Emma's Photo Sessions

So way back in June I promised photos from our sessions with Angel Gray Photography... Well, actually I just promised photos from the newborn session, however due to my slacking you will get to see not only Emma's newborn session, but also her 4 month and 8 month sessions... See it's like Christmas all over again... ;) Okay, maybe not like Christmas but now you don't have to wait 8 months to see them, you can watch her grow in minutes rather than months from the most adorable, scrunched-up little ball of perfection to the most adorable little baby who is sitting up and showing off her spunky little attitude...  So enjoy the photographic trip through Emma's first 8 months via the lens of Angel Gray's camera...  Click on the three links below to view the photos from each session.

Newborn Session (6 weeks old)

4 Month Session

8 Month Session (This session also included some family shots)

We have Emma's one year session scheduled at the end of March... It's hard to believe that our sweet little baby is almost a year old!  I will post a link to that session in April so be on the lookout for that... I have to give a small shout out to Angel Gray and her incredible talent that captured wonderful moments in each of  Emma's sessions as well as amazing shots of the rest of our family during the October photo session.  I have struggled with professional photographers for many years and either their lack of patience or their superegos that get in the way of their listening abilities when I try explaining our family's needs and limitations.  But Angel not only listened, she understood and in the process was able to give us fabulous photographs that I love... I love them not only because they are really good photos, but because they capture the personalities of each person in our family in a very natural (not posed) way...  So thanks Angel! 

Next up I am going to do a brief catch-up kind of post on Audrey and Claire, so stay tuned... :)

March 21 - Newborn Photos

Emma is one week old at this point and I wanted to capture those precious newborn moments - you know, the wrinkly, still snuggled in a ball baby moments.  I originally had Angel Gray scheduled to shoot Emma's newborn session at our house, but since that didn't work out, I got my camera and shot some photos of Emma myself.  I'm not a professional photographer (far, far from it) but I think that I did a pretty good job (if I do say so myself).  I had chosen a wooden bowl as one of the props for my newborn session with Angel and I can't tell you how excited I was to find one stowed away in a cabinet at my in-laws' house. I tried to remember all of the tips that my dad had given me about photography - aperture, f-stops, etc. - and I loved the natural light that was filtering through the windows in the kitchen so I placed Emma in the bowl and started the shoot.  After about an hour of shooting and about 200 photos later (thank goodness for digital "film"), I got some photos that I am quite proud of.  I do have to add that it seems to be a lot easier to get a great photo when you have such an adorable subject to photograph.  Now I know that I am quite biased, but Emma is that adorable subject.  Enjoy some of my favorite photos from the newborn shoot...

My absolute favorite!

 Pure Sweetness!

I had these "feet" printed on a large wrapped canvas and it is hanging in Emma's nursery... Love it!

One of the few "awake" shots I got...

I scheduled an additional newborn session with Angel Gray that we shot when Emma was six weeks old.  It will come up in a later post...