Just a quick holiday update: for those of you who are waiting on orders from last month, I am shipping some today and the rest tomorrow.  I am still waiting on the final round of holiday cards, but they should be here early this week.  Once I double check that everything is there, I will ship them out to you.  Please make sure I have your correct mailing address on file so they don’t end up delayed in shipping — or worse, in someone else’s hands!

Another birthday!  We’ve had several of our babies turn 1 recently… I should be used to it by now, but it seems like time always moves too quickly with these little ones.  I had a tough time narrowing down my “must share” images from Seth’s session because there were so many that I absolutely loved.  Thank you, Seth, for being such a fun little guy.  And thank you, big brother Noah, for helping out at the session.  I feel so fortunate to have been able to watch you two grow and get to know your amazing parents.

I can’t believe Miss Sophia is 1!  For her birthday session, we traveled to the McNay Art Museum.  After a morning of heavy cloud cover, the sun came out just in time for us to capture some beautiful shots.  Happy Birthday, beautiful Sophia!

I know you’ve probably been dying to see these on the blog!  We need to get together soon. 

A few more that never made it to the blog…

I’ve had a bunch of people ask me lately “what would it take to get the negatives from our sessions?”  Some people want them just to have them to keep as a part of their own photography archives.  Some people want them to print for projects or because they regret not ordering more at their first ordering session.  I can’t tell you how many times people have seen shots of their own child on the site or in the studio, even years after they were photographed, and said “I can’t believe I didn’t buy that one! What was I thinking!” Well now’s your chance to own them all. 

So… since I have no time to offer a session special this fall, I’m going to offer one on negatives from past sessions. For those of you who have been wanting to purchase your digital negatives, I’m offering a once-a-year chance to own them at a reduced price.  The special only applies to past sessions where prints were ordered, and the negatives are offered in full session sets only.  I have sooooo many people who have taken advantage of our Little Blessings Club over the years, and I’m offering y’all an amazing deal if you purchase sets from three or more sessions.  Email or call and let me know what sessions you’re interested in, and I will see if I still have your negatives and give you a quote — prices are based on the number of prints that were ordered from the session and on how many sessions you’re interested in purchasing.

But hurry — this offer ends on September 1!  Our negatives are regularly $300 per file, so take advantage of this fantastic once-a-year offer while it lasts!

From last night. She is in a remarkably good mood for a little girl who just got 5 shots.

People always ask me — how do you make those babies look so old-fashioned?  I really can’t take credit for it — yes, I can provide the right sets and props and lighting and treatments to get an old-fashioned look, but really, it’s just that the babies that come in for portraits are classic beauties. And in this case, her mom provided a really great floral headband.

On a more personal note, someone needs to keep me off of Etsy.  It’s a dangerous place to browse if you like handmade stuff.  Here’s the story of our day: the kids got shots this afternoon so we spent some time just hanging around the house. Mac only needed one shot, but Charlotte got FIVE. So, she was feeling just a little under the weather this evening and we sat and looked at some “beautiful things.” We’ve already ordered her a new headband, but she’s making a wish list on the other computer as I type this.

Does anyone know how much a lost tooth is worth these days?

I am so far behind on blogging sessions that the very thought of trying to catch up makes my head spin just a little.  For those of you who I have missed, it’s not that your kid isn’t absolutely adorable. It’s just that I haven’t had the energy to resize and watermark and blog individual sessions.  I’d like to say that I will catch up eventually, but you and I all know that I probably won’t.    Here are a few from the catch up folder, as well as a couple of recent portraits, just so you can see a little bit of what (and who) I’ve been photographing for the past six months.  These were photographed on location all around south and central Texas: Austin, Corpus Christi, New Braunfels, Gruene, San Antonio, and Victoria. Enjoy!