Christina's Blog

If my first session of the New Year is any indication, this year is gonna be a great one!  Peyton was visiting the studio for her 6 month Baby Love Collection session and she brought along her big brother, Austin.  One look at the two of them together and I knew I’d have no trouble at all capturing their relationship – the love these two have for each other was obvious and so genuine.  To be honest, I don’t know that I’ve ever seen anything quite like it – they literally just enjoyed being together and Austin was just so sweet with her.  After a few different poses, I recognized that Austin was beginning to lose interest in this whole “portrait session” thing and I really wanted to try one more pose.  I let him know if I could get just three more shots, I’d be done.  He reluctantly agreed and then did the sweetest thing ever:  he slipped his arms around his little sister, scooped her gently up into his lap and then in his best “stick with me, kid” voice said, “Come on, Peyton, we’re almost done.”  My. Heart.  Melted.

I am working on some gorgeous images tonight and just had to share this sneak-peek from a recent session.  I was invited to create baby Ryan’s newborn portraits when he was only 3 weeks old.  He was quite alert when I arrived, so I took the opportunity to photograph him with his Mommy and big sister, Isabelle first.  He was a bit resistant to the idea of sleeping at first, but after much encouragement from Mommy he finally drifted off, allowing me to capture all his perfect newness and create a beautiful collection of images.

It’s often hard to remember just how tiny our own babies are when they’re born, especially because we see them everyday and they grow so darn fast.  I still find myself surprised sometimes when I pick up a tiny newborn and realize again how very light they are… and how very, very perfect.  I hope Ryan’s family enjoys this little preview and I cannot wait to share the full collection with you!

Just wanted to quickly share one of the beautiful images I captured last week when I went to Wilmington to visit my new niece – this was her first portrait session with me and I could hardly believe it had been over 3 months since she’d been born.  Those of you with children of your own know just how true the old adage of “time flies” really is!  I still haven’t chosen my favorite image from her session yet, but this one is definitely in the running.

I always try to avoid showering too much attention on babies when I first meet them, as I want to save those sweet smiles and interested expressions for the camera room – this was a very hard rule to abide by this time, as this was my first time seeing her and all I really wanted to do when I got there was put my equipment down on the floor and just be an Aunt!  I set up my “portable studio” in her nursery and had so much fun capturing her big blue eyes, happy smiles and chubby cheeks.  She was such a sweetie!  Afterward I enjoyed getting to hang out and visit with my brother and sis-in-law while Peyton sat contently in my lap – an awesome day!