Happy Halloween, everyone!  Maile and Mav’s photo shoot is the perfect shoot to post on Halloween  🙂  I love when our clients are invested in their shoot, and plan their own themes! Maile and Mav had an “artsy” shoot last year (click HERE to see their 2015 photo shoot).  This year, they were the Dynamic Duo!  Super hero theme…how cute are they!  Mom and I discussed the theme about a week or so before their shoot. The skies were clear, and the clouds were amazing.  On the day of the shoot however, it started to rain on our drive over.  Ugh.  Miraculously, the skies cleared just for our shoot, then clouded up again as we pulled out of the lot.  I can always count on fun with Maile and Mav (and Mom and Dad), and I’m always amazed at how well they take instruction.  Soooo lucky, Mom and Dad…but then again, it’s probably because you two are awesome parents!  Thanks for another great shoot this year!!!  Here’s your sneak peek:

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We are fully booked for 2016.  We are currently still accepting newborn shoot inquiries, as well as shoot inquiries for 2017.  We will resume our regular shoot schedule in January 2017.  Thank you 🙂

We have the best clients!  This beautiful family was a referral from another wonderful family that we shoot a couple of months ago (click HERE to see their photo shoot).  Thank you, thank you, thank you!  Izzy, Emma and Brooklyn were so incredibly easy to work with…so much fun!  I loved photographing the girls, because they were so giggly and sweet. Each girl had her own distinctive personality (which you can definitely see by looking at their individual photos).  They each had their own poses and expressions, and I absolutely loved it ALL!  I have to give a special shout out to poor Izzy.  She stepped on a Portuguese Man o’ War about 10 minutes into our shoot…and boy is that painful.  She was a trouper and stuck it out for us (and you can’t tell anything happened in her photos…it happened before we took any of her individual shots).  Thank you for being so resilient!  Don’t you just love the sister shots?! So sweet. Thank you for an amazing shoot, Mom and Dad, your girls were gorgeous!!!  Here’s your sneak peek:

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We are fully booked for 2016.  We are currently still accepting newborn shoot inquiries, as well as shoot inquiries for 2017.  We will resume our regular shoot schedule in January 2017.  Thank you 🙂

Happy belated birthday, Jonny!  What a handsome little guy.  Jonny was so inquisitive! I could just see those wheels turning in his mind every time we moved to a new location. He was interested in my camera lens, one of the Christmas ornament props, but most of all, his birthday cake.  He was pretty fearless with that cake, and he seemed to thoroughly enjoy it.  Some children are wary around birthday cakes, and are very tentative about touching it.  It’s the one time that we (as parents) are OK with them touching and eating something, and they don’t understand why.  They appear very hesitant (and often times, look at their moms and cry). Not Jonny! He dove into his cake with gusto  🙂  Loved the frosting all over his hands and face.  Adorable!  Thanks again for hosting our shoot at your house, Mom and Dad.  Jonny, it’s been wonderful watching you grow over the past year (click HERE for his previous shoot, and HERE for his newborn shoot)!  Here’s your sneak peek:

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We are fully booked for 2016.  We are currently still accepting newborn shoot inquiries, as well as shoot inquiries for 2017.  We will resume our regular shoot schedule in January 2017.  Thank you 🙂

I couldn’t wait to see little Stella again!  Click HERE to see Stella’s last session with us.  Stella showcased her chocolate brown eyes and softly curled hair, but unlike last session, she was walking and talking! So fun!  We started off her session in the wooded area.  I found a beautifully lit area, with perfect ground cover. Stella loved picking the flowers and spending some quality time with Mom.  What a fortuitous day, because that area was completely mowed down the following week!  It was meant to be  🙂  Stella changed into a cute little bathing suit and hat, and we all made our way to the shoreline.  Mom brought beautiful tulips and a pail, and Stella had a blast walking to and from the water. Thanks, Grandpa, for making sure that she didn’t wander too far into the ocean!  It was great seeing all of you again. We’ve enjoyed watching little Stella grow from a baby bump (click HERE to see Mom’s maternity shoot, HERE to see her newborn shoot, HERE to see her 6 month shoot, and HERE to see her 9 month shoot), all the way through her first 19 months!  Grandma, Grandpa, Dad and Mom, it was great seeing all of you too.  Here’s your sneak peek:

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We are fully booked for 2016.  We are currently still accepting newborn shoot inquiries, as well as shoot inquiries for 2017.  We will resume our regular shoot schedule in January 2017.  Thank you 🙂

It’s been almost 2 years since we did Kaila’s newborn shoot (click HERE to see Kaila’s newborn shoot), and she was the same cutie that we remembered…just with more hair!  She had some of the funniest and cutest expressions, and she looked absolutely adorable in her purple dress (just like Mom’s!).  Just look at those expression-filled eyes, enough to melt your heart, right?!  Mom and Dad, it was great seeing you all again.  Loved the outfits!  Here’s your sneak peek:

We are fully booked for 2016.  We are currently still accepting newborn shoot inquiries, as well as shoot inquiries for 2017.  We will resume our regular shoot schedule in January 2017.  Thank you 🙂

A family photo shoot…exactly what every preteen and teenage boy wants to partake in.  Mom contacted me and asked if we could do a family photo shoot before her eldest son went off to college.  Our first shoot was a rainout (I believe we had it scheduled for the weekend of Hurricane Darby).  The weather on the day of our rescheduled shoot was not much better.  It was windy, hazy and wet…not ideal conditions for a shoot at the beach.  Luckily, mom just wanted some group shots, and everyone (except for mom) had relatively short hair. At least I didn’t have to address a lot of hair editing in their photos!  Mom kept it simple…just a few family shots, a few sibling shots, and some of the boys being “their normal [selves]”.  Gotcha.  We did the family shots, then focused in on the sibling shots.  At first, everyone was civil…until I said, “OK, just act like how you typically do with each other.”  The result…what you see in some of our sibling shots!  Well, at least they will always remember what it was like to “kid around” with your brothers  😉

It was great seeing you all again!!!  Here’s your sneak peek:

Our Ethan is a big brother!  We did Ethan’s newborn shoot 2 years ago (click HERE to see Ethan’s newborn shoot), and he was amazing.  I remember asking Mom what her secret was, because Ethan slept soundly for his entire shoot.  We affectionately called him “Hat Boy”, because we put hat after hat on him, and he didn’t bat an eye.  Well, little bro Caleb was EXACTLY like his big brother.  Caleb was also a sleepy little angel.  We did some of our most challenging prop shots (hot air balloon and hanging shot), and he slept through it all! Mom and Dad, your boys did a wonderful job!  I still don’t understand how we were so blessed to have your calm little guys for their newborn shoots…but we’re definitely not complaining  🙂  It was great seeing you all again, and congratulations!!!  Here’s your sneak peek:

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We are fully booked for 2016.  We are currently still accepting newborn shoot inquiries, as well as shoot inquiries for 2017.  We will resume our regular shoot schedule in January 2017.  Thank you 🙂