Family Session 9-26-11

I gave a friend of mine a gift certificate for her baby shower. I got a chance to redeem it while in Michigan. I hadn't met her handsome little man yet, and my heart just melted. I love this girl with all my heart and I feel the same about little ~S~. He was such a ham, even though it was nap time. I was right in my element too, seeing as they are farmers and we trekked around in the hay meadows and cow pastures! We even got a shot of Little ~S~ on one of their tame bulls, that was exciting!

I was in love with the fall colors up there.

How could I have asked for a better backdrop???

Blue jean baby! I had found that green and yellow shirt before I headed up north, and it was SO well with his John Deere hat!

Was sad I didn't get a chance to get together with them again, time just seems to fly! Hoping to see them when I return Thanksgiving weekend! Love you guys!

9-7-11 Newborn

Catching up with my blogging is becoming a bit difficult! Seeing as it is October first, I plan on getting at least September blogged by my first October session (on the 7th).

On the seventh of September I met a beautiful baby boy! I made sure the room was warm, and was all prepared. However, I have found that I like nontraditional newborn photography. Let the session take itself. Maybe a few props, maybe a common pose here and there. For the most part, though, I like letting the child direct me. Let him sleep on the beanbag and snuggle up, detail shots are taken then. Let his Mom comfort him back into sleep, loving shots are taken then.

I love this one...he was giving them a present as I shot :-)

Oh little cowlicks...so sweet

So, as we all know I love to shoot the WHOLE time, to get the sweet candid photos. I love baby peach fuzz, I love little wrinkles. You will see those when I shoot newborns, that's what makes them so precious.



I love Fall

I am so enjoying the smell of a roast in the crock pot, and the cloudiness of the day. It is so nice to relax a bit before the start of the week. I have a family session Wednesday and hoping that the weather forecast remains true and we do have beautiful weather!
Looks like Mother Nature is blessing us with a few nice days before the white stuff arrives! I do love seeing the snow capped mountains behind the house, but that's the only place I really like to see snow this early in the year!

Beautiful Scene in my front yard

Hoping everyone is enjoying their Sunday!

My little family...

Am so happy that I FINALLY got our family photos done! It helped having my In-Laws here to get Shaw's attention, and that way I didn't have to use my remote on my camera. I love all the locations we have to use on here on the Ranch, I haven't even begun to dig into the possibilities!

Got the rest of Shaw's 12 month photos done too, so excited about them!! We even got some aspen trees that still has some leaves on them. Beautiful day!!!

Autumn

I have to say that Autumn is my favorite time of year. The colors are amazing and it gently cools down in preparation for Winter.

As one of my favorite people once said~

"Mother Nature sure dresses her up before putting her to bed" ~David Meyring

Hope you all enjoy the last few days of the beautiful colors!