Month: July, 2010

{Sneak Peak} Birmingham, Alabama child photographer

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.

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  • Katherine · Posted July 27, 2010 at 3:37 pm · Link

    What a pretty girl! I especially love the first and last ones; you really captured her sense of spirit!

  • Claire · Posted July 27, 2010 at 4:14 pm · Link

    What a little beauty! I really love the motion you captured in the last photo!

  • Katie Lou · Posted July 27, 2010 at 5:43 pm · Link

    She is a cutie! I love that 2nd one!

  • Julie · Posted July 27, 2010 at 5:50 pm · Link

    So cute! Yes, two year olds are a challenge but they are so charming that it makes it all worthwhile! Lovely images!

  • Kristine · Posted July 27, 2010 at 6:41 pm · Link

    Love these! I have been keeping up with your work — as one of your biggest fans, that’s what I do! :) Also — I LOVE the pics of “little” Jake!!! Great work, as always! MISS YOU!!

  • Salina J · Posted July 27, 2010 at 6:43 pm · Link

    Beautiful! I love the last image, you captured her twirl perfectly.

  • Shonda Feddema · Posted July 27, 2010 at 8:33 pm · Link

    She is adorable! I love the black and whites!

  • sophie · Posted July 27, 2010 at 8:44 pm · Link

    So pretty! I love the natural feel of these. She is so cute!

  • Katie · Posted July 28, 2010 at 3:45 pm · Link

    She’s so sweet. I LOVE that last shot, stunning

  • Jane Photo · Posted July 29, 2010 at 2:49 am · Link

    What a doll and you did a great job with these.

  • Anya Coleman · Posted July 30, 2010 at 12:55 am · Link

    Pretty Girl!Fantastic shots!

  • jodie · Posted August 2, 2010 at 10:05 am · Link

    These are so pretty.. I love that last shot! Just gorgeous work!!

    Jodie

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{My little girl} Birmingham, Alabama child photographer

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.

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  • rebecca s · Posted July 23, 2010 at 4:02 am · Link

    thankfully her momma is an awesome photographer & captures her perfectly. she’s gorgeous!

  • Anya Coleman · Posted July 23, 2010 at 1:25 pm · Link

    She is lovely!

  • Holli · Posted July 23, 2010 at 6:29 pm · Link

    She is seriously CUTE!!!! Great capture!

  • jodie · Posted August 2, 2010 at 10:07 am · Link

    This is your child????? OMG, she is stunning!! Come to Canada.. I want to photograph her. She’s just gorgeous!!

    Jodie

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{Sneak Peak} Birmingham, Alabama child and family photographer

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.

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  • Libby · Posted July 18, 2010 at 7:59 pm · Link

    Those girls are absolutely beautiful from head to toe! I love the family shots – so fun and dynamic! Thank goodness no one was hurt! ;)

  • Anya Coleman · Posted July 18, 2010 at 8:36 pm · Link

    So sweet photos!Love them all!

  • April · Posted July 18, 2010 at 10:03 pm · Link

    lol…that is too cute:) What a gorgeous family!

  • Evelyn · Posted July 19, 2010 at 12:13 am · Link

    I love the fun feel of these!! Beautiful captures of a beautiful family.

  • Katherine · Posted July 19, 2010 at 12:29 am · Link

    What a beautiful family! You really captured their playfulness and warmth as a family!

  • Liz · Posted July 19, 2010 at 1:02 am · Link

    What a great session! Awww! I can’t believe she fell and got right up and smiled! What a little sweetheart!! Lovely work!

  • Elle · Posted July 19, 2010 at 4:35 am · Link

    I love them!! I love the happiness that you captured between them!

  • mandy · Posted July 19, 2010 at 3:41 pm · Link

    Okay…those family photos are just the BEST. Wow…so great and so full of love.

  • Holli · Posted July 19, 2010 at 4:21 pm · Link

    Beautiful family! Love how you captured the action!

  • courtney · Posted July 19, 2010 at 5:03 pm · Link

    love how playful and fun these photos are! great job!

  • Bre Thurston · Posted July 20, 2010 at 3:15 pm · Link

    What a fun, awesome family! And WOW, the kids are gorgeous!

  • Kristie · Posted July 25, 2010 at 11:18 am · Link

    Love these pictures! Looks like the family was really having a good time!

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{Sneak Peak} Birmingham, Alabama child photographer

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.

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  • Stephanie · Posted July 16, 2010 at 3:42 am · Link

    Just gorgeous! I love his eyes! Nice work!

  • jen · Posted July 16, 2010 at 9:10 am · Link

    I love these! What an adorable little man! Love the bokeh on #3!

  • Jen P. · Posted July 16, 2010 at 10:07 am · Link

    Oh my, what a handsome little guy!!! These are fantastic! That 3rd one is my absolute favorite! Great processing on your b&w’s too!

  • Susie L · Posted July 16, 2010 at 10:24 am · Link

    You got some great light – love the airyness of the conversions! What a cutie!

