Our friends Sheri & Adam were visiting Chicago last week, and this was the first time I had the chance to meet Anna – she’s 6 months old already and absolutely adorable. Its kind of dangerous to be around babies like her because she makes you want one…
Cutest chubby little legs ever.
Such a beautiful family you have! I miss having you two in Chicago…maybe we’ll have to move west!
Anna at Six Months!
June 1, 2011 By 3 Comments
Little Emma~Bean
May 26, 2011 By 5 Comments
Just last week I had been thinking about how it’d been far too long since I’ve photographed a little one. When I first started doing photography I did a lot of child portraits, but as I’ve become busier with weddings I’ve had to limit the other types of shoots that I can do. BUT I absolutely love photographing babies, so I was thrilled to have the opportunity to photograph our little neighbor Emma a few days ago.
Emma is a little doll at almost 3 months old, and I thought her chatter throughout our session was hilarious and endearing…clearly, she has a lot to say.
I love the sneezy face.
She had the most to say when her mamma was near by, absolutely adorable.
We tried a little tummy time, and she did great…but it got old pretty fast, its hard work holding your head up for too long!
Chicago Family Portraits: Gabe + Joel
December 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The same day I did a session with little Vivy, I did one with Gabe & Joel! OH the difference between taking pictures of one little girl compared with two little boys! It was really fun to hang out with them though – to learn about their toys, watch them dance to Christmas music and play on the playground. This first shot is really telling…
I love this shot of Joel, I think its a genuine smile…apparently thats hard to capture with this one!
Aww…cutie.
Lovin’ the brand new cowboy hat, boots and belt from Grandma!
I love how he’s reaching up as high as he can, but still can barely peek over.
They have matching boots, Joel & Woody.
Taking pictures of taking pictures!
Gabe & Joel are the kids of our new neighbors and friends, so it was fun to spend some time hanging out with them…even though they gave me a work out, that’s for sure : )
Chicago Child Portrait: Sweet Vivy
December 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
When I knocked on the door for my child portrait session on Saturday morning, this was the sweet face that greeted me…I was smitten instantly! Love those curls and baby-blues.
First we did some Christmas Card shots, and Vivy’s mom Becca had done an amazing job of staging a little scene where Vivy had boxes to open, ornaments to play with and books to read.
Vivy was so surprised by everything, its really fun to see little ones around Christmas time when the joy of the season is brand new!
Oops…she pinched her finger, but even that little unhappy face was too cute to pass up.
Playing with grandma…
OH my goodness, Vivy was adorable dancing to Christmas music with an angel and then this bunny…apparently she learned from Dancing with the Stars – too cute!
Next we went to Vivy’s playroom…
Vivy and her beautiful momma, Becca.
I loved this one instantly.
Playing with a fun treasure chest given to her by her other grandma.
This is Vivy’s sleepy habit, when she gets tired she sucks her thumb and pulls her hair down. This child would have me wrapped around her little finger in no time.
Family Shoot: Fall in Park Ridge
November 2, 2010 By 1 Comment
I loved this family shoot! We met at a park in Park Ridge that has a little nature preserve attached, and the fall colors were fabulous. I’ve worked with John Mark, Sheena and Esmée a couple of times before (see some of those images here) so I was of course very happy to hear from them again. This time rather than portraits of Esmée and their immediate family, John Mark and Sheena were interested in a larger family portrait.
Here is one of our first shots, and my favorite!
These are John Mark and his sister Melissa’s parents, and loving grandparents to all the kiddos.
We still did some individual shots of each of the kids…I’ll go oldest to youngest. Meet Simon:
Owen (had me at hello! Love those glasses…)
And Aidan! Even though Aidan said it was ‘too hard’ to smile (love it.) we still got some cute shots.
And Esmée! Love her. She has the bluest eyes I’ve ever seen and looks right at the camera…a photographer’s dream!
It was my pleasure working with you all this weekend – I hope some of these shots will be Christmas Card worthy!
