Seth & Sylvie

I went up to Oshkosh today to take pictures of Seth and Sylvie. Sylvie will be two weeks old tomorrow and I wanted to get in some newborn shots before she starts to really grow into herself.

Today was my first newborn shoot, but it was for my best friend and her husband, so I didn't feel too pressured. I know that I took some great shots of everyone. I'd love to get some more babies to practice on, although I'll take more pics of Seth and Sylvie every couple of months so I don't miss any of the growing stages.

I know that when I have kids, I will be taking so many pictures of them that everyone will get sick of my camera. Ahhh, the love of a parent. Unconditional love for your child, I know that I captured this emotion in some of my shots and am so happy to see that in them.

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Welcom Miss Sylvie!

My best friend, Karen, called me around one o'clock today to tell me the good news. Sylvie Adora was born this morning, 8:26 I believe, I know that she told me the time, but I've been a little absentminded today.

I can't believe how tiny she is. She is so gorgeous. I'm itching and ready to take newborn shots of little Sylvie. She cried for about the first half hour that we were there, and then Karen handed her off to Bethany, my sister, and Sylvie quieted right down, Beth has always had that affect on babies. As soon as I held the little one, her face screwed up and she started practicing with her little lungs.

I have got a ton of ideas running through my head about newborn shots and can't wait to practice them on Sylvie and her big brother Seth, who so far is not that impressed by his wee little sister. I'm sure that he just needs some time to get used to the new bundle of joy.

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Sawyer in the cool afternoon

I went out and took some shots of Sawyer today. We shot later in the afternoon so the sun wouldn't be so bright, it was the perfect cloudy day for shooting. The temperature was a little colder than I would have liked and we took Sawyer's jacket off for the shoot, and his little nose turned bright pink. It was so cold that it started to flurry. I thought we were supposed to be done with winter and snow.

We started out with a bale of hay and cowboy hat, both of which got discarded.

I took some shots next to their shed, gave some great textures for a background and we got some awesome expressions from Sawyer when everyone started talking to him and asking him what kind of noise a monster makes, he is so adorable, and then we moved on to the tire swing and his John Deere four wheeler.

It was such a great shoot! I took a ton of shots, but that's normal for me. I love to shoot, it's so great when you go out and take shots for someone and you know that one of those shots will be going up on a wall or on a mantle, it's such a great feeling.

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