Summer vacation days - {Albuquerque family photography}

On the first day of September, I feel like reliving my summer vacations! We had a great time visiting family in Colorado.  It was sooooooo beautiful there - everything was green and lush.  (It was hard to come back to dry dusty Albuquerque!) 

I'm so lucky to have such gorgeous nieces and nephews.  This is my youngest niece, my youngest brother's daughter.  It's so fun to have a baby around!  A baby in a meadow... I wish I had a meadow here! 












Before we headed up the slopes we had some fun in town.  My brother had a summer job driving the Kona truck and we all enjoyed that.


We love to eat breakfast out on the porch - my daughter loved the butterflies warming themselves in the morning sun.


We tried so hard to catch a fish.  They jumped, splashed, and totally taunted us, but nobody even got a bite.




My kids created this delicious treat - it's a food sculpture of a campfire.  Mmmmmm.


We love the little pool.  It was pretty busy until our big group showed up - then, surprisingly, everyone else left!  They left us to do all the splashing, and lollipop-eating, ourselves.

Baby's First Year - three month old session - {Albuquerque baby photography}

Welcome to my newest "baby plan" friend! This darling little guy is three month old and I loved meeting him. He was all smiles and really sweet personality.  And don't you just love his hair!  I love seeing babies over their first year - they change so much and it's amazing to get to record some of that.  Often I start with newborn portraits, but it's good to know that it's not too late to start recording your baby's first year even if you don't get around to getting portraits when he or she is brand new.













I have a bunch more baby pictures, 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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Senior portraits *in* the river - {Albuquerque senior photography}

It's senior portraits time again!  I loved getting to meet this gorgeous senior, my first of the year.  She had the perfect location picked out (thanks for the tip!), brought a friend, and we had a great evening.  It was hot & sticky out, but she looked beautiful throughout - photoshop didn't even have to take off any shine... I don't know how she pulled it off! :)

She told me she really likes sepia-toned pictures, so I did a few here.





I love sunflowers - I've had a hard time finding them this year! 














I hadn't been to this spot on the river before.  It's a little deeper than I usually use, but that didn't slow her (or her friend) down a bit.  She got a little wet...




and then really wet. :)  I love it - water makes everything more fun!




If you're interested in a senior portrait session you can call or email me - I'd love to talk!

I love doing sessions at parks like this one, but for lots of other session locations, see this blog page here.

Five days old - {Albuquerque newborn photography}

This little guy was only 5 days old when he came for newborn portraits.  (I think!)  He was so darling and sleepy - I think he slept almost the whole time.  In fact I usually get some pictures of newborns awake, and this time I don't think that happened.  I was so happy that his mom called right away after he was born.











It was a beautiful afternoon, and I actually have shade in my yard in the afternoon.  I love taking newborns outside. :)






Her dad is Irish - I love it when parents have props that mean something to them.


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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A summer evening in the bosque - {Albuquerque family photography}

If you know me at all, you know that we spend a lot of time and energy on our favorite sport, soccer. Now, some of that time & energy is spent watching soccer on TV. :) (We discovered espn3 replays online!) But a lot of it is spent at soccer practice and games for our *THREE* soccer players. (My youngest starts this fall.) We so much appreciate their coaches, and all the time and effort they put into the great teams that our kids get to play with.

This is one of our coach's family - they are tons of fun and I loved going to the bosque with them. Their girls are beautiful, photogenic, and had lots of great posing ideas. :)  (And great at soccer too!)















I guess they traditionally have a jumping picture - one of my favorite sorts of pictures -







If you're interested in more information about a family photography session, my website has lots of info about how I do sessions. Or you can call or email me if you have questions or would just like to chat about it.

I love doing sessions in the bosque, but for lots of other session locations, see this blog page here.