kids
Fall Mini Sessions – The “G” family – Raleigh family photographer
I started a day full of mini-sessions with the “G” family. I love this family, and especially their beautiful, giggly little girl “AK”. She’s always full of smiles and just a ray of sunshine. Speaking of sunshine, there wasn’t a whole lot of that from mother nature today. It was cold and wet but you’d never know it from looking at their pictures. I actually love to shoot after it rains as it really makes the colors pop and contrast. Enjoy your sneak peek, it was great to see you guys again and thanks for coming all the way down to Raleigh to see me =)
Happy 1st Birthday “M” – Cary child photographer
It seems like I just had a session with this blue eyed beauty. The last 6 months have flown by and now she is turning one next weekend. She still has those amazing baby blues, and now she has two cute little bottom teeth to add to her adorable smile. We met at the Raleigh rose garden to enjoy some beautiful fall weather and blooms. Mom brought along some balloons to celebrate the occasion and then we took some fall themed pictures with some pumpkins and an adorable smocked dress. She looked so cute in everything it was hard to narrow down her images! Here’s your sneak peek mom and dad! I’ll see you in a few weeks for your holiday session =)
Happy 1st Birthday “C”! | Holly Spring child photographer
This session was kind of neat for me. I actually went to school with baby “C’s” mom. We both moved to North Carolina in the late 90’s, but it wasn’t until recently that I learned she was down here as well. She emailed me asking for a one year session for her sweet son “C”. I of course was thrilled. We met at a local park and after briefly catching up we got right to work capturing this special time in their lives. Big sister and brother came along to help entertain and get some smiles out of the birthday for us. I of course couldn’t let them get away without snapping a picture or two of them as well. Mom told me that they weren’t picture ready – not wearing the right clothes or hair done up but I still love the pictures we captured of them. That is everyday life, and it’s important to capture those moments as well. Besides all three are absolutely adorable with the most beautiful brown eyes so any picture of them at all is going to be adorable.
While “C’ wasn’t giving me his famous big smiles, we did manage to get a few out of him. He just wanted to make me work for them, and I did. I danced, sang songs, barked like a dog. You name it – I tried it. I got a few smiles, but more “what are you doing crazy lady” looks too. When it was time for the cake smash, he rocked that. That cake was destroyed in record time, and yet he hardly got any on him at all – except for his hands.
I had so much fun spending time with this family and getting to know them. Mom, you look amazing and just like you did in high school. Your family is beautiful and I’m honored that you chose me to capture these memories. Here is your extra large sneak peek since it will be a little longer than usual for the gallery since we’re headed to Disney next week. Special thanks to my friend Amy back home for the referral. Hopefully next time you are in town visiting you’ll let me capture a few pictures of your beautiful family =)
I love this family! Not only are they great friends with our family but they are great neighbors as well. I of course was more than happy to capture some updated family photos for them. I wasn’t sure how it would go since the little ones know me so well. I figured they would be more interested in playing and checking things out, but boy they surprised me. They did great! I’ll have to admit the out takes are my favorites, but I’ll save those for mom and dad first and then do a blog post later on. It’s funny to see how kids wear exactly how they are feeling right there on their faces, no hiding it. You can easily see at what point in the shoot they were done with it!
The “P” family | Durham child & family photographer
I spent yesterday with the “P” family. I couldn’t have asked for a better session. Besides having 3 ADORABLE little ones, mom and dad were so much fun. We were able to get some 6 month photos of their little ham “C” as well as his beautiful older sisters. Everyone even was great during the family shots. Big sisters were great helpers with getting smiles out of “C”, and being patient during the whole process. Mom and dad kept everyone relaxed and having fun and their pictures show that. There were so many great shots that I had such a hard time picking my favorites. You’ll just have to sit back and enjoy and extra large preview of this awesome family. Thank you so much for spending yesterday afternoon with me, it was such a joy to work with you all. I hope to see you all again in the future!
