Baby Blessings

I got to photograph this beautiful little guy yesterday and I was so very happy to do so. This is a wonderful family who lost their baby boy last year to SIDS. Baby N here was an unexpected but oh so welcome blessing to their family. He has a beautiful older brother who's now 3 and we got some great images of him kissing his new brother. It's photography sessions like this that make it all so enriching being a photographer and being able to share a small part in families lives. I kept 99% of their images in color which the family love, but had to convert this one to bw!

Shabby Chic Limited Edition

As promised, here are the Shabby Chic images from this weekend's sessions. I had a blast! My customer's home was the absolute perfect backdrop for this - a beautiful 100 year old Victorian home. I'm posting just a sampling, there are tons more but these are some of my favorites. The little red head in the pink outfit by the bench....that one reminds me so much of the 1930's illustrator Bessie Pease Gutman (I've always loved her work). I can see I'm going to have to add many of these to my website.

The two brothers were adorable (as is their sister who I photographed last week), they started the day off on a fun note. I was lucky and had two adorable babies and I just love babies! Lots of sisters between the different families and we finished off the day with a cute 2 year old boy (I kept "stealing" his lollipop and that got some great smiles!).

Waiting for baby

I love this shot, so moody and sweet as the family awaits their new little one. Big sister is ready and did a great job talking to the tummy and loving on it. So sweet. Not too much longer till their little surprise gets here!

We are family (sing along now...)

I photographed a family of 8 multi-generational family members this past weekend and it went so smooth I almost couldn't believe it! This is one of my great, long-time customers...I've been photographing them since their third child was just 6 months old...they now have 5 kids! Mom and Dad are the perfect parents for a large family...very easygoing, things just roll off their backs...they have my admiration for sure! I told them they looked like the Osmond family when they were posing for their family portrait but mom assured me they didn't sound like them!

I have to tell a funny story on their youngest...she's got a little red in her hair and I think it showed up during the session. She wanted down - now! - and head butted her oldest sister to make her point. Mom said that's her new thing to do lately...I think she may have a career in wrestling. She's got the moves down already! Here's one of her in a happier moment...she was making some faces and they were so cute I didn't edit any of them out!

A little tow headed boy

He has earned the title Mr. Tow Head. He has the blondest hair I've ever photographed and was wearing it all spiky for his session...too cute! We did a little of this and a little of that...not sure he was that "in to" the vintage look but I made lizard faces at him and that cracked him up! He may have nightmares after seeing me do the "lizard" ha ha! 3.5 year old boys, gotta love 'em! He earned some taffy for his hard work and listening to me croak (yes, one of my "mime" sessions).

Mime Photography

Strange title, but that's how my weekend felt. I came down with laryngitis Thursday night and had no voice at all this weekend. Of course I had sessions all weekend so figured out how to make elaborate hand gestures and sort of croak out what I wanted.

This cutie here, little M, is a mini me of the actress Teri Hatcher of Desperate Housewives. I kept seeing that as I was editing her session, maybe a little Alyssa Milano thrown in. Anyway, she's a gorgeous child and made my job so easy, she was really into the session and loved the petti...its a truly magical thing that petti!

I get to photograph her brothers next weekend (I heard they were pretty darn cute too)...can't wait! Thanks Mom and M, look for your email and gallery link which I'm sending now!

Does this make me look fat?

Poor Gigi...she hadn't had her picture taken by me since early December so she was probably hoping I was over this "photography" thing and she was home free! Not so fast little missy....I was just taking a break! Since Easter is next month (early this year!) and she's about to get too big for the bunny costume...off we went to the studio yesterday. Note to self: never try to photograph her again by myself! I'd put her down, she'd start crawling to me so I was snapping as fast as I could while she was on the paper. So, we didn't get too many and they're just for me (and to torture her when she's a teenager...) A little cheese for a Friday ha ha!

I did notice she's a little chunk 'o monk...hence the title. Our baby is growing up too fast!