I feel so lucky to have worked with the stellar D. and her fabuous family for the past ten years !! It's never a struggle to create a different look annually as we collaborate on the creative process. We're also all on board when it comes to "playing" throughout the session. With Mom's stylin, Dad's playful attitude and the vivaciousness of D., most of my work is done before I even click the shutter.....
Thanks D and family.....I look forward to our next ten years !!
Loveys, snuggies, security blankets: whatever their moniker, these soft cuddlers provide security and comfort for your little one. They work surreptioutsly to watch over them at night, or travel to distant lands to assist your sweetie to adjust to a new environment. I love little personalizations like these because they show more of the character and sweetness of your child. I highly encourage you to bring a toy or another comfort item to any session. Whether the lovey shares the limelight or is present to "encourage" your little one, they will have done their job when we see results like this one of your child's loving expression.
Thanks T.....for bringing both your lovies.
Seattle Child Photograph- Creating the Moment
You couldn't go wrong with this newborn family: two long and lean runners = beautiful long and lean baby. He is so cute cuddled with Mommy and Daddy. Congrats K...
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One of the first questions during our consultation meeting is to establish preference to color or black and white images. Even though many are partial to the classic timeless look of black and white, when you have a family of redheads, the choice is clear. (My dear friend and client Pam and I have an annual running joke with this question as her redhead family portraits just sing with color.)
I love working with this wonderful strawberry blonde/red head Seattle family these past few years. Mom is always organized and ready to go with great ideas...I can't wait to meet their new-newborn this spring.....hopefully another redhead.
We've been so busy this fall workgin with our great clients, we missed our blog postings !! Here's to starting back up with the blog for Seattle portraits and with these gorgeous newborns. Thanks J &D and especially for Grandpa, an award winning professional photographer, from Tennessee who hired me for his family !! Enjoy your first big Holiday together.....
We photographed R&J family a few months ago for their Christmas card and R was barely showing. I knew we needed to have them in again soon when their little guy arrived so they could commemorate their first official "complete" Seattle family portrait.
We just created these beautiful images and announcement card. R. was right on top of scheduling and came in about a week after her little guy was born. We captured a variety of beautiful images of the foursome and just loved the way these natural light studio images turned out. Light and airy and totally natural. With two under three, it's the only way to go. Thanks R&J, congratulations again. (Maybe we can do this again in a few years......??)
Living in Seattle is pretty awesome...well most of the time. Whether you chose to move here or grew up in this amazing location, it is a beautiful, eclectic and wonderful combination of nature and city life. Of course there is that one little weather challenge we do occasionally (ahem) encounter. Although it has delayed some of our recent Seattle family portrait sessions, in general the rain and clouds add a unique and wonderful characteristic to our Seattle and Eastside portrait location photography. Here are just a few reasons why:
The wet stuff has created the most lush scenery for your outdoor child or family portrait in Seattle. Beaches are scenic and cool urban scenes are eclectic and contemporary, but when you think of outdoors and the Pacific NW, the color green is the rainbow color that smacks of Seattle. (the nickname, Emerald City mean anything) (And yes sometimes I usually pack my trusty green woolly blanket to protect our pants from the leftover waterfall.)Clouds = gorgeous soft lighting. Bright light = harsh shadows and squinting. Clouds and haziness act like a giant softbox. Nature photography-give me F16 and bright sun...Portraits,cloudy days and throw that F2 lens on and we'll really shine for your children's portraits.
This one is a bit more on the long term benefit: smoother skin. At the risk of offending other parts of the country, we've got a few less wrinkles. That soft drizzly rain acts like a daily moisturizer, (Plus makes for less "photoshop" time for me.)
Wait a minute and the weather will change: The forecast can be wildly off a substantial amount of time here. Not only that, but what may be rain in one part of town, could be sunny skies in another area. I typically have not had to reschedule outdoor sessions,(exception this past month) as the skies typically will clear up after a morning drizzle. Call it adventurous or just downright optimistic, I usually wait until a couple hours before rescheduling.
So although the rain does pose challenges to outdoor photography, in general if you are willing to capture great images of your children and family give me a call and I'll walk you through the steps for a magical outdoor portrait courtesy of our Seattle precipitation abundance. (And don't forget we have a great natural light studio for wonderful images
too just in case it actually is a downpour.)
Wait...is that the sun I see peeking in my window ?
We've had a bit more rain in the northwest this month. Undaunted by cloudy weather last night, the family session went forward and we had amazing portraits. The clouds really helped our WA "evergreen" to shine through. Their family portrait was truly spectacular. (we'll have some more later). Here are a couple of images of the boys and their friendly creatures from last night's session.
Thanks C and J for making a wonderful family session can't wait to show you the rest of the fabulous images.
I couldn't wait to finally post these images from our recent photo contest..."Help! My baby needs a real portrait." The photography judging panel thought that his winning pic had a great sense of humor. During our session we played some games, jumped around, made silly noises, added a little tickle here and there, just some of the ingredients in the recipe for success with kids.
A big kudo to R's parents. Their fun and loving way with him made our time a breeze. Thanks R and I, your love shows all over your little one's face.
If there is only one time during the first year that you can create professional portraits of your baby, this would be the age to do it. This little cutie lived up to my expectations for this 6-8mth age range and more. Such a great time to capture a baby portrait at my natural light Seattle studio. She was just a peach the whole time and a perfect reflection of her loving parents. Thanks Mom and Dad for letting me create portraits of Ms. M., you are blessed.
