Shirtless guy in jeans

He doesn’t exactly have a six-pack, though….

My adorable nephew

He was there for Thanksgiving dinner yesterday, so of course I took a few pictures of him.

My mom is quite in love with his squishy chubbiness, as are the rest of us.

Sigh. I could just eat him up.

A few more of Miss C.

I had such a hard time picking out a few more of my favorites because there are so many I love from this session.

When I first started getting into photography, I really tried to avoid the sun.  I’m slowly getting over that, though, and I’m learning to use good sunlight to my advantage.  I kind of like the hazy effect in these first two images.

It’s so interesting how different the light is with just a small position change. Miss C is in the same spot here as she is in the previous photo…I just moved, and so the effect is completely different.

I love white dresses on little girls.

And because I can’t bear to do a post without a black and white, here’s one more image.

Peaceful.

This is my nephew, who will soon be 4 months old. I plan to do an honest-to-goodness session with him to mark that, but for now, here’s a quick snapshot I took of him at the pool last week.

One lovely thing about babies is that it’s so easy to catch them sleeping. I hardly ever get to take sleeping pictures of my children anymore!

Happy Birthday, Miss C!

This morning, I had a photo session with a young client whose first birthday is right around the corner.

We met bright and early.

And it was quite a hazy and warm morning.

I love baby hands (I can still call her a baby, right? She’s not technically one yet).

And doesn’t she have an adorable little smile?

Of course, I can’t resist doing a few black and whites.

I’ve said this about Sonia before, but I think Miss C looks just like a perfect little doll too.

I’m still busy sorting through the mountain of pictures I took, and I’m thinking I might feel compelled to share at least one more post’s worth of her pictures before I’m done.

My Nephew-8 weeks

I’m really late getting these edited and posted, but he was 8 weeks when I actually took these!

He’s smiling now, which is so much fun!

He has some snazzy new initials decorating his room.

I just love this one. The plain wall makes such a nice undistracting backdrop.

He got hungry while I was there, and I snapped a few pictures of him crying while he was waiting to be fed.

He does a nice slow yawn for me every time I see him!

I love baby blue eyes so much.

My Sleepy Nephew

When I went to take his four week photos, he was a sleepy…

sleepy…

boy. Even in his Bumbo seat, he couldn’t stay awake!

Fortunately for me, he did wake up before I left, and I’m so glad he did.

He’s cute when he’s sleeping, of course, but I lurve his eyes.  Even when they look sort of mad.

I’m know I’m biased, but isn’t he precious??

Two Weeks

Two weeks to the day after he was born, I got to take pictures of my little nephew again.

Look! The crib isn’t empty any more.

And Snoopy has someone to look at too.

I love how he looks so little and helpless here.

He yawned for me again…this baby does such long yawns, you don’t even have to be fast to catch one!

Ahh, isn’t he adorable?

I’m such a blessed photographer…having a baby nephew to photograph is almost as good as having a baby of my own to photograph(and I get a LOT more sleep this way!).

Happy Mother’s Day to my sister!

Who is mama to a very, very new little boy.

In fact, he was only a few hours old when I went to visit him.

Naturally, I brought my camera, because I hate to miss a photo opportunity.

And imagine my delight when I saw not one, but two big windows in the hospital room. The light could hardly have been better.

I decided that I could REALLY get into this newborn photography thing. They lay still so nicely.

Of course, I had to take some pictures of his cute little parts.

I can hardly wait to take more pictures of him(lucky for me he lives close by!), so I’m sure he will be gracing my blog in the future.

Mr. Eyelashes

This is my friend’s youngest kiddo….he’s over a year old, but this was the first time I got to meet him. Of course, I followed him around with my camera.

Could someone please explain to me why baby boys always have such delightful eyelashes? None of my girls ever had lashes like this!

I usually prefer black and white to sepia, but there is an exception every now and then.