Childhood Unplugged

We moved Van into a big boy bed this month and spent loads of unplugged time jumping and horsing around. Time infront of the TV is a saving grace, at times, because -as you can see- unplugged time always involves some sort of tackling. As I move further down this road of recovery, I hope to spend more and more unplugged time outdoors.
Please show my fellow Childhood Unplugged comrades some love by checking out their submissions over on the Childhood Unplugged blog. You can follow @childhoodunplugged on instagram, where we take turns featuring images from loads of other photographers and / or mothers who are joinging the movement and making an effort to unplug.

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A Family Session, with The Allen Family

A lot of photographers speak to the lack of photos that they take of their own children, opting often for their iPhones and saving their “real cameras” for shoots only. This has never been me. In fact, I’m finding that I’m growing bored of shooting my own children and am actually yearning and craving and dreaming of shooting other people, places, and families. Walking up to a family’s doorstep is like stepping foot into the office on the first day of the job every time. And I’m addicted to that nervous, anxious rush that it brings. I’m dying to shoot more. If you’re interested in scheduling a shoot or want to work together on a project, email me: ashley {at} thestorkandthebeanstalk {dot} com for more info. I have a special deal going on for those who book now for the month of April. Because I value my time with my family and also because I’m still in the throws of recovery, I’ll only be booking a couple sessions a month. I’d love to hear from you.

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A portrait of my family, once a week, every week in 2014
This week has been a busy one with talks of the not-so-distant-future and a lot of reorganizing. I know I’ve been doing more than I should, so today I’m resting. I didn’t get around to snapping pics of Willy and I this week.
Van: Hates when Hooper takes his lawn mower away
Hooper: Thinks the sofa is only for him (and his toys)
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Margaret Jacobsen

Born: Los Angeles, CA
Wants to go: Iceland
Favorite place: San Francisco, CA
Lives: Portland, OR
Margaret Jacobson | Photographer | Aspiring yogini
I met fellow photographer Marge via instagram back in November and instantly fell in love because of her free and fun-loving spirit. As an added bonus, after a mid-afternoon Belgium waffle and mimosa, she was willing to step in-front of my lens for a little personal project I’m in the midst of shooting.
You can check out some of Margaret’s work by clicking here and follow her on instagram by clicking here. Hey Marge, it was a pleasure.

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Carla

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A portrait of my family, once a week, every week in 2014
And so the New Year has begun. Those of you that follow me on instagram know that our New Year has gotten off to a shaky start. I was discharged from the hospital yesterday after being admitted the day prior with dehydration following an episode of passing out while on the toilet at home. Once again, Willy was there to catch my fall – thank goodness he had gotten up with me – and an ambulance came to transfer me to the hospital in the wee hours of the morning while the boys were still sleeping. It was a scary ordeal for him and a draining go-ahead-and-kick-me-while-I’m-down episode for me. I’m feeling much better at the moment now that the stomach bug seems to have run it’s course.
For a moment, I thought I might miss the first post of my new 52 week project. Talk about catastrophes, a? Anyway, my plan for this project is to rotate subjects between all four of us. I’m starting with the boys because you don’t want to see Willy’s stressed out face or my pale post-barfing puffy face, I can assure you.
Are you participating in a 52 week portrait series? If so, leave me a link in the comment section; I love to check out other’s projects.
Click here to check out my 52 week project from 2013.

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Portraits of my children

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Instameet, Ventura

I told y’all I had a lot of catching up to do… Kelly and I met up back in September under the Ventura County Pier and had fun shooting one another until the sun went down and it was cold enough to make our teeth chatter all the way back to our cars.
How cute is her daughter Franny? And her son Isaac was just as sweet as they come. Truth be told, Hooper was more into Isaac than Franny, but one day he’ll thank me for encouraging him to hold hands with that little blondie.
I always enjoy meeting other photographers. Instagram has such a way of linking up like-minded individuals. I turn to the instagram community often for inspiration and it never lets me down. You can follow Kelly @kksweda and you can also check out her facebook page by clicking here. You can find me, @thestorkandthebeanstalk. Here’s some shots Kelly shot of us. Which ones are your favorite? I’m obsessed with the one of Van holding the stick. My little nomad. 

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A Family Session

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Childhood Unplugged.

A portrait of Hooper, unplugged: hair out of his (yes, HE’s a boy) eyes, breakfast still on his face, a wheel from the truck he’s thrown on the floor one too many times and a plastic hammer tucked in his pull-up (aka his “tool belt”)… Because life {unplugged} is messy, but at least he can see clearly.
You can check out the image I chose this month for the Childhood Unplugged series by clicking here. And you can see other posts in this series by clicking here.
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A portrait of my husband, once a week, every week, in 2013.
As I lay here in the hospital, I can’t help but look at this picture and think of how beautifully it captures what was our everyday life. I know our current situation, with me recovering, is temporary but I long to get back to normal and the journey to get there has barely begun.
Pictured above is the moment Papa walked in the door from work earlier this week. I’m including the outtakes this week as well because they’re good for a recovering mama’s soul. 
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Childhood Unplugged.

When I was a younger women, I’d dream about what motherhood would be like. I used to subscribe to Adbusters and I remember an image they published of a young girl in front of the TV. Her mouth was open, eyes dazed, body slumped. If the TV had not been in the frame, you would have thought she belonged in a mental hospital.
I vowed not to be the kind of mom that let her kids sit in-front of the TV for hours on end.
It seemed like an easy decision before real kids actually entered the picture. Now that I am a mother, I realize that getting the kids out and encouraging them to interact with dare-I-say-it, their environment, is – well – a lot of work for me.
I’m not a perfect parent. In fact, I’m well aware of my shortcomings. Truth be told, I put Super Why! on for Hooper so I could sit down to write this post in peace. Van’s napping.
The flip-side of limiting technology in your child’s life is that you have play an active roll. By the same token, for me, less TV means more fighting over toys, more hitting, slower and more frustrating meal times, and less peace n’ quiet.
And yet, I think know it’s really important.
It’s with great pride I introduce you to Childhood Unplugged. I’ve been invited to share one image, once a month, along with several other photographers I’m pleased as pie to be associated with. You can click on the button below to see the image I chose and to check out the images others chose as well.
How did you unplug this month?

A Family Session

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