Six months old already. Wow. The thing is, I can’t believe it was only six months ago that I had her (feels like a very long time ago), but at the same time I can’t believe she’s already sitting up and halfway through her first year of life. Sad! And yet it’s so fun at the same time. So many mixed emotions that go along with this parenting gig.
Everyone says to me, “I bet you take a ton of pictures of your baby, don’t you?” But then I realized…lately I’ve been so busy with other people’s family photos that I hadn’t been taking as many as usual. So I pulled out the camera today to document her first days sitting up on her own and thought I’d squeeze some personal photos in between sessions here. She’s still pretty wobbly but it’s a big step.
I love the one where she’s scrunching up her nose because this is so her lately. She scrunches up her nose and breathes really fast in and out her nose to whine at me. I think it’s so cute, especially for a whine technique. I love this kid!
This last weekend, I held my first day of mini-sessions in San Antonio. It was a humid, humid day and my legs are covered in bug bites (I’ve counted over 20 on my right leg from the knee down alone!), but I had so much fun meeting a lot of really cool people and some of the happiest babies ever. Seriously, one baby thought my camera was hilarious — wish they all did (but you’ll see her preview another day).
This preview is actually from one 45 minute session if you can believe it! We had a LOT of people and broke up a mini-session into five 10-minute micro-sessions. Here are a few photos from their gallery!
I have to admit that I have a soft spot for sessions at home. I am so honored that people have me into their home to take photos of them doing what they do every day. There’s such beauty in moms feeding and cuddling with their newborn babies and kids playing by themselves using their imagination and forgetting I’m there taking their photo. I love interacting with families and creating games to play with kids during our session, but I really adore truly candid photos where the kids go about doing their own thing and forget that I’m trailing behind them capturing it all.
Enjoy this sneak peek into this sweet family’s session who had me into their home last week! As you can tell, I had some beautiful light at my fingertips. I keep wanting to call it ‘delicious’. There are so many tender moments in this selection I picked out to blog, and even more in their full session, I love it! And to my lovely client, A: congratulations on the birth of your 2nd daughter! She’s gorgeous!
