Happy Birthday Sweet Boy!

I have been lucky enough to photograph this happy boy at 3 months...

then at 6 months...

...and now again celebrating his first birthday soon. Notice how incredibly easy he makes my job?!!! He's one of the happiest babies I've ever photographed and I'm so thankful to have been able to watch him keep getting cuter, and cuter and cuter, if that's even possible.

Happy birthday sweet boy and thank you so much D family for the privelege! You two have much to celebrate!

And a first birthday is not complete without cake. Love his unsure face here!

But that didn't last very long!

The evidence and the guilty face! "What do you expect from me, I'm gonna be 1 not 21!"

Love this family

Do you know how I booked this session? I just emailed my dear friend here and said, "You have an appointment at this time and location. Will not take any excuses, except maybe if you're on your deathbed, but only then, just maybe." Amber is the kindest and most warm-hearted person, so much so that she would never think to schedule photos with HER in them!

Sometimes life gets in the way and we think we're too busy for photos and we think, "Ah well, I take photos all the time with my good old Kodak camera, that's good enough." But, how many of them are really timeless? And how often are us moms in the photos? And those photos that we have of us as children with our parents, how many do we have that we cherish? I know I only have a handful with my parents and I old onto them tightly. I think photos are just as much for our kids one day as they are for us. Anyway, I loved doing these and I love this family. Maybe one day we can convince dad to join!

Happy Mother's Day to a wonderful mom and beautiful friend!

This photo makes my heart sing! The matilda jane clothes, the flowers, but especially the look of geniune happiness.

Love everything about this photo too. The fishing lure in his hands, his stance with his feet together and his John Wayne hat.

She didn't want to hold the parasol so he held it for her over her head!

I actually have quite a few of her smiling into the camera but I really love this.

Beautiful everything

Somehow I've fallen a behind in my editing process so this share will be a little brief for now but.... worth it! I recently found *THE CHAIR* I've been looking for now for over a year. I love it and these beautiful girls helped me model it last weekend at the most gorgeous place on Earth, Catoctin Mountain Orchard!
No, the middle one is not the older sister!





A few more to come from this session later this week!

Latest issue of Celebrate Gettysburg magazine is out

I did a screen capture of the website sneak peek because I haven't gotten my hands on an actual copy of the magazine yet but... I love the story on Adams County's Everyday Hereos... and the photography too, :)

They were both a pleasure to photograph and truly deserving of such a title. Check it out!

5 Week Old Surprise

This beautiful baby boy was an angel on Sunday which I know made his mom very happy. He was a little older than I like to photograph newborns (under 2 weeks is ideal) but surprise, surprise, I was wrong. He was wonderful and let me position him with just a leeeeetle fight on his part.

He joins a loving family who are so obviously smitten with him!

I think he looks just his gorgeous mom!
I really thought mom was an interior designer but turns out she is a very talented decorater and especially talented at finding very unique pieces of furniture and accessories. This is a changing table (underneath the top board) and is definitely the most gorgeous changing table I've ever seen.

Love the bright eyes and tiny smirk!
So peaceful and so happy here.

Peachy

I could hardly wait to get home to edit this first shot. I've been wanting to do this for a long time and well, these gorgeous sisters were perfect. I've had the pleasure of photographing miss T. before but today, I also got to photograph her brand new beautiful baby sister! This peach hat matched the color of her peachy skin!
I recently bought several pieces of fabric to do shots like these. I just asked mom which she liked best and I think she made a beautiful choice!

It was hot outside today so dad was wearing a tank shirt and I noticed his awesome tattoo and asked if he wouldn't mind me taking this shot. Lucky for me, he's a pretty nice guy and I love how it turned out!

You might recognize this little girl from the photo on my splash page!

Sweet Pea... Maryland Newborn Photographer

I have a lot of newborn babies coming up within the next few weeks (and two this weekend!) and I'm very excited about that! I'm editing the rest of this session this evening and thought I'd share just one more from this sweetheart last weekend.