Our original shoot day was scheduled for the day of hurricane Darby.  Obviously, we had to reschedule…the beach is not a place to be during a hurricane 🙁  The day that we rescheduled for was also another overcast, hazy day…but at least it wasn’t raining.  I had my doubts as we sat on the beach prior to our shoot.  It started drizzling, and the wind started picking up.  We held our breath as we started our shoot.  The skies remained overcast and grey, but the wind died down, and it stopped drizzling.  Phew!  Luke and Noah had the cutest little smiles.  Luke had a shy, sweet little smile. He patiently waited for his individual photos at the beginning of the shoot, flashing us his heartwarming smile. Noah was bolder. He gave us smiles with twinkling, mischievous eyes.  He was on the move, and couldn’t wait to hit the water.  His biggest smiles were during action shots; he was thoroughly enjoying himself!  Mom and Dad, thanks for being so flexible with the shoot rescheduling. The skies may not have been blue, but the boys’s smiles lit up our photos.  Who needs the sun anyway?!  Here’s your sneak peek:

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P.S.  We are now scheduling for holiday shoots.  Please contact me if you are interested in scheduling a shoot with us for your holiday cards.  Shoot slots are limited (in particular, the outdoor afternoon weekend slots), and are scheduled on a first-come first-serve basis.  We will be scheduling shoots through the end of October, and will use November for rain-out, sick client make up shoots only.

Little Kai was the perfect age for his newborn shoot.  We try to get our shoots done within the first 2 weeks of life (ideally, between days 7-10), and he fell into that window.  We were very fortunate, because his eyes were wide open for the family shots, but he slept peacefully for our individual shots.  Mom requested for a “natural/rustic” type of shoot, so we used a lot of wood and vintage props.  I’ve been waiting to use our vintage scale for years!  Kai looked so comfy in it.  I absolutely loved his older sisters, Jadelyn and Taylor!  They made our family and sibling photos so easy and fun  🙂  Thanks for braving the rain, Mom and Dad…it was so great to meet all of you!  Here’s your sneak peek:

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P.S.  We are now scheduling for holiday shoots.  Please contact me if you are interested in scheduling a shoot with us for your holiday cards.  Shoot slots are limited (in particular, the outdoor afternoon weekend slots), and are scheduled on a first-come first-serve basis.  We will be scheduling shoots through the end of October, and will use November for rain-out, sick client make up shoots only.

It’s Keiso’s turn!  We took photos of Keiso’s older brothers (Ken [10] and Kou [8]) for their Shichi-Go-San (a traditional rite of passage in Japan for 5-year old boys [and 3 and 7 year old girls]). Click HERE to see Kou’s shoot, and HERE to see Ken’s shoot). Keiso was already 6, but we decided to do his shoot anyway  🙂  Keiso gave us the cutest little smiles, elicited with the help of a “dance” performed by his older brothers.  Being the baby of the family, his older brothers were eager to help us make their baby brother smile…and they were quite effective!  Just look at all of those smiles.  Thank you, Ken, Kou and Keiso, for taking instructions so well!  It was so much fun seeing you all again 🙂  Here’s your sneak peek:

Thanks for visiting us at Images by Kellie Ann!

P.S.  We are now scheduling for holiday shoots.  Please contact me if you are interested in scheduling a shoot with us for your holiday cards.  Shoot slots are limited (in particular, the outdoor afternoon weekend slots), and are scheduled on a first-come first-serve basis.  We will be scheduling shoots through the end of October, and will use November for rain-out, sick client make up shoots only.

Zayd and Daxx have a new baby sister!  Meet the lovely Qynn  🙂  Like her brothers (click here for Daxx’s newborn shoot, and here for Zayd’s one year shoot). She arrived to our studio with a head full of thick dark hair and a cute little smile for her sibling photo.  At 20 days old, Qynn was one of our older newborns. So glad we were able to schedule you in for your shoot, Qynn!  Hope brother’s baseball game went well too  🙂  Mom wanted a shot with the “flower ring”, thanks for bringing in the flowers, Mom and Dad (I know that meant you had to wake up even earlier to buy them!).  Welcome to the world, sweetie!!!  Here’s your sneak peek:

Thanks for visiting us at Images by Kellie Ann!

P.S.  We are now scheduling for holiday shoots.  Please contact me if you are interested in scheduling a shoot with us for your holiday cards.  Shoot slots are limited (in particular, the outdoor afternoon weekend slots), and are scheduled on a first-come first-serve basis.  We will be scheduling shoots through the end of October, and will use November for rain-out, sick client make up shoots only.