I just love to photograph Addison, this was her third session with me and I always have such a good time with her. What a cutie!
Drug out the Christmas lights, I love an excuse to do that!
Love this little pony tail on top!
I wore her out.
When she had about enough of having her picture taken and clothes changed, she just started saying “bye-bye” 🙂
Don’t foget only one more day to send in your email with your entries for the Snow Day Contest!
These past weeks have been packed full of family portraits in time for the holidays. This past week I had a total of 15 shoots and a wedding, so it’s no wonder I am way behind blogging! This post is going to show off two from each of three sessions from last week to help get me caught up, and to make up for many more thorough posts I am going to give you all 7 tips to make your Christmas picture sessions easier, fun and more effective!
Tip #1 With children it is best to keep outfit changes to a minimum. Two outfits is really all a young child can last through, after all you don’t need pictures of her wardrobe, you need pictures of her!
Tip #2 Bring snacks and be willing to take a snack break when necessary. Food makes everyone happier, even me :).
Tip #3 Try your child’s outfit on before hand and make sure she can walk in it easily. If she is wearing something that’s too big or too small or won’t stay on, you will cause yourself more grief than its worth.
Tip #4 When choosing and outfit, make sure it is something your child is relatively comfortable in and it stays in place for the most part. There’s nothing worse than getting that perfect shot with mom or dad’s hand sticking in it to flatten a collar or fix a bow.
Tip #5 Try not to bride your child with things you can’t follow through with on the shoot, kids are smart and they don’t like to be tricked.
Tip #6 Have fun, be silly and don’t stress out! Your child is the most precious child in the world, of course they are going to have great pictures!
Tip #7 If a comfort object such as a stuffed toy or blanket will get them through a few more pictures, don’t worry if it ends up in a few shots, your session is about remembering what your lives were actually like at this point in your family’s history, so document it with pride.
If you have any other tips or topics you would like me to give, don’t hesitate to leave me a comment and let me know! Have a great day!
Briley and Annabelle and the Jones’
The Levite Family
(Winners of my drawing at the Kool Kids Consignment Sale in Ruston)
I love this one with her mouth wide open, she was really happy!
The Gray Family
We are taking just a few more snow day sessions and regular family sessions in December. Also all your print orders must be placed by Dec 10th in order to ensure their arrival by Christmas without paying extra for rush shipping!
Last week I met Hannah and her family at her husband’s grandparents house her in Ruston for the family pictures and her maternity pictures. We had a a lot of fun. Thanks for the great location, your great ideas and fun family Hannah!
Last week Anna Claire came over with her mom and grandmother for her 3 month pictures. Anna Claire is such a beautiful baby girl, with hair that most babies her age would be jealous of :). Here she is!
All you North Louisiana folks, don’t forget to book a Snow Day Mini Session in Ruston and enter the contest for a free shoot! Anna Claire will be there!
So last night I had one of those things I call a “Mommy Melt Down.” It happens every so often that I am completely humbled under the weight of the mother that I want to be and the mother that I actually am. My family has been more of other people’s cooking (ie. take out) than my own, the laundry is in a constant mountain of a pile and the past couple of weeks I have made the TV my babysitter way too much. Its a busy time of year and I work really hard to process and get my clients images out really fast, but lately at the expense of my family.
So today after my morning shoot I picked up my 5 year old brother Caleb and my sweet little Josiah and took them to get Happy Meals and to play at the park during Autumn’s nap time. We had so much fun and now I am refreshed and ready to give my life another shot. So here’s to picking yourself up off the floor today, because your family needs you to, you need you to and with God’s grace you can do it!
And later I came home to this:
This is Autumn trying to edit and play a song on iTunes on Brian’s computer. Wonder what she sees us doing all the time…
Also, for all (4) of you affected by the hard drive issue, the cable we had overnight last Wednesday finally came today, and we are cracking out images in the order they were taken as fast as possible. We’ve got one session out the door already!
