This is gonna be a long one. LOTS of sessions to sneak. First…

I love nursing images. I truly do. And when you’re lucky enough to see a moment like this, that makes my heart so very happy.  Now for more from his and other sessions…

Can you EVEN believe the pic of the three siblings together up there?!!  I seriously about fell over when everything came together and we were able to snag those!  And then baby girl in her beautiful green dress.  Her eyes are divine!

Call me crazy, but I imagine she’ll be able to get away with a lot with just one look from those big brown eyes. (Also from the recent Xpressions sessions, but these images have been retouched).

Energy. They had a lot of energy. I could have used some of their energy. Middle pic cracks me up…don’t we deal with this all the time? We finally get everyone in position and ready to roll and somebody has to make other plans, LOL. Beautiful and firey little kiddos and their session reflects that and a whole lotta love!

I was honored to be there to capture the anticipation, his emotional birth day, the newborn newness, and now here he is at 6 months old and he is 100% pure adorable baby squishyness (evidently, my computer is trying to tell me that’s not a word, but I’m here to tell you that it is).  Mom told me that he was the most easy-going baby in the world. And she is absolutely right. He didn’t cry once during the entire session.  He cooed, smiled, giggled, played, and was just plain perfect and cute in every way. No lie. Easy baby.  So many fun shots from this session and I cannot wait to finish them all!

By far, my absolute fav session with one of my absolute fav families!

And now, a bunch of sneaky peeks for all of those beautiful families that braved the intense fog and even RAIN today for our Xpressions sessions (as always, the images below from the Xpressions sessions have not been retouched):

(I’d especially like to thank Miss J with the umbrella above…she did an INCREDIBLE job fighting the elements today!)

There is still ONE opening left for the November 22nd, round of Xpressions (again, this is the LAST round I’ll be doing in Austin for 2009).  Contact me if you want to snag it!

ETA: I don’t want to give photographers out there the wrong impression.  My Xpressions images are not SOOC…they have received edits in ACR to enhance contrast/exposure.  What I’m referring to is the fact that they have not been retouched in Photoshop to address things like blemishes, eye brightening, dodging/burning, color saturation, sharpness, cross-processing, etc. You can read more about the difference between these digital negatives (shown above) and fully retouched images here.

…that I had run into Brad Pitt or something when I saw those BEAUTIFUL fall leaves on this tree.  But no. It was just me getting all in a dither spotting some semblance of the kind of fall colors I used to see growing up in Virginia. Isn’t she radiant?  She looks good on land and in water. ;-)  Okay, back to work now.

1. It has been a whirlwind week and it looks promising that the next few weeks will be the same. So, until we’re on the other side of holiday family portraits, I’m going to start doing "Sneak Peek Sundays." (And yes, I am aware that it’s Monday, but Sneak Peek Sundays just sounds better).  So, if you’re looking for a sneak of your session, just check in on Sundays!  When things calm down, I plan to blog each of these sessions in full.

2. Baby #1 – 6 months later and she is still one of the cutest and most smiley babies I’ve ever seen!

3. Beautiful Pregnant Model: You wouldn’t even believe what we (well, mostly she) had to go through to nail that underwater maternity shot. J – I’m SOOOO happy you persevered (dress shopping, battery drama, freezing in water, coordinating breathing and swimming and posing, wow!).

4. Baby #2: She is Amry’s new BFF.

5. Family by the water: Had a wonderful (and looooong) evening getting to hang out with her family at their beautiful home. And I am over the moon about what is going to be their Christmas Card pic!!

6. If you are in the Washington, D.C. or Richmond, VA area and would like to arrange an Xpressions session for baby, child or family portraits, please let me know ASAP. We only a few limited openings left.  Check out this link for dates and details.

Things I want to remember about tonight:

1. Last year at this time, I was 8 mos pregnant, waddling around, only dreaming of what my little girl would be for Halloween this year…

2. The fact that my mom made Halloween cupcakes for us. And, the fact that she surprised us by wearing a costume. (She’s Megatron up there. Amry was not impressed.)

3. The fact that we *finally* got to spend Halloween with my mom and sis. Such a fun evening!

4. While prepping the boys for tonight, we asked Logi Bear (AKA "Wolverine"), "What do you say when someone gives you candy?"

"Thank you."

"And what do you say if someone gives you candy you don’t like?"

"No thank  you." 

Not her Halloween costume. But it could have been. If she left the glasses on that I kept trying to put on her.

P.S. Only ONE opening left (p.m.) for the Nov 22nd Xpressions!  BOOKED!

I’m going to *try* to just narrow it down to a few favs for the blog. But I’m not promising anything. Aren’t they a BEAUTIFUL family? And such a joy to work with them.  The kids had great personalities and everyone was game for whatever I threw at them. Truly couldn’t have asked for a better session!

Okay. This is just too difficult. I can’t help myself. Here’s their session in full: