If you were photographed this weekend, we should have a link to your gallery early next week. Stay tuned to the blog for more details. Thank you for participating!

Dwell Magazine, DwellonDesign, Los Angeles 2010, Modern Kids Photography

Dwell Magazine, DwellonDesign, Los Angeles 2010, Modern Kids Photography

It’s been a busy week. I’m in LA photographing kids in the Modern Family Zone of the Dwell on Design conference. If you’re headed to the event, please stop by! My friend Stephanie Howard and I are photographing kids all weekend long. We’re lucky to be next to great companies such as Paul Frank and IdeaPaint, not to mention Greg Fleishman’s Playgoda and tons of great kid’s furniture.

Check out the quick write up of the Modern Family Zone on Dwell.com (see the nice things they wrote about us below). Click here.

For those who want a keepsake of the weekend, Modern Kids Photography will be on hand for a permanent memento of your little one’s personality. San Francisco-based Sarah Wert is known for her insightful style that brings a keen photojournalism eye to children’s portraiture. Wert and her team of photographers will shoot a mini-portrait of your mini-me from 11am to 2pm on Saturday and Sunday.

Modern Family Zone, Dwell on Design 2010

All of the details are over on the Say Yes to Hoboken blog. Head over there to enter the contest by Monday, April 12th. Good luck!

Modern Kids Giveaway with Say Yes to Hoboken

Secondly, I wanted to thank my husband Joe for being the Modern Kids Thank You Picnic MVP. He not only helped out all day including setting up and tearing down but also created some really awesome stuff for our party. He made me custom sandwich boards (which I painted with chalkboard paint) to help steer people our way as well as my absolute favorite gift of the day, custom camera necklaces for the kids. I hope everyone who stopped by was able to take one home. Rod Hunting an awesome designer in Chicago made the drawings. We had two kinds an old twin lens reflex Mamiya and a Holga. They were laser-cut out of a really nice brown/gray mat board and he even included my website on the front, how clever. The only problem with them was that many of the babies were disappointed to find out that they were not edible. Perhaps next year we’ll try chocolate. Seriously, though thanks to my awesome husband!

Also, a big thanks goes to everyone who helped make it such a fun day including Bess, Camille, and Caleb for showing up early and helping us set up. To Eugenia, Lisa, and Sara for their mad party-planning skills (and Sara’s mustache making abilities). To Darach for the use of his van. Milton for the table and Eugenia’s family for the table and canopy. Finally to Nate for making our party even better with his sweet tunes. And last but not least everyone who provided prizes for our picnic including Heath Ceramics, Dante Beatrix, FilmMonsters, Petit Appetit, and more…thank you all!

If you didn’t make our party this year…there’s always next year. Enjoy the photos below and for the full gallery, check them out on flickr.

totally delicious cupcakes plus sparkling cider and italian soda

Bess + Caleb at the pre-party and Jasper taking our photo with the Holga

Mateo loves to party! He visited us at Heath Ceramics a few weeks ago and didn’t miss our picnic! Baby Kieran loves her camera necklace. Little Linus our German party-crasher!

People started trickling in by midday.

Dad and baby Sid!

Babies with mustaches, it doesn’t get cuter than that. Fia improvised with some grass.

The party-planners testing out the mustache photo booth.

Baby Talya wins the award for the youngest party animal at just 32 days old.

Me hanging with some of my favorite girls, Chloe and Kieran.Some of our awesome prizes including the brand-new cookbook by Lisa Barnes of Petit, Appetit, Dante Beatrix big kid eco-packs, FilmMonsters Hasselblad sweatshirt and the Heath Ceramics kids set.

My neighbor Nate played some sweet tunes on his banjo.

Even the big kids got their faces painted.

Ever seen a pint-sized party-crasher? No? Well here are three of them! We got some spill-over from a nearby birthday party. Our party must have looked really fun! They even stole some of our stuff!

The birthday girl and chief party crasher.

Painting frames with Lisa.

Hayden knows how to rock the party.

This was Talya’s first trip to San Francisco. Thanks for bringing her, Dave + Emily!

Big kids!

Fia painting a frame and Henry and his new haircut.

Julie, Matt, and Lucian stopped by long enough for Lucian to eat at least one camera plus a cute stranger.

Two little guys enjoying their camera necklaces.

Stinson transformed into Wall-E!

A clever entrepreneur was selling grass for a hefty profit.

Yep, that’s me showing off my mad skillz on the skateboard. I fell off about 5 seconds later.

Thanks again to everyone who stopped by! See you next year!

Oh and here are some more prizes added since the last post:

The brand-new children’s cook book by Lisa Barnes of Petit Apetit titled, Eat, Drink, and Be Merry, Easy Organic Snacks, Beverages, and Party Foods For Kids of All Ages • 4 more Dante Beatrix bags including two tote bags and two more backpacks • a complimentary in-home yoga session with Sara Levine (pictured below) of Bean Pod Yoga

So many great prizes…thanks so everyone who donated! See you on Saturday!

We also really enjoyed hanging with all the other great vendors like Tacolicous, Erica Tanov, and Wallter. Finally, thanks to Cathy, Sarah, and Simone at Heath for the invite!

Enjoy some of our favorites from the day. Did you attend the event? If you were photographed on Sunday, see below for directions to view the full gallery and to get your complimentary 5×7! Enjoy!

Left: This is my friend + assistant Lauren taking a photo with the Fuji Instax Right: The entryway at Heath

Top Left: The crowd at Heath Ceramics Top Right: Some of the wares Bottom Left: Enzo the dog! Bottom Right: Lauren checking out some shots from the day.

TO VIEW THE GALLERY
1) go here: http://modernkidsphoto.nextproof.com/galleries/heathceramics
2) find your family/kid (sorry there are a ton of images)
3) send a quick email to hello@modernkidsphoto.com, and let me know which image you want
4) I’ll be mailing out the prints in about ten business days, yay!
5) The gallery will expire so please let me know your preference by 5pm next Tuesday, Oct. 6th!

WANT MORE PRINTS OR ADDITIONAL COPIES?
Incidentally if there are any images in the gallery that you would like to purchase feel free to place an order through the gallery. You can order most prints sizes and even canvases if you’re so inclined. If you have any questions, simply contact the studio (415.846.0533 or via email hello@modernkidsphoto.com). PLEASE PLACE YOUR ORDER BEFORE 5PM NEXT TUESDAY OCTOBER 6th!

http://modernkidsphoto.nextproof.com/galleries/heathceramics

Thanks again to all of the kids and families as well as Heath Ceramics for letting us hang out for the day! Did you make it to the event?

From Heath Ceramics:

Join us on Sunday, September 27 for the first annual Heath Bazaar. Together with a handful of our favorite local artisans, we’ll be selling one-of-a-kind samples, prototypes, seconds and overstock — all at a discount. Like us and like you, they believe in the high quality, relaxed-modern style of handcrafted goods. Mix and mingle, drop your name in the raffle (with nine chances to win), enjoy farmer’s market fresh food from Tacolicious and a free photo-booth session by Modern Kids Photography. Thank you for supporting locally designed and manufactured products — we couldn’t do it without you.