Ironman Junior

I hear alot of funny things during sessions, but the funniest I heard was last week during my session with Cooper. His dad started asking me a question which started with "You see alot of babies, what do you think of..." not unusual, followed by any number of things often asked when comparing babies. But Cooper's dad wanted to know if that little bump on his newborn's arm was muscle definition! I don't know, what do you think?



I thought that was adorable. Though I'm thinking that this arm like most is a tootsie roll waiting to happen, and that dad won't see his son competing in an Ironman competition for a few years still! Needless to say, I had a good time shooting Cooper and chatting with his parents, I had alot of good laughs and in the end, caught some great moments. Here are a few of my faves...

Inspiration

I love affectionate families because they are like little muses to my eye; there's really nothing that needs to be done when they're here but to watch and capture, and in the end I'm left with these beautiful moments and these moving images... I consider it a gift when I have clients come to me and really give in to the comfortable and relaxing environment I provide to just be themselves and interact with each other as they would if they were home together. And I suppose in the end, they are gifting themselves, by allowing me to create memories that will warm their hearts for years to come.

I met Grace and her family not long ago and had the joy of spending some time with Chloe, who's as precious in spirit as she is in photographs. Here are a few of my favorite portraits from this session...









You know, toddlers with bellies are really special... but I'm getting pretty excited about getting to photograph toddlers with newborns very soon!

Little Miss Personality

I met Chloe this morning, and she was such a little doll of a baby. Great big deep eyes, and the cutest little button nose and mouth, she was full of giggles and smiles, and made all these funny faces at me. If I had my camera on a tripod this morning, I still would have gotten a hundred great images of this little girl; she really was little miss personality. But don't take it from me... see for yourself!

The most beautiful eyes I've ever seen

I'm not kidding. I thought about naming this post something like "Warning; beautiful eyes alert!" When Elouan came in with his parents a few days ago the first thing I thought was "Oh, my word, look at those eyes. They're fantastically huge." I'm going to stop going on and on about them and back this up with proof, here....



Just great! And those long curly locks? What a gem! I loved Elouan; he was beautiful, animated, and busting with joy. He gave me a gazillion expressions to capture and really made me laugh with his quirky personality. What more can I ask for? Oh, and he was French, too... which was beautiful, but reminded me a little how quickly my French gets rusty. I'm finding lately my little tricks and tactics are tried & true in English but I have to work on my French rapport with children.

Anyhoo, anyhow, here are some gorgeous photos of this little bird with his parents.




This is him winking at me. Does it get any cuter than that??

Ingrid & John

A year ago I was chatting with my best friend Ingrid and she told me she was thinking it might be time to get pregnant. Low and behold, barely a year later I'm photographing her bump! Time does fly when you're having fun!

I didn't love photographing Ingrid & John just because they're my friends and I love them; I loved shooting them because I love them as a couple. They're so much fun! I got some great romantic shots of them together, but I'm really happy I got some really great fun shots of them having fun together.

Needless to say, I'm dying to meet this baby. I've got a feeling it's a little girl. Whichever it is, this baby is going to be born to the greatest parents, and to the greatest surrogate-auntie-photographer they could ever have. :)

Meet Isabella

I met Isabella and her parents not long ago and caught the baby fever all over again; what girl could resist such a cute little button of a baby?

This little family was so sweet and romantic, here are a few of my favorite shots from our session. Can't you just feel the love pouring out of these new parents??

Cute + Cute = Adorable

Holding a baby is such candy for the heart. So can you imagine how it feels to have an armful of babies?


I can't tell you exactly because I was the girl with the camera, but I can tell you it looks pretty amazing. It's no wonder then how happy these parents were during their session with Owen and Liam. Those two little twins were a joy to be around. Here are a few of my favorite portraits from my shoot with them.

Miracle Baby

I was really touched to find out during my session with Peyton that his parents waited for him for twenty years. Isn't that amazing? He's a little miracle baby. And eyes do not get bigger and bluer than Peyton's! He's a beauty of a baby.






I can't claim to know what it feels like to be a parent yet, but when I look at that first photo of Kosta holding Peyton against him, and see a heart so full, joyful and content, I imagine that this is the portrait of how it feels to be a parent.

I have a confession.

I love disheveled hair on kids! LOVE it! And every time a mom asks me the question "is her hair okay?" I will always, always say yes. You'll never see me fixing hair or giving directions on how to style hair. Because little girl hair is always beautiful, and lovely, no matter where, or how it is.

There! I said it. :)