During my last trimester I was BUSY! Everyone says October is the busy time for photographers..not for me. It was August and September for me. I started to only take maternity and newborns towards the last few weeks of my pregnancy. I got a phone call from Rachael wanting to do a super fun maternity …

I haven’t done a cake smash in a very long time! I have to admit that these are one of my favorite shoots to do. This little guy was a bit hesitant at first to touch the cake. He would touch it and wipe it on his clothes. Which is what we wanted kind of. …

If you’ve been a photographer for any amount of time chances are you might photograph a newborn one day. I didn’t photograph a single newborn until I had my daughter but hey, better late than never right? I wanted to make sure that I fully understood newborn photography and that most photos are composites. One …

She is starting to stand but wouldn’t today. I had this image in my mind of her standing instead of sitting. But she didn’t want to. She wanted to hold onto me. Then she saw the big safety pin and sat down. And turned all the way away from me. And wouldn’t look at me …

Her eyes are brown. Nothing spectacular but I think they are the most beautiful eyes in the world. Actually all of my children have beautiful eyes. I never wanted to be the mommy who just knows my children are beautiful. Sometimes I look at them and want to cry because they are these amazing little …

Normally I enter Jacob into the I Heart Faces weekly challenges but Owen is way more suited for this. The kid can’t take a serious pic. And I’m lucky to have even gotten this one. But here he is, crazy glasses and a face that I can’t figure out. But I know he wasn’t too …

Well the Ravens aren’t in the super bowl and it stings. A lot. BUT life does go on. That morning before the game Alice and I were playing in the studio and now that she’s big enough to push herself up I thought it would be a perfect time to get some shots of her …

Most if not all of my cards and press print products use clipping masks. I feel it’s just easier. But what do you do when you find a frame that has an open end on it and you still want to use a clipping mask? In this Photoshop tutorial I will show you what to do. …

Jacob likes my camera. A lot. So much that he will often take it and start snapping random pics around the house. He understand to focus on the middle focus point and he understands that the little green bar inside on the sensor wants to stay to the right. For that reason I always put …

Who can resist the sweet smile of a newborn baby? I know I love every minute of my daughter’s beautiful smiling face. But I also love the other parts of her. Here’s a friendly reminder to make sure to capture those other parts during your sessions.

I’m proud to enter this photo of my darling newborn. She was just 3 weeks old when this photo was taken. It’s hard to believe she is now almost 3 months old. If you’d like to read more about the photo challenge you can do so here. We are photo #350.