Posts about recent newborn, baby and family sessions, tips and photo session fyis.
This is one of my most favorite recent baby sessions – I loved everything about it! Baby M. was 6 months old at the time, and could sit unsupported for short periods of time, so we did a combination of sitting, tummy time and mommy-and-me shots. M. is such a beautiful little lady, and her grandma brought along some special outfits and headbands for the session – oh, how I love working with little girls! We got lots of smiles and grins, she is just so gorgeous!
In an effort to catch up with blogging and posting photos from recent sessions, here is one of my favorite sessions from this year. This mommy brought her gorgeous newborn baby girl from Ashburn to my McLean studio, and – oh, be still, my heart!
Oh, wow, this is a long post, so many gorgeous photos to share! This was, by the way, a very simple session – three beanbag fabrics – white fur, black, and brown. And turned out so amazing! Also, I know I posted this earlier, but I thought I’d repost on here again – here is a look at wall art collages and arrangement I work up for my clients – makes me want to order all of them
Photos look totally different when presented as collages or wall art and give clients a great idea what to order without any guess work.
This one is my absolute favorite!!! The client ordered this as a large wall arrangement, and so did I – the studio sample is now up in my McLean studio wall – come see what a 30 by 40 canvas looks like (and see for yourself that an 8×10 or even 16×20 is really tiny). But, jokes aside, I do custom rotations, touch ups, wrap arounds to make sure pictures go well together, canvases have perfectly wrapped around edges, and the sizing is right for everything.
Phew! One long post – thanks for sticking with me!
This morning I had the privilege to photograph three sweet, beautiful newborn baby boys who came to my McLean studio from Falls Church; let me tell you – it was a marathon of feeding, burping, rocking, soothing and posingWhat an amazing experience, and I am sooooooo in awe of this family! Hope to see these little guys for their 1-year photos next year!
Meet newborn triplets D., H., and J.
My three-year-old Ryan is a huge fan of “Puff the Magic Dragon”. He knows all the words to the song, loves it at bedtime, “reads” the book with me every day and generally speaks of Puff as a good friend. Amazingly, for his age, he understands the entire story and a few days ago he talked about how Puff was so sad because Jackie wouldn’t come to play with him any more, and Puff was so lonely! Well, I got my little man a surprise – a huge stuffed “Puff”, and I wanted to make Puff’s arrival very special. So, this Monday I stole Rye-Rye for a few hours and took him to the studio “on an adventure to meet Puff”!!!
We read “Puff” and talked about his home Honalee, and decided to make a “home” for him with us, so we could be his friends and he wouldn’t be lonely any more. Rye loved the idea and decided that Puff loved the sun, clouds, the ocean, and boats. So, off we went to create a “welcoming” new home for Puff. First, we made the sun and some clouds.
Then we made the ocean. I didn’t have enough supplies (especially glue) at hand to make a boat, so he just drew one.
Then I had Rye look through a spyglass to be on the lookout for Puff – Puff was coming!
In the meantime, I got Puff out of a special hiding spot and… Oh my God! I have never seen a happier little boy in my life! Seriously! I almost cried watching Ryan play with Puff!
From what I hear, Puff is no longer lonely, he lives “happily ever after with a new family”, and has “lots of friends to play with” and “everyone loves him”!
Today, I had my first newborn session at the new studio, and, oh my! I got to meet an absolutely gorgeous almost-4 week old baby girl, and she was such a pleasure to photograph! I am in love with this sneak peek, and I can’t wait to show Mom, Dad and baby E’s big brother and sister photos from the session! Thanks for coming over today, N. and M.!
I love this…..what a doll baby!!!!! So sweet!
Just look at this gorgeous little man! And can you believe he is only 4 months old? I am so happy his mommy and daddy drove out to see me for his baby pictures – he was super adorable and happy during the session, made my day!
So cute – love that little sweater too. Gorgeous
Ready for my big news?
This has been a couple of months in the making and I’ve been dreaming it up for quite some time. Over the last year, I felt like my photography work has outgrown the current home photo studio arrangement and I am in need of a bigger, permanent, professional studio space! Today everything finally came together!
This morning I signed a lease for a space to open my own professional photography studio in McLean VA. It will be located in the heart of McLean, in McLean Professional Park, and will offer full studio services for pregnancy, newborn, baby, children and family photos. It is conveniently located for all my Northern Virginia clients within and outside of the Beltway, in a beautiful professional community that caters to small businesses like mine. Besides the photography studio space, the suite offers full amenities, including a kitchen, a bathroom (with a shower), and free wifi.
