robin gale cornett (a photographer for babies, children, and families in fort myers, florida) » places

look! (Jan)

robin cornett — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:33:59 +0000

So, last week, I had this delightful family session where everyone was a grownup (or close enough to count). Mainly, that meant that they all listened and did what I asked them, except when they weren’t, which happened more often than you might think. We laughed a lot; at least, I did! I love seeing the other end of the family spectrum–this group includes newlyweds, a college grad starting an exciting job, a high school grad heading for college, and one last high school student to stay home and enjoy being an only child for a little while. I look at how my children are growing and learning and I can’t wait until they are at these ages, so that I can be as proud of them as Jan and Kevin (understandably) are. Well, I can wait, because I don’t want them to be old enough to date and stuff like that, but I know you know what I mean!

To see the pictures, click on the big one or the thumbnails and then you can use the arrow keys or click on prev/next to go through them all.

look! (Alana)

robin cornett — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:59:24 +0000

I had the opportunity this week to revisit Alana and her family… last year I visited them at home. I love getting the chance to see how these babies grow and change, and how the family as a whole grows together. It’s also a lot of fun to visit different places, too! I had a really wonderful time with these guys, despite the heat and the looming storm (both standards for Florida in June!). You will be happy to know that these children are as sweet as they are beautiful–I got big hugs at the end of the evening. That, my friends, is a win in my book.

look! (Lindsay)

robin cornett — Sat, 29 May 2010 02:33:36 +0000

Last week, I had the fun opportunity to spend an evening at the beach with Lindsay Lee, a Sarasota based photographer, and her family. It was great to explore the beach, check out the animals and vegetation (those are called nicker beans, Lindsay, and they use them to make worry beads!), and chat about our businesses. Since we are both mommas who are usually holding the camera, instead of being in the picture, I enjoyed getting to put her on the other side of the camera for once! Thanks so much for coming down, Lindsay!

Check out Lindsay’s baby images on her blog–I really wish I had some of these of my own!

look! (Cherlynn)

robin cornett — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:27:04 +0000

This year’s session with this beautiful family was an exercise in persistence! Not because of Cherlynn’s family, because look at them–gorgeous! No, we’ve had an unusually chilly winter here in southwest Florida and the weather didn’t always cooperate for us very well. Actually, the morning of our session, I woke up to rain (again!), but we decided to wait it out and see if we could have our time together regardless. Well, we did. Aren’t they beautiful? (Oh, wait, I already said that, didn’t I. Apologies for truthful redundancy.)

I’m not normally a big vintage treatment person for my images, but as soon as I saw this first one come up on my computer, I absolutely felt like I wanted it to have a dreamy, timeless kind of feel.

look! (Amy)

robin cornett — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:19:53 +0000

I met this sweet family out on Sanibel Island (if you don’t recognize the landmark on your own) while they were here on vacation. We could have asked for better weather, but the rain held off for us (it did rain on me as I was driving home!). Amy is one of the three beautiful daughters and she is the force behind Big Woods Creative. Check out her work–I love the wedding invites with the birch trees and her favorite images of 2009? Woooowwwww. I think my next vacation will be to go visit her.

Amy (and everyone), thank you so much for inviting me to meet your family!

look! (Angie)

robin cornett — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:46:16 +0000

This adorable family drove down to Florida for an early spring break week and kept on coming down to meet me at the beach! It’s a fun way to remember a family vacation, isn’t it? I sure hope they are enjoying their week–although it’s been gorgeous, it’s been a little chilly for my thin blood (confession: I am typing this wrapped up in a warm blanket). They are from the frozen North (well, maybe not quite that far), so I’m guessing it’s just pleasant for them. Angie and I actually knew each other in college and it was so fun to see her again, and meet her sweet husband, and her beautiful kids! (For bonus points, guess how old her son, who asked me to call him “Knight”, just turned this week.)

My only excuse for not blogging at all in February (gasp!) is illness. And paperwork. And the totally not glamorous side of running your own business. Which entails being sick of paperwork. I shall try not to let it happen again!

look! (rachel)

robin cornett — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:35:56 +0000

I met Rachel and her awesome family in downtown Fort Myers just before Christmas to shoot some senior pictures and family pictures, too. I decided I’d just show off Rachel here (and wow, did I have a hard time narrowing down how many pictures I’d use for this post!). Picking the images for the post was hard, but Rachel certainly made my job as her photographer super easy! After this session, I was wishing two things: 1) that I could go back and do my senior session over; and 2) that I had ever been, even for just a minute, half as gorgeous as Rachel is. I would probably also take back my spiral perm, so make that three things.

Sorry about that confession. But I don’t miss the spiral perm and all the hair that went with it one bit. Rachel (and family!), it was a pleasure!

Christmas cards: cobbler’s children

robin cornett — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:30:16 +0000

I have a box of Cornett Christmas card goodness on its way to me right now, and if I am able to figure out how to print labels from my address book on my computer (I don’t remember what didn’t work last year, but I ended up writing them all by hand, and we’ll just say there are more than ten people on the list, plus my handwriting is only marginally better than Andy’s, and calling his chicken scratch is being kind), they’ll be delivered before Christmas. And for me, that’s something I can feel good about.

Of course, getting my own children in front of the camera takes some hard work and persuasion (they are happy for me to shoot soccer games and ballet recitals, but just them? Not so much.). And bribery. I promised that I would take some pictures of them with our new “puppy”. “Puppy” would be because he’s bigger than my youngest, and possibly bigger than both of the girls at this point. Having the dog along just made life a little more interesting. Overall, they were pretty cooperative, and I love the Christmas card I designed, which I will show you on the blog after they’re sent out. I thought I’d share some of the outtakes with you.

Can you even believe the molars on our dog? Yikes!

look! (jinjer)

robin cornett — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:04:05 +0000

I really enjoyed this home portrait session. It was a fun afternoon with a great family, even with my “assistant” (aka my squirrelly nine year old son) along to “help”. When I saw their awesome front door and the beautiful white dresses, I wanted this shot. When I got it home, it felt like a painting to me, so I processed it accordingly. Isn’t she beautiful? The whole family is just stunning!

look! (leslie)

robin cornett — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:26:40 +0000

I had the privilege to go meet a new family at their beautiful home here in Fort Myers last week. I’m running behind on pretty much everything, scrambling a little bit with vendors’ holiday deadlines, so I’m just taking a minute to share just one from this session. Before I share it, I’d like to point out that what I share here on the blog are my favorite shots, or images that pique my interest somehow, although they aren’t always the picture we were aiming to get. With this one, I just loved her sweet laughing face (you know she’s looking at her mom, don’t you?), and wanted to play with it some. Isn’t she a darling? Her big sibs are wonderful, too, but I’m saving those pictures for you, Leslie!