Brandon at One

I can't believe it's been a year since I did this little guy's newborn portraits.  It seems like only a few months ago.  Now he's one, and I was so excited when they asked me to do another session to capture him in all his 1-year-old glory.  We were lucky enough to get a 70 degree day in February (that's pretty rare in Indianapolis) so we headed down town to the White River State Park.  I love the architecture and textures down there.   Brandon was busy crawling and cruising, which kept this 38 weeks pregnant photographer on the move, but I didn't mind.  1-year-old portraits are so fun.

Happy Birthday, Arabella!

 I got to do a fun, 1st Birthday photography session for little miss Arabella this last weekend.  She was a doll.  We even had a smash cake for her which she delicately explored and enjoyed. Very lady-like.  It's called a SMASHCAKE, Bella!  She was quite content with her steady finger-full of frosting.   She was darling and her big sister was all giggles (and just as clean and delicate).  So much fun with these two little girls.

Sweet little Brandon

I love doing newborn photo shoots, especially when you get a subject like this little man.  I just love those big eyes and sweet smiles.   It makes being a photographer pretty fun.

Mornings, right?

I just love this little girl with her bed head and her cereal bowl.  This is my little Jane in the mornings.  I love photographing my kids just doing their thing and when they are both strapped into their high-chairs, well, then I have a captive photography subject.  Here's one of my son working on some Mac 'n' cheese for lunch.  I kind of love this stage of messy eating... or at least I would if I didn't have to clean it up.

Sweet little Christian

I got to photograph this beautiful new boy yesterday.  It was so fun to do a newborn photo shoot. Christian slept pretty well for a little while and then we got to see those big blue eyes!  He was just so tiny and perfect, it almost made me want another one... then I remembered my 10 month old is finally sleeping all night, so I'm good for a bit.  I'll just have to keep photographing other people's babies for now.  

My View

Sometimes my view includes some pretty gnarly dirty diapers.  Sometimes it's piles of laundry or toys strewn everywhere (today it was garbage from the kitchen trashcan).  Sometimes I can't even open my eyes because it's 3 IN THE MORNING, for crying out loud.   But every day, he crawls over and stands up against my legs and I get this view.  Easily worth it, wouldn't you say?

Baby in a box

My business cards just came in and I'm so excited.  They turned out just like I wanted.  I used this picture on the back because I just LOVE the catch-lights in his eyes.  They just make the photo really come to life.  And when my little Peter looks up at me from inside his cardboard box like a little lost puppy, I just melt inside.  (We don't keep him in a cardboard box, by the way, he does have a real bed.  It's just where he likes to play.)

Peter

My son is 8 months old now, which might be my favorite baby age.  He sits up on his own, and is starting to eat some finger foods, and all you have to do is look at him to get a big (mostly gummy) grin.  It makes him pretty fun to photograph.