ellis family outdoor portraits – elijah turns one

Another family we love and have been photographing since forever is the Ellis Family and they have added a member over the last year. Ashley and Kevin hired us to photograph their engagement and wedding photos and we’ve stayed in touch since. This couple is so loving and so cool and fun that we were happy to have another reason to see them when sweet Isaiah was born. We photographed his newborn pics and he was so bright-eyed and cute. The following year, the Ellis’s came back to us for family portraits on Isaiah’s first birthday.

Isaiah – One Year!

For this most recent portrait session with newest member Elijah, the Ellis’s wanted to be outdoors again, but the constant rain earlier this season caused us to reschedule this session three times. Mom Ashley joked that Elijah might turn two by the time the rain stopped. But as always, everything happens for a reason. When we finally got to photograph them, it was gorgeous out and Ashley’s Mom was visiting from out of state so she was able to be a part of the day. We all met up at a park in Statesville, NC where Ashley once played as a child.

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Like all kids, no two are alike. We’ve joked in past blogs that Isaiah, with his ties, looks like a serious businessman. Ashley calls one year old Elijah her “Wild Man” and she warned that he probably wouldn’t be as easy to photograph at this age as his older brother. The kid indeed is full of energy, excitement, curiosity and is rambunctious and always on the go. Keeping up with him was fun and we were up for it.

Ellis Family Outdoor Portraits by Wilkesboro NC Photographers, Pixels On Paper Photography Photo

This pic below cracks me up. How much would you pay to know what Elijah was thinking? He looks so suave and cute and the curls on the top of his head are just too much.

Ellis Family Outdoor Portraits by Wilkesboro NC Photographers, Pixels On Paper Photography Photo

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Ellis Family Outdoor Portraits by Wilkesboro NC Photographers, Pixels On Paper Photography Photo

“On the road of life together.”
This photo – all of these photos – give me so much joy and hope for the future. Family continues to be the institution we all turn to the most for inspiration, comfort and hope. Cheers to the Ellis’s. Keep holding together you four. Keep chasing each other around and hugging and bonding. We hope to see you again soon.


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 weddingsbrides, 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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