Children Photographer

children photography | Starr

This past Summer I took my beautiful little neighbor, Starr up to my favorite field in the world and played around, I had to snap some photos for Royal Sisters Boutique, who do these amazing head bands/ bows, etc.  So that was the purpose – but how could I not just take some fun candid stuff too? Although I do so much photography, I can never get enough of it, give me a sweet, innocent child and a beautiful field with white flowers and you will literally have to drag me away until I can’t go any higher on my ISO settings… I am SO, so, passionate about what I do and every day feel so lucky to actually be making money at doing something that is so much fun.  When I am at photo shoots, I go into a world where I don’t think about anything else except the shoot at this moment, there is really nothing else that allows me to do that…

I had my little Belle up there with me and was able to get a couple cute ones of her too, so I included those.  I LOVED the cute dress that Starr was wearing when I saw her that afternoon, I need to ask her what brand it was, if I forget to comment and somebody wants to know, remind me.  But I wasn’t planning on taking photos of her, I just knew I had to get these headbands shot  and when I saw her it inspired me to take her to this lovely place and take some photos.  I love that her hair was so natural and not perfectly curled, etc.  That is my favorite look on a child.

There are wild apple trees at this place (not in these pics), and it is the ONLY location I really keep to myself, I have never seen another photographer there and if the word got out I feel like there would be a million photographers there 24/7 because of it’s beauty and variety. I like to go there with my kids in the summer, sometimes in the late afternoon or sometimes in the middle of the day, just to run around, throw rocks, etc.  They named it officially, “Apple Crisp” park.  It is where I have taken some amazing fall color pictures I get asked about a lot… I think I get asked hundreds of times a year where this place is… I can’t wait to go there this Spring… hmmmm, just thinking about it sort of put me in a trance of “wanting summer and no more winter”… it gets hard every year in Utah for me around March, when you are craving Spring and Summer and sort of done with the snow.  Although, I’m not a “winter hater” like some around here, I actually love the whimsical white beauty of snow and the cold doesn’t bother me.

Okay, so back to the photos…  so we really only spent about 15 minutes taking these and it was later than “golden hour”, so normally would have shot them earlier, but I still think they are pretty.

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Worldwide Children Fashion Photographer

fashion photography | Babiekins Holiday Gift Guide Sneak Peek

Here is a sneak peek of a photo I did for Babiekins Holiday Gift Guide…  those are real antlers, I did this shot in my studio, kind of “Chronicles of Narnia” type feel.  Not everybody will get some of the work I do, but I LOVE this kind of stuff, you will be seeing a lot more of it.

Utah Children Photographer

children photography | spring sessions at Janie and Jack for Precious Time Photography

This past Spring (yes months ago) I was asked by Precious Time Photography to shoot the Spring Mini Sessions at Janie and Jack, which is owned by Gymboree Corp.   It was a lot of work, but a lot of fun.  Each session was 20 minutes, and I it was back to back all day long… All of the kids looked so adorable in their Janie and Jack outfits, and I LOVE a simple white backdrop.  I wish I could have done their Fall mini-shoots this year, but had to decline as I got so swamped quickly, but may be able to fit it in again in the future.

There were so many cute photos, I quickly grabbed some of my favorites to post.

One thing I realized while doing these shoots along with other similar ones, is that I can get great shots in just a 20 minute session.  Many of the sessions I do are impossible to “scale back” to get to a lower price point.  In other words, with the type of photography I do and post-editing I don’t feel I could get the shots that I would be up to my standard in 20 minutes with an entire family, etc.  But I have decided to start offering a “children mini-session”, I will have details soon. But the concept is that I will have a lower price point for my children sessions, they won’t be as “custom”, you won’t be able to have outfit changes, talk about back drops prior, etc.  But still will get the same quality photography and editing… I’m thinking that will be of interest to some of you out there.

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Children Fashion Photography

children fashion photographer shooting spring collection for mia belle baby

I did photography and branding for Mia Belle Baby’s Spring Collection this year.  I never posted the photos on my blog, but did post them all on my website, you can view them by clicking here: Children Fashion Photography.

I absolutely loved this shoot, it was the first time I worked with Mia Belle Baby and I think their clothes are adorable.  But the best part about this shoot for me was that it was the first time I used my reflection pool!!!  To my husband’s dismay, I make him set it up constantly now for shoots. I have used it in many editorials and commercial projects since.  There is something about it that just makes the photos feel more whimsical or something.

