Category Archives: Portfolio
Call Time {CMpro daily}
3 AM call times are tough. I do try and let her cry it out..hoping she goes back to sleep.. but when she doesn’t.. I trudge my sleepy self up those stairs. I walk in her room and she smiles. Without
Soccer Mom
Saturday Night Live makes fun of them. New moms fear they will eventually turn into one…and some moms just don’t realize how lucky that they can be one. Hi – my name is Liz LaBianca .. I am 37 years
Soccer Shots
I am sure many of you wonder why there are so many more shots of my daughter then of my sweet boy. … the reality is…My son doesn’t like getting his photo taken…. and I need to
Now I see the light…
When I started this gig last year – I read that once you understand light.. you will see it everywhere you go. I thought to my self “what are they talking about….I see
Valentines day
Tonight I asked for my Valentines day present.. I asked my husband that instead of a gift, I would like him to start grabbing the camera (on his own) to take photos of me with the kids.. not of me
Sutter is 2!
I feel so fortunate to have people like the Wechslers in our lives. My husband and I argue about whose friends they are. Melissa and I became fast friends while our kids were in pre-school, but our
quiet moments..
Laid her down in our bedroom while she was napping… thought she was still sleeping.. but apparently she found Haydens Kindle Fire instead. So you know I had to grab the camera and
Mother Nature at its windiest best
When the wind picked up yesterday- I decided to head out with my girl. I let her hair down and we went for our Windy day walk. We found balloons tied to a mailbox – she was in
Holding on
Well in two weeks – she is turning three. I can’t begin to tell you how much I am in love with my little spitfire.. I am not going to lie – The first two years with Em were rough!
I {heart} faces- Face contest
This shot was one of my favorites from my sessions this year. A huge gust of wind came down the alley and this sweet 6 year old was almost blown away – and she loved every second of it. I love
Manual Focus take 2
I love it when I phone a friend and ask to borrow her 3 year old for a shoot. Determined to get better at new techniques – and tonight I fell in love with photography all over again. Last year
The LaBianca Christmas Vacation
This year we decided to forgo our normal Griswald Christmas Vacation – Which typically involves the mini-van, 3400 miles, lots of 5 -hour energy drinks and the kids asking “are we there
Shooting Manual … as In Manual FOCUS!
Ok – so since things are slow and I want to have a reason to be the crazy lady with a camera – I thought I would see if it was possible to shoot manual focus. I already shoot in manual
2012 and Beyond……..
Well it is the first day of 2012 and I am sitting on the couch listening to Hayden read a book to his sister while she brushes her baby dolls hair. Not one to make resolutions – since that is
Family of the Year – 2011
CONGRATULATIONS Sanders Family! Winner of a $250 gift card to Liz LaBianca Photography As a lifestyle photographer -I love when families come to the shoot ready to document more then just posed
2011 Photo of the Year
KELLY You have won a 16 x 20 Canvas of the image of your choice. Thank you so all who voted!!! This was my absolute favorite photo of the year. I almost didn’t include this photo in
Wrap up for Holiday Season 2011!
I LOVE photography, I LOVE Children… and I LOVE the Editing… but I would be lying if I said I LOVED Blogging. If I could hire someone to blog for me I would do it in New
Manage your Editing Workflow
Pin It One of the the things that I found the hardest to figure out when I started my business – Was how do I find a good rhythm. How do I master a workflow when I feel like I
Haydens Port Surgery
To be writing this post has me filled with so much emotion. The last time Hayden went in for surgery – he was a mere 15 months old. At that time of our lives- we were living in fear of the
Meeting with Santa
So I am not quite sure what it is … but my kids do NOT like being near Santa. I am not the mom to force a kid to sit on a strangers lap – and because of that we have no Santa Clause
ode’ to my two year old
sometimes …just so that I don’t miss moments – I set my camera on my knes and while I take her photo – I am able to watch her too. That way – I don’t miss these
Caine Family
Love the Caine family – This was my 3rd shoot with them and I just think that they are fabulous.. and so darn Gorgeous!!!
Halloween –
Ok – so you are going to think that I am crazy .. but I think I am already going through Empty nest Syndrome. Simple opportunities to create lifelong memories are passing by in a blink of an
Breelee Peters
Oh my – could you just eat her up with a spoon. She is so cute and despite being caught in a rain storm.. (not really, just sprinklers) Mom and Dad were great sports and Breelee was full of
Bounce Houses and Carousel Rides
What an amazing family weekend we had and it all had to do with the rain. Sessions were re-scheduled and soccer games were canceled and the LaBiancas relished in the peace and quiet. This weekend
Bardwell Family
There is no bigger compliment then when another local photographer hires you to take their family photos. When Jennifer Bardwell called me in the beginning of the summer to book her shoot – I
Gotham City
Ok – So I know that my 2 year old really wants to be Belle… But I just couldn’t help myself with the costumes this year. I knew I had one more year where I could convince Emerson
Hands { I heart faces challenge}
I just was on facebook and saw what their new challenge was…HANDS!! My mind quickly jumped to this photo that I took last week during a family session with a fellow photographer. Before our
The Men at Parks Place
I don’t even know where to start with the amount of incredibly love that I have for this family. A year ago I stopped this pregnant lady and screamed out of my car that I was a photographer and
Julia Poole and Company
Ever since Hayden started school at Pink – All I have heard is… “ohhh do you know Mrs. .Poole – she is the best”…or…We have Mrs. Poole – she is the
Racker Family Take 3!!
OK- my goal for Season 2 of L.L.P is to become a more consistant blogger – So if you have done a shoot with me in the past and it was not blogged about. … I am sorry – I have been
The giving tree
Every Christmas we have a tradition where in the month of December we do something thoughtful for someone once a day. We write what we did on a popsicle stick and put it in a BIG FELT Christmas tree