and the last slideshow...

...of the bunch of sessions I hade right before Christmas. 3 beautyful sisters I catched in the wonderful winterlight. Go and have a look:

Slideshow for Family W.

This is the slideshow of Family W. They are one of the cutest familie living on this planet. Look at the girls they are just made to cuddle the whole time. And they are all so extremely photogenic! But have a look yourself:

Christmas is over...

and I enjoyed it so much. The past few years it became more of a burden than a real joy. But this year it was again the family gathering I was hoping for it. And I think for the first time in my life I got just amazing gifts! Thank you all so much for the well thought and really adorable gifts I received. I am looking much forward to use them.

As we started celebrating early this time we had the 25th off so Philippe and I enjoyed a very beautyful day on the top of the Alps. I'm not really a landscape photographer but I like the sunflare I got. Ah and yes, the thing with the with glasses and the hot cocoa is me...

Next Slideshow

Ok it's officially Saturday, nevertheless I post the next slideshow. It's the civil winter wedding of Family H. Winter weddings are always special (and there are not too many of them). Even we do not get snow down here we can be very happy it's not raining. In the opposit they were extremely regarding their weather. But I assume good people get good weather on their wedding day, no?

Slideshow for N.

Shortly before Christmas I have to post some more slideshows. I am still working on a few sessions, here is the first one I finished. The slideshow of lovely Miss N. She is a shining star and was a real pleasure to work with.

Where in the world have I been...

you may wonder. Oh, the answer is not exciting at all. First I had almost a week I just worked on several projects till I was able to enjoy a very nasty flue. Ok, yes it was not a real pleasure and I'm still suffering from the afterpains but I at least feel slowly better. And besides this I had quite many photoshoots which I have to admit I am still working on developing the pictures. But they will be worth to wait, here is a first little sneak for N. just to make the waiting a little more endurable.

The perfect christmas gift

I believe in photography. And not only because I am a photographer. I truly believe in capturing moments and preserve them for our families. Who does not like to strive trough the family photos and remember when they have been snapped? Even you din't like the picture in the time they have been made, a few years later you will treasure them anyway. That's exactly why portrait pictures are a perfect gift for christmas (and also for any other occasion). Parents, Grandparents, sibligns and close friends will love to have a nice picture of their beloved ones!

I believe that especially here in Switzerland people have still to focus more on the saving of memories. And photography is just a perfect way to do.

And as an example how portraits could look like have an eye on the pictures of beautyful K. sisters.

Gallery update

I updated the portrait galleries on my website (all categories except "awaiting"). Go and have a look, you may find some you haven't seen before... "stardust" just as a small hint

Advent project

This is my Advent project. I try to write something everyday. It can either be about the day or about christmas itself. I also try to snap some pictures and add to this Advent album. Here is the template album for my project.

Do you Backup?

I do! And there is a very simple reason why you should too - backups save our life. I mean how much valuable information do you store on your PC/MAC day by day? I defenitely do a lot!

And now you are asking why I talk about this? Today my computer crashed, it was not even starting anymore... (and it is still not starting). I really do not know why, maybe a virus maybe some other reason. Lucky (or smart, this is up to you) as I am I store essential data (like customer files/pictures)on external drives and so I'm saved for most parts this time. The worst thing happened due to this crash is that I lost ALL my e-mails! And there was some information on my C which I may not get back again. I just wanted to backup my C this week, but as usual if you don't do it when you think at it you forget to do it til it's to late. - So if you think you should backup your PC or MAC do it, do it right now. It may save your life...

Gadgets

Remember this post? I orderd it and it arrived yesterday. So within a few weeks our family grew by two magic lenses. And there are some more family members out there, begging for my money, lol.

Besides this amazing lens I got another gadget:

so fun to play with and the best thing is, it combines a mobile phone, music player and a camera in one thing. The camera is really not to bad, up to ISO800 and 5MB Pixel. And besides all his nice features it just looks stylish and classy. What could a girl ask more from a phone?

Living with Nr. 1

It's official now, my husband is Nr. 1!
He made the best result at the exam for sales managers. Means out of over 200 people who did this exam he was the best. I knew before he's smart but now it's official that he's not only smart but at least the smartest sales manager 07/08, haha. Congratulations again to you, you deserve it!

Quick shooting with my most famous model

... yes it's her again. But honestly I think i never get tired of taking and looking at her pictures. She really has got some talent as a model, tough she's way to short to ever be on a runway. But hey, noboday sees your height for picture posing, right?
We only did a very short session as we both freezed like hell, Winter defenitely arrived in Switzerland.

Love the moody winter feeling the pictures have...

Family fun

It was really hard NOT to take good pictures of these good looking family... and you know what, on top on their inner and outer beauty they are really funny, heartful and lovely.

Blue eyes

This is a sneak peak for family O. Little A. with her amazing blue eyes giving me the look... the slideshow will follow tomorrow.

