Showing posts with label kids. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kids. Show all posts

My first mommy/daughter photo shoot

So, it's true, I've never done done a photo shoot with a baby before. I mean, I've taken some photos of babies, my favorite being this one. But this was the first "professional" photo shoot where the pressure was on to capture this little baby and her beautiful mother, who both happen to be my cousins. I teased this post earlier, and now here's the rest of my favorites from the shoot...

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First of all, Abby's adorable. She's my cousin's first kid and I adore her. And I DON'T make a habit of adoring kids.

Katie & Abby Katie & Abby
Secondly, her mom, my wonderful cousin, is one of the most stunningly beautiful women in the world!


So this should be an easy shoot right? Well, that's what I thought... but shooting babies is super hard. It's not like the, "Hey guys, let's do this shot. Cool, got it. Now let's do this!" It's more of a, "What if we do this shot? Abby? Abby! Hey where's Abby going? Okay, smile! Wait, don't cry! Okay, she doesn't like it. Why don't we just put her down and see what SHE wants to do" kinda thing.

Katie & Abby Katie & Abby
Which meant there was a lot of throwing the kid around to get smiles. And that totally worked.

Katie & Abby


Then we went to the playground...

Katie & Abby

Katie & Abby
But Abby got distracted and the playground was obviously more entertaining than the photos.

Katie & Abby

Katie & Abby Katie & Abby
Off to a new location.

Katie & Abby
I love this one because you can see Katie's adorable belly.

Katie & Abby

Katie & Abby

Katie & Abby

Katie & Abby

Katie & Abby

Katie & Abby Katie & Abby
Kisses for the unborn sister.

Katie & Abby Katie & Abby

Katie & Abby


Katie and Abby, thank you ladies for letting me have the opportunity to sharpen my family photo chops with you guys! And have fun living in Hawaii!

Meet Katie & Abby

I had my first family/maternity shoot the other day with my cousin Katie, her daughter Abby and Abby's unborn sibling...

Katie & Abby
Meet Katie & Abby!

And, honestly, I was super thankful that it was a stress-free shoot with family because photographing babies is HARD! They are super difficult to shoot and since I have about ZERO baby skillz I felt quite out of my element. I found myself resorting to my dog photography techniques and, well, none of that worked either.

So, I'm currently editing the photos from that shoot and since my fans are clamoring for more photos (Hi Ashley) I thought I'd post a few of my favorites...

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Abby


Stay tuned for more adorable mommy & baby goodness.