Return clients make me so happy. When they enter my studio I feel as if I am meeting with a dear friend. And it is so wonderful to hear about all what has happened in their lives since I last saw them. This beautiful mother came to me a few years ago for a newborn session for her son. And now here we are working together again during a newborn session for her precious daughter! She was perfectly sleepy during her session, letting me try on several hats and bows, and to pose her peacefully. I love the images from this session and hope you enjoy them as well:)

Just a reminder that those booking certain newborn packages will also receive a complimentary mini beauty maternity session, complete with makeup application and hair styling:)

1 Year Cake Smash sessions are one of my favorites! Sometimes its a baby returning to me after their newborn or 6 month session. And sometimes its a baby who is brand new for me. In either case, these sessions are fun and precious and yield priceless portraits to tell your child’s story! Right now 1 Year photo shoots are available as a package that includes the short session and 15 fully-edited and careful retouched digital files, delivered electronically and ready for you to print. The package is currently being offered at $500.

I first photographed this princess when she was a newborn and was thrilled to see her happy smiling face again!
Enjoy!

Some time ago a fellow photographer and friend asked me to participate in a collaborative with other photographers from across the country. Each photographer would submit one image for inclusion in a online publication. There were no rules behind the project and we could create our image in any way we saw fit. We were only given a theme…..fairy.

I decided I wanted to create a studio image that reflects my style of beauty photography. I enlisted the help of my lovely daughter as my model and my makeup and hair goddess, Amy Schaming to help create our fairy look. Riley was a wonderful model and Amy’s work was other-wordly! It was a fabulous exercise in imagination and creativity. Here is the image we submitted to the publication, plus a few other favorites and a closer look at Amy’s incredible work.

Please check out the publication and the work of all the other photographers who worked so hard to submit such beautiful images!

And if you love this theme, you should really check out my friend Heather Larkin’s work at fairyography.com! I had the great pleasure of visiting her in Athen’s last summer. She is not only an extremely talented photographer, but a kind and caring person with a beautiful spirit:)

That may seem an odd title for a blog post. But it makes sense when you learn this is baby number 10 for this big happy family! I am so happy to have returned to this family’s home. I have now photographed babies nine and ten and love working with this beautiful family.

You may have noticed a lot of studio newborn sessions on my blog lately. And I love working in my studio but am still available for in-home sessions as well. Enjoy these images of this beautiful gift:)