Posts in Category: Babies
Our Boy – 18 month portraits
He’s dapper.
He’s thoughtful.
He’s got a lot on his mind.
He’s also our kid. And all that I can say, you guys, is that it’s getting much much harder for us to photograph our own sweet boy. He is getting faster, bored more quickly, and after hearing Mama or Daddy say the same thing over and over he completely tunes us out. [should I stop here, so you can laugh and nod?…… ok great.]
I am a photog AND a Mama. I am a Ninja at Merlefest capturing musicians and atmosphere. And I can coax cuteness out of sleepy kids like Holden. I want to believe that like Walt Whitman said, I “contain multitudes.”
But when it was time for this shoot – with the blooms about as perfect as our Finley, I felt what every Mama feels: “what on earth am I supposed to wear?” “How do I get it all together?”
I stressed about everyone else’s outfits, lacked time to get myself ready, lathered myself up about things going according to plan and then afterwards, worried over whether we got even one good shot.
I’ve said it before but it’s worth saying again, I now have a totally different perspective and appreciation as a photographer who is also a Mom. I feel your pain.
Now that I’ve shared that … I have to say that I love these images. Ryan and I are better people because of that little ginger. We focus in a new way (no pun intended); we prioritize differently; we laugh more; listen more closely and we absolutely love more deeply. Personally, he was our game-changer. Professionally, the same is true. Perspective is everything.
We love family portraits whether they are set in the studio, the great outdoors, a specific location like the mountains or high country, or on our property in our outdoor portrait garden. Pixels on Paper photographs, engagements and weddings, brides, and special events and portraits of all kinds in our Wilkesboro, NC studio. We would be honored to meet with you, learn about you and your family and be a part of taking special portraits that will become, we hope, family heirlooms.
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Newborn baby portraits of Master Roman Pierce
Boy number 3.
The Pierce family have welcomed their newest child, another son. No, his name is not Archie Harrison Mountbatten Windsor – as cute and succinct as that is. And Congrats to Meghan and Harry Windsor and so on and so forth, but this little brunette with the serious face is Roman Pierce. No offense, but he rivals any kid I’ve seen recently. Just look at him. It’s hard to interpret the expression. Maybe he knows that two older brothers await him – Holden and Sawyer. They seem sweet, but maybe Roman knows innately that wrestling and clobbering and dog piles are in his future. Lay low, dude. It will find you eventually.
Roman was born on March 7th, and after a short minute at the hospital, he visited our portrait studio for his first photographs. He was an angel, perfectly comfortable in any pose, prop and backdrop. I recalled his oldest brother Holden dressed in gear that remembered their dad’s flight gear.
Mom Traci is a pharmacist and she provided the wooden mortar and pestle we used for Roman’s session. It made a perfect spot for him to grab some zzzzzzs. I love his facial expression in the left image. “Who are you?” “And any chance you could score a Coke Zero for me? I’m having a hard time staying awake.”
We’ll be photographing sweet Roman for his first year, including 6 month portraits and his first birthday. We cannot wait to see him grow a bit and watch him with his brothers. For now……….. ssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Would you like to know more about getting ready for baby portraits? Here’s a start.
We love family portraits whether they are set in the studio, the great outdoors, a specific location like the mountains or high country, or on our property in our outdoor portrait garden. Pixels on Paper photographs, engagements and weddings, brides, and special events and portraits of all kinds in our Wilkesboro, NC studio. We would be honored to meet with you, learn about you and your family and be a part of taking special portraits that will become, we hope, family heirlooms.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States LicenseAll photos are ©2019 Pixels On Paper. Do not copy, crop, or remove watermark.
Newborn Rylie
The Life of Reilly or Riley – or in this case Rylie – is a good one if you can manage to be dealt that hand. For the uninitiated (and as the story goes), Riley declared that if he ever became President of the U.S. that New Yorkers would swim in wine. The phrase later came to mean, living a life of leisure……. lazing around without a care in the world.
So have a look at Rylie below. How’s he doin’ so far? Exactly.
Taking a little snooze in a long stocking cap? Why yes, please!! Don’t mind if I do!
Newborn baby boy Rylie came to the Pixels On Paper photography studio at just 12 days old for his newborn portrait session, with one of his Daddies and Grandma in tow. This little doll was born a few weeks early much to everyone’s surprise. Rylie is loved more than life itself by his two fathers and his huge extended family. They all want to cuddle him all the time and honestly so did I. He already has a Disney character collection and a fashionable wardrobe with matching shoes larger than most grown children’s. His gramma set up the session and I can only imagine how she’s going to have to keep elbowing Rylie fans out of the way in the years to come.
