Baby girls! - {Albuquerque baby photography}

I have met the most darling babies lately! I love baby portraits any day, and all of the babies I've met lately have been especially fun.  This little girl below was a little serious, but we still got plenty of smiles.  (And I like some serious portraits too!)  She just turned one year old - happy birthday!
















I met this darling little girl a year or so ago when her daddy came home from Iraq.  Now she is 2 years old and full of personality!  (Oh, she was last time too!)  Her mom had specially ordered this headband and hat, she got 2 year old portraits from a friend from out of state, but so sadly the memory card was lost!  She got a few portraits but wanted some more.  Her daughter was so perfect, it took maybe 10-15 minutes and we got all kinds of great pictures.  Thanks for coming! :)

Soccer senior - {Albuquerque senior photographer}

I met this gorgeous senior a couple of weekends ago. She actually came from Gallup for senior pictures, and I really enjoyed meeting her. I have a. lot. of pictures for her that I love. I had a hard time narrowing down what to post (which you may notice here).

We did some studio pictures inside first. She is a soccer player - I love it when seniors bring sports equipment or props. And I love soccer especially so I was really happy with these.














And then we went outside - I was nervous that it would be freezing cold, we've had such variable winter weather, but it was totally fine. It was a lot of fun - she is (as you can tell) really photogenic! And Old Town is nice any time of year. All of this adds up to... oh my, 175 proofs. That may be my record for seniors. :)












Thanks so much to this amazing girl & her mom - it was great to meet you!

Dress-up vintage princess

Today my daughter put on her "pioneer princess" dress. She wears this dress every day that she can (I make her take a break sometimes so I can wash it). I was doing a session anyway, and I couldn't resist some antique portraits of her. She even wore her cowgirl boots, which is as authentic as it gets for us. The dress is actually vintage 1970's - my mom saved a few fun dresses from when I was little.

Newborn princess with some fun props!

If you know me, you know that I love newborn photography. This session was (of course) no exception. This little girl is one week old here, and I loved getting to meet her & her mom. Her mom was so much fun - she had a bunch of really great photography ideas, she brought some great props, and then... the baby was not sleepy. I can always get babies to sleep eventually, and she did sleep, but she never slept very deeply and never really relaxed. I was still really happy with what we got - I love these pictures. But the moral of the story is that you never know what you'll get with newborns. :)

One year old princess - {Albuquerque baby photographer}

This little girl turns 1 year old on Saturday, so she came for birthday portraits. I loved her darling pink outfits, bows, and I love high-key photography so the whole session was a blast. Her mom was awesome :) - she worked so hard to get some really good smiles. Usually I'm dancing around like a maniac with toys on my head, but her mom did all the work this time (and the baby wasn't very interested in me anyway). So we did a little bit of everything, and ended up with a bunch of really great portraits.



I loved her special bear. I love pictures with special animals, blankets, etc. (My kids have TONS of extra-special things to keep track of.)

Newborn baby boy - {Albuquerque newborn photography}

I am so happy for this really nice family - their second son was born just 2 weeks ago. He was one of the most mellow newborns I've ever gotten to work with. He slept for a little while at the beginning, but then he was awake for the rest of the time. He was happy and laid back the whole time, so I never tried to get him back to sleep. I really enjoyed him - what a sweet little personality he has. He had a cute little furrowed brow a bunch of the time - obviously he's very thoughtful! :)

First birthday cupcake - {Albuquerque baby photography}

Well, it's been a long time since I managed to post anything. Now I'm out of the habit! I worked some insanely long hours, almost finished everything before the holiday, and then we had a nice long Christmas trip to visit my parents. I was ready for a good photography break :) - but now I'm back and ready to work. (And I'm going to lose my google rankings if I don't start posting again!)

While we were in Colorado, my cousin brought his darling little girl up for her 1 year old pictures. She was DARLING - I loved getting to see her again. It was a little tricky to do portraits in my mom's dark house :) without any of my favorite light modifiers. But they brought one of her favorite chairs, which was so much fun. And the baby was perfect.











The baby was doing a great job of standing up by herself... then she took her first steps and walked to her mom! First steps on camera! I wish I'd managed to switch to video, but I always forget about that when things move fast. I did get some cute pictures.




And she got to eat a cupcake too - she wasn't super enthusiastic about it but she seemed to like the frosting. :)





I was so happy to get to spend a little time with my cousin & his family! Thanks for driving up & sharing your daughter with me! :)