I am soooo excited! I’ll be moving in next week and will be ready to welcome my first clients in early February!!!
[...] the arrival of my new studio space next week, I am happy to announce that I am resuming my commercial, stock work and will be taking on a [...]
There are so many amazing aspects to being a professional photographer (and a few not so amazing ones, like crunching numbers at tax time, yuck!)! I love making lasting connections and working with clients over time and capturing how their beautiful lives develop, I love meeting new people (especially new families, with new babies!), I love being able to capture their special moments and knowing that all my heart and soul I put into shooting and editing each and every session will bring lasting joy to my clients as desk prints, digital photos they may share with long-distance friends and relatives, and as wall art.
Living in the digital age, having a vast collection of digital photos on our computer or cell phone is a part of our daily lives. We all want those digital photos, we all love having them and occasionally going through them to re-live some of the wonderful and memorable moments. Unfortunately, for many of us (myself including), our digital photos mostly “collect dust”, so to speak, on our hard drives. One amazing and rewarding part of my job is knowing that my clients can get beautiful wall art for their homes, which they can enjoy every day!!!
As my husband put it the other day, pointing to the extensive collection of large canvases with our family photos throughout our home, “these canvases make our lives so much better”! I know exactly what he means! Seeing canvases of beautiful photos of our family and our kids every day is a reminder of how much we love each other, how happy we are, and what’s important in life (which may be easy to forget some days in all daily grind that comes with having two little kiddos). I see smiling faces of my boys, and I sit down and play and snuggle with them instead of doing daily chores, answering emails or nagging them to clean up toys. Wall art is a daily reminder of happy times, and inspiration for the beautiful future we’ll build together!
A vast majority of my clients want to see proofs of collages and wall art to get an idea of how their pictures go together and what they may look like in their homes. Working with clients on fine tuning these collages and wall arrangements and then delivering final product to them is absolutely one of my favorite parts of my job! So, I thought I’d share some of my most recent work showcasing wall arrangements to a client:
You are quite right we all want those digital photos; we all love having them and occasionally going through them to re-live some of the wonderful and memorable moments. Photography is a great thing in human’s life for keeping special occasions as a photograph; everyone can decorate their homes with their photograph after converting onto wall art. You have added here great informative post about the wall art with attractive photographs. Tanks for sharing this interesting blog post.
Thought I’d try to catch up on some of my blogging and post some of my favorites from a newborn session I did at a client’s home in Arlington, VA. The interesting thing about this session was that this adorable baby was such a light sleeper during the session that he startled and woke up every time I moved or touched him. It’s absolutely natural – some babies are just light sleepers, and some might be having an “off” day. Nevertheless, Baby Boy let me do some beautiful shots; poses were of his choice as he was really comfortable on his back but refused to pose on his tummyThe little man was absolutely adorable though and Mom loved the photos!
I finally got to meet beautiful baby L. today! “Finally” because our session was originally scheduled for last weekend, but got moved. Baby L. was quite alert for almost the first two hours of the session (and I was already getting worried about getting some of the “sleepy” shots Mom and Dad really wanted), and then magically went to sleep and let me get some beautiful shots!
One of my all time favorite baby girl pictures – love the pink!
And one more of Baby L. with a beautiful headband her Mommy found in my prop stash and wanted to use:
I photographed this handsome newborn baby boy a couple of months ago and am just now getting around to posting a couple of my favorites from the session. I have been so busy keeping up my regular workflow and moving into the new studio that I barely have time to post sneak peeks. Fortunately, I am getting a small break this week – I am all caught up on client orders (the last three of my client orders went out in today’s mail, phew!), I have no sessions until this Sunday (my first newborn client at the new studio! woohoo!). So, I have time to do some blogging!
Meet baby J from Alexandria. J. was born quite a bit before his due date and had to spend some time getting strong, so by the time I met him he was not a “new” newborn. A few weeks old, J did really well during the session and I am so happy Mom and Dad decided to still do his newborn photos!
Today I photographed my first newborn of 2013! Yay! Mr. M. was wonderful to photograph and such a happy mellow little man too! It was double wonderful to meet him “in person” since I did a “mini” maternity session for his mommy and daddy a few weeks ago. Mr. M. is moving from Alexandria to Ashburn, and I am so happy his Mommy and Daddy braved squeezing a newborn photo session in their busy lives! Can’t wait to edit the full gallery – there are tons of sweet, beautiful images!
