For A Moment Photography

Make the Time

This lil' guy really made my day!  I am so lucky I got to do his newborn photos because it almost didn't happen. His parents were not 100% sure they were going to do them.  Then I had a scheduling conflict and almost said I was too busy to do them.  Long story short his parents decided yes, I decided yes and we (I think I can speak for all involved) had a great time.

And being with him and his family was just what I needed.  His parents and I have a common friend who sadly passed on today.  It's been a very emotional time for all who knew David and felt his kindness...  Jessica spoke about David and how he had just recently stopped her and reminded her to, just stop~ slow down.  And today's session was that for me, stop being busy with "stuff" and slow down for people in my life...

My job is one that allows me to share or become apart of some of the most monument moments in peoples lives.  I am so grateful for that.  My job is a privilege and I love that I get to connect with people that I may otherwise never know in such a personal level...  The photos are pretty but the love in this lil' family (and my other families) is what makes the photos so special.

 

 

Yankee Baby?

Daddy's Sweet Baby Girl.

Love it!

Yesterday I had another newborn photo session.  Lil' Miss Ella was such a sweetie but she wasn't exactly excited to work with me.  I usually am pretty proud of my ability to calm a crying baby.  Miss Ella really wanted nothing to do with me, but once with Mom and Dad she calmed quickly.  I guess that shouldn't be too surprising.  Taking her outside worked well too and we were able to snap these sweet photos...  

As you may know I am a Red Sox's fan.  So I wasn't exactly thrilled to see the pinstripe uniform come out, but I was able to contain myself and take the photo.  Right after I snapped this shot she started crying so I'm pretty sure Daddy's little girl is a Sox's fan too!

 

Sweet Dreams

 

 

 

Today I photographed a beautiful baby girl and her family.  She is just a tiny thing, 5lbs. 5oz. and 100% adorable.  In the beginning she put up a little bit of a fight but after her first sitting she pretty much slept for the rest of the session.  Not only was she such a good model but she smiled a lot too, good dreams I guess.

We spent a lot of the session outside, I love photographing thick green grass.  Plus babies really seem to enjoy being outdoors and the weather right now is perfect.  It was warm enough that we didn't even worry about her being cold and I was able to photograph her for longer periods of time. 

It was great photographing Brinley and I'm looking forward to photographing her cousin (due in two days) in the upcoming weeks.  We are hoping to get a few photos of the newborn cousins together, cross your fingers they cooperate.  What a sweet photo that would be.

 

 

Angel Babies

Happy 1st. Birthday!

last year.

My lil' Angel, second session today. 

 

Holy smokes I've had some fun sessions this week!  It's day three of Spring Break and I'm three sessions in. Thank goodness I love my work, my clients and my camera.  I was so lucky to photograph two sweet girls today.  

Lil' Miss Mia was the first session of the day.  I first photographed her as a newborn, that was a fun session.  I can't believe it's already been a year!  I'm glad I was apart of marking this first year for her family.  She's totally adorable and I'm jealous that her Mom is able to get bows in her hair...

My second session was with my sweet niece, she is 5 months old today.  We had planned a different photo (her awake) and as I was grabbing the props, she fell asleep (in my arms- sigh).  So next thing you know we have this lovely sleeping cherub angel.  I love one the photo but wish I could of gotten proof of her beautiful blue eyes.  I was wishing for them.  I'm sure we'll have plenty of time to do just that.

 

 

 

Sweet Tea & Sweet Peas

Cam's birthday tea party.

one year ago.

That's my girl.

Today we had a lil' tea party for Cam's first birthday!  I was lucky enough to photograph her as a newborn and loved the chance to photograph her again.  She is obviously so adorable, walking, talking and enjoying exploring all the things around her.  She has the most delicate features and such a sweet demeanor that just makes her so kissable!   

We had thought to add Presley in the tea party but she wasn't very interested.  So as I was snapping away she walked over to our car.  Both Stephanie and I tried to get her to join us, she said, she'd be a minute.  Then the next thing we know she comes walking over in Mommy's shoes (they were in the car).  We were both shocked on how well she walked in them!  

