Baby Cooper :: Virginia newborn portrait photographer

Don't even tell me there is anything much better than a newborn baby because you are absolutely wrong. ;)

I got to spend just about two full hours with brand new little baby Cooper but can I just tell you that I could have easily done hours more and not even thought to try and notice? 

Such an easy going guy little Cooper was! So easy going, in fact, that he slept the entire way through the session. Still, he didn't spare me any of the sweet little baby noises that I am so very fond of. Nothing better than being able to work to a soundtrack of tiny little baby noises like that. *sigh*

Cooper's daddy just happened to have a brand new tie from his alma mater on hand (dad's college and not Cooper's... yet!) and it was hard not look at him and not make any Harry Potter comparison with the print of the tie itself.  Give this little guy a wand and a cap and he looks absolutely Hogwarts bound!

What a joy and honor it was to do this session of baby Cooper. Mom and dad were talking of a possible relocation far from here in the coming months but they said they would love to come back to the area and settle down here so perhaps this won't be the last that I'll get to see of sweet Cooper.

The new guy in town :: Pittsburgh Baby Photography

I don't believe there is anything quite like a new little baby. This past Thanksgiving allowed for me to take a road trip up north to PA and finally meet my newest nephew. He was born at the beginning of November and despite the fact that his mama says that he is quite a bit bigger than he was when he was born and doesn't feel like a newborn to her anymore, he sure seemed and looked like just about like a newborn to me!

I had a marvelous time doing a quick portrait session for him - his first professional quality one(!) - and my whole family left me to do as I saw fit. I'm not the type of baby photographer who likes doing staged composites of infants suspended in cloth hammocks, swaddled in special blankets, or bedecked in shiny satin bows and I prefer cleaner images that show clearly all of their teeny tiny details.

Some of my favorite images of babies/children are the ones that really allow you to look into their eyes because they are always so bright and curious and full of wonder. It's the type of thing we easily lose as we get older because our lives become too busy to stop and look long enough for someone to be able to look back at us. There's an old adage that the eyes are the windows to the souls and I firmly believe that no matter what our age, that's always the case.

God has not blessed me to have a newborn again just yet but until then I will relish in the opportunities that I get like this one to appreciate the beauty that is a newborn baby. I'm so honored that I was able to capture these first portraits for my nephew and I'm looking forward to more opportunities that I will have to keep documenting the way he grows up to be an upstanding and handsome young gentleman the way I know he will.

Baby N :: DC Baby Portrait Photographer

There is little that brings me greater joy than doing baby portraits. I love marveling (through my camera viewfinder) at how big their eyes get with curiosity. Their squeals and squeaks of finding their voices is one of the most pleasant soundtracks to work to and you just can't beat the sweet smell that all babies seem to have.

Little Miss N is the daughter of a childhood best friend of mine who I have known for over 20 years now. Her mama came in town to go to a college reunion. As it turns out, sweet baby N had portraits done a week after she was born but they've still not been delivered. Well, to me, that kind of thing is completely unacceptable and since this IS my best friend in the whole wide world, I just had to take care of the issue in my own way.

So here are the fruits of the hard work done by both myself and gorgeous baby N. I know I've got some decent skills, but seriously? N is such a precious beauty, I know that she's the one making ME look good.

Oh, sweet little baby N! Come back and visit me any ol' time you like. Can't wait for our next visit together.

Baby Eloise :: Pittsburgh baby photographer

Is there anything quite like a newborn baby?  I really don't think so.  Meet baby Eloise...

Isn't she breathtaking?  I feel like that's one of the best ways to describe her.  The other ways include the following: adorable, beautiful, and the sweetest sweetness your eyes could behold.  *sigh*  Little Miss Eloise is only a month old and doing her portraits yesterday was a gift for me as much as anything else could be.    (YES.  On Christmas day!!!  That's how much I love doing what I do.  I'm willing to do it any time, anywhere, and any how.)

Babies are very special to me because, as it's been said, They are "...such a nice way to start people."  (This was once said by Don Herold.)  For me though?  It really reminded me of the fragility of life and the magnificence that was the Christ child when He was born.  Life is such a precious gift and when that gift also asserts faith and hope and love, well, I think it makes the gift of a precious baby even more amazing.

Welcome to you, Baby Eloise, for coming into the world and THANK YOU for bringing all of the hope, joy, and sweet baby-ness with you when you came.  You are a blessing and a precious gift for all who have the honor to know you.

Baby Vincent :: Pittsburgh Infant Photographer

Do you remember Heather - one of the cutest pregnant ladies in the world???

Well... GUESS WHAT! She's now got one of the cutest newborn BABIES in the world!!!

He's too precious for words if you ask me. I mean just LOOK at him!


Welcome to the world, baby Vincent! And congratulations and welcome to the ranks of motherhood, Heather!

Baby Carson :: Baltimore Newborn Photographer

Last evening I got a surprise text message from one of my best friends in the world. She had just delivered her beautiful son, Carson, almost a full week early!!!

Today I was able to steal some time away to drive over and visit them both in Baltimore. When I wasn't snapping pictures of the baby, I was lucky enough to hold him! He's certainly a sight to behold and quite the handsome little gentleman as you can see from the pictures.








Congratulations Lisa, Shaun, and big brother "Naters"!! And welcome to the world, beautiful baby Carson!!!