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I have been dying to share a few of my favorites from baby Ben’s 3 month session, but I wanted to wait until Mom and Dad had seen them first.  Please bear with me while I gush over these images and tell you how much I love this family!

Last year I had the pleasure of photographing the lovely Miss Abigail at Duke Gardens (see portrait below) and creating a keepsake coffee table book for her family, along with a wall portrait of one of my most-favorite  photographs to date.  She recently became a big sister and I have been eagerly awaiting the chance to photograph baby Ben ever since.

Not about to be out-done by his sister, Ben turned on the baby charm full blast during his session with me and I honestly don’t think I’ve seen a 3 month old with quite this many different expressions!  Looking at his portraits just makes me happy and I hope his family feels the same way.  I’m looking forward to photographing Abigail and Ben together  soon and I know there will be lots of smiles and laughter then, too… and not just from the kiddos, either.

Did you know that I design and create birth announcements for many of my newborn and Baby Love Collection clients?  I’ve been working on announcements for several clients recently and wanted to share a few design examples with you today.  I love creating these cards, because it gives me the opportunity to design something very special and unique that shows off a beautiful image or two from your session and makes it super-easy for you to share your favorites with friends and family in print.  Cards are professionally printed on either a satin, lustre or pearl cardstock, which provides a high-quality look and feel you’ll love.

The design process is simple – you choose a favorite image or two from your session, share any color preferences you have (maybe the colors used in your nursery or colors that coordinate with your selected images) and a general idea of the style you like:  do you want something classic, sweet, modern, or fun?  Then I create a few design ideas for you to choose from – minor adjustments can be made from there.  This same process can be used to create any type of card you have a need for, such as birthday invitations, Holiday cards, or even custom family note cards and it makes for a really special keepsake for family and friends!

These days there are many ways to order birth announcements, either from an online site or a local printer, but you are usually limited to choosing from mass-produced templates.  If you’re looking for something a bit more creative and personal, my custom-designed boutique announcements might be perfect for you!

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.