Bling mood

I'm getting in the holiday mood slowly. Today it snowed the whole day long and it is now really winter time. Hot cocoa is just the perfect drink for such a day! And with the holidays aproaching all the stores and shop are glittery and glimmery and I LOVE all the bling. Still not sure what gifts I could give away... any cool ideas?

Happy Birthdays

This month many of my dear friends are able to celebrate their Birthdays. Today one of my closest friends is celebrating hers. Happy Birthday S., as small treat you can see your slideshow of last weekend below.

Our newest family member..

Please welcome our latest addition to the Linder Clan:

Sneak peak for Family M.

He was the superstar of yesterdays session...
Slideshow will follow soon.

100 facts about me

Today I did not really know what to blog about as I just enjoyed doing nothing at all. I prepared a while ago this 100 facts for a scrapbook page which unfortunately never has been created... Read it and you will get to know a few new things about me.

1. My full name is Jeanine Tamara Linder-Müller
2. I love to watch people
3. I'm really bad at keeping plants alive
4. I learn most things very quickly.
5. I learnt photoshop and photography all by myself
6. I feel lonely a lot of the time even I am not alone.
7. I believe in miracles
8. I memorize very easily.
9. I'm a home body.
10. The internet has changed my life.
11. I enjoy a reason to get dressed up.
12. I enjoy silence.
13. I always talk to myself in the car (if I'm alone)in English...
14. I never had braces.
15. I feel utterly lucky for the family I have, especially for my husband
16. I enjoy being silly and laughing
17. I don't like sunflowers
18. I believe that my dreams may come true
19. I enjoy a good conversation
20. I love being inspired.
21. I am shy.
22. I avoid talking when I'm in a large group
23. I try to disappear
24. I am very loyal
25. And honnest
26. I have to do things immediately, otherwise I forget them
27. I hate to be late
28. I love and live simplicity
29. I have a sister and a brother
30. I live in the same house as my parents (seperated appartments tough)
31. I am very good at organising
32. I don't like Sundays
33. I wish I had studied graphic design but it is never too late
34. I wish I do speak Italian or Spanish
35. I am a loner. I don't mind being alone
36. My favorite language is English and not my mother tongue
37. I could not live anymore without the internet
38. I could not do without a car
39. I am way too sentimental
40. I buy on impulse
41. I can pack a bag for me in less than 5mns
42. I love being spontanious
43. I love mail (ok the bills are not that cool, but I love mail)
44. All my grandparents are still alive
45. I don't like mushrooms and cooked carrots (bääh)
46. I am often lost in my thoughts
47. I am better at adapting than inventing
48. My hair is straight, fine, thin, and I am afraid of losing it.
49. I want to live in the US (at least for a while)
50. I am easily annoyed by stupidity.
51. I hate to wait
52. I hate surprises (we talked abou that)
53. I am very fond of Ryan Philippe
54. I love rainstorms even tough they frighten me
55. I love Vanilla AND chocolate
56. I'm a Swiss Girl from bottom to toe
57. I very easely start crying, I have no control over this
58. I only read romantic comedies
59. It bothers me when people don't like me.
60. I don't like to talk, I prefer writing (so no phone calls, just e-mail me)
61. I adore Jennifer Aniston
62. Angelina Jolie scares me
63. I can't sing but would love to
64. I want to learn more about photography
65. My favorite season is spring
66. I am easily bored
67. I am very lazy, but am not too bad at hiding it
68. I am in love with my tomcat
69. I am almost freezing all the time, even sometimes during hot summer days
70. I love going to new places
71. I am not able to smoke…
72. I love straight graphic design
73. I hate the smell of diesel
74. I prefer to read in English than in German
75. My mother tongue is Bernese (special swiss german dialect)
76. I am asthmatic
77. I love travelling, especially love flying
78. I have very bright blue eyes (people tend to be fascinated abou them…)
79. I love BBQs
80. I visualise EVERYTHING, be careful what you tell me I see it in pictures…
81. I like fish but don't like pork meat
82. I am scared of drug addicts
83. I love taking pictures, it makes me really happy
84. I get brain freehe when eating or drinkin to cold things
85. I hate when my tongue is burnt
86. I tend to bite my nails ( I work on that)
87. I am a blog stalker of Jessica Claire, Becker and Jasmine Star
88. I love to play Sims2
89. I fancy Justin Timberlake AND his Music
90. I hate when people smell from garlic
91. I love cheese fondue but do not really like Raclette
92. I'm a geek
93. My hair has a redish shimmer
94. I havent got a clue how to create swirls in ps and I am annoyed about that
95. I love gossip
96. I hate Angel (the perfume)
97. I believe in Angels
98. I look very much like my mother even she does not believe it
99. I had a whiplash injury 1997 and still suffer pain of it
and our final number 100. I have no clue of grammer in ANY language...