I met newborn baby A. today for a morning session, and she gets the “best sleeper of the year” award from me! Slept for almost three hours through several prop changes on tummy and back, then for a couple of beanbag poses, and for some family shots! As a newborn photographer, I know how important variety of good poses and colors is to my clients, and I am so happy that we did super well with the photos today. Here are some of my favorites from the session!
Thought I’d blog some of my favorites from a recent newborn session to get back to work after taking a few days off to make Christmas memories with my family. Meet newborn baby girl Z., a Reston local, who did so well during the studio session!
Lovely images of the newborn baby girl !! In particular, I like the one featuring her tiny feet. Seems to take the shape of a heart. It is a very beautiful image. The angle of the shots is perfect, as it enhances the beauty of the newborn baby.
Catching up on my “newborn” blogging (Yay, me!). Meet Baby E. – a sweet 6-day old newborn girl, who looks just like her mommy! E’s mom had a couple of requests for the session – she loved the cranberry-colored fabric, which we used for a lot of posed shots, and she really wanted to use the swing for one of the pictures. Baby E. was so good and slept so well through the session that we also managed to sneak in a shot of her in a colorful ceramic cup (and the cute little chef’s hat – or is it a french beret? – fit in so well with this setup!)
FYI: please note that the cup and the swing shots are composites and were done with utmost consideration for Baby’s safety.
Sharing a few of my favorite newborn portraits from an “at home” photo session I did a couple of months ago in Fairfax, VA.
Mom and Dad wanted me to photograph their Baby Girl in a handmade wood crib made by a relative. It was one of the most gorgeous items families ever asked me to include in the session, and it was big and heavy too! Thankfully, Daddy moved it onto the set for me and it turned out just perfect!
LOVE this shot!
Can’t decide if I like it more in color or black and white!
I am (as always) waaay behind on blogging, so I thought I’d take a break to post a few portraits from a newborn photo session I did a couple of months ago. This newborn baby girl was more than 6 weeks old! I talked to mom extensively about the type of photos she could expect from the newborn session, and we decided to give it a try – and I am so happy we did! It was a studio session for Baby, and I also did a couple of family shots and individual shots with mom and dad, as I always do. I LOVE how the photos turned out!
And a beautiful collage, which looked great as a 20×20!
FYI: I usually recommend doing a newborn session in within the first 7-10 days of life, so Baby is still very sleepy and can be easier posed for the sweet, curled-up, asleep baby shots. After about 3 weeks, babies tend to not curl up as much and stretch out more, they are also much stronger and have a better control of their necks, which makes tummy posing and other types of poses much more difficult. Usually, for “older” newborns (after about 14-20 days), I do a combination of lifestyle shots, family shots and awake shots, and also, depending on Baby’s cooperation, I do some swaddled shots of Baby asleep on her/his back.
I recently photographed a handsome baby boy at his home in Vienna Virginia; I have been meaning to post a sneak peek for Mom and Dad after the session, like I always do, but I got so swamped with all the pre-holiday editing, ordering and shooting that never did get to posting one. So, here is a full post with a lot of my favorite images from the session. Mom is an interior designer and, as you can imagine, their home is beautiful – perfectly designed with beautiful light all around. It was so wonderful to photograph Baby A. and to meet his wonderful Mom and Dad. I love doing “at home” sessions because they give me a “behind the scenes” glimpse into the amazing loving relationship developing between new parents and their new baby!
Here we go, little Mr. A., barely 10 days new
I LOVE black and white, it really helps focus on baby’s features, and black and white photography is really dramatic! Aren’t these beautiful?
I met beautiful newborn twin girls today for a “studio session” (double the set ups and double the rocking and soothing, but so worth it!)! I know Mom and Dad probably can’t wait the final proofs (A HUGE thank you to you guys today for having the patience throughout the entire session), so I am posting a quick “sneak peek” for them. Keeping my fingers crossed they’ll like this one, as well as their gallery!
I traveled to Alexandria, VA, today to meet a beautiful newborn baby girl. R. was so perfect and sweet but did not like being posed for curled up sleepy shots, but I think I got beautiful pictures Mom and Dad will like. Thank you, Mom and Dad, for helping me today, and for being so patient! Thank you, R’s grandpa for helping me out to the car with all my stuff and my heavy suitcase! Meeting wonderful people like you makes my job just so amazing!