Life As It Is.

Mr. Ethan.

Ethan was a superstar model for me. He just smiled and laughed (and chose that day to almost start crawling, so he was on the move a lot). Ethan's mommy is my dear friend, so Ethan holds a special place in my heart...he is like the baby boy we never had :)

Baby Julien.

Little Julien, itty bitty like his mama.

This photo almost fools you into thinking that he slept, but make no mistake, hungry little man wasn't having it. I had a wonderful time with him nonetheless.

Handsome little dude.

I'm diggin' the old school look in this image.

Such cute smiles!

Baby Leila.

Miss Leila was one month old when she visited, but we still managed to get adorable images of her, and even coaxed her to sleep. She's such a little sweetie and I love the accessories her mommy brought along.

Mommy wanted some with her eyes open too.

It has been hectic the past couple weeks as I've re-located everything, but I'm finally done. Haven't settled into a new groove yet, but I have my desk and computer all set up (and a spaceheater to keep me cozy....I do miss how warm I could get my office at the studio), so hopefully I can start sharing photos again more frequently. There is warm weather in the forecast, so let me know if you want to schedule a spring session!

Birthday x2

Happy birthday to little Autumn and Whitney as they celebrate their first birthday!!

Birthday girl.

Happy birthday to one of my favorite girls. Have the best birthday ever, Ava!!

Love,

Auntie Jen

Baby McKenna

Our church family joyfully welcomed a new addition a couple weeks ago...baby McKenna. I was excited to be able to photograph her. At six days old, she was absolutely perfect. We were able to quickly coax her to a deep sleep and then she let me move her around, change hats, and pose her to my heart's content. I had so much with her! Babies like her are why newborns are one of my favorite types of sessions. I photographed McKenna's big brother a few years ago and it is so exciting to see their family grow. Congratulations, Travis and Sabrina! Miss McKenna is beautiful and she is an amazing baby model!

It's a lot of work being my mother-in-law.

All of these cute hats were created by my mother-in-law. How lucky am I to have my own personal hat-maker? There's no end to the list of hats I'd love, so in her own words...."Job security!!" She has made me around a dozen hats in the last month or so and I am having so much fun using them on all the newborns and babies I'm photographing right now. Carla, thank you....and keep em' comin'!!

Cheeks.

There are so many things to love about babies, but cheeks has to be in my top five. Don't you just want to squeeze her sweet little cheeks?!

Newborn Photography

 Thanks to all of you who voted on the photo a couple days ago. I was leaning towards printing it in B&W (for a display), but you all changed my mind! This is that same little sweetheart.

This little sweetie was so easy to photograph. It was easy to get a large and diverse collection of images for her mom and dad because she was so good. She wasn't as sleepy as we would have liked (I think she was eleven days old, so we had slipped past the sleepy stage), but she was content and delightful nonetheless. And there are always tricks to making babies "look" asleep! I always recommend that newborns have their first images done as early as possible. I know it can really be difficult to take your newborn out in those first days, but really does make all the difference in getting those priceless, amazing photos for your home.

 

And, mom and dad's favorite....