Here’s a couple of portraits from a studio session towards the end of 2011. I love doing 6-8 month baby and family portraits in studio. This one was no exception. Good luck to this family who are relocating this month.

 Started this Fall session with light rain and heavy clouds and I even wondered for the first half hour whether I would get any good light to do my work.  Then out of nowhere we got a sunset and I got a family portrait which I can easily say is one of my absolute favorites ever. This family was perfect company so fun and easy going. Still playing catch up with my blogging. I am posting this session online today with snow on the ground outside my window. Makes me feel all warm just looking at all these Fall colors!

I bet a lot of people have a secret new year resolution to be more organized. I confess to being one of those people. I am playing catch up with my portrait session blog. Here’s some from a mini shoot late in 2011. Better late than never with these portraits. Lovely little girl with such a gorgeous hair color. I hope Mom is happy to see these finally posted!

 Mike and I held this session the evening before record October snow here in MA. It was a perfect Fall evening with milky colored sky that often shows up before snow and which produced the best light for photos and did a great job of bringing out the Fall color. We often think of the briliant maple reds and strong yellows as THE Fall colors here in New England. I have to admit though, they are not my choice for environmental portraits. I think the burnished browns and fading orange and bronzes are really the way to go.

We photographed these girls in the Summer. So this Fall session came not too long after the previous shoot. I was a little concerned the girls may not be too interested in spending time with us again so soon after but how wrong was I? They were great ( and Mom too) and every portrait from the session is a keeper!

 This lovely little girl visited me in studio about 4 months ago. She was back for her 8/9 month session and we made use of the great weather outdoors. She came dressed to impress in a family heirloom dress. It made for some beautiful portraits.

 I have always enjoyed photographing the eldest sister in past years. Now she has a sister and I get double the fun at portrait time! Nice session with one of my long standing and valued clients!

 This little guy is the youngest brother of two other children I have previously had the pleasure of photographing. He was also quite a charmenr when he visited me at the studio. I always encourage parents to consider some portraits where babies are bare skin in some way. The 0- 12 months is always such a great time for this.

 Here’s a selection from a recent newborn girl session. Her brother, whom I have photographed a couple of times previously, also came along.  He was gracious enough to hang out with his sister at the start of the session for some brother sister portraits before going off into town to do some exploring with his Aunt. If sibling portraits are part of a newborn shoot it’s best to do them at the start of the session and have someone on hand who can take older children off to a park or cafe whilst the rest of the session takes place. The optimum time for a newborn to visit the studio is around day 5 when baby is happy to sleep for some curled up poses. However we know that is often not possible to schedule. This lovely baby girl came to visit just past the two week stage and she did not sleep for the entire 2  1/2 hours she was with us. I think the trip out was such an adventure she just didn’t want to miss any of the action! When babies decide not to have a snooze we work a lot more on mother baby moments which I think can also be very special.  All in all this was a beautiful session!

 The 4-41/2 month age is a great time to bring babies in studio for a portrait session if they are happy lying on their stomachs. We like to time any session for babies when they are at their most cooperative . If we get about 50 minutes relaxed time before tiredness comes around that’s perfect. If we get more than that we’ll go with it too, even if it’s just a few moments cuddling with Mom! This little guy was a perfect guest in studio.

 Our best laid plans to get this session done prior to everyone taking their vacation proved rather problematic. We were scheduled to photograph outside and it kept on raining. I’d like to say a big thank you to this family for being so flexible and moving this shoot indoors. It worked out beautifully in large part to the happy relaxed kids that showed up. They were wonderful to photograph. It was like having a little bit of sunshine indoors!