As you will see when you view the Children Fashion Photography photos, the shoot was split up into 4 different parts,, it was a lot of work, but a lot of fun.  All of the little girls were so fun and happy!  They were all great to work with.  If you want to see more of my commercial and fashion photography work, click here: Fashion Photographer.

Utah Newborn Photographer

baby kenzi sneak peek, utah newborn photography session

I have been wanting to do a newborn shoot using my reflection pool for some time now… and lucky me, it was setup the night before this shoot and it just all worked out perfectly.  I can’t wait to get to the rest of the photos.  This baby was incredible to work with and her mom delivered totally natural… crazy woman, I would be way too scared, but it is amazing to me that a mom would do that!  I am starting to think I should next time (according to my husband there won’t be a next time), but anyway, every baby I have ever taken photos of that has been delivered naturally has the best temperament and is so calm!  It is weird that there is that big of a difference, but there is, I don’t really know what that means exactly… just saying it’s interesting. ;)

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My kids noses are not the only ones I wipe…

I thought I would start writing a little bit more about my editing process to educated customers on what goes into my editing and then I may also start posting some videos and tips for any photographers out there as well that would like to see how I do things on my photos.

I will continue to write posts about this, but let’s talk about nosey’s and toesy’s. ;) Some photographer’s “retouch” by adding a contrast boost to the photo, this is very different than the type of editing I do.  Every photographer has their own style, one is not better than the other, just preference.  My “style” has become very editorial, what I mean by that is many photos have a “commercial or catalog” feel to them.  It is very important to me though that the person in the photo still looks like themselves – it’s not like I’m taking freckles off of faces, that would be a “manipulation”… but okay, many people don’t realize I have lowered their shoulder, taken a little out under the chin or maybe taken in their leg, butt (should I call it “bum”, I never know) or something in a bit… the goal is that even my client, the person in the photo would never know, that it still is “them” but I’m bringing out the best in them.  Of course many of those things I just mentioned would NEVER need to be done on a child. ;)

Since I do so much child photography, I am not only taking out runny noses, but yes, I will even pick a boogers – does that make you sick?  I’m the one staring at it 10 times the size that it normally would be. ;)  It’s not like you would ever think, “I don’t want my kid edited” – they are not in that way, it is their natural beauty, their natural eye color (I never change the actual color of the eyes, just brighten them or put more light in them which changes them just like it would if you were in the sun). The reason you get photos is to capture a moment, in a children shoot I take 600-1000 photos, this is necessary to get CANDID shots, and if you are worrying about wiping their nose every second, the candid shot doesn’t happen.  I have even taken out pee from a little girl peeing her pants all down her legs for every edited photo (took hours) as we were in the mountains and there was no change of clothes.  For things like that you don’t want to simply “color or paint” in Photoshop over her jeans, then it wouldn’t look realistic, so I got many legs from shots before she peed (is peed a word?) and then used them for the edited shots.

So this post might be incredibly boring to most people reading if you have gotten this far, I just felt it may be interesting for people to realize I’m taking the red veins out of their eyes or lightening them.  As far as “toes” goes because this post is called “wiping noses and toeses” (I had to use “toes” because it rhymed with nose, not that the editing on them is anything related).  So many little kids especially newborns have bad circulation in their feet and in photos their feet get deep red or purple, in many photos I am matching them to their leg color.

All of the stuff takes tons of time, and when you get a photo from me, you are not going to notice that their feet color is fixed because it just looks natural.  You wouldn’t know there was one of one of those cute, crusty little boogies (sorry) up their nose that would have been in the photo because I was laying on the ground or that there was redness in the whites of the eyes because you or a child was tired.  And yes I do much more from skin smoothing, bags under the eyes, head swapping, finger nail polish removing, etc.  I have taken 50 pounds off of people before but that is another post…

- I have too much editing to do, so don’t have time to proof read this – sorry if there is typos.  Oh, and if you are wondering if I will ever post photos again to this blog, yes that is my goal… :)

Whimsical Children Photography

photo slideshow from fashion editorial photography shoot for mia belle baby’s spring collection

Yippee! All done finally! Here is the final photo slideshow, it is very “whimsical”, my favorite. And if you want to see all of the photos from this shoot, click go to this page on my website: Children Photographer in Utah There are TONS of pics there and all the photo slideshows as well.

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Child Fashion Photography

part 4 photo slideshow for child fashion photography, mia belle baby

Wow, what a project… this is the 4th slideshow, I am in love with this song right now…

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