Kali Lu Photo

Baby Pratt’s Birthstory

05.12.13

I rushed over to the nurses station. “I’m here to photograph Sharon Johnson’s birth!” They pointed the room out to me. I rushed in. Sharon was in the middle of a painful contraction. For a split second I paused. I was here, witnessing, documenting something amazing. I looked at her face, tired, in pain, but in so much control. I flashed back to Dane’s birth. I remembered so well that feeling, each contraction, every pain.

Sharon was incredible. She had this way of making everyone feel ok about the situation. In between the contractions, her eyes lit up and her words eased us all.

Then the whole room filled up to the brim with an emotion that was so intense and beautiful. My eyes swelled up. A love and a bond that is the strongest in the world could be felt at that moment. I watched the baby take his first breath in life, I watched him open his eyes for the first time and it was nothing less than a miracle. A new little spirit with arms reaching up the sky. I could feel that little baby, in his perfect innocence, speaking the truth of miracles to me.

The way Sharon scooped him up and brought him to her chest, like it was exactly what she was supposed to do. The glow in her face as she looked upon her babe radiated. Lusi fell instantly in love with her baby brother. Her fat little fingers reached out toward “her baby.” There was nothing in the whole world that was between her and her new little brother. She wanted to pick him up and take him home with her that very second.

What an incredible blessing to be able to photograph this birth. I hope it is the first of many more to come.

Baby Pratt was born May 9th 2013, weighing 7 pounds 6oz just three days before mothers day.

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3 comments

May 14, 2013 - 3:29 pm

natalie smith - These are gorgeous. Wonderful job Kali.

May 13, 2013 - 10:16 pm

Beth Morgan Cowan - OH MY WORD!!! I adore this shoot so much. It’s so beautiful and full of life and love and love and spirit! Beautifully done!

May 12, 2013 - 2:22 pm

Ashley S. - Beautiful post.

Emily and Curtis’s Wedding

04.30.13

I have been sitting here trying to figure out what to write on this here blog. Going through many different ideas and I notice that I continue to beat my self up with every thought. It’s kind of a problem I have. I can be so hard on myself. In a split second I can turn something positive into a degrading thought toward myself. Sometimes I forget to take a breath of air. Sometimes I forget that in this whole wide world that I live in…

I am not the only one thing that matters

my problems ARE problems but what about everyone else and especially what about those who I come in contact with or get to work with.

Do I take the time to think about them.

I started LOOKING at the wedding pictures I took and I started thinking about them. This wonderful beautiful couple. In love. There beautiful loving family. Their head over heel’s smiles. Don’t I owe it to them? Shouldn’t I, if only for a few minutes allow my thoughts to shift towards them and their special day. Emily and her amazingly adorable vintage style who found her wedding dress at a second hand vintage shop and had it altered to her own style. Emily and Curtis and how they both lived here in the Pacific North West just a few hours away from each other but met in a different state. The amazing closeness of her family and how Emily and her cousin were almost like sisters. Curtis’s parents who are serving a full time mission for their church but were able to just get enough time away to come to the wedding. Emily’s mom who spent countless hours making cake plates and a million other pretties for the wedding. Emily who works as a social worker. I can’t really begin to explain how hard of a job and how selfless it is to be a social worker. Curtis’s sense of humor. Emily and Curtis’s kindness.

It feels so good to think about them and their wedding day. I know I am never going to be able to stop myself from being a little to self centered sometimes, but if for some moments I can focus more on other people and change my perspective I think I will love myself more doing that.

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4 comments

May 1, 2013 - 6:20 pm

natalie smith - i love every one of the settings and pictures. such a treasure for them.

May 1, 2013 - 12:52 pm

Bettie - These picutres are absolutely beautiful! There is so much love and happiness in the people, the pictures and the event! Thank you for sharing!! Congratulations on a beautiful life together!

May 1, 2013 - 4:26 am

Ashley S. - So beautiful Kali.

May 1, 2013 - 1:05 am

chris - Love this wedding Kali! I can’t stop looking at that first photo!

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!!!

02.26.13

I am overwhelmed with gratitude! Every single one of you who entered this contest said some things that either really truly touched me or made me laugh my pants off. Every single one of your families is HIP and amazing and I could feel the love! I hate this part because not one of you deserves NOT to get picked and I know what it feels like to loose. I have entered so many online contests…and lost them… and felt that sting…and maybe felt a bit discouraged. So to lesson that sting everyone who entered…

will receive a Free professional wall print up to size 11×16 with any lifestyle session that you book

10% discount on any lifestyle session booked….and….

Automatic FREE entry in the next contest I run. So basically when I do another giveaway I will email you letting you know that you are pre-entered!

WINNER GOES TO MELISSA COOK AND FAMILY!!!! I would love to photograph your hip family before your husband is deployed!

My lifestyle sessions are $400 ($360 with the 10% discount!!!!). This includes as much time as I need to photograph your beautiful family and get all the fabulous shots I want. I shoot all my family sessions 100% film and you receive a DVD with 40-60 images from the shoot. I shoot in PORTLAND, SEATTLE, and SO CAL!!!

I can also travel to Hawaii and DC if I book multiple sessions.

Email Kali@KaliLuPhoto to book your session today and PLEASE REMEMBER PICTURES NEVER FADE AND THE LONGER YOU HAVE THEM THE MORE VALUABLE THEY BECOME. DO NOT SKIMP ON SOMETHING THIS IMPORTANT.

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