Only the carefree are looked after by their stuffed animals. I mean … what harm could possible come to such a sweet and tranquil little man? Answer: none! He’s surrounded by Goofy, Minnie, Mickey, Donald and an enormous elephant.
This delicious little creature slept comfortably through our entire photoshoot and did not cry one time. Remarkable. There were multiple wardrobe changes, set changes, props were moved around and he could not have been more chill.
I had the most precious photos in record time, and honestly dear readers, I could have gone all day, if I didn’t know that that would just make choosing finals even harder. This kid is a prince and I cannot wait to take some shots of him when he’s awake and expressive ……… and able to tell me what he and Goofy chat about in the wee hours.
I love, love newborn baby portraits, in the studio, with or without parents. These little ones give me new life and whether there is a theme or the most spare set possible, these early days – once gone – cannot be found again. So glad to have been a part of this particular photo session.
We love family portraits whether they are set in the studio, the great outdoors, a specific location like the mountains or high country, or on our property in our outdoor portrait garden. Pixels on Paper photographs, engagements and weddings, brides, and special events and portraits of all kinds in our Wilkesboro, NC studio. We would be honored to meet with you, learn about you and your family and be a part of taking special portraits that will become, we hope, family heirlooms.
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A newborn photo shoot – It’s a girl
This ridiculously gorgeous family found us through a friend referral and we feel beyond blessed to be seeing them again. We captured the mom’s maternity portraits and it wasn’t long before the welcomed their second child – a precious little girl.
Marion was born on her exact due date: December 3, 2018 and, as a lover of old-fashioned names, I’m a fan of hers already. I love how it evokes another time, the tradition of family names and makes me think of timeless beauty. This little rosebud is named after one of her grandmothers.
Big brother Conner has had his world turned upside down, but was gentle and so cute with his new sister. The shots of him with her are some of my faves. Between the Christmas pajamas and his animated body language, he very nearly upstaged the new kid in town.
Adorned in pink, neutrals and lace, her hands to her face and eyes to the camera, Marion reminded me of a cherub.
This grouping of shots just kills me. Brother and sister play – right out of the gate. We asked mom and dad which brand of Cute Pills they were buying at the local pharmacy to get This Level of Cute (that has to be the tagline… you know? “Your babies can be THIS LEVEL OF CUTE! with just two pills per day!”).
Congrats to this sweet family on the new light in their lives.
We love family portraits whether they are set in the studio, the great outdoors, a specific location like the mountains or high country, or on our property in our outdoor portrait garden. Pixels on Paper photographs, engagements and weddings, brides, and special events and portraits of all kinds in our Wilkesboro, NC studio. We would be honored to meet with you, learn about you and your family and be a part of taking special portraits that will become, we hope, family heirlooms.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License
All photos are ©2018 Pixels On Paper. Do not copy, crop, or remove watermark.
Newborn Portraits of Ava
We photographed parents Judy and Travis’ maternity session and loved seeing how excited and hopeful they were.
On November 8th of 2018, sweet Ava was born and she already looks like a painting. With a head full of hair and a heart full of spunk, she has been keeping her Mom and Dad awake ever since.
We photographed her newborn photos at just 8 days old in our studio. Ava’s parents are fun, colorful people and happen to be friends of ours so we knew they would bring color into this newborn shoot. Mom’s favorite color is purple so there was plenty of that included for the session. There’s something about knowing the family that opens the doors to more personal photos. Case in point: we “made” Mom and Dad join their new bundle of joy for some of the photos. It was unplanned (Dad had to borrow a shirt from Ryan) but she will never be 8 days old ever again and we knew they would be glad she would have the option to look back on photos that include her new parents.
We love family portraits whether they are set in the studio, the great outdoors, a specific location like the mountains or high country, or on our property in our outdoor portrait garden. Pixels on Paper photographs, engagements and weddings, brides, and special events and portraits of all kinds in our Wilkesboro, NC studio. We would be honored to meet with you, learn about you and your family and be a part of taking special portraits that will become, we hope, family heirlooms.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License
All photos are ©2018 Pixels On Paper. Do not copy, crop, or remove watermark.