This Newborn Rocks!!

And so does his Mom for coming up with this idea!! I first met this family in November of 2008, when I did newborn photos for their middle son, M, and now we're doing photos of Mr. R, boy #3!!

Isn't this photo with Dad's guitar just the best? Seriously, who can resist a baby with a mohawk and a guitar tie? :)

And Grandma made him this little bear hat before our session... isn't it just adorable?

Finally, Mom asked if we could try a family shot in their bedroom on their bed. Heck yeah!! I loved the idea, and love the way it turned out!! Look at Mom and all her men... Testosterone City :)

Thanks to the K family for letting me capture these memories of your newest family member! You certainly have 3 handsome boys... congrats!

Another sweet newborn girl :)

Last week I had yet another sweet newborn girl to photograph :) Miss C was such a cutie... and even though I'm showing these sleeping photos, she was awake and alert a lot of the time too. Such big, bright eyes... I even got some eye contact!

I was able to sneak in a few of her in this adorable hat...

And finally, one with my macro lens. I just love this shot!

Thank you to T & R for letting me photograph Miss C, and her big sister I. You have such a beautiful family - I really enjoyed meeting all of you :)

First post of 2010... a 2-yr old doll baby!!

Well, we're nine days into the new year and I'm finally making a new blog entry... not so great, but better late than never!! I figured a good way to start out the new year would be with a preview from my session last week. I have been fortunate able to watch this cutie grow... I've done her newborn, 6 month, one year (cake smash fun!!) and now her two year pics.

Miss A was so funny - her answer to everything was an emphatic "No!!" accompanied by the head shaking and running off the backdrop! We did have some fun though... we played with a doll, got out some markers, and after she combed my hair she even brought in some tissue and wiped my nose for me. (I SWEAR I do groom myself before heading out for a session...)

Here is one of her in her new dress...

and a closeup (in B/W, naturally)! Her second outfit change involved some brown boots, which she insisted on putting on herself... a 2-yr old with that much spunk is going to be SUCH fun as a teenager! :)

Thanks again, C, for letting me be there to record all these fun stages in Miss A's life. We will definitely remember her 2-yr session as the "Miss Independent" session!!

Newborn! Sweet Baby A

I've been a bad blogger lately... I apologize :) I need to do better about that... but here is a sneak peek of a sweet little newborn girl. This little doll is the spitting image of her father... I was amazed when mom showed me his newborn photo, because they look so much alike!

As fate would have it, the little baby who slept nonstop for the first 11 days of her life decided that Day 12 was going to be the day she stayed awake all morning!! So while we didn't get the curled up, sleepy naked baby shots we were hoping for (Miss A was also modest and didn't seem to like being naked very much!) we did get some other sweet photos.

Isn't this family shot just beautiful?!

Hope you enjoyed your quick preview, A & S! Congrats on your new addition, she is truly precious!

Sweet baby girl...

Well, I returned from vacation to find a message that my maternity client from June had delivered a baby girl while I was gone! I was so excited to have a session when I got home!!

Little Miss O was just the sweetest thing... she would alternate between being awake (and wanting to eat, pee or poop LOL) and sleeping just long enough to get some great shots in!!

This was the base of table in my clients' home... we just took off the glass top and set it in the hallway. I loved the texture of it... and so did their cat, who kept jumping up whenever we would move Miss O!!

This blanket was extra special, as it was knitted by Miss O's great-grandmother before she passed away.

I was SOOOO excited to have a newborn girl again, since my last few newborns have been boys. I had a fun flower hat I wanted to try with her... so imagine how happy I was when I arrived to find my client had this little hat!! I was in heaven :)

I tried a new "honey" like process on this photo to give it a different, dreamy kind of feel. I think it works well on this one... what do you think?

B and K, I hope you enjoy your sneak preview! I had so much fun with these... congrats on your adorable new girl :)

Sweet little lips and loads of hair...

I recently had a session with a 3 month old doll, Miss K... she and her mom, L, were so sweet! L is a friend of a friend, and it was great to get to meet her. I got some wonderful shots of them together... I love this one with both of them looking at me so peacefully, and look at those cute little toes peeking out from under Mom's arm!!

Little Miss K was so good... and Holy Hair on this babe!! It made me laugh, b/c it reminded me of my own kids' wild-n-crazy hairdos when they were little!

She didn't have a whole lot of smiles for the camera - she seemed to turn quite serious whenever I brought that big black thing up to my face - but she was still such a cutie!

After a couple hours of wonderful awake cooperation, she had just had enough and couldn't stay awake anymore. So I was able to capture some of the most precious shots of her sleeping in her mom's arms right before I left... isn't this just perfect?! Those are the sweet little lips I'm talking about...

L, it was so nice to meet you, and I had a wonderful time working with you and Miss K! I hope you enjoy your sneak peek... I'll get you the rest of the photos soon!