Anette Ball Photography

Something I love

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:44:54 +0000

As a photographer there are lots and lots of things I want. My wish list is miles long:) It’s easy for me to be tempted to spend money on stuff I want but if I think hard I probably can live without it. I just want to mention something I actually think is well worth the small investment and that I’m not sure i can live without:) It’s my camera strap. It’s from a company called phat straps. They have a huge variety of handmade straps and they come in so many different fabrics and colors. I got mine a while ago and they don’t have the one I chose any longer, but if I was going to get another one I think I would have picked this one:

Or maybe I would have picked this one?
I love this one too:
Aren’t they cute? (The pictures are from their website and are not taken by me but I got permission to use them). What I love about it besides the fun fabrics is that it is so soft and comfortable. If you are looking for a cute and comfortable camera strap you should check out phat straps.

{Downtown session} Birmingham, Alabama child photographer

admin — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:46:19 +0000

I guess since it’s been so pretty and green this summer I haven’t gotten any requests for downtown sessions in a long time. I love shooting downtown so I decided to take my little girl there and get in a few shots before our summer at home was completely over. She’s really getting so much easier to shoot than she was 6 months ago and for a few gummy bears I got some really great pictures of her. I actually had to be super silly and pretend that I was going to eat the gummy bears I had give her. She kept laughing and saying she already had eaten them….I will do whatever it takes to get some cute smiles from her:) It’s still very hot here and these were taken at 1pm on a 100 degree day…I knew we only had about 15 minutes max to get the job done before it became waaaay to hot. Sorry for the picture overload but didn’t she do awesome?

I love this one so much I had to make it the header of my blog. She wanted to lay down herself and I just snapped.

She was really interested in the parking meeter and she kept trying to reach the top to put money in.

These are the shots were the gummy bears was used…it was so worth a total of 5 of them. I would gladly have provided 10 of them for these. She harly ever get any candy so it’s such a treat for her.

One of my favorites of her.

I love this one too.

{My little girl} Birmingham, Alabama child photographer

admin — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 04:16:27 +0000

My little girl got this new dress last week and I just thought she looked so cute in it. I asked if I could take some pictures of her and she said yes which was a nice surprise to the no I normally get. It was really hot…heat index said 114 degrees…so we only stayed outside for about 15 minutes which included our walking time. I can’t believe how well she did. She gave me eye contact and did not complain at all. I love when our photo shoot is a success.

Got to love her serious look.
My happy girl.

I brought these little lantern which I really wanted to hang around her but since it was so hot I didn’t have time to plan it out any better. She thought they were interesting though.

She wanted to show me how high she could jump. The grass was so high that I couldn’t hardly see that she jumped but she thought she jumped sooo high.

{Sneak Peak} Birmingham, Alabama child photographer

admin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:08:43 +0000

I got to have a session with Emma this past Friday. Emma turned 2 in May and we had to get some delayed birthday shots of her. I have know Emma’s family for years and I love this little girl!! She and my little girl loves to get together and play and I was so excited when her mom asked me to take her pictures. I think she’s just so cute and has such an innocent look. She’s not the easiest subject I have photographed and her mom and I had to work really really hard for our pictures…I guess that’s how it should be when photographing 2 year olds:)
Anyway, here’s some of the pictures I love from the session. I hope you like themas much as I do.

I always have to include a movement shot because I love those of children. I love how she’s twirling around for me. It’s the perfect way of capturing childhood.

{My little girl} Birmingham, Alabama child photographer

admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:29:01 +0000

My little girl went location scouting with me for a few minutes today for my session tomorrow. Don’t you think this location will be perfect for my shoot tomorrow? I think it will be beautiful.

{Sneak Peak} Birmingham, Alabama child and family photographer

admin — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:23:06 +0000

I got to see this really fun family this evening. I did some pictures for the little girl right before Christmas and she has gotten so big since that time. Wow, it reminds me of how much time flies. It was my first time meeting her 2 big sisters and I was so lucky to get to photograph the whole family this time. It was not a good evening for photography…it was drizzling a little and really really dark, but we made it work as well as we could and I am so glad we didn’t cancel. The whole family is just so much fun and I really had a great time. I love my job:)
Anyway, aren’t they just such a gorgeous family?
I hope you like your sneak peak.

