Jeung Family

I visited this cute family in their home to shoot some family portraits and more formal poses of their two kids. I have to say, I really enjoyed interacting and taking photos of their older son (who proudly told me he was 4 and 3/4 years old...that 3/4 was very important!) He was a fun kid and I hope that the pictures got some of his spontaneity and goofiness across. His seven month old sister was a different story, I don't think she cracked a smile for me once! She was very solemn about the whole experience. I hope their family enjoys this sneak peek!

The Jeung Family. The dad pulled this great bench out from their backyard for posing for photos.


All smiles


posing with his pals Duck and Cow






Little Miss Solemn




I love the look mom is giving her daughter here

James - two months

Adorable James and his parents came to me for a photoshoot. He's three weeks younger than my Albert, and it was really nice shooting a baby that would behave for the camera! James was awake the entire time, so we spent a lot of time trying to get him to smile. Ultimately, we were unsuccessful, as he'd only smile when I wasn't taking pictures, but I think I got some nice shots that showed the little strong man's personality. Here is a preview of their session!

Meet James


yes, he did find his hand quite tasty in all the shots


fuzzy baby head!


my best shot at a non-serious look from James


I love the looks Dad and James are giving each other


posing with mom


the mom had this idea for a family shot. I thought it was great, and something they could continue to do every year as a tradition as James grows older.


a more traditional family shot

Apples and kiddos

Our yard has an inordinate amount of fruit trees for being in the city and a smaller lot. This time of year is apple harvesting time, and I thought they'd make a great background to shoot against. Unfortunately, both my kids had other plans and weren't the most cooperative of subjects, but I did get a couple of good pictures. Yes, all the apples you see were picked from our yard.

If you've been to my website recently, you'll have seen this picture already. For this picture of Samuel, I used my 85mm 2.8 lense with me perched on top of a six foot tall ladder shooting down at him. he refused to lay down in the apples, probably due to the fact that the sky was bright (even though it was overcast). Hence the close cropping.


Albert was much easier to pose. We just laid him in the grass and positioned apples around him. Again I'm up on the ladder shooting down at him with my 85mm.

"mom, what are you doing?"


I moved off the ladder to shoot him a little closer for these pictures. Todd had the great idea to give him an apple so his hands wouldn't constantly be in front of his face.


and finally, a smile!


and what we do with all those apples - make applesauce! Samuel here is operating the apple corer peeler machine.


in action

David - four months old

Our good friends recently had a baby and wanted to get some pictures of him in his baptism outfit. Since they were going to be here for pictures, they were kind enough to let me practice some other shots on him, including some fun hat shots and naked baby shots. David was a great little trooper, enduring the outfit changes and being entertained by two women, a wildly dancing man, and a highly curious three year old. Here are some of his pictures!

meet David


the baptism outfit, aka "pilgrim David"


mr smiles!


who doesn't love a baby in a hat?


one last picture

Squishy newborn shoot

Becky, my willing and cooperative maternity model from this shoot came back with her newborn baby boy and let me practice taking some shots with a squishy delectable newborn. He's about 2 weeks old in these pictures.

Things I learned: newborns DO take a long time to shoot, between the crying, sleeping, nursing, feeding, and all the resting inbetween. :) Also, use less slippery fabric around the boppy because the baby kept slipping down on the fabric I was using. I read somewhere that using a bean bag was best with newborns because it conformed the most to their little curved shape. Overall I was pretty happy with the shoot and learned lots about posing such small babies.

and now onto the picture sneak peek! :)

how he spent about half the shoot, in various stages of unhappy


ahhh bliss


look, we even got some awake shots!


gassy smile


with mommy


with blocks


baby head!


baby hand

Newborn, siblings, family - oh my!

This family was probably the most diverse group, age-wise, of people I had to shoot yet in a session. First, there was the delightful newborn who was about 7 weeks old. She had three older brothers who were 5 and in their teenage years respectively, plus a family friend, and mom and dad. Whew! Lots of people to line up and try to find good poses for.

From this shoot I learned that I need to step back further in order to get everyone in focus (and boy would it have been nice to have a wide-angle lense to capture the surroundings better!) especially when I had the f/stop lowered to let in light. The shoot was on location at their house, with the newborn being extremely non-fussy and letting me snap away. The mom was super-helpful in staging everyone and getting everyone ready and smiling. I even got a few captures of the dad and baby together which I thought were sweet. Hopefully they'll enjoy their pictures!

the very sweet baby D


look at that cute smile!


are you looking at me?


everyone loves baby toes!


and my favorite picture of dad and baby

Brady- 5 weeks old

This is my friend's five week old son. He was still in that awake an hour/nurse/sleep cycle so I got a few good shots of sleeping baby. I didn't get any good shots of him and his older sister together, so I think I'm going to have to work on grabbing the older kid's attention more and then posing the newborn. If I wasn't already pregnant this kid definately gave me baby fever. Did I mention the adorable sleeping?!

Shot with my D200 50mm

sleeping baby. he's propped up on the boppy (the best invention by man EVER)


baby butt! the diaper covers I use come from Andromeda's Attic if anyone is in the market for cute cloth diapers or diaper covers.

Photoshoot - Amelia

This is the little sister of a girl in Samuel's playgroup. She's almost two months old, and pretty alert for a baby! She wasn't the happiest during the photoshoot, but I managed to get some non-cranky baby pictures as well as cranky baby pictures. :)

taken with my D200, 50mm f2.2-f2.8

on my white seamless on a blanket. that blanket was pretty nifty, we just turned it to pose her towards the light and she didn't care one way or the other.


see look, a smile! or, a gas bubble. one or the other. :)


me working on my B&W conversions. This one I just did with channel mixer, I'm thinking of using an action next time.


my "artsy" attempt


this is on the black velour background. I couldn't justify spending that much more on black velvet when the velour was $10 less per yard. I think it works just as well.