Brothers

They're still getting to know each other right now, but one day they'll be best friends.

Taro, 2 and Hugo, 2 weeks.

Brynna

This sweet peanut is Brynna who had one of the coldest shoots yet! Seriously College Station weather is so neurotic! Some mornings you literally freeze and other days you have kids sweating through their Christmas sweaters! All things considered Miss Brynna was a trooper!

The thinker

Love the fountain of hair right on top of her head!

You can still see a hint of baby in her cheeks.

Sisters

Oh man! This whole month has been extreme! I'm on my way to having completed 60 shoots this month or two a day (three shoots today) which averages about 6 hours of shooting a day and 12 hours of editing...which is where the insanity comes in! There's only so much coffee can do! Given that schedule, some of you I desperately owe e-mails/CDs. I promise they are forthcoming!

Meanwhile here's some lovely ladies I shot a while back.

Miss Ellie was 10 months old when we did these. When I did her newborn shoot we incorporated this curtain into the shots so I wanted to have it in some of these as well.


One sister (Molly)


Two sisters (Molly and Addie)


Three sisters! (Molly, Addie and Ellie!)



Ellie is a super posing baby! Isn't this the cutest?

Also this, (which was for her Daddy)

I love backlighting! It always produces my favorite images!




The whole clan!

Editing

One of the reasons it takes me so long to edit... Besides enhancing sharpness, color and contrast I also sometimes have to remove these suckers. (Near his chin)

I assure you as soon as I noticed it on him I brushed it off, but mosquitos are BAD this time of year! I have removed countless from family group shots that I didn't notice in person! :O

So, if you have a shoot coming up, maybe cover yourself in repellent beforehand?

Henry

This sweet muffin is Henry who was three months old when we did this shoot.

His mom specifically asked for sleeping pictures when we booked his shoot and I was willing but not sure we'd be able to get them. (Three-month-olds have three months experience of sleeping clothed, in a dark room and perhaps with white noise... so they aren't so good at sleeping naked and in a place with good light.) But Henry proved me wrong! He slept like a champ!







Three-months-old is the perfect time to do a baby part collage. I think Henry's collage will look a bit like this, but I have so many images of him that I like that it's hard to pick!

Audrey

This gorgeous little peanut is Audrey. The green rug is hers and the wrap is mine, I just like her surrounded with green- the color of new life and growth.

Doesn't she have the most perfect little rosebud lips?






I love babies in hats! It helps draw the focus of the image to their eyelashes and lips.

Isn't this wall mural neat!

Audrey getting loved on by her big sister Abby!

Twins

In the last two weeks I have shot a ridiculous amount of twins, it seems like almost a pair a day. So yesterday, after finishing two shoots that both had a pair of twins I tallied up the twins I have shot recently. Ten sets in the last two weeks! Pretty crazy, right? Maybe that should be my specialty ;)

This little peanut is one 5-pound half of a twin set from yesterday.