Another new little one

I have another blog post for later today, or tomorrow, that I'm SO excited about. But I'm also so excited to post this newborn session! You know how newborns come in waves. When I'm pregnant I like to be at the beginning of the newborn wave. It just feels better to be the one who gets to secretly feel so relieved to be done with pregnancy first! I know some people love pregnancy, but I'm not one of them.

Anyway I'm so happy to have gotten to meet this little guy! (That's another huge perk of being a baby photographer - getting to see the babies right away.) He was perfect. I love it when babies mostly sleep, mixed with a really good couple pictures with their eyes open. Congratulations to his family! I hope he's a good sleeper for you. (My constant wish for moms with babies.)

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More stripey jammies

I have a few more jammies pictures I can't resist posting, and I'm only supposed to post one image with my entry below. So here's a few more that I love. I don't take nearly as many pictures of my own kids as I used to. Something to work on this year! Taking out my camera is not only heavy :) but also seems like work - but I'll be kicking myself if I don't start doing a better job recording day-to-day stuff. I love these guys :) :)

Heart - Faces

This is the first time I've participated in the i heart faces contest - and I'm not sure I'm quite in compliance with this portrait. The theme is "Best Face Photo" and the picture has to have been taken during Dec 2009/Jan 2010. I took this of my munchkins on Dec. 30th. They had been wanting "stripey jammies pictures" ever since I took some of their friends in THEIR stripey jammies. (One set of our stripey jammies was missing and took quite awhile to find, mysteriously reappearing in a basket I know I once mentioned should be checked, and fortunately not left in Colorado last summer like we feared!)

So - the theme is not "Best FaceS Photo" - but how cute that their little faces are arranged in a heart shape? You should check http://iheartfaces.blogspot.com/ out - it's a great photography website!





This was taken with my Canon 5D mark II, using window light.

90 degrees and sunny

I'm behind blogging current sessions, but I was looking through old stuff from summer, and these are so fun that I have to post them instead. The older I get the more I realize that I am a SUMMER person. I don't like cold, especially in Albuquerque where we hardly ever get snow so the cold isn't even pretty. (The other seasons here are great! :) ) Looking at these pictures makes me really wish for warm weather....

Another sleepy newborn

I love newborn sessions. I think I say that every time. :) But one of the best parts of my job is coming home and seeing pictures like these!

This session was done at this little guy's house. I tend to do newborn sessions here, in my "studio" (living room), because the light is great and the props are ready at hand. But sometimes it's nice to go to the newborn. There is definitely an art to getting newborns to sleep for portraits... sometimes I just don't have any luck, but he slept really well for long enough. I love the little cocoon, and his grandma had crocheted him a really nice blanket too. I love anything that makes them look soft & snuggley. He is a fourth child (what a Mom he has!) and is so handsome!

Mercurial two-year-old

It's January! I'm still busy! :)

I have a few sessions I'm working on. I'm also re-doing my website - and I have to say, it's so fun. I love website tinkering. I never got around to it last year & it really bugged me to not have current pictures up (that's one reason I love my blog). So this year - major redesign & lots of great - current - pics! It'll be awhile though. And - FYI - prices are going up, coincidentally, when the new website pages go up. So book now if you want the current prices. (Current clients - a coupon will also come to you.)

Some quick grab shots.
Me: "Want to take a hat picture?"
Her: "No! NOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Me: "Okay."
Her: "(thinking about a marshmallow) YESSSS! I DOOOOOOO want to take a hat picture!"
Funny kid.
(And - the stripey shirt - does that look like vintage 70's? Mmmmm-hmmmmm. Once it was mine! Thanks Mom!)

Senior portrait previews

One thing I really like about senior photography is that you get to know them a little bit. This amazing guy is not only a great student, but quite a musician too. I was so happy that he brought his trombone!
















What a nice guy - thanks so much for coming!