It's been a great year!

I am official done! Well I guess not done but no more orders! :) Yipee! I am exhausted. Between photography, graphic design, holiday shopping, being a mom.... I am officially overwhelmed! :) I am looking forward to some time off with my beautiful family!

Thank you all for a great year! It was a success:

some highlights...

Baby Boy Noah arrived in Feb (the best gift ever)

Collin turned 3 in May (where does time go?)

Busy photo summer

Launch my new business HK Creations, Logo and template design - July (Congrats to me)

My nephew, Boston, arrived in September.

Evacuated for the fires, our home was saved!

Super busy November and December, thank you all for your support!

Have a wonderful Holiday-

Heidi :)

Picture Perfect In Point Loma!

Loved these photo's and this family! Had to share a few...

Baby Leo

A recent newborn photo shoot with baby Leo, too sweet!

What the heck?

I'm back! No longer evacuated... and have been back for over a month, sorry for the late blog.

Life is Good, our home is safe and we are lucky to have little to no harm to our home. Thank you all for your e-mails and phone calls.

:)

Evacuated!!!

Many of you know that I live in San Diego County, more specifically, Del Dios, which is in the county of San Diego in Southwest area of Escondido. I live very close to Lake Hodges, if you saw the information about Lake Hodges, Rancho Santa Fe and Del Dios areas that were affected by the Witch Fire, that was me!!

My family and I were evacuated from our home on Monday morning very early... we were actually sleeping and had no idea that the fire was SO CLOSE!

My husband returned home on Thursday to see if and what the damage was. To our good fortune we still have a home and not much damage! We are so lucky! Besides a destroyed yard, hazardous air quality and being in another state we are doing well and hope to be back to our normal lives/routine by Monday.

I will be returning home with my children on Sunday. We did not feel comfortable being in our area with the bad air quality and two very young children who need to go outside and play. We are happily staying in Flagstaff Arizona until the weekend. Great air and good friends, what more could we ask for?

We are all safe, our dogs too! Our neighbors are in good shape too, thank goodness!

I will be in touch no later than Monday evening and I appreciate your patience and understanding during this past week.

Heidi Kruger
Vita Bella Photography
:) Life Is Good!

Haloween Fun!

Couldn't resist posting this cute card! The Dynamic Duo!
I just love Halloween and I love it even more since I've been a mother. My 3 year old, aka Batman, makes it so much fun. He gets so excited about decorations, especially spiders and webs. I was never into decorating for Halloween but now I have boxes of stuff in my garage, I just can't resist that excitement my son gets when he see's all the October goodies that we have.
I am looking forward to a fun-filled Halloween this year as Catwoman! Yes, my husband is the Joker and I am Catwoman. I ccan't believe I am going to be seen in public wearing a skin tight, black garbage bag (well it's more like vinyl). The things I do for a good time! :)

Think Pink Photography

Vita Bella Photography is a proud partner with Think Pink Photography, celebrating life, supporting the cause!

* Check out the site at www.thinkpinkphotography.org

Think Pink Photography is a non-profit organization supporting individuals and their families who have been touched by breast cancer.

My little guy is 7 months!!

Where does time go? I can't believe he is already 7 months old! I feel like it's gone by way too fast!
And here is my big guy... he already 3... and what a whirlwind three has been so far!! :) lol~

Julie got Married!

Julie Got Married!!!

What a fun wedding.... here are some silly and fun photo's of me (yes, there are actually photo's with me in them) and my best friends!

Congratulations Julie and Tim and thanks for the OPEN BAR! :) xoxo!

Bloggin???

I admit it!!! I am a terrible blogger! When is there time???? Between kids, school, logos, photography, learning, forums, events ... the list goes on! I want to know how you do it (if you do it)! That sounded funny! :)

Sharing some of my favorites from recent sessions...




Loved this dog. Her name is Mercedes and she is sooooo... sweet. I love Cocker Spaniels, they are the sweetest dogs. She reminded me of my husbands family dog, Magic, who passed away a few years ago, she was a great dog too! Miss you Magic! xoxo...

Beautiful maternity session

Danielle was a GREAT subject to work with! What a beautiful pregnant mother. I love pregnancy, I loved being pregnant. It gives me such joy to photograph maternity, I am honred that Danielle asked me to capture her pregnancy. Here is a very little sneak peak!

More Flagstaff Pictures!

So many great photo's!

I just loved working with all of these families and their beautiful children. Eight photo sessions turned out to be A LOT of portraits but WOW, I am really pleased with these! Looks like I need to visit Flagstaff more often!

All of the families finally have their proof pages... I am looking forward to seeing which portraits everyone orders!

Here are a few more I wanted to share... there were sooooo... many, it was really hard to choose but I didn't want to download them all (that would be crazy).

Happy Day to Everyone!
Ciao!

Sneak Peak!

Here are only a FEW snaps from my 8 photo sessions in Flagstaff. I am working away and hope to have everyone's proofs ready to share within the next day or so!


What a great shot! Lane and Sandie and their Harley! This bike has seen it all (well, almost). From Flagstaff to Laughlin to Stergis, Lane and Sandie just love to ride!


Here are a few snaps from some of the family photo's I did at the Meyer home. Cute kids!

Catalina Island

A fun day trip to Catalina Island! What a beautiful place.

My little guy is already 4 months old!

Where does the time go? I swear, I blink and it's gone! Noah is such a gift, he is the sweetest little guy and he is always so happy! I can't imagine my life without my two boys... they are my everything and I thank god for them everyday! I am a lucky mommy! Here is my 4 month old baby boy.