Commercial Shoot for Orient Expressed Childrens Clothing Store

I have been waiting patiently and am so excited to finally get the chance to share these images from my recent Commercial shoot with the clothing store Orient Expressed. They offer the best in hand-smocked and classic children's clothing & the outfits are just to die for, I LOVE them! The store location is an adorable shop uptown on Magazine St. here in New Orleans and these images are featured in the Spring / Summer 2012 catalog issue, click here to be directed to the web page and get your catalog. Also they have a facebook page so please "Like" their page and check them out! We had a blast with all the babies and toddlers, they kept us on our toes for sure and the weather could not have been more beautiful for all these location portraits. We really did get some great shots... Thank you to Mary and Stephanie for keeping this day on track and rolling smoothly! I can't wait till the next shoot :)

Michael Jr... 2 year session - City Park

What a sweet boy and how much fun I had chasing after him! After a little while we finally had a seat and relaxed a bit, partly because he had a little fall and scraped his head. What a champ though he only cried for a minute and went right on shooting with me! I was truly amazed at the quick recovery :) Thanks Jessica for such a fun afternoon, I would love to see what the canvas print looks like up on your wall & congrats on finding the house.

Blondiau Girls hang Uptown for the Afternoon...

It is truly my pleasure to have the opportunity to photograph these sweet girls again... Our sessions keep getting more creative and they keep growing, becoming more beautiful each time! This was a fun one for sure and I have to say repeat clients offer a fun type of freedom, there is something to be said for knowing each other and now it's easier for the girls to get in the groove of the posing and of course the cute candid stuff as we go. We started at Audubon park and went by the horse stables - which they were nice enough to let us take a few photos near the horses. Then it was on to some cute shops on Magazine and a last stop at the cemetery, though we thought it would be open and it wasn't, actually it probably ended up better that way and we just used the gate and cool brick wall which was a great contrast to the pink dresses :)  I hope you all enjoy these as much as I do and of course the family did for Christmas... Thank you Kristal, Penny and Quin for an awesome memory!

Elizabeth Fall Portraits

I am so excited to share these photos since the first session with Elizabeth proved to be a bit challenging. Back when she was just three months old we had planned a session at city park and the poor baby was just not happy! We tried everything but it seemed she just wanted her mommy to hold her. So I worked with it and actually got some really cute photos that day. Having my own experience with that (my little Ashleigh usually runs the other way when she see's my camera) it can be frustrating but it just takes a little patience. With that said I think both sets of photos are darling and now she is just more into being photographed at this age than she was at 3 months! We had such a great time with all the props and then a fun trip to the back yard with the beautiful fall colors, Elizabeth is such a wonderful and sweet baby, LOVE the two "rockin it" fingers in the mouth :)
Thanks to Mom (Carolyn) for helping get everything we needed to ensure the shoot would go smoothly and I can't wait to see some big prints on your wall! Enjoy!