Laila's Newborn Portraits

Laila is about 2 months for these portraits. For this photo session I wanted to test out some new set ideas. Laila was an incredible and unusually happy baby which was a delightful surprise. And as you can see in the photos below she is adorably cute. She is an ideal baby model if I say so myself.


I am not a huge fan of sets. (And maybe that is just my excuse because sets require more money to buy them, time to put them together, design ability, and storage space =) ) But seroiusly, I do feel that when the set gets too busy, too extravagant, too big, and just too much, the image is less about the individual and more about the set. This is fine for maybe a magazine or advertisement but for the client my goal is to make it all about the star in the portrait.

The sets I did put together for these newbord portraits are on the more elaborate side (for me) but because babies are so cute that they can handle the extra competition. I still feel they are relatively simple which still keeps along my preferred style of portrait photography.

Laila is beautiful just like her mother. I was incredibly happy with the lighting on all the images. Laila just pops out and makes me want to give her a squeeze she is just so cute!


- Grace

Portrait Tip:

In the first year of life babies grow REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY FAST! The physical changes happen at a blurring speed and so on day 1 she will look different from 1 month and at 2 months she will look different again and so on and so on all the way to a year or more. As a mother of a little one you are faced with exhaustion, little extra time and a lot of caring to do. It is important to take the steps to capture the changes regularly whether it be by taking lots of photos when you can yourself or by taking your baby to a professional photographer at regular intervals throughout the first year to get beautifully lit and artistically composed images.

By having professional photos dones regularly throughout the first year you will be rewarded with a gorgeous physical chronical of your child's first year that is done professionally and beautifully. It is something you will be grateful for after your child is no longer a baby and you wonder what he used to look like at 1 week, or 3 months, or 9 months, ect...

Here is a recommended timeline of portrait sessions to schedule for your baby's first year that will cover al of those amazing changes.

• 1st week
• 1 month
• 2 months
• 3 months
• 6 months
• 9 months
• 12 months

At the end of your baby's first year we can put together an amazing photo book or photo album that you, your family, grandparents and especially your child will cherish and be grateful for the rest of yoru lives. Let us do all the hard work with the professional images we take to create a professional and heartwarming gift for your family. It is an investment that will span generations. Imagine that one day your grandchildren will be oohing and aahing over their parent's baby book a quarter of a century after it was created? It is truly a pricesless gift.

Amy's Maternity Portraits

Amy was an amazing model, cool and easy going. She did not mind my ideas for dramatic portraits with a modern & artistic twist to the wildly popular style of contemporary and tasteful semi-nude maternity portraits.

It takes a little courage to go this route, but that little bit of courage really results in some incredibly amazing and emotionally evokative portraits (if done right and with an artistic vision).

I got to test out some different artistic interpretations, I wanted to create a series of dreamy, romantic, dramatic and introspective maternity portraits that celebrated the belly, pregnant form, feminity, and the anticipation of the amazing new life and journey that was soon to come.

Cool story behind Amy's Maternity Portraits, she got them done the EVENING before she was scheduled to go in and have a c-section and deliver. That means these were taken less than 24 hours prior to having her baby in her arms. Really neat when you think about it. The portraits she received will always have that unique story and circumstance behind it, a really special story to tell her daughter as she grows up.

- Grace

Portrait Tip:

For maternity portraits the best time to schedule them is during the 2nd or early 3rd trimester when the belly is beautifully prominent. Stretch marks are a natural part of pregnancy and if you happen to dislike the look of them we offer professional retouching at a small added fee where we can retouch them to be less prominent or completely retouch them out of your maternity portraits. Having your portraits taken during your pregnancy is a beautiful gift to give yourself, your family and your new arrival. We offer a private, and personalized experience with your comfort and artistic vision in mind to create gorgeous portraits that will celebrate this beautiful and important new chapter in your lives.