I’ll be the first to admit that I am terrible at updating my blog. Before I even realized it, more than six months had passed since sharing any images here. I promise I’ve been busy shooting and busy with life. With three young kids, time gets away from me. When I take a deep breath and look around I realize how much time has past in what seems like a blink of an eye. When I look back at images of my own children from a mere six months ago and look at their sweet faces today, you can clearly see how much time has gone by. Faces are slimmer, teeth are wigglier, shoes are tighter, pants are shorter, walking becomes more steady, etc. Just look at these images.
This sweet face will be ONE soon.
Here she is just 11 months ago…less than 24 hours old…
Here she is at about 2.5 months old…
And, here she is just a few weeks ago on a lovely spring afternoon. Look at how she’s changed. This sweet girl and her family will be relocating soon. I’ll miss seeing her change in person.
I am making a promise to myself to share more and blog more. Cheers to keeping my promise!!!
Sometimes to get a child to focus on me and my camera, I ask them to tell me what they see inside my lens. Do they see their favorite super hero? Do they see their favorite movie character? Most times it works like a charm and I get their attention and a natural expression.
Sometimes though it goes a little something like this…
He’s still pretty cute though, don’t ya think?! He told me he saw Spiderman.
I had a great time with this family. The colors they wore were fantastic! We spent an early morning walking around one of their favorite parks. They wanted their session to be at a place where they shared many memories together as a family. I think the mission was accomplished. We captured great images of them being a family in one of their favorite places.
that you want remember the most. The way they wrinkle their tiny little nose, hold their tiny little hands, suck on their tiny little fingers or even the way they move their tiny little feet. It’s all the small details that you hope you’ll always remember, but if you’re like me, you just seem to forget. It’s not on purpose, but rather a consequence of every day life and those memories from their tiniest days just seem to disappear.
When I photograph babies, I always try and capture those tiny details to help preserve them. So years later–when the images are viewed–a smile will come over Mom and Dad’s face when they say “Remember when he did that ALL the time!”. And, if you’re like me, you’ve almost forgotten and those images of those tiny details bring those moments right back from the past. Those kinds of moments make you feel warm and fuzzy. Babies grow SO fast and you don’t want to forget any of the small details.
This little man was already one month old when I got my hands on him, but just the same, he was AWESOME! Best blue eyes and small details to capture. Years from now when he’s running up and down the long hallway in his house, his parents will smile when they remember these small details.
your BFF from high school? I sure do. The laughing, the inside jokes, the sleep overs, the trips to the mall, the late night phone calls (probably texts now), the deep conversations, and the us-against-the-world feeling. I had pictures taken with a BFF when I was in high school and I still have them to this day. It’s such a special time of life that you don’t appreciate till it’s gone.
I had the opportunity to spend time with these BFFs. We had a great time–I laughed at them laughing at their inside jokes. Best friends are connected and I think you can see that in these images. I hope for these special young ladies, that twenty years from now (I’m sure they can’t even imagine being that OLD!) they will look at these images and remember that BFF feeling.
Thanks girlies for bringing me back to my high school BFF days.
When I met up with this family, this little dude was just starting to sit up. It’s such a cute phase that babies go through. I love watching them try to balance. It’s one of the first stages of independence and adds so much to their budding personality. I had such a great time getting to know this little guy.
“A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost” Marion C. Garrretty
These silly sisters had a great time when we were together. They couldn’t stop giggling every time they created their own “poses”!
I caught the above shot when I was working with Mom and Dad. Oldest sister was taking great care of youngest sister by keeping her warm and cozy on the blanket. Wonder what they were chatting about?
They don’t know it yet, but this little sweetie and my daughter are going to be BFFs. This little darling recently turned six months old and couldn’t be any cuter.
These boots were worn nearly everyday for the last 18 months, by my now 5-year-old son. What I love is that he wore these boots rain or shine, hot or cold, pants or shorts and never batted an eye. There is nothing cuter or funnier than a child in the dead of summer in a tank top, shorts and cowboy boots.
I will always remember these boots and how he wore them proudly without even realizing that he just “might” look silly in someone else’s eyes. My hope for him is that he’ll never realize that he “might” look silly to someone else and always, always proudly wear his boots.
I had the opportunity to shoot these cuties for their second birthday. It was an unusually chilly day for the time of year, but that didn’t stop these two! Chasing after one two-year-old is tough, chasing after twins will wear you out. My hat is off to their Mama.
From this…
To this…
To finally this…
Watching babies grow in the first 12 months of life is amazing. They change so much. What’s even more amazing is capturing the change with a camera and being able to see it again and again. So many times parents are caught up in the caregiving of their small child they don’t see that change as much as an outsider. These parents will always be able to see those changes in these images and remember how they felt at each stage of their little one’s First 12 Months. How awesome!
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