Enjoy Mr. B {Montgomery, AL Newborn Photography}

Love, love, love to see former wedding clients bring in their newborns! So special!

Mom and Dad, your gallery is uploading tonight and should be released to you by tomorrow morning. Enjoy the little preview of what's coming your way!

Enjoy Miss L {Montgomery, AL Newborn Photography}

Please meet Miss L - a very important new client. While I consider every single session I do an honor, this one was extra special. You see, her mom was a bridesmaid in the very first wedding I ever photographed. Somehow, my nearly-throwing-up nervousness must not have been too evident because she kept my card and called me to photograph her special day in May, 2009. She and her husband have stayed in touch and this year I got a text that a baby was on the way! I was so excited. So I really get all teary-eyed when I think of what it means that I was asked to photograph this precious child.

I felt like I was a little girl again playing dress-up dolls because mom and auntie brought enough clothes to open a specialty shop. We kept changing headbands and shoes and outfits and having the best time capturing these images.

I saw a lot of her handsome dad in her during the session, but while editing the photographs I could see more of her beautiful mom. Either way, she's going to be beautiful and loved. She's a very blessed little girl.

Not to mention, that she's the cutest little ASU Hornet I've ever seen.

Sweet mom and dad, your gallery is uploading tonight and should be ready to view tomorrow morning. Enjoy this little preview of a few of my favorite images from the gallery.

Enjoy Mr. G {Montgomery, AL Newborn Photography}

The images from this little pumpkin's newborn session are uploading tonight! So I can finally share a few of my favorites:

Mom and Dad, your full gallery of images will be online shortly! Enjoy this little preview!

Enjoy Newborns {Montgomery, AL Newborn Photography}

The cutest little newborn came to the studio last week for her premier session. She was so cooperative I was able to capture in the first 20 minutes what usually takes 2 hours! I was totally amazed. While I love many of the captures, this one is my absolute favorite! I've been visualizing this set-up since I saw that sassy cap and finally got to try it out!

And here are few more that are among the favorites:

Lauren and Todd, your full gallery of images is uploading now. I hope you will enjoy sharing this little preview with friends and family.

Enjoy Wesley {Newborn Photography Montgomery, AL}

I have been so excited about completing the creative process on this newborn session from last week.



The full gallery of images is uploading now, so please enjoy a few of my favorites.






Welcome, sweet Wesley. Your gallery will be available shortly!

Just a reminder for those interested in newborn sessions. Newborns should be photographed at about 7-10 days old. Please call or email and pencil in your due date early in your pregnancy to ensure an opening will be available.

So Hard to Say "No"

I am (thankfully) booked to full capacity this fall. Still, it has been so hard to say "no" to people who are calling and emailing wanting information on portrait sessions. Last week I got an email from a young mother who wanted a newborn session with her son. He was already four weeks old - well past the optimum time of 7-10 days - so I really thought I might have to turn her away.

As the Lord would have it, we finally got some much-needed rain on Sunday. This led to an afternoon outdoor portrait session being rescheduled and me being able to work in this handsome young gentleman!



We may not have gotten any of those little sleepy pictures, but I certainly love what we did capture.




And I got to meet his beautiful mom...



...and equally beautiful "Mimi."



I am so glad that things worked out like they did. It turned into a delightful session - just so much fun for me! I cannot help but feel blessed when I look at these pictures... blessed that I couldn't say "no," blessed to have the opportunity to meet such wonderful women, blessed to have had rain, and blessed that much of the day was enjoyed with my own family.

Thank you, Mom & Mimi (and to Mom's sweet co-worker who encouraged them to call!). Your gallery will be released later this evening.

And to all you expectant ladies out there, please call as far in advance as possible with your due date. We can pencil in some dates so you won't be turned away. I don't think people realize how far in advance good photographers are booked for weddings and portrait sessions. I am currently booking into June of 2011. There are still open dates in February, March and May but they are filling up quickly.

Only 4 Days Old!

We had to squeeze this sweet little girl's newborn session into a very full fall schedule, so she was only 4 days old when these were captured. I had the honor of photographing their older daughter's first year and was thrilled to learn of the new addition to the family. Although I blogged my very favorite image from the session last week, here are a few more for mom and dad to enjoy and share with friends and family while their gallery is uploading.





We got a few special ones with her big sister:




Sweet Big Sister painted this work of art for her little sister's nursery...



and had received a little special pampering from one of the grandmother's earlier in the weekend. She was so proud of her pink pedicure!



Mom is truly one of the most beautiful people - inside and out - that I've ever met. She certainly doesn't look like she delivered a baby 4 days earlier!



And here's one for Dad ... his three beautiful girls.



Mom and Dad, your gallery is uploading tonight and will be released tomorrow so you can enjoy all the images! Thank you so much for inviting me back into your lives to celebrate this miracle!

Enjoy Newborns

My "one-woman-show" became a bit overwhelming this year. Actually, it started back on Feb. 11th when the snow canceled an all-day Enjoy Moments session at Buena Vista. All those sessions got added to the next scheduled Enjoy Moments day and I never got caught up again. I found myself apologizing profusely all the time for running behind on editing and uploading, not enjoying this very enjoyable creative outlet anymore, and not being able to relax when my family was around. I had to set some priorities and realize that I had taken on more than one person could do. After lots of prayer, thought and research, I started using two companies in June to help me with post-processing and editing so I could do what I liked to do the best - take photographs and do creative things with them. So, I now use Photographer's Edit to do the first edits on my weddings, and Vital Edit for my portrait sessions. I'm back to enjoying what I do and uploading my sessions to my clients' galleries on time. If any other photographers want to know why I settled on these companies - and why I use different companies for portraits and weddings - please feel free to shoot me an email.

All of this long explanation - which very few people are really interested in anyway - is to explain why I don't do sneak peeks right after a session anymore. When I started outsourcing the first edits, I started doing the sneak peeks as the galleries were uploading. It was just a better use of my time.

And all of that is to say,

I had to make an exception today.

When I was preparing today's newborn session to upload to Vital Edit I saw this:



and my heart stopped

and I just couldn't go any further.

So - only this once - will I do a sneak peek the day I do a session.

Enjoy!

Welcome Home

This precious little boy spent 10 weeks in NICU. I was so honored to be there the day after his homecoming to photograph his "newborn" session. Here's a sneak peek for his sweet family to enjoy while his gallery is uploading.