Catherine Bitter
Lincoln, CA
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http://www.catherinebitterphotography.com/
I am a wife and mother of 5 sweet boys. They are my fulltime commitment. My passion for photography compels me to spend a little time away from home capturing the beauty and love I see in other families. I have pursued photography since I got my first camera at eight years old. I feel so blessed to have opportunities to share my love of photography with others. My desire is to provide everday people with extraordinary portraits at a very reasonable price. Why shouldn't normal families be able to afford great photographs! davencathi@sbcglobal.net or 916.276.5156.

Note: As of January 2010 my prices will change. I will be offering different session/portrait packages for different needs. I will be publishing my price list on my website before the end of 2009. If you have already booked your sitting you will get my current pricing. Please call or email me to schedule your family or individual session.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

My First Senior!!

My new favorite!!

Meet Lauren- Class of 2009! She is the first Senior I've done before! She was a dream! She could not be more beautiful AND sweet! We started out at a park to get some greenery shots, I loved the wild flowers. We finished off in downtown Lincoln with an Urban look, that I feel, suited her much better! I kept telling her she could be a model! She's like 5'10" and thin as a supermodel. I was so happy with how these turned out. Let me know what you think!! I love feedback!




Monday, May 18, 2009

What a gorgeous family!

I was so happy to have to opportunity to spend time with this, one of my favorite families. I've been able to watch these kids grow up over the last 6 years. They are so sweet and just darling! I'm going to have to work really hard to make my boys worthy to date these girls someday!! We had a bit of wind which complicated our balloon idea, but we still had fun with it!







Monday, May 11, 2009

Welcome Baby Grey!

Baby Grey was 3 weeks old when we did his shoot. It's a little easier to do a newborn shoot before they are 2 weeks old because they are still super sleepy. Greyson wasn't as sleepy as we wanted him to be, but we still ended up getting some great shots! We even got a few smiles!

Mommy and baby Grey are so precious together!


Sweet baby feet!







Grey is one lucky boy with two loving big brothers and a great room to sleep in! His momis a great decorator!


LOVE THAT SMILE!













Friday, May 8, 2009

Sweet Baby Shaya

I don't get asked to do newborns very often so this was really fun for me. Little Shaya was 3 weeks old at this session. We were able to get some sweet sleepy shots and some beautiful awake shots. She is the youngest of five kids and just as gorgeous as all her siblings. I love all the pink, I don't often get to see much in my house....
I just loved her eyes in this shot, so alert and colorful!

This was my first time doing the classic "black background newborn" thing. It was really fun! I hope I get the chance to do it more often.

Oh I just love little feet! So delicate and pretty!

Shaya was born just before Easter so we gave her little bunny ears and put her in a basket! Perfect little Easter bunny!


Here she's in her blessing gown that was made by her grandmother and used by her four other siblings. Just darling, I had to make it a little vintage!



Wednesday, May 6, 2009

From my high school days...

This was a fun session with this darling couple who I just happened to go to HIGH SCHOOL with! So funny! Our kids are in the same 1st grade class, we live around the corner from each other AND we graduated together. Sad thing is, they still look young enough to be in high school and unfortunately I don't!! (Those 5 boys are wearing on me!!) They have the most BEAUTIFUL three little girls! My son Mason has a crush on their oldest daughter, and I'm not surprised, she's a doll!!
So, they are the first family to get to use my new antique Setee' I bought the day before this shoot. I'm glad they were willing to be my guinea pigs. I bought this setee and two matching chairs on Craigslist to use in my shoots with families or kids. Make sure to mention it if you want to use it in YOUR sitting. We went to downtown Roseville for some urban chic!




Blurring the background here really sets the girls out more, there's even more focus on them, I thought that was cool.



Oh, no wonder my son thinks she's so cute!

After the family shots, the girls changed into their dress up clothes and danced around for me. They were so sweet clomping around in their dress up shoes!

I've got another son who will go to kindergarten with this one next year, they better watch out!

I had so much fun on this shoot! Sorry it took me so long to post these. I've still got another 3 shoots to post and a wedding! Luckily the rain made me cancel my last two shoots so I'm not falling too far behind.