those sweet moments

Colorful heArt photography specializes in on-location, natural light photography in the Virginia Beach and the surrounding Hampton Roads areas including Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Suffolk. I love beach sessions as well as fun, funky urban shoots and modern lifestyle portraiture. I am also available for sessions at client homes.
I'm Cyndi, also a mother of 4 beautiful children and wife to a fantastic man in the US Navy!
Photography for me is a love, an obsession! It is something I dream about at night when I close my eyes. Before I was a photographer, I was an artist. I have always been an artistic person, I grew up drawing as a child from the time I could hold a crayon. Color has always thrilled me! As I grew into an adult I still have loved art, but when I had my first child I became obsessed with trying to capture every moment to try and memorize those sweet moments that pass all to fast in a blink of an eye and my art took a different turn.
I can honestly say that all my life I never really knew what it was I wanted to be when I "grew up". But when I first began to capture those sweet moments with my camera I just knew I wanted to be a photographer! I finally believe I am living my dream! Each time I go to take a picture the thrill hits me, it is such a passion. I get so excited wondering what I will catch, it is an adventure :smile:
I am a photographer who LOVES color and works with natural light, the beauty of it speaks to me. I love to capture real moments and the sweet life!

The Gorgeous Julie
Monday, August 18, 2008 Can you all believe she is pregnant with twins? Wow, she is so darn gorgeous!
Julie, I had such a wonderful time with you and your awesome family today at the beach. Little A is just adorable! I can not wait until your little ones get here to take pics of them too :)
Here are your sneak peeks, I hope you love them!!



Baby N and Baby R
Friday, August 8, 2008 Ashley and Helen, I had a fab time today with you and your gorgeous children!! They were all so adorable!! I hope you enjoy your sneak peeks :)



Thanks so much!!
Sweet Baby C
Wednesday, August 6, 2008 Tara, I had such a wonderful time today meeting you and sweet baby C! She is truely such a sweet little thing :) and you were just the nicest person! I could have hung out with you and probably talked your ear off all day, lol.
Here is your sneak peek, I hope you like them, she was a wonderful little model!


Sunday, August 3, 2008 I had seen this somewhere once before and saved it so I would always have it. I just came across it again and thought I would post it to share. Just thought it was something that could help anyone :) I can not remember who said it, but I thought it was awesome.
Believe in yourself, because sometimes you're the only one that will.
Failure is not an option.
Fake it until you make it.
Love what you do and others will love it also.

Amazing!!
Saturday, August 2, 2008 I'm sure if you have read my blog you seen that I was trying to win a Blu website :) I didn't win, but something far more amazing has happened to me!
I want so share part of a post I left on another board...
We have not found a church since we moved here and have not been active. Just some background, and I knew we should have. But I would make excuses about it is hard to go by myself with the kids when it's really the best place we could have been while Len was deployed.
This past week I was obsessed with trying to win a Blu site, I entered ALOT of them in hopes of winning a photography website. They are normally $400. + 100. + hosting. I didn't win and that is okay, I decided I was not going to worry about it even though I was disappointed. I also wasn't going to buy a website I decided even though they are on sale for $100. + 100. + hosting as we really can't afford it even though it is an awesome sale.
Today Len and the boys decided to go a minor league baseball game and I drove them down to Norfolk, decided the girls and I would scout it out to try and find cool places for photoshoots.
While going down there I was talking to Len because I had been looking for a church. I said that I just knew that we needed to get back into a church. We needed it for the kids and for us! He was talking about getting a home and when it was time to think about another car someday how it would be hard or impossible for us since we don't have impeccable credit. But I was saying that I just felt today that if we gave ourselves completely to God that he would provide for us. Not that ask for stuff but he would provide what we need.
I also was saying that I really want to do great with my photography business, but how can I expect or ask of him for help when we/I don't give of myself.
Anyways, tonight I go and look at the Beyond Images board I'm on (photography) and just about at the same time or right after I was talking to him. Someone who did win a Blu website didn't need it. She wanted to pay it forward and of all people she choose me!! I'm not a friend persay of hers but she had seen how much I wanted it and picked me!!
Maybe I'm crazy but I just feel like it is a sign!! I can't stop crying as I'm so overwhelmed by her kindness and just that it happened at the time when I was talking about God would provide! And I feel like he did give me a website through her!!
Like I said maybe I'm crazy, but I don't feel like I am. I thought that you all could appreciate it.
This is the amazing photographer who did this wonderful thing for me! She is so talented it is unreal! What an inspiration!!
Danna~ http://www.bowesphotography.ca/
Dana thank you so much!! I promise to pay it forward as well!!
Here are a couple pictures from yesterday when the girls and I went out. Cat mentioned when we were about done "Isn't Cayley not supposed to have that in her mouth anymore outside of the car?" Silly little stink, she snuck it out and I didn't even realize! We are working on breaking the habit...
We discovered this super cute teahouse that was pink :)





