekaboo with a scarf!

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A Lost Cause? – Toledo Baby Photographer

May 10, 2010

If you ask any photographer with younger children who the hardest subjects are to photograph, I bet 9 out of 10 would say their own kids. We like to refer to it as the Photographer’s Child Syndrome (PCS). My kids are definitely no exception and suffer from severe PCS. While it’s never easy, I must say that my oldest two children have become a bit easier in the last year or two to photograph, although, getting a genuine smile instead of “sit and say cheese” forced smile/grimace is the real challenge. Even so, I would prefer to take their picture and anyone else in all of Toledo over my youngest. Not only is she in the worst possible age group for photos (18 months to 2.5 years) but she also takes PCS to the extreme. She goes running the minute I lift the camera. I have a bit better chance of getting a decent shot of her outdoors as I can usually trick her into looking in my direction every so often but in the studio, it’s a lost cause. She knows what the studio is for and the minute I try and “stage” her the PCS flows full force. I have not taken a decent studio portrait of her since she was 9 months old. I told myself that when she turns 18-months-old I would force myself to give it another try but I chickened out. I just couldn’t get myself to do it! So this morning, while I was folding laundry, I got this great idea in my head that TODAY was going to be the day. TODAY I was going to get a magnificent studio portrait of my now 22-month-old sweetheart (a term used loosely here as there is nothing sweet about her during a photo shoot). I set everything up, got her dressed, had all my tricks and bribes ready to go, camera up and ready to shoot and…DISASTER! Yet another failed attempt. Well, almost. I did get this one (and only one!) shot with near eye contact and a hint of a smile. OK, so she’s smiling at the lollipop I have dangling over my head and is getting ready to pounce but it’s a decent shot nonetheless. I suppose beggars can’t be choosers!

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Where Have You Been??? – Toledo Photographer

May 7, 2010

“Where have you been?” is a question I received today from a client. Ah yes, where have I been??? I’m here! I had surgery just over two weeks ago and have taken time off to recover. I’m doing great though and will be jumping back in full force this weekend! May is jam packed until I leave for vacation later this month (woohoo!!!!) and June is nearly full. If you’re thinking about photos any time soon, please be sure to call me ASAP!

During the months of May & June, I am offering a FREE wallet size gallery book with every collection purchase. Yes, that’s FREE!!! I’m testing these out and think they’re just the cutest things. They’re small enough to fit in every purse or diaper bag. Every image from your image gallery is included and you get to pick the cover image. I love them!

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I have some great sessions coming up before I leave for South Carolina including two newborns, a 10-month-old, an adorable family and some cute kiddos. I can’t wait to get back to what I love most!

Birthday Boy – Toledo Baby Photographer

April 19, 2010

Little boy “C” is turning one! He is amazingly cute and is not phased by the camera at all. Don’t you just love all of his hair? My youngest is almost 10 months older and only has a quarter of what he has!

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Of course we couldn’t do a one-year-old photo session without a cake smash! I love the cake his mom brought. The colors were so bright and awesome! Mr. “C” seemed to like it too! This was my favorite from the shoot:

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And a bunch more:

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Sun! Beautiful Sun! – Toledo Baby and Child Photographer

April 7, 2010

The last few days in Toledo have been absolutely gorgeous and of course the annoying mommy photographer that I am could not pass up the opportunity for some warm weather photos of my children. At least 2 of the 3 cooperated. Isn’t that how it always works? They couldn’t all possibly cooperate at the same time, right?

My youngest was dancing and I got a perfect shot of the sun beaming down on her. Oh, how I’ve longed for this sun!

kfp0407101 I think my oldest daughter has enjoyed the sun and warm weather even more than me.

kfp0407102 It’s raining now and getting colder by the minute. At least we were able to enjoy it while it lasted!

Back to Reality!!! – Toledo Photographer

March 10, 2010

I’m back from Vegas!!!! WOW! That city is just pure craziness. Fun, but crazy. I was there for the WPPI photographer convention and trade show and had a wonderful time. I discovered lots of new products and ideas, met many faces behind the names of my awesome vendors and got to meet up with some truly fantastic photographer friends that I’ve known for awhile. Alas, it’s back to reality I go. That’s not a bad thing either. Vegas is super tiring and I missed my kids tremendously. I’m happy to be home!

This weekend will be packed full of Spring Mini Sessions. I still have ONE session left on Saturday so if you’re holding out on me, call NOW! It’s sure to be a great time and I’m looking forward to meeting some new clients as well as catching up with some current ones. For all of my Sunday sessions, please do not forget that Daylight Savings time begins so be sure to set those clocks forward one hour!

Of course, I can’t post without adding a few pictures. The view from our Hotel room was amazing. We had a great view of the strip as well as the beautiful mountains in the distance. This first one was from the day we left. Would you believe that it was 12° warmer HERE yesterday than it was in Vegas???? The good thing about that was that we were coming home It also made for some beautiful snow capped mountains pictures:

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Also, the amazing Vegas lights:

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Spring Mini Sessions Are Coming!!! – Toledo Photographer

February 17, 2010

It may look and feel like Winter will never end but Spring is just around the corner. Due to the overwhelming success of my Valentine Mini Sessions and the many calls and emails I received inquiring when the next Mini Session will be offered, I figured it’s time to get the ball rolling. I am now booking Spring Mini Sessions! These 30 minute sessions will be held March 13th and 14th. Morning, afternoon and evening sessions will be available on a first come, first served basis. Sessions are limited so be sure to call or email me NOW!!!! OK, ok, so it won’t technically be Spring but it will be close and I for one will be MORE than ready

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You just HAVE to check out these super cute 5×7 Gallery Mount Easels! They come fully finished and ready to be displayed. You pick the image!

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Don’t miss out. Call or email now at 419-392-6013 or kim@kimfordhamphotography.com

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Time for Tea! – Toledo Event Photographer

February 14, 2010

What better way to enjoy a 7th birthday than with a tea party?!? My oldest daughter celebrated her birthday yesterday among friends while sipping hot chocolate and decorating tea party hats!

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Yahoo email users – PLEASE READ!!!!

February 2, 2010

As of right now, I am unable to send email to any Yahoo email address (yes, AGAIN!). So far, I am still able to send email to Gmail and Hotmail. If you need to contact me, please either call me (419.392.6013) or email with anything BUT a Yahoo address. Sorry for this inconvenience!

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Lots of Fun! – Toledo Children’s Photographer

January 30, 2010

I had a great time with this family of four. Their kids reminded me so much of my oldest two. The easily excited and easily amused 3-year-old boy and the “if you ask me to smile I’ll give you my best fake smile” 6-year-old girl. Haha! I love these ages though. They’re so much fun to work with. It helps when you have two super cute kids too

This image totally screamed kid to me. All the way down to the bandaid!

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kfp0130106 The whole time I was looking through the images from this session, I kept seeing a little Demi Lovato every time I looked at Miss “C”, especially in the two I already posted. However, when I saw this one, I instantly saw a mini Katie Holmes!

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