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Baby Harry! | baby photography ft. wayne

admin — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:53:33 +0000

Baby Harry’s parents are former wedding clients of ours and I’ll tell you what— we’ve said it before and I’ll say it again now—- if you want kids have us photograph your wedding and about a year later tada you too will have your own little bundle of joy! This is one of the things I love about what we do, not only do we have the pleasure of documenting the start of a marriage, but often we get to continue to photographing couples as they start their families, which is absolutely awesome. Anyhow without further ado I give Harry, isn’t he sweet?

THREE is a MAGIC number | Angie, Jerry and Cobin | Avilla Family photogapher

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:19:29 +0000

Angie has such a sweet little family. She and her husband Jerry have an awesome kid named Cobin and a dog named Wednesday (which if you look closely made it into one of these pictures) We had a blast photographing at their home as well as Cobin’s super cool school. I’ve never had a client this excited or nervous to have their pictures taken, but in my opinion there was never a reason to worry considering this family is pretty picture perfect! You guys did awesome. Enjoy the sneak peek!

Nicole’s super sweet family | ft. wayne family photography

admin — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:55:02 +0000

Nicole of Portraits by Nicole was one of the first local wedding/portrait photographers we met. We instantly liked her, the thing about Nicole is that there isn’t much not to like, everything about her personality is contagious. Earlier this year I put a shout out to our photog friends to see if anyone wanted to do a session trade– my family wanted pictures for my grandma’s 89th birthday and Nicole graciously accepted, she managed to wrangle 3 married couples, 10 month old twins, a 3 year old, and my grandma! Those photos are my grandma’s favorite thing— my mom made her a little book that she takes everywhere with her! So THANK YOU Nicole for helping give those great memories to our family but also to my grandma! All that to say I think we got the easier end of the deal. Nicole is great in front of the camera and all her boys did awesome as well! Doesn’t she just have the cutest little men? This was one of my favorite family shoots to date, not just because we got to do something a little different, but because as a photographer we spend so much time documenting other people’s lives, their big moments, their happiest days and milestones, it was such a pleasure and honor to do that for Nicole and her family— when you ARE a photographer you mostly have photos of other people’s families, other people’s moments, so it makes it extra special when you finally take the time to get some of your own! Thanks Nicole for entrusting us to photograph your family. Much love! Enjoy the sneak peek!

the Kellams welcome baby Adler : ft. wayne baby photographer

admin — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:49:21 +0000

We love Brad, Danielle and their growing family. I’m sure you’ve seen posts on this uber cute family before. Every time it is a pleasure to see them again and to document new milestones in their lives. The Kellams already have one adorable daughter and they just welcomed baby boy Adler to the fam! He is such a sweet little guy. We love seeing former clients again and at least in my opinion this is what makes our job so awesome when we get to not only document the start of your family (wedding day) but when we get to continue to document your lives as you change and grow. Thanks so much for letting us be there for the milestones Kellams, we look forward to seeing your family grow and change. Best wishes as you continue to grow this little guy and his big sis!

ohhhh that sweet little face.

i love that newborns could be content sleeping practically anywhere

Adler and dad

Adler and mom

the whole fam

the twins are one and some summer fun : warsaw, in portrait photographer

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:25:32 +0000

It seems like forever since I’ve posted any photographs of our nieces…. and that’s because it has been forever. They are now walking, laughing and developing their own little personalities. This is one of my favorite stages—- when a baby’s little personality starts to emerge and a little person shows up on the scene. Anna is so laid back, laughs at everything and is super friendly, Ellie on the other hand is pretty shy and cautious, but if you watch her little eyes she’s taking in everything and when she graces you with a smile it’s pretty priceless. We went to one of my favorite places as a kid— Winona Lake, it was their first time at a lake and while it may have been a little much for the them right now, I have a feeling we’ll definitely be going back! So here’s a little slice of our lives or at least the lives of our favorite nieces.

Lexi with Anna and Ellie in the background.

After searching through dozens of photos I found one with a GENUINE Ellie smile! YEAH!!! She's cute yeah?

ohhhh Lexi... I can not get enough of this kid!

Lilly : ft. wayne portrait photographer

admin — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:37:21 +0000

I used to work at the Journal Gazette with Ryan so it’s always a pleasure to see him again. He and his wife have the cutest kids, but Lilly is a total doll. Last year we photographed her at Fox Island so this year we thought we’d try something different. And while her smiles aren’t always readily available while we are shooting, she still is pretty ridiculously cute don’t you think? So enjoy a sneak peek friends. We’ll be in touch soon.

this is my absolute favorite from the session--- ohhhh that face!

a litte smile snuck out here for a second.

the thing you can't see is off camera there were about 10 big old geese headed our way!

Naomi turns ONE! | fort wayne children and baby photography

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:23:54 +0000

So this must be the month for little ones. We have 3 sessions for little ones celebrating their first year of life. Naomi’s family is one of our personal favorites. We shot Danielle and Brad’s wedding, Naomi at week 2, 6 months and one year. And now Brad and Danielle are expecting a son! LOVE IT! They are an amazing couple with a lot of love and laughter to give. I feel so honored to help them document these milestones. So here it is a little sneak peek from Naomi’s one year old session! Happy Birthday sweet girl!

such a sweetie pie. I've loved getting to see Naomi's different stage from snuggly baby to personality plus as a six month old and now she's toddling around and in to everything. It's a good thing we started her off in the chair while it could hold her interest for about 20 seconds!

I'm totally in love with this sweet little outfit. I think it kind of has a matilda jane feel to it, but here's the awesome part, her grandma made it! Amazing.

I just love this little face looking up at you! so sweet.

This is always the hardest picture to get--- okay everyone look cute- now smile!

I love her little mischievious smile crawling toward this gooey pile of chocolatey deliciousness! LOVE IT!

I'd like to thank Danielle for purchasing 2 cakes, just in case. She ended up sending us home with a cake which we took to small group! thanks for sharing.

Doesn't Danielle have the cutest baby bump? She makes it look so effortless!

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admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:04:00 +0000

a princess and two little pea pods (okay a super delayed post right)

admin — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:45:00 +0000

admin — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:37:00 +0000

Lexi, the twins, my mom, dad and sister all came to my neighborhood for halloween this year and a little trick or treating. I certainly have some objections to aspects of halloween– the darker side and all that, but man how I love the fall and the magic of being a kid! Pretend was my absolute favorite as a kid and I think it’s becoming a lost art today so how could you not encourage a little pretend on halloween and let’s be honest a princess and her pea pods too stinkin’ cute! It’s a little bit of a delayed post here, but like I said before we’ve been slammed!