Oh sweet Ava, so perfectly sweet!

Identical twins Liam and Elliot were just precious babies to photograph but my oh my, so hard to tell apart!  Loved everything we were able to capture of them. ]]> http://www.sonkissedphotography.com/blog/archives/3335/feed 1 http://www.sonkissedphotography.com/blog/archives/3326 http://www.sonkissedphotography.com/blog/archives/3326#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2012 05:31:19 +0000 Kristen http://www.sonkissedphotography.com/blog/?p=3326 NOTE: the images in this feed have been downsized or removed for copyright reasons. To see them in their unmodified state, please view the original post by clicking here.

So I’m several sessions behind to blog.  No better time to start getting caught up than now.

Meet Jax, such a gorgeous and perfect baby boy.

Had a great 2:1 mentoring session last week with 4 beautiful and perfect little models.  Our first 2 were born on the same day and the last 2 were born on the same day… I thought that was pretty cool.

My mentoring schedule is full for the remainder of 2012 with the exception of Dec 10-11.  I have 1 spot available for those dates.

Last week I had the honor of teaching 2 fabulous photographers all about newborn photography.  The focus of this mentoring session was tailored to their needs and focused primarily on posing, composites and studio lighting.  We had 4 beautiful models; 3 boys and 1 gorgeous little girl.  All did so great!  Thank you to all of the parents that shared your sweet babies with us.

I only have a handful of dates available for the remainder of 2012.  Remaining classes are all 2:1 and will take place in my Tulsa studio.

Nov 5-6
Nov 19-20
Dec 10-11

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On Sunday, April 1st I boarded a plane to head to Pittsburgh for the next 2.5 days.  I was flying there to mentor a photographer on newborn photography but it turned into so much more than that.  When she booked me late last year she was debating flying to me or me flying to her.  You see, she was pregnant with her 4th baby, a little girl and isn’t too keen on flying anyway.  The thought of me coming after her baby was born made the most sense so we could use her as a model.  About a week before my scheduled departure I emailed her to check in and see how everything was going with the new baby because I was sure she was super busy with 4 little ones.  She emailed back letting me know that things were going well and that they had learned at Mae’s birth that she has Down Syndrome.  Of course they were overjoyed with their new baby but filled with so many emotions at the same time.  This trip was so special to me.  I was able to be there and not only teach but to capture so many adorable memories for her family that they will have forever.  Mae is so precious, so perfect and the most wonderful gift from God.  It is my extreme honor and pleasure to introduce you to Miss Mae.

Julie, I will forever hold this time spent with your family in my heart.  I cannot wait to watch Mae grow through your lens and hear all about the memories that you all will create along the way.

Much love.

The below shot is a composite.  Mom’s hands were underneath Mae, holding her the entire time.  Extensive Photoshop work was necessary to create the image below.

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of mentoring yet another fun and fabulous photographer.  We had 4 models for this mentoring session and they were all just as cute as can be.   We had tons of fun in the studio with them.

Last weekend I traveled to New Orleans for a 1:1 mentoring session.  We had a ton of fun, had beautiful models and to say that I was in studio envy would be an understatement.  I’ve never seen so many beautiful backdrops in my life!  While this is not my typical style, I loved stepping into a new style of newborn photography and watching these setups come to life.  I had a blast in New Orleans and walked away with another dear friend.

On to the cutie pies.

I spent the past two days in the studio with 3 little princesses and a very talented photographer that drove 17+ hours for her mentoring session. We had so much fun over the 2 days, had gorgeous baby girls to model for us and shared lots of stories and laughs. We even went yarn shopping (yes, she knits too!)

On to the cuteness. Thank you to all of the parents that shared your baby girls with us.

This past weekend I had the pleasure of mentoring yet another fabulous photographer.  What I love so much about 1:1 mentoring is the session is geared to what the mentee wants to achieve.  I’m truly honored when a photographer does a ton of research and chooses me in the end.  For this mentoring session it was really important to the mentee to work on posing and wrapped shots so that is what we worked on for 2 days and had 3 beautiful babies model for us.  Each of them were perfect little models.

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