Tracy and Joe are flying through their baby bundle. Adam was born yesterday and he’s already nine months old.

The great thing about baby bundles is that you’ll hit some beautiful weather at some point during the year. Adam’s newborn session took place inside because he was born in April.

Here’s a quick flashback.

But then his 6 month session took place on a gorgeous fall day in November at Corbett’s Glen.

For this session, we were back inside at Tracy and Joe’s beautiful home in Webster.  Love his hair!

People ask me all the time if I have a studio and I don’t. I’m not sure I ever want one – Adam was already super comfortable when I arrived because he was home. It’s also fantastic to be able to keep prices lower for clients (no overhead!) and to have an endless selection of backgrounds. I also enjoy the challenge of arriving somewhere and seeing what types of images we can come up with together.

An image Tracy mentioned when we talked was one of Adam’s baby bum before he got too much older and it would be “weird.” Joe wasn’t quite sure what to make of that – I’m pretty sure it’s a mom thing.

Tracy has said that Adam isn’t a super smiley baby, but because he was comfortable he did a fair share of smiling for us.

He was super mobile and crawled at the pace of a run. Getting the sitting images above required some serious cheerios.

This teepee was a Christmas gift from grandma.

If you ever want a great baby-dad image, have the dad throw the baby in the air and stop for a moment just above his nose. The best smiles come out of being thrown in the air by dad.

Thank you so much Tracy and Joe for sharing your beautiful family with me!

Sue requested a more candid look to their family portraits this fall, which made me a little nervous since some people say that and then when they look at their proofs realize they actually wanted more traditional images.  Sue did not fall in that category.  She asked for playful and she wanted playful – it was a win!

Interestingly, “candid” style photos are posed in the same way as more traditional images but the main difference is where you’re looking. In the latter you look straight at the camera and in the former you look at each other. Even when you’ve been married a long time, that can actually be kind of awkward.

But that’s okay because then you smile more.

And let’s be honest, it’s easier to get kids to look pretty much anywhere besides the camera.

Martin was chasing Matteo around before the session and I had to call them both to come to where Sue, Mia and I were. I got the impression that Martin would much rather be chasing Matteo around through the creek than hanging out for a photo session.

Flash Back: Mia, 9 days old

You blink and they’re no longer newborns.

Sue did not self-identify as a dress-your-baby-in-tutus kind of mom until she had a daughter.

Matteo made himself at home in front of the camera.

Sue and Martin, thank you so much for sharing your beautiful family with me again.  It is a joy to watch them grow!

January is not a popular on location photography month.  Things are really quiet and it’s nice to have a little bit of a breather.  However, should you be itching for some photographic goodness, snow is no reason to hold back!  There happen to be many studio-less winter options available.

Danielle and Larry bought their house because they loved the location and renovated everything.  The result is a beautifully photogenic house (unlike our last city house, or our somewhat bland brand new construction house).  It has a lot of character and really, what better place to photograph your family than in your home?

This may be my new favorite sibling picture.  I don’t get to do bed pictures very often and I’m a huge fan of them!  I’m especially impressed with people who actually make their beds because… well, I don’t.

If you’d like to watch Trevor grow, check out this post, and this one.  He loves a good boy band song and a dance party.

Danielle is quite proud of these rolls – as she should be!

 

And it’s always a great idea to finish up with a picture of just the adults – because when you look through your photos years later you may realize you don’t have any since your wedding.

If you’re interested in purchasing a Baby Bundle, you can learn all about them by clicking here.  They are the best bang for your buck in Debra Wallace Photography land.

It was a gorgeous fall day and Danielle was super excited to get some outdoor fall pictures of her kids.  Then poor Trevor took a face plant and banged up his nose, so we rescheduled.  The next week it still wasn’t better (but the weather was gorgeous).  Then his nose was better, but on our third reschedule the weather was cold and rainy.  Danielle had the most brilliant location idea ever, so we went there and there was a special event.  I think we were on Plan F by then.  Everyone was a little frazzled.

So we ended up at the Strong National Museum of Play, which turned out to be an exercise in corralling distracted children.  Danielle and Larry still managed some great smiles – which took some major evasive maneuvers.  These guys get major enthusiasm points for sure.

Danielle wrote, “I thought the museum pictures came out well given the less than perfect set-up.  You managed to capture some great shots of my guys (especially the shot of Larry and Kevin)!  Thank you.  AND I’m really looking forward to the next session.”  So sweet, but really they should get the credit!

Thank you so much Danielle and Larry for sharing your family with me and for your adventurous spirits!