Nelson Birth

I have been going back over old photographs trying to clean up my files for the year and ran into these photographs.  I think my intention was to never blog about this session, but after looking at them again I just fell in love with the pictures and called Nelson's mom for permission to blog them.  Having 4 adopted children, I have never seen a baby being born or right after birth so this was a special experience for me.  This was a c-section and there were too many people crowded around the mother to see any part of the procedure, so the pictures start right after removing Nelson from her stomach and passing him off to a nurse.  Warning - these are not the pretty pictures you normally see on my blog.

8 pound, 10 ounce healthy baby boy

first picture with mom

he is just precious

At some point in the next few pictures, I can't tell when now -  he was transported to the baby nursery for initial monitoring.  I was not allowed in the nursery so some of these pictures are taken through the window and then at some point I sent my camera in with instructions to just take pictures of everything.  If you had a picture of me, I would be standing at the window gesturing to just take more pictures.  They could not get his oxygen levels to an acceptable level, so after a few hours he was sent to the NICU for a day and a half.

mom holding Nelson for the first time

I returned to the hospital two days later after he was out of the NICU to get some more pictures and have photographed him every month since to make an album of his first year, so stayed tuned for more of Nelson.

New Frames

I love color, so when I first saw these frames I knew I wanted to sell them.  I have been patiently waiting for the past month for my studio samples along with my first sale to arrive.  Last week the boxes arrived and I feel like I have had my Christmas already.  All the frames are custom ordered with the colors and styles you choose.  Here are a few photos, I will have more soon.

Included in my shipment:

So excited to deliver this frame to its new home.  We choose the colors for this frame from the colors in the photograph and the colors already in the room.  The wall opposite the bed has custom painting done with green in it, so this frame really tied everything together.

This frame is a studio sample.  The photograph is 20x30.  I love to enlarge photographs and really make a statement in a room.  This will end up on an easel in my studio, but it is photographed here in my home office.  This style and color is a little more formal looking and I can imagine it hanging in an entry way, end of hallway or a family room.  Presented with a photo horizontally it could look really sharp above the fireplace.

Mylee 9-months Sneak Peak

Mylee turned 9 months this week.  I was able to photograph her in a new area of my studio I just set up this past weekend using natural light.  Here are couple of pictures from our session.  Yes, her mouth is wide open in most of the pictures I was able to capture.  It means she is happy and I think it is adorable.

Hinckley- 4 months

What a sweety this one is.  I first photographed Hinckley when he was a newborn which you can see here.  He has changed so much in 4 months, I love his chubby cheeks and sweet smile. 

N Family Session

You never know how a family session is going to go, but these two kids were wonderful and made my job a lot easier.  They are so adorable and sweet to each other.  Thanks to Adam and Michelle for the privilege of photographing their family.

W Family Children

After abandoning a few locations because of horrible mosquitos we ended up in backyard of the following family.  It made for a much more relaxing session photographing the children one by one while the others were inside relaxing.

Zoey album

I spent a few hours back in August with Zoey and her mom and dad when Zoey was two weeks old.  It is so fun to be around first time parents and I had to tease them a little because I think dad was in just as many pictures as Zoey.  I have many favorites, so I am just showing the album I created for them.

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