Monthly Archives: January 2010

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newborn photography | highlights

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Two sweet boys, both full of sweet smiles! I know most newborn photographers can agree with me on this one- It’s hard to see the babies go after we have spent several hours getting to know each baby and family. Just like every one of our newborns are different- every session is different, but we love them all just the same! Of course, the ultimate high of a session is getting that adorable picture of the baby that makes Mama and Daddy tear up with joy, but Carrie and I also love the “down time” of our sessions just as well! While the baby is feeding, we love getting to know the parents, hearing the birth stories, and every once in a while Carrie (who is an amazing Mother of four beautiful Children!) is able to give new Mommies and Daddies tid-bits of advice. And then there are the moments while we are waiting for our little model to drift to sleep- Carrie and I just love getting the opportunity to hold and gently rock the baby to dreamland… definitely a highlight of our job! Many times, during those short bits of down time, we get the chance to marvel in those tiny details… the fuzzy ears, little hands, plump and puckering lips. Those periods during a session, where we aren’t posing away, we get the opportunity to capture those distinct elements of a newborn, which many times become some of our favorite images of a session. So, as I was saying, at the end of each session we have always fallen in love with each family and baby… It’s hard to see them leave! We would be as happy as ever if they were okay with staying forever, or perhaps at least a week ;) ;) .

I would like to introduce you to Nathan and Harrison. Nathan’s big Sister was photographed by Carrie about two years ago as a newborn, so it was very cool comparing the two. Nathan had some definite sibling resemblance, a boyish version of his big Sis! Harrison came all the way from LA (over a two hour drive!) and was one of our most over-due newborns to date! Two weeks over-due!!! You couldn’t tell though, he was as sleepy as can be! I just loved his long arms, legs and feet! He made the perfect model for the Baby-in-Daddy’s-arms-pose!

One more item on my agenda (sorry for making you all wait so long today!!) I would love to share our winner from our last contest!!!! Carolina Wahnish Rivera was the lucky winner of the beautiful hand knit wrap by Jennifer Howard! Please email me at contact@babyasart.com for information on how to get your knit wrap! Congratulations and huge thanks to everyone who participated! Next contest begins next Monday, so look out!!!! :) Have a wonderful week friends!!

XOXO

Britt

Riley. We couldn’t get enough of her | giving thanks part 3

*details on contest 2 at the bottom of this post!

Britt and I had not photographed a baby together since before the busy holiday (a whole 2 weeks!) so we were feeling a bit anxious and rusty. Sweet Riley had us back in the swing of things in no time. Good thing, because she was also performing for our first Baby as Art personal workshop attendee of the year, Candi Leonard. We were lucky enough to see Riley again, three days later, to wrap up the remainder of her full session and she was just as dreamy! I’m passing the mic to Britt…

Giving Thanks | Part 3

Our first giveaway was such a huge success! Thanks to all who participated! This week’s giveaway is this beautiful knitted wrap by Jennifer Howard. This design was created by Carrie and I and Jennifer was able to bring our idea to life. Her work with yarns is always incredible, to say the least! We just love Jennifer!!! Okay, on to the details!!! to keep everything exciting, Carrie and I have decided to change things up a little bit, so the rules are going to be a little different this time around! To qualify to win this gorgeous wrap, post a link to this post or the Baby as Art blog on either your facebook, flickr, twitter, blog, etc. Make sure to leave the link where you linked us in your comment to qualify.  Feel free to link more places than one… post each or your links as separate comments to increase your chances of winning! The winner will be chosen the same way as last time- with the fabulous random number generator! Good luck everyone contest ends Friday at 10pm!

Giving Thanks | Part 2

I’m so excited to not only announce the winner from our first Baby as Art contest, but to also share this video with you all! We photographed this little guy on Wednesday and we took an extra few minutes to video a short segment of the session. I hope you all enjoy!!! (And let me just make a side note- my hands are really not that large… thanks to the fish-eye lens, I have gargantuan hands!! And, Carrie just informed me that she thinks I look mad in the video, lol! Please don’t confuse my concentrating face with a mad face. I’m in deep thought there, folks! Oh, the pressure of being on video. Carrie will just have to be the star of the next one ;) ) If you didn’t win that lovely hunk of gauze… don’t despair! We have a new giveaway planned on Monday… and you are going to want to be a part of this one- it’s going to be great! Our winner is…. drumroll….. Lindsey Wiatt!!! Congratulations and thank you everyone for making our first give-thanks-contest a huge success!!!

And, just because I cannot resist sharing a few more of this beautiful little (all 5 pounds of him- he was an itty bitty one) guy… here are a few that I have gotten a chance to edit!

Whew! That was a long post! :)

Giving Thanks | Part One

Like I said in the last post… Carrie and I are immensely grateful for all the support and encouragement we have received from our family, friends, clients and fans. Without you guys we wouldn’t be were we are today! As a thank you for all that you do we are beginning a series of giveaways beginning today! The rules may change from time to time, but the goal is this- to give back! Okay, so let’s get past all the mush and get to the details! Leave a comment in this post (one per person :) ) to get the chance to win this lovely aqua gauze that I just truly love. Not only does it show up brilliantly in color… the richness translates right through to black and white as well! This first giveaway ends Thursday, January the 14th at 10PM (PST) and the winner will be announced Friday morning… GOOD LUCK! This gauze is going to go to a good home, I just know it!

anatomy of a yawn | newborn baby photography

If you’ve ever wondered what a yawn looks like- this is it! Steps 1-4. Step 1: With pinky outstretched, open mouth slightly. Step 2: Open mouth as widely as possible, curl fingers inward and scrunch your button nose up. Step 3: While still maintaining exceptional cuteness, begin closing the mouth, but don’t forget… button nose scrunching is still a significant component of this step. Step 4: The last and final step… un-scrunch nose, re-position outstretched pinky, and purse those adorable little lips.

Kayla, who was just so sweet, volunteered to demonstrate what you should not be doing while looking at the Baby as Art blog! In an effort to keep our blog from being the boring old same story, Carrie and I have decided to introduce some very fun and exciting plans including: tips and tricks and some really rad giveaways. Giveaways you say? Yes, like our dyed gauze? Or adorably sweet headbands? and our amazingly knitted wraps? Or, would you like to have an hour long chat with Carrie and I on Skype? If so… look out! Our blog is about to get very exciting. The fun begins Monday! Carrie and I want to give a huge thanks for all the wonderful feedback we have received from you all!!

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