Sunday, September 16, 2012

I have never seen a newborn smile like this before!

Last week I met this baby girl. I think she was 10 days old. If you are a mom or you know anything about babies, you know that they don't smile until they are about 2 months old.  They are totally sweet, and they will smile in their sleep - I love it when I can catch a sleeping smile when I'm doing newborn portraits.  And sometimes they will even smile when they're awake, but it's fleeting.  This baby girl was DIFFERENT - she smiled all the time!  She just looks so happy and fun, and I found myself smiling right back at her the whole time.  I meet quite a few newborns, and I've never met one with a personality like this - her parents are in for such a good time!

 Professional portrait of a very happy newborn baby in Albuquerque

She wasn't very interesting in sleeping for us, but we did get her to sleep for a little while.  We were glad that we had plenty of time allocated for her session, because it wasn't easy. :)
Professional photo of a newborn baby's eyelashes

Professional photo of a sleeping newborn baby in Albuquerque

But waiting for the baby to sleep is always worth it.
Professional photo of a sleeping newborn baby in Albuquerque

Professional portrait of a sleeping newborn baby in Albuquerque

Professional portrait of a sleeping newborn with her head on her hands

It didn't last long, but who cares, when she will smile like this - awake!
Professional portrait of a smiling newborn baby in Albuquerque

Professional portrait of a smiling newborn baby in Albuquerque

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Professional portrait of a newborn baby being held by her parents' hands

*I admit* - this is a fake, she just blinked, she's not sleeping... but I thought it was sweet.
Professional portrait of a newborn baby being held by her parents' hands

Congratulations to this really nice family - I loved meeting you all!  I hope she sleeps a lot more for you at home than she did here :) - and I hope she is fun & smiley like this her whole life!
Professional portrait of a family with their newborn baby in Albuquerque

I have a bunch more newborn sessions, along with some info on my baby plan options, on this blog page - check it out!

I offer four different options for baby photography collections. If you are interested for yourself, or if you have a friend or family member you might like to gift a collection to, I have an online magazine with more information that you might like to see. You can send me your email address below and I will email you a link right away.

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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

More country wedding - the whole story

One of my favorite things about wedding photography is getting to tell the story of the day.  I posted a few images from this beautiful country wedding a little while ago, and now that I'm done with everything, I want to post an overview of the day.  I wasn't there all day, but I arrived at the ranch, a ways south of Gallup, in time to catch the bride before she was done getting ready.  Wedding days go by in the blink of an eye - even for the photographer :) - and it's such an honor to get to capture these memories.

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Thank you and best wishes to the happy couple!