Isn’t she such a beautiful girl? She has such a great personality and it really shows in her pictures.

She was such a cutie and I love her smile…just love it. It makes me smile.

I always have to show at least one serious one and this is the one for today. I really love how it turned out.

You know I’m all for families having fun and this sequence just makes me smile. Let me add that no one was hurt while doing this even though there was a fall:) The girls were going to run as fast as they could and stop to give hugs. It started of good…..both girl are running.

Ooooops, she ran a little to far and…..

A little fall happened. She got right up and luckily was fine.

This is how it should have ended the first time.

{Sneak Peak} Birmingham, Alabama child photographer

admin — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 03:05:38 +0000

I was so excited when Jake’s mother asked me earlier this year to take his picture and we finally were able to schedule his session. Even though the session was at 8:30 this morning it was so hot. We tried to stay in the shade as much as possible and got in the car for a little ac when we drive from place to place. I told Heather that I had no idea how this session would go…I never know what to expect from 2 year olds even though I have lots of experience dealing with my own little girl. She had packed some favorite toys, snacks and juice and we pretty much didn’t use any of it. I thought he would like the rocks and tree’s in the first location and I was right. He had the biggest smiles while arranging the rocks and toughing the branches. He’s just so so so cute and he has the most amazing eyes. They can light up a room.

Here is some of my favorite’s from today. I hope you like your sneak peak.

Look at his eyes, they just absorb light. I told you they were amazing.

He was really really wanting his mom to go with him on the steps. Look at his little sad face. I think it’s so cute.

{Sneak Peak} Birmigham, Alabama child photograher

admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:03:22 +0000

I got to hang out with these two 7 year old twins on Sunday and I have to say that not only are they really really handsome, but they are funny too. They had so many ideas for pictures they wanted to try out and they kept cracking me up (and I edited some extra ones just for you guys that I will have in your gallery when it’s ready). I loooove funny kids. They make my job extra fun and it keeps me on my toes. We tried out several locations even though it was unbelievably hot that day and there was not really any complaining from any of the kids.
Anyway, I loved meeting you guys and I hope you like your sneak peak.

I have a serious girl so I really like serious faces as well. Isn’t he handsome?

Did I mention they had the best smiles? I know mom really wanted some smiles and she promised them a possible prize if she liked their smiles.

I have to some of the fun shots we took as well. I love shots of kids in motion so I had to include some running ones. Here’s how it went….

This one seriously crack me up. You might hate me for this one one day. I asked them to come up with something and this is what they gave me. Mom kept saying “do you have to stick out your butt so much?”. This one makes me laugh!!!

{My little Girl} Birmingham, Alabama child photographer

admin — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:33:58 +0000

We have been so busy at my house with my parents visiting for the past month and dealing with my mother in law being diagnosed with cancer that I hardly have been taking any pictures at all. It’s been nice to be off, but I missed not taking much or editing much of anything. Since school ended we have also been to Atlanta 2 times, once for a wedding and once for six flags, and on a cruise to Eastern Caribbean which also added to the feeling of being away from home for so long. Anyway, I’m back now and I had to take my little girl out for a quick photo shoot this afternoon. I have to say that she was such a great model for me today which is something she’s normally not. She even really got the concept of bribing for the first time…she gave me eye contact and stood still for a piece of chocolate. I’m ok with a serious face and eye contact, no smiles needed to make me happy:) The shoot was absolutely worth 2 pieces of dark chocolate and 2 bug bites. Maybe now that she’s closer to turning 3 she will give me an easier time when it comes to taking pictures. Ohhh, I hope this is true:)

{Sneak Peak} Birmingham, Alabama child photographer

admin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:18:03 +0000

I have to say I love to be a photographer!!! I love to photograph new families and I always end up having fun..always!! Yesterday I got to hang out with these cuties while visiting several locations in the neighborhood. The little brother was not sure he wanted to get his picture taken at first and I got lots of serious faces, but after some time he was having a fun time as well. She was a model the whole time…. she showed me dance/ballet moves from the upcoming recital and lots and lots of flowers. All I can say is that they are the most adorable children ever and their mom has such a great taste in clothes….my child have some of the same outfits. I told you she had good taste:)

Thank you for letting me take your pictures and I hope you like your sneak peak!!