  • Cristina · Posted July 16, 2010 at 11:48 am · Link

    So sweet! You got some great light there, well worth waking up early for!

  • Rhonda Stark · Posted July 16, 2010 at 12:39 pm · Link

    gorgeous lighting and i really like the locations! but that little guy takes the cake .. adorable and you’ve done a great job capturing him .. love that 2nd shot!

  • vickie · Posted July 16, 2010 at 1:42 pm · Link

    Awe…he is just as cute as can be. Your conversions are beautiful on these!

  • katie davies · Posted July 16, 2010 at 2:36 pm · Link

    gorgeous! i love your style.

  • Corine Tran · Posted July 16, 2010 at 3:12 pm · Link

    adorable little man and great lighting!

  • Katie · Posted July 16, 2010 at 4:30 pm · Link

    Wow … these are lovely. That black and white is wonderful!

  • Rebekah · Posted July 16, 2010 at 5:17 pm · Link

    Looks like this little guy was busy! Great captures!!

  • Lila · Posted July 16, 2010 at 6:53 pm · Link

    He.Is.PRECIOUS!!!! What great captures, way to go Anette!

  • Terra · Posted July 16, 2010 at 10:24 pm · Link

    oh gosh what a little heartbreaker,beautiful images and gorgeous light too!

  • April · Posted July 17, 2010 at 4:19 pm · Link

    Wow, he has the most gorgeous eyes! What a handsome lil guy:)

  • Jaidean · Posted July 18, 2010 at 8:02 pm · Link

    What a cute guy! Love the one on his knees at the top of the stairs! Great job!

  • Anya Coleman · Posted July 18, 2010 at 8:34 pm · Link

    Fantastic shots!Lovely!

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{Sneak Peak} Birmigham, Alabama child photograher

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!!!

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  • kristie · Posted July 13, 2010 at 12:57 pm · Link

    Love the shots of the boys in motion! Great job!

  • Jessica · Posted July 13, 2010 at 1:59 pm · Link

    Oh my gosh…I just LOVE these!! What cute boys!! Love your creativity…so much fun!

  • Susie L · Posted July 13, 2010 at 2:03 pm · Link

    These are perfect! So many good ones I can’t pick a favorite but I do love the motion ones. Looks like a fun time was had by all!

  • Krissy Allori · Posted July 13, 2010 at 2:19 pm · Link

    Wow, they are SO CUTE! That one with the butts sticking out made me laugh. Love them!

  • Clarice · Posted July 13, 2010 at 3:11 pm · Link

    Wow these are amazing! I really love every single shot! I don’t know how mom is going to pick? The lighting is awesome and what handsome boys!

  • vickie · Posted July 13, 2010 at 3:21 pm · Link

    I LOVE these! What I wouldn’t give to have photos like that of my two together. They are beautiful while capturing the true essence of who they are. Mom is going to have a hard time deciding on these.

  • Shanna · Posted July 13, 2010 at 4:35 pm · Link

    Oh my gosh! Those are really great! I love how you captured them and their personalities!

  • Andrea · Posted July 13, 2010 at 5:20 pm · Link

    PERFECT “boy” photos! I love seeing their activity and their connection! LOL at the last one too!

  • Beira · Posted July 13, 2010 at 6:03 pm · Link

    oh what a fun pair of boys! These are great!

  • Lina · Posted July 13, 2010 at 7:28 pm · Link

    Love sibling shots, and those boys are just so much fun. Beautiful bw conversions.

  • Jane Photo · Posted July 14, 2010 at 1:54 am · Link

    Aww, too fun! Looks like they had a great time, and you sure got awesome images.

  • Jennifer Lauren · Posted July 14, 2010 at 3:31 am · Link

    Love these, they look like so much fun! Love the location, lighting, conversions, the works!

  • Kristi Mangan · Posted July 14, 2010 at 3:44 am · Link

    these are seriously SO much fun! I love the connection you captured… you can tell these two are best buds! Awesome shots!!!

  • Anya Coleman · Posted July 14, 2010 at 1:23 pm · Link

    Fantastic shots!

  • Tori Piercy · Posted July 14, 2010 at 1:54 pm · Link

    I love this session! These have boy childhood all over them :) When they get older they will really cherish they had these sibling moments captured!

  • Lidija · Posted July 15, 2010 at 12:43 am · Link

    Ha, ha, ha. Love the last one. It looks like you had so much fun with these two.

  • mandy · Posted July 16, 2010 at 7:46 am · Link

    Oh my goooooodnesss! Hahaha. Oh my. I love these so much…I can’t stop smiling. Wonderful lighting, location, and SUCH FUN boys. That last one…wow. I would need to have that huge in my house to make me laugh all of my days.

  • Corine Tran · Posted July 16, 2010 at 3:59 pm · Link

    what great pictures, so fun and playful. You definitely captured some great brotherly love!

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