Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Sweet Julianna

Having always been a "baby person", I get such a thrill when someone contacts me to photograph their baby. And as much as I thrive on the buzz and excitement that is a wedding day, I also crave the contentment and hushed softness of a newborn shoot. When Nicole asked me to do Julianna's newborn session after I did the family's maternity session, I was grinning from ear to ear. It is a special honor for me to work with a client throughout milestones in their family.

Julianna was ten days old the day of the session, and completely perfect. She snuggled right in my arms and let me rock/bounce her to sleep. She was out in two minutes! But before we did the sleepy newborn shots, we did get a few family photos in, along with proud big sister Maddy.



I look forward to seeing lots more of this beautiful family throughout the years!



To book your own in-home newborn session, email me at sweeteventsvt@gmail.com.

Thursday, September 4, 2014

Mommy and Son Session

I'm so behind on blogging! I guess it is sort of a good thing - being so busy with sessions and weddings that I haven't had the time to sit down and blog. Add in a very busy summer with lots of visitors, and I just got so overwhelmed that the blog got neglected. So my apologies - some of the upcoming posts will be from sessions that happened a couple months ago. I hope you don't mind!

This Mommy and Me session is one Laurie and I had been talking about for a while, and finally we both found time in our busy schedules to meet up. Her son, Cutler, was in my daughter's class at school last year so we have gotten to know each other in those months. Laurie had told me that they did not have a lot of photos of her and Cutler together (story of a mom's life - always taking photos and never getting in them!) and she wanted to get some up on their walls before time got away from them. This is something I am very passionate about - it doesn't matter if it's just a snapshot, if your hair doesn't look perfect, or if you aren't feeling "camera-ready". Get in the picture, mommas! Twenty years from now, you won't regret it.





What you will remember is how wonderful it was when your children were little, and how glad you are to have that moment in time captured forever with you in it. Believe me, I truly hate being in front of the lens and always pick apart my appearance on camera. But even now, I look back on photos taken of me when my children were just babies; I don't mind the chubby post-pregnancy cheeks or the bags under my eyes so much. I'm just thrilled to have a tangible memory of me with my greatest loves.

Laurie and Cutler, it was such a pleasure doing this session with you. I hope that I achieved exactly what you were hoping for in capturing your special mother/son relationship in these images.

To book your own Mommy and Me session, please email me at sweeteventsvt@gmail.com.