Urban Vision Studios

This lil’ dollface is 11 months old. She is 11 months old, going on 2 and a half. She’s a tough little one- and totally enthralled with exploring the world around her! She could squirm herself out of Chuck Norris’s arms if she wanted.  Not walking yet, but who needs to walk if you can get wherever you want on all fours SUPER FAST. I’m not talkin’ on the knees like the baby-crawlers… full feet and hands! She is goin’ places someday, trust me! Needless to say, we had our hands full. We got a workout during this family session.

Stacey and Eric, you two have a precious little sweetie pie- “sugar and spice and everything nice”. My husband can’t get over how cute her little face is. Thanks for your patience with me today, and for putting up with me getting your names mixed up more than once! <3

Here are a few of my favorites from the session.

I never know what to expect when I’m headed to a family session. Often times, I’ve never met the family members- usually only mom. It’s fun to see the variety- how parents do their parenting, how siblings get along with each other – or don’t, etc.  Sometimes special bonds between family members are very evident. The family from this session was a beautiful family. All of them were loving and respectful toward one another, but the bond between the sisters shined for me.

The oldest sister leaves for college next week. She says she’s excited, but that there are some things she’s really going to miss. Two of those “things” are under 4 feet tall and look like her, but smaller.

Here is a peek at some of my favorites from our session. : )

Little Tiago is 7 months old. His 7 month birthday was actually on the day of this session.

What a HAPPY baby boy. The entire 2 hour session, he never cried or even pouted ONE TIME. It was incredible! Mama said that he might get a little cranky because it was near bedtime, but not a single complaint from him. : )

It is fun for me to see this family grow. I remember when we did maternity photos, they were as NERVOUS about being parents as they get. When Tiago was a newborn, and we shot photos when he was 5 days old – they were careful to make sure they were doing everything just right. Now, they got this parenting thing down! ; ) They are just simply ADORABLE with their son. I can really tell that they appreciate this special time in their lives.

Here is a look into their session.

Ava is my top-model. This is now her 5th photo session with me (if you count the one where she was in the womb ; )) She just gets CUTER EVERY TIME!!!!  This time… she didn’t really want to look at the camera too much. As you can tell in the photos, she was BUSY! It is my personal opinion, however, that more often than not, my favorite shots are of kids not looking into the camera lens. They are more real-life captures.

D&C- thanks for choosing me

A year has flown by. Like LIGHTNING.

Dante was just a baby in an urn… one of my first newborn sessions- now he’s ONE! One and a few months to be exact.

: ) What a cute lil’ lovey guy, too. His little smile will melt your heart. Here’s a peek!

Baby Seamus (shay’-mus) ….

Let me tell you, there’s was no shortage of love in that backyard yesterday. Two sets of grandparents, and some happy new parents- Seamus has got the life! His daddy created this INCREDIBLE yard for his family to enjoy- and they DO. Complete with hammock, koi pond (with water lilies!!!), beautiful black bottom rock surrounded pool, putting green, fire pit, and flowers galore. “All for Seamus to enjoy”, as he put it. Beautiful.

This lil’ guys mama is an artist. She creates GORGEOUS acrylic paintings, with nature as her subject, and generously gives a portion of her profits to Nature Conservation Charities. Check it out her work:  http://www.bkelso.com/

Here’s the sneak peek!

Sometimes, during my sessions,  I have to pinch myself. I am still utterly amazed at the fact that I get to make a living doing something that I enjoy so wholeheartedly. I get to meet wonderful people, and together we create a tangible reminder of their love that they can cherish forever. IT MAKES ME HAPPY. Tonight, I got to meet a very special family. The happy, loving, energy that exudes this family is warm and contagious.

In my next life, I want twins. The only thing sweeter and cuter than a 1 year old, is TWO one year olds. This ADORABLE set of twins couldn’t be any more charming. They are adventurous, tough, happy, and super-dang-cute packages of fun. They sure keep mom and dad on their toes…. at one point, during the photo session, the three of us looked at each other, all of us panting out of breath and shook our heads- it was exhausting!

S family, thanks for sharing some fun with me, and thanks for being such fans.  <3

Enjoy these favorites of mine.

I LOVE FUN CREATIVE FAMILIES. The Z family called and asked if we could do family portraits with guitars and railroad tracks for their family of 6. AYKM?! Heck yes we can! I don’t think there’s any better way to spend a Friday evening!

The more we texted and talked back and forth, the more I realized that this group was REALLY COOL and we were gonna have lots of fun together! Well we did. And here’s a taste of it.

Meet Pete, Mandi, Kaylee, Sydnee, Josh, and little Ethan.

Sweet, tiny Ava.

She is 2 weeks old in these pictures. Absolutely precious. Everything about her is tiny (except for her feet and hands- they are the size of a 2 month old!). Look at all that hair- in the pictures you might not be able to tell that she is a newborn, if you didn’t know, because she looks so alert in her awake pictures and she has so much hair! But if you were to see her and hold her, then you would know because she is super tiny.

The props in these photos are from the family…. her grandpa built the rootbeer crate wagon for her grandma over 20 years ago. The small wheel barrel was her cousin Eric’s when he was just a young kid. I was SO EXCITED when I saw the props because they are AWESOME. We got to take a lot of shots. It was difficult to choose which ones to put up for the sneak peek.

Craig and Desi- hope you love them.