This was M just one year ago:
This is him now:
What a little cutie! I love seeing these little guys change in that first year.
I had a blast with this family of four at the Forks on the weekend. Here are some highlights of the session:
This precious little guy is 11 days new today and he rocked his first photo session. Mr. B. is very active and loves to move his hands and legs. He scrunches his lips in the most adorable ways.
I loved photographing this little cutie!
Little Miss K is 7 days old today and she rocked her first photo session. I love her big blue eyes and her calm disposition. Her big brother is a lovable canine named Kona who was perfectly behaved and loved sniffing around in the studio.
Here is a preview of beautiful Miss K on Day 7:
This is Baby Number Three for this family and he couldn’t be more perfect! I loved photographing and cuddling this little guy yesterday. Not only is he as cute as a button, but he made my job easy but giving me eyes-open pictures and sleepy baby ones.
Have a look at Mr. W at 10 days new!
Miss C is 10 months old already and was full of smiles today for her 3rd photo session. I had a blast photographing this little sweetie!
Here’s a sneak peek!
It was Day 12 for this precious little girl and she was absolutely perfect for her photography session. Not only does she have the most beautiful features and lovely smiles; she is also a prefect little poser.
I loved photographing her!
Here’s a sneak peek for this Perfect Newborn Doll!
We take more photographs now than ever in the history of time. Look at these facts:
source:http://ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2015/8/19/how-many-pictures
There is no doubt that we are taking more photos than ever; an average of 2 or 3 pictures every single day!
There are times, however, when we decide to hire a professional photographer; when we want some beautiful, emotive images to capture our families in a moment of time.
So we do our research and find that special photographer to photograph our children at different ages.
We make sure when we are looking for a photographer that we find one who will sell us a DVD of the images. We do sessions every year; the photos are amazing and we buy all of the DVDs. We keep the DVDs in a special place to print the images later or we download the photos onto our phones and computers to share with others.
Let’s say that we don’t print those images but when our child is 18, we decide to put together a set of prints or a photo book of them growing up. We take the DVDs out of our drawer and pop them into our computer’s drive. Nothing there. We try another; the pictures are all faded and grey. We look for them in the computer that we used 15 years ago. The hard drive is empty. We panic and realize that all of our pictures are gone.
Not possible you say.
Yes, it is possible and very probable. Look at this:
source: Rense.com http://rense.com/general52/themythofthe100year.htm
According to the chart Backblaze created (zip file availablehere), which shows hard drive failure rates for 2013, 2014 and 2015, 1.5TB drives had the biggest failure rate in 2015 – 15.10%, while 2TB drives had only 1.88% failure rate.
Here are the hard drive failure rates for 2015:
Source: http://www.cloudwards.net/news/backblaze-reveals-hard-drive-reliability-stats-for-q3-2015-10905/
This ad from Fuji film says it all:
Yes, hard drives do fail. It isn’t a question of if they will fail, but when they will fail.
So what is the answer?
The answer is simple. It is to make prints. Prints do not suddenly disappear. Make prints and put them into an album. Make photo books. Show off your pictures and don’t use electricity to do so.
Share prints with family and friends and have prints of your children to show them when they are grown up.
As a photographer, I like my clients to have prints and so I provide both prints and digital files. I want you to have those memories in a print form to share with your family and friends. I want the prints to be there for generations to come to view.
I sell the digital files because that is what most people want. I sell the prints because I want clients to have the finished product of my work. I sell the digital files in the hopes that clients will make the prints. I sell the prints because I know that my clients will have the prints.
They might not have the digital files.
The final word: MAKE PRINTS! You will never be sorry.
Christina
What to wear for your family photography session? It’s an important question and one that you should spend some time thinking about. After all, you are spending money on the session and so you want to look your best.
The first consideration is to wear something that you feel good in and that you like.
After that, there are some general rules:
Here are some examples of families that made great clothing choices:
Shades of grey
Love the soft blue with a grey backdrop!
Black and demin is a great choice.
Mixing grey, black and a grey purple.
Fall colours
A great example of how to bring colours together. I love, love this combo!
Mixing black and white can work as well.
Children
Finally, spend some time figuring out what to wear and ask me if you need help or suggestions.
I fell in love with this lovely little baby girl. It was Day 6 for her yesterday and she was as sweet as she looks in these pictures; a perfect newborn to photograph. Her almost 2-year old brother was a lot of fun to work with but I am still waiting for a hug from him!
Here’s a preview of this lovely little lady and her handsome brother!
This one month old baby boy was a perfect little model yesterday. One month olds are sometimes very difficult to photograph as they don’t sleep as easily as babies under the age of 2 weeks, but this little guy was a charmer and a perfect poser. I loved his perfect little mouth and full head of hair. Lucky mom and dad with this little guy.
Here’s a sneak peek!