One of the things I love most about doing new born baby photography is that they are so tiny and small when they are babies.New born baby photography is a dangerous thing if you aren’t careful. A lot of newborns photographers in the Hartford area and all of CT are not educated in how to properly pose a newborn, so as to now harm them. Many of these images are composites portraits where we combined two images into one to keep the newborn baby safe during his portraits.

One of the most important things I tell people about family portrait photos is that they should coordinate their outfits, but not match perfectly. This family did a great job of that and so their family photography portraits came out great. We did their family pictures in the Hartford area because there is a tremendous and beautiful diversity in backgrounds. In a small area we had fields, brick building, junkyards, and stone churches to be the backdrop for their family portrait photos. Family photography is always a fun part of my job as a photographer in Hartford because I love getting out of the wedding routine to shoot family portraits. One of the things I love most about being a family photographer and taking family portrait photos is that I get to see the personalities of each family member come to life and document those as portraits.

I wish I could say that these CT family photos were taken in Hartford, but I actually took them in Europe! However, there are plenty of places around Hartford for great family photos!The nice thing about doing family picture sin Hartford is that there are a ton of options for backdrops and backgrounds

These girls were all so beautiful and made their boudoir session totally amazing by being natural in front of the camera.Boudoir photography images are a great gift for your special someone for Valentine’s Day, his Birthday, Christmas…or really any time!Each girl received 20 boudoir images on a DVD and then a boudoir gallery online with all of their images. The room we had to do the boudoir session was absolutely perfect and conducive to beautiful boudoir photography images. Isn’t she just lovely? She definitely worked her boudoir session to the nines!

They are such a beautiful family and it was such a good family photo experience to work with them!The guysThe galsThis little guy was so much fun to work with for their family portraits photos!Look at those eyes!Jenn was the one who contacted me because she wanted a good family photo experience and was nervous about going to a studio. I am thrilled to say that they loved their experience and the result of my family photography. Family photography is one of my favorite photos to do because I get to work with all the different personalities of the family members.

When my sister and her husband brought their son, William, home form the hospital Auntie Leasha was in full photos mode, wanting to take some picture of this precious baby.

Meet Little Bill

Enjoy!

S Stephanie’s daughter was pretty much the cutest thing ever! And such a Diva too!

Seriously, how cute is she?

To say the least, it was a bit chilly and windy outside so we went in to the carousel to warm up a bit I told them they better get used to it quick, cause these Connecticut winters are just slightly different than Hawaiian winters.

Weeeeee!!!

Stephanie workin’ the camera by herself.

Had to get some one-on-one time with just mom and dad.

Cutest baby EVER, right?

Managed to get a brief smile out of him before he really realized how much he didn’t like the grass.

Much happier in the basket

One last try on the grass….didn’t work.

Training the boy right!

We did her newborn photography shoot in her daddy’s home in Meriden, Connecticut. I really wanted to do some outdoor newborn photos in the grass, but just as I arrived the rain started pouring down, so that hindered our session plans a bit.

Meet Peyton!

In a lot of ways, Sam is just like any other 3 year old. Just like any other 3 year old, he could laugh and whine all in a single sentence. Just like any other 3 year old, he would both hug and strangle his sister within 30 seconds time. Just like any other 3 year old, he could spend hours on end feeding the ducks or playing with his cars. And just like any other 3 year old, he has a heart of gold that had the ability to melt me.

But Sam is not like any other 3 year old.

Born at 34 weeks, as a premie, Sam was quickly diagnosed with MMIHS. In his mother’s own words “We can’t feel bad for ourselves though because Sam is a miracle. Most children (like 99.99999999999999 percent) who have his syndrome needed massive organ transplants to live. So while Sam was given a few knocks in life, we are so grateful that he continues to live and grow.” Sam is a hero.

I was contacted by an organization called “Littlest Heroes” not too long ago about doing donation photo sessions for families who have children that have medical issues. As many of you know, I am really passionate about giving back and helping others. Sam was the first session I have been able to do, and it was so much fun. I met Kerri and Mark at Elizabeth Park in West Hartford, CT to do Sam’s portrait shoot, as well as getting some family pictures done. For those of you who have ever done portrait sessions of toddlers, you know that you can barely keep them still long enough to click the shutter button on your camera – never mind getting them to pose in a cute way, smile, and remain still all at the same time. It is an impossible feat. But that is the beauty of photographer toddlers and kids in general – they are so unpredictable and fun!

Meet Sam. (and his adorable twin sister Amelia!)

That’s the “not sure I like you yet” face.

Playing with his car.

Had to get a few of Amelia too! She was so excited to show me her “pretty dress for pictures.”

I love the shot of her smelling the roses!

Mommy and Amelia.

A couple family portrait shots amongst the rose bushes at Elizabeth park in West Hartford, CT.

This series is my favorite of the day. Especially the out takes (you won’t need clarification on which ones those are!)

Amelia loved posing in front of the camera.

Started with this…

…and in a matter of second went to this!….lol!

…and then back to this.