A and M visited the studio just before Christmas and after meeting them, I know Santa must have been good to them both.  They were both so sweet and fun capture on camera.  Their beautiful blue eyes stole every scene.  Enjoy your sneak preview F family!

We are so excited for our mini sessions today!  Just when we were beginning to get caught up with the holiday rush, Heidi looked at her calendar and saw that there would be some free time this week to shoot some minis.  Remember that friend in college who just couldn’t enjoy her vacation after finals, instead took a winter course or interned?  That would be Heidi.

In order for things to run smoothly we set up some classic neutral sets from some of our favorite shoots and wanted to share a sneak peek.  No wide angle lens on hand today but here are a couple photos of what the studio looks like today.  The mattress with our IKEA canopy is something new but we love how the images are turning out and plan on keeping it here permanently.

These Pottery Barn curtains are also brand new.  With the sun so low in these winter months it gets very bright in here.  Also with the glare from our snow, we didn’t want to risk having squinty eyes, but they also make the room feel cozier don’t you think?

And a sneak peek of our first session from today – adorable 4 1/2 year old and 6 month old siblings who loved jumping on the bed!

If you are interested in doing a mini session but couldn’t book with us before the spaces filled up, we will be announcing new dates on the blog February 1st.  One of our new years resolutions here at the studio is to post a monthly newsletter… EVERY month.  Sign up if you haven’t already and we promise you’ll be the first to hear about our specials and next set of minis before we post it on the blog.

4 1/2 month old A was such a smiley little sweetheart!  She flashed a giant gummy smile at just about everything we did.  We were able to capture some beautiful family portraits with a candid feel for mom and dad, and then some adorable portraits of A herself, stealing the show!  Enjoy your preview K family.

We had 8 hands on deck to help keep these two toddlers in front of the camera.  While I was shooting, I was praying.  PLEASE let me catch them in the same frame!  Well I’m happy to report that I did!  I don’t know how parents of twins do it every day!  Well, it must help when they are adorable.  These two couldn’t be cuter and I love the images of them playing together.  Enjoy your preview and Merry Christmas R family!

Most photographers feel that 3 months old is one of the hardest ages to photograph.  They are sort-of “in-between” being an infant and a baby.  They aren’t young enough to sleep through the session, and are much to active to pose like a newborn, but they can not yet hold their heads up or sit for older baby poses.  We tend to photograph more and more 3 month olds lately and I must say, it has been getting easier and easier!  What is so special about photographing this age is that you can capture how tiny they still are AND you get to see those gorgeous eyes and first smiles in their portraits as well!  Take baby C for example.  She was a complete doll.  She gave us that gorgeous gummy smile and looked just adorable in every outfit.  We certainly wore her out as she couldn’t even keep her eyes open by the end of the session.  That’s when we even got a few sleepy shots, but I’m saving those for your final gallery mom and dad!  Enjoy your preview and Happy Holidays!

You may remember this adorable little blue eyed boy from a few weeks back.  Dad wasn’t able to make it to the first session so I had the pleasure of having the whole family in together for another session last week!  Once again baby C was a joy to play with and I loved capturing all three as a family.  The portraits with dad especially touch my heart.  Thank you for inviting me into your lives O family!  I hope these make you smile.  Enjoy your preview.

The “Sweetest Baby” contest winner definitely deserves his title!  Not only is he completely adorable, he truly was so sweet to photograph.  He was one of the best behaved two-year-olds I’ve ever photographed!  He kept asking his mom if it was okay to touch the cake.  He certainly stole my heart and I’m sure he’ll steal yours too!

Baby K was such a joy to photograph.  He did nothing but smile!  I thought he looked a lot like dad, but he certainly has mom’s gorgeous eyes!  We got all of the classic baby portraits and some beautiful family portraits as well.  Enjoy your preview!

Sweet baby A was such a pleasure to photograph last week.  She was as gorgeous as her parents and gave us the cutest little smiles.  For only three months old she was quite the social butterfly.  While A had an absolutely killer wardrobe, she looked perfectly adorable in nothing at all!  Enjoy your preview mom and dad!

I just love this little girl.  Her family has been coming to us since mom was pregnant and I can hardly believe that L is already turning one year old!  Time just flies.  L is just as sweet and perfect as the first day I met her.  She’s a little fashionista just like her mom, so of course I’m jealous of her whole wardrobe.  Once Kerri and I saw her cake smash outfit, we knew just what to do for her set.  I just adore the way these turned out.  Hope you love them too mom and dad!  Thanks for a year full of smiles ;0)