Jenna & Amelia

I kicked off the weekend with these lovely ladies, who were here for their 9 month session.   Twins seem to always feed off of each others’ emotions…When one is happy the other one seems to think, “Hmmm;  She looks like she’s having fun…Maybe this is kinda great!”  But when one starts crying;  the other one usually tends to follow suit!

These two are laid back; and when they did get upset it was easy to turn them around!  (I did have to corral them in this galvanized bin to get good shots of them together, since they are crawling a LOT.)

By the way; I think that’s Jenna in the pink and Amelia in the purple;  they are fraternal twins…but they look identical to me!!

I’ve mentioned it before, but I LOVE photographing babies 6 months to one year.  (I mean, I have specific reasons why I like photographing all ages and different types of sessions…I could never pigeon hole myself into one or two categories!)…BUT;  something about this age is usually just so darn EASY!  (knock on wood!)

They’re easy to entertain, have GREAT facial expressions, and they’re too young to be all that aware of the camera.  Sometimes, they’re not even able to move off the backdrop before I can sneak in a couple of shots!

Last weekend, all of my photo sessions involved babies in that age bracket.  Their parents knew exactly how to dress them for a photo session, to boot!  Lucky me!

Mason

Kinley

Charlize

(Her friends call her Charlie…)  This little six month old is pretty close to sitting up on her own;  but she can already stand pretty well with the aid of a chair!   She was very easy to please; Her parents taught me that all I needed to do to make her smile was pucker up and make a kissing noise–and it worked every time!  ( Although I’m curious to know if she decided that wasn’t so completely novel anymore after her session here!)

(Isn’t her hairdo the best?)

Adeline

It’s been so cold these past few days;  I decided on Friday I was going to try to not leave my house all weekend (or at least avoid it like the plague!)   SO; since I generally don’t do much editing on Saturdays or Sundays, that was probably the biggest contributing factor to me finishing up this gallery for little Adeline in less than a day….That and the fact that I knew the session went well and couldn’t wait to get to work on the images!

Despite the below freezing temps on Saturday morning, Adeline brought her A-game and some pretty cute little hats/outfits.  These hats can be found through Etsy here:  For the Love of Yarn

In terms of a one year session on a backdrop, it doesn’t get much better than this!

Toddlers/Babies – Studio

I’m just going to post a few more studio sessions. I really wish I had the time to post a little bit of something from every session;  There is also a lot I would have liked to say about some of these kids had I had the time.  This age is very entertaining!

Tomorrow I’ll be making my last “catch up” post for a few newborns, and then I’m going to shift my focus to 2011.  This is the slower time of year when I like to update my website, price list, etc… and I have some new ideas that I think will be received very well by new and existing clients!

Penelope

Annamae

Madelyn

Ellie (with baby brother Tate!)

Fletcher

Babies/Toddlers

I’m thinking this may have to be a two-part post, since this is the most extensive category!  Maybe I’ll shoot for just a few from each session.

(These first ones are from my August mini session!)

Kinley

Reagan

Alexander

Ben

Maddie

Greyson

Ethan

Natalie

Avery

Brady

July Mini Sessions

I thought since I haven’t blogged much lately I would post the MOTHER LOAD of images from the mini sessions last weekend.  These are just a fraction of my favorites!  Once again I lucked out with happy kids that day, which is really, really nice when you’re limited to a half an hour…

Saturday was a hot and humid day, and it started raining about 5 minutes into the last session. Luckily it was just a light sprinkle, and no one really minded all that much.  I couldn’t believe how fast the time went!

IF you know anyone who might be interested, I did have a cancellation for the August 21st mini session. It includes a half hour of coverage, ownership/printing rights to 20 digital images, and a 4×6 printed proof of every image.   It’s a great deal, folks–and to be quite honest I’m not sure I’ll be offering quite so much for so little next year!

Here’s a little glimpse at how I spent part of last weekend;  photographing this big extended family!  The weather that day was tricky.  When it quit pouring rain, the bright hot sun came out to make matters worse!  It wasn’t easy finding a shady spot for a shot including this many people, but this shed was our best option.

Considering there were so many different people to photograph, everyone was so patient and cooperative.  Even all the kids hung in there till the very end!!

Happy Birthday, Brayden!

I’m loving this gorgeous weather are having this week;  and this photo shoot for Brayden’s one year portraits marked the end of the rainy week and the beginning of SUN!  (I SO wish it was possible to edit photos outside.  I would set up shop on my patio!)

What a sweet happy boy he is…and in a couple of weeks he’s going to be a big brother!  I suppose I will be seeing him and his family again shortly!

I had two adorable happy four month boys here this past week; one scheduled right after the other!

Bennett  -  4 months