Baby Portraits | Colton Turns One!

Wednesday evening I had the opportunity to shoot Colton’s first birthday photos. The warmish weather & setting sun made for a perfect photo shoot. This is my first time doing portraits of a one-year-old. My tips for photographing babies or toddlers who are moving around a lot: shoot quick, be ready to improvise, bring their favorite toys, and keep an open mind.

Colton James
The balloon was a bit challenging, but it turned out to be a great prop
Birthday Boy
Colton’s favorite pass time is driving his car
As you can see, he loves his car
Still driving his car…

 

“Swing me again!”
“I’m so cute in my dress clothes. But I’m not too happy you took me out of my car.”
Warming up in his hat

Newborn Photography | Baby Ruth

Earlier this week my cousin and her husband blessed the world with Ruthie, their sixth child. Of course she’s perfectly sweet and gorgeous. Here are a few favorites from our hospital visit.

Ruth Nadine, bright-eyed at just one day old.
Ten perfect fingers…

 

… and ten perfect toes.
Ruthie remained wide awake during almost all of our visit.
A photo of me with Ruthie, since Mommy didn’t really want to be photographed right after giving birth.

 

Project 52 Week 30: Cutie Patootie

After taking well over 700 photos at Glacier National Park, I slacked off on photography a bit this past week. (By the way, my Glacier photos had the most views of any post on my blog – times about four!) I did snap a photo of this adorable little guy at my nephew’s birthday party this weekend.

Benjamin had a great time beating on the kiddy drums at his big brother’s birthday party.

 

Rock Chalk Baby

We got to welcome a new baby into the family this week! My cousin Holly, and her husband Adam, were blessed with beautiful baby Samantha on Monday, June 11. You can tell she’s going to be a huge MU fan, right? 😉

Mommy carefully strokes baby Samantha.
We actually remembered to get a photo of both parents with their newborn baby – something we usually forget.
Baby Jayhawk feet.
Baby Samantha looks so tiny in Daddy’s arms.
Just let me sleep, please!

Newborn Baby Colton

My good friend Lindsey and her husband Aaron welcomed their first baby boy into the world on Tuesday. I had the pleasure of hanging out with Lindsey and baby Colton at the hospital Wednesday evening. He has the most gorgeous deep blue eyes and blonde hair. Once you meet him you don’t want to take your eyes off him!

Hello Colton!
I love baby fingers.
He was born March 6, 2012 – 8 lb. 4 oz.
He’s all ready very alert.
As you can see, Colton is a Colts fan!