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All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much. – By George Harrison
Cake smashes are so fun to shoot. When a return client asked me to do her daughters one year old cake smash, of course I said yes! It was also wonderful to see how big Lady S has gotten. This is another reason why I love what I do – seeing the babies grow up is oh so sweet~
Momma requested that the cake smash have a pink color theme and that’s what we planned for. We found the sweetest asymmetrical pink tutu dress on Zulily which was converted into a bubble dress. The beautiful cake was designed by Sweet Grace, Cake Designs. And the cake stand also came from Zulily. I opted not to add in any tiaras, background poofs, balloons to keep the focus on Lady S and we loved how the images turned out. Doesn’t Lady S look super adorable? She loved playing with the princess crown on the cake during the session.
A perk to shooting cake smashes is it smells divine afterwards and everyone gets to eat some yummy cake! Happy 1st Birthday Lady S!
Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life. ~S. D. Gordon
I am easing off of maternity leave with a 15 minute mini session of Lady A for her one hundred day old photo shoot. I missed squishing cute babies so much and Lady A was full of smiles for mommy. While processing photos from the shoot, I’m beginning to fall in love with the whole vintage look for photographed babies – may begin to incorporate some more of that look into my processing style! Enjoy precious Lady A’s images here and have a lovely Easter!
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Happy holidays from some of this year’s beautiful babies to you and your loved ones <3 As I review this year’s work, I’ve learned so much about my shooting and processing style. Hoping that I will continue to improve in 2014 and be lucky enough to shoot more cute babies!! <3
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“Baby’s dreams must be the sweetest,” thought Pooh. ~Winnie the Pooh
I’m so blessed to be able to shoot quite a few newborns in 2013. I love photographing babies, newborns in particular, because almost anyone can buy a fancy camera nowadays and take “pro photos.” However, not everyone can master working with babies. You need to spend hours to shoot while soothing the little one and sometimes that is no easy feat. It requires a lot of patience to say the least. But I llllllloooooooooovvvvvvvvveeeeeeeee working with babies! Sometimes my husband will ask why don’t you just keep shooting instead of spending hours trying to soothe and get the baby into one pose? That’s just the nature of the beast – newborn photography. It is not an occupation for the rushed!
Mister E is one of my last babies in 2013. He was a super champ and slept most of his session – a real doll to work with and I’m so happy with the images from the shoot. More importantly, I knew Mister E was relaxed, enjoyed his session and hopefully momma too! I’ve never seen such a smiley baby until Mister E came along. He definitely showed me lotsa love, smiling with almost every prop and outfit change.
We did a self family shoot just in time before this mama gives birth. It took a lot of effort and time – 150 shots for around 10 images that I felt met my expectations. Self shoots are always a challenge because you need to style, think about the shots, lighting, focus in time to some degree and then make sure any toddlers stay still enough not to blur too terribly. But being able to capture this special time was worth all the sweat and tears. The styling for this shoot was classic-themed and the shoot style was lifestyle. Our baby loves playing on the bed with us so I took advantage of shooting during his favorite activity to catch some of his most precious sweet smiles and lively personality.
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