Archive for 'Austin Baby'

Apr 14, 2011

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Tonight was so surreal. See that little guy sitting on dad’s lap? Yeah, this was him two years ago. And now he has a new brother that could possibly be his twin. And then to see how the older two kids (I use “kids” for lack of a better term, I promise, G) have grown into handsome/beautiful young adults. I just kept having to rub my eyes and pinch myself. In mom’s words when I asked her to describe her vision for the session: “…document where we are. son taller than his mom,
but not dad. daughter getting so pretty and surviving as the lone girl.
j being crazy. baby being snuggly.” Is this for real? Is this what I’m going to be staring at in a few years myself (son taller than his mom???). Wow. I’m so not ready for that. But they are. And they take everything in with such grace and love. They set a pretty darned good example–well, minus the little run-in with a rogue stroller and a sidewalk. Yeah, other than that…pretty amazing.

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If I’m being honest, driving out to their home tonight, I was soooooooo tired. I had my head buried in paperwork all day long and I was afraid I wasn’t going to be able to muster the energy needed for 3 bubbly kiddos. But from the *second* she opened the door, I instantly felt like I was exactly where I was supposed to be. I just knew we were going to have a great time tonight. And we did!!! Erin…I’m so thankful to know you and your family and I hereby promise (in public) that we *will* have a playdate before another year goes by!

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See his website for more!

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and appreciate how much time is actually put into a session–before, during, and after. In looking through these, I know how each image is special for it’s own reasons. And then when you think that these are only a handful of the images that have been created so far this year–not just by me, but by every other person who owns a camera–wow! This digital age is truly something beyond comprehension!

Apr 05, 2011

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Three things about this newborn session:
1. Seriously the most smiley baby I have ever met. Ever. No matter what we did, he just seemed to feel the need to smile and I dig that about him.
2. Have I told you how much I enjoy working with this family? Well, just in case I haven’t, I’ll tell you again.
3. In the pics below, you’ll see little man snuggled in a basket. I can’t even begin to describe what we went through to get that shot, but let us take a moment to pause and appreciate our efforts.

More pics:

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Want to see a birth? [Google Reader peeps…you’ll have to actually click the link to view]:

1) This was the first time that I actually arrived at the hospital *before* the expecting parents. I was so afraid I had gone to the wrong hospital or something. It was really neat to get to capture literally *everything* from beginning to end.
2) She was brave. Very, very brave.
3) I love how baby girl’s brother and sisters were all so excited to see her. It’s easy to tell she was loved even before she officially arrived.

[I have only two openings left for birth photography in Austin for 2011. Check out the session openings page for dates.
 

Apr 04, 2011

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1) Dogs + babies scare me. Badly. Buuuuuuut I could have worked with those angels all day.
2) The bowl he’s in? I believe that is a bread bowl that belonged to her (great?) grandfather. This is why I love doing newborn sessions in my clients’ homes and why I don’t like to bring my own props…isn’t it so much more meaningful when your images have YOUR stuff in them?
3) Looking forward to hanging with him again in just a few months. Anxious to see how he’s grown!

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or even playing in the big leagues, but at least I can say, “I knew him when…” 😉 Three things about this session:

1) I just about passed out when I pulled up to see that beautiful pond in the front yard.
2) The yawning pic was before our session really began…so glad I was fast enough to catch that moment.
3) Before having my own children and before this business, I used to think all babies looked alike. Nowadays, however, if you showed me a picture of every single newborn I’ve ever photographed, I could tell you their name. In this case, you could show me a picture of his daddy and I could still tell you who belonged to him. I could not get over their resemblance!

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Mar 30, 2011

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Tough to tell, huh?