In contrast, this little guy was wide awake for much of this newborn session.  This is quite typical when babies visit me around the 2-3 week age. One of my favorite images from the session is the first portrait here. It was actually a test shot to check lighting but I happen to like the form of it.  It was great meeting the whole family and the studio is currently working on some super portrait prints for the family.

Family session with adorable 6 month old.

Individual Portraits of A Delightful 9 Year Old Girl. These were part of a family session.

I am presently working on preparing prints from these two sessions. Here’s my favorite picks from the two shoots.

More recent studio session previews to follow.

I was glad we could squeeze in this newborn session the day before Christmas Eve. This beautiful little baby girl was just two weeks old. At holiday time children show us the joy of the season in many ways. What could be more joyful than the arrival of a new baby. I hope this family had a wonderful Christmas together.

We have been taking a break from the studio this past week so we can spend this special time with our kids. Mike and I worked hard to get holiday orders to people right up to Christmas Eve and we are back now preparing outstanding proof galleries and working on print orders. For those families waiting on orders or galleries we will be in contact early in the new year.

We would like to send our clients our very best wishes for 2011. We look forward to seeing some of you again for your portraits in the new year.

Here’s a snapshot of a newborn/family shoot from last week. I like to work on specific baby poses for newborn sessions but sometimes there are unplanned moments that make the most intimate special portraits. The first one is just this. I love this image!

It was great seeing this family again. I photographed the eldest boy when he was a newborn. He’s now growing up into one supercute energetic guy. His little brother was not on for sleeping during this session. I guess there was too much going on to interest him. I think these two brothers are going to form quite a partnership!

This lovely six week old boy was a visitor to my studio last week. Although we couldn’t focus on the typical newborn shots ( first two weeks of life) it was still a great chance to capture some memories. He was awake for the whole session and showed himself to be a very mellow little guy!

These 8 month old twins were certainly great company in studio recently. They kept us busy and we had lots of fun. Mom and dad are currently enjoying viewing their proof gallery from this session. Our blog posts are a little behind schedule as we are presently working hard to fulfill our clients holiday print orders. We are still booking session this month but unfortunately cannot have portraits ready for the holidays.

This was my third session with this little girl. The quote, “Third Time Lucky” sprung to mind as I was typing this entry. Really though, I never need luck when photographing this little girl. She’s really super to be around.  She rather felt like asserting her independence in studio this time. A sign she’s growing up I think! We got some smiles from her though. The second portrait was taken whilst we played a little game of peepo. I like playing games with toddlers. Although when I have to take photographs at the same time I always wish I had four hands.

When booking baby portrait sessions I always encourage parents to be in some of the portraits even if they were not planning to. Mom and Dad to this lovely girl wanted to have baby portraits taken.  However I had to ask them to be in more of the portraits than planned as that was when their daughter was the happiest. It worked out well.

Here’s a preview of a very adorable boy who came to my studio recently. The proof gallery for Mom is on it’s way.

It was a pleasure taking this family’s portraits. The 6 month old daughter did herself proud. She was quite the star. I used a rich red brocade as a backdrop for a few portraits. It made for a nice seasonal feel to the images. The little girl was so good we even popped her into one of my new tutus for the last shots of the session. I’m glad we did!