Christmas Children

I still have a few photo shoots to post to catch up on this blog, but I had to post these cuz well, they're my kids and I think they are so darn cute!! :)

She was dancing...

Newborn Photography

I have to say, these were my absolute favorite pictures to take! I was kinda nervous beforehand because I had never taken newborn photos before, but I think it turned out so well. Maybe I was just really lucky cuz this little man slept the whole time for us and was super good, and even gave us an occasional smile! It was so fun, and he is just so adorable! :)

We wanted to get some pictures of him with his older brother but he fell asleep on us! I guess I took too long... oops. :) I think these turned out so cute though with them both sleeping!

A Little Cutie

I took these pictures last month of my coworker's little baby boy. He's only a week older than my Claire. :) He was so curious the whole time we were taking pictures, probably wondering what we were all doing surrounding him making funny noises and everything. It was a lot of fun to do these. :)


Finally a smile! :)

My Two Valentines

For the I heart faces challenge I was supposed to take a picture with red in it. These are just a few other pictures I wanted to post cuz they are precious to me. I had an awesome Valentine's Day, I hope everyone else did too. :)

6 months!!

Our little Claire is 6 months old! I can't believe how fast the time has flown, but we are loving every minute of it! :) For those of you who read my family blog also, you know my resolution for this year is to do at least one photo shoot a month. So I have the challenge of finding people to let me take pictures of them! This month and the month of August (when Claire turns one), I have taken care of. Next month though, I have totally open...any takers?? :)

I didn't have a chance to really edit these cuz I only have access to photoshop at work and when work is busy and I only work part time, well yeah... anyway, these are adjusted slightly using the basic image editing program on my computer. Enjoy Claire's 6 month photo shoot! I know there are a lot, but I couldn't decide which ones I liked the best!

Family of Four

Scott's friend from work asked me to take pictures of his family. I was way excited to be taking pictures for a family, and one not related to me either for that matter! I was also super nervous though. Besides some shadows which were caused by the time of day we went, I think these turned out pretty good. I hope they work for them. We tried to be quick, cuz even though it was actually super nice weather, it was still a bit cold for their cute baby!

More of the Little One - 3 Month Pictures

I did these a little while ago, but realized how hard it is to try to take pictures of a baby by yourself. She wouldn't exactly smile at me, she just stared at the big camera in front of my face and looked at me confusedly. So these aren't the best, but oh well. :)

Halloween Fun

So I have to put this one up just cuz I was honestly trying to be creative and artistic when taking this picture. I had this cute image in my mind. It was just too bad she didn't like my idea. :)

Blessing Pictures

So you'll have to forgive me, all these are of my baby. But I have to say, it's so nice to have a model I can practice on whenever I want. :) My sister in law helped me with the lighting and white balance and gave me ideas for angles and she was also a big help getting my baby to smile! :) We posted our favorites on our family blog, so these are just a couple others I liked.

Emily Claire

My Baby Girl's Soon To Be Friend

My friend let me practice taking some pictures of her baby girl, who is sooo cute! It was a lot of fun taking these ones. She's a little old for the newborn poses, but still too young to really sit up or anything. She could barely lift her head long enough and I think we got her mad at us for making her try. But it was still fun and it makes me so excited to be taking pictures of my own little girl soon! Thanks Katie! :) I know I posted a lot, but I loved all these...

First Photo Shoot With My New SLR Camera