I quickly snapped as many photos as I could imagining she would hop out of them quickly, not the case.  I had to finally talk her out of them (um, those are Mommy's expensive heels).  But not before she came back from the car with my glasses on!  She is totally a girly girl which I have to admit is exciting for me.  I don't imagine she'll have shoes like this anytime soon.  And if she takes after Daddy she'll have no need for the extra height.    

 

 

Happy Jack

What a pleasant surprise today turned out to be.  On Friday I had new clients schedule a newborn session for today.  I was a little concerned things wouldn't go smoothly since it was scheduled on short notice.  Thankfully the session went very well, a lot of it had to do with how relaxed- Dad, Mommy and Baby all were.  

I really enjoyed myself and so did Mr. Jack, he was such a good boy.  He did fuss a little but didn't cry much and put up with a lot.  Mom was very much at ease and her adoration for her little guy was obvious.  The photo of the two of them above turned out so naturally.  I just let the two of them chat a bit and this was the result...  He's less then 2 weeks old and think he's going to be a pretty happy guy with the parents he picked.   

 

 

Beautiful Boy

Seriously so cute

 

Military Man

Uncle's hat

 

 

This weekend I was truly honored to photograph Beautiful Baby Christopher...  Christopher is named after his Uncle, who I never had the chance to  meet.  I did however write about his passing in my blog several months ago, he lived in my neighborhood.  You can read the post here. 

Since then I have come to realize Chris's brother Tony and my brother are friends.  And when Tony asked that I photograph his baby boy I was very excited,  I think nervous is a better word.  I personally felt a greater responsibility and wanted them to love their photos...  I'm still editing the photos and I'm very excited for them to see them all.  

I always buy one new prop for each session and chat with the parents to find out more about them.  Tony let me know he would like a photo with Baby Christopher in his brother's beanie.  I also asked him to bring some military stuff (he was in the service) to see if we could work it in.  I did buy a baby cradle but we didn't get around to using it.  But I think we got photos of the stuff that mattered.

 

Just a Wee One

 

   

Today I was very happy to do a newborn session with the youngest baby to date!  Lil' Gavin is five days old and, he happens to be my nephew.  My twin brother's little guy.  I was so happy to be able to photograph Gavin at such a young age.  I know his parents were very tired but I think they will enjoy the photos of their tender baby boy.

 

Beach Beads & Babes

 

 

 

Ahh, yes I still have more beach photos.  These photos are from the last day on the beach.  Presley wanted her hair braided, we agreed to have a few braids.  I'm not sure I would let her do it again, it took days to talk her out of them.  She does look very sweet with them...

We were with five families in Mexico, lots of kids.  We had briefly talked about doing photos on the beach at sunset.  With that many people it can be tricky, a little planning is required...  Well on that last night we got a little tied up with dinner and made a quick decision to head to the beach (downstairs).  No plan... 

As you could imagine it was a little crazy.  All the kids had been bathed and all they wanted was to head to the water.  With five different families we had 10 different parents try to control their kiddos.  You can pretty much tell where their parents are standing by where they are looking!  I think we were down there for 20 minutes and it was slightly chaotic and 100% fun...  I'm not sure how enjoyable the sunset was for the other people around us.  We came thru like a tornado! 

   

My Mama...

 

The coolest part of blogging and creating videos with my photography is people think about me more.  What I mean by that is if they run across something they think I will like because they've read/seen my stuff they send it to me.  It's great because there is so much cool stuff out there I'm unaware of!  

Had a dear friend (thanks Lisa) send this song to me because if reminded her of things I had wrote about Presley.  Well as soon as I saw the clip, I downloaded it on iTunes and created a slideshow with my photos.  The slideshow has mostly photos of Presley and I.  I added a few of my favorite shots of my Mommy clients with their baby girl...  There are two photos of my Mom and one of my Grandmother...  

I love the words to the song!  My nickname as a child was "bird or birdy" and the last words are, "and she'll fly away".  I believe that as parents we raise our kids to leave us.  I want to prepare Presley for the outside world that will not always be the warm safe place I hope home is.  It's our hope (her Daddy and mine) we do what is right for her which is sometimes in conflict with what we want.  I'm not sure how we are doing but one day too soon we'll know.  If I do my job right she'll have the security of knowing we (her parents) will never leave...  I'm a sap I know but I'm her Mom, I'll only say that once in my life. 

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