This baby girl (and her mama) had the most beautiful complexion ever. And I remember it was a BEAUTIFUL day when we had her session. I loved being able to go outdoors and soak in the fresh air. I don't think she made a peep the entire time (babies love being outside, too). I loved that we were able to mix in the classic, simple black and white images with the fresh, more colorful images...

We got amazing pics at his newborn session, but these just crack me up! Every time I'd get an image perfectly composed, his big sis wanted to be part of the action. Not sure if he loves My Little Pony as much as she does ;-).

Probably one of the most emotional newborn sessions I've ever photographed...and for no other reason except that everyone's hearts were bursting with love and joy...tears and tissues abound.

Congratulations to his family on win! They will receive this image on an 11x14 canvas AND a $500 gift card good toward a Premium Session this year. 

But wait...there's more! We have two runners up who are each going to receive a $100 gift card:

Annnnnnd, the family of our grand prize winner selected THIS image as our 3rd Runner Up, also to receive a $100 gift card:

Okay, I'm going to go a bit out of order here because I've been *dying* the share the images from my first newborn studio session! This was from the demonstration I did for the FIRST Pinkle Toes 4 Photographers workshop earlier this month. So much was going wrong for me that day (my mom/assistant was sick, my camera broke, the weather was yuck), but this little baby girl and her family were oh so right! After a bottle and a few minutes of rocking and shhhhhhing, she was putty in my hands.



Just look at that smile while looking up at her daddy! She seriously has me thinking I could start offering newborn sessions in studio....just maybe...