Curly Q | huntsville baby photographer

Oh man, was this session a treat! I remember photographing this little guy when he was just days old and gasping when I walked in and saw his shock of gorgeous red hair. One year later I was pleasantly surprised by his hair again but this time it was the curls. Oh the curls!!!

Growing up my sister always talked about wanting red-headed babies. I hope she’s not reading this…she’s a mother of a (gorgeous!) blondie and this amazing red hair just might be too much for her to bear.

As I was scoping out the nursery where we’d be shooting I spotted this set of unopened blocks and asked if we could use them. Our little man was waaaay interested in them…although I think his mom might be cursing me now. He just wanted to throw them! At me, at her, at the window, wherever! But, seriously, how much FUN is it to throw blocks? SO fun. (I’ll confess to throwing a few myself).

He stopped long enough for me to get this.

And this. (See where he gets that beautiful hair?)

This one touches me deep in my mama heart…

I have to end on that one. ‘Cause there’s nothing that can top a warm baby snuggle.

Nothing.

jennie - ohh…that last one made tears well up in my eyes! so beautiful.

Amy - Oh, beautiful! I’m a sucker for redheads, too! :-)

Lorena Mora - Oh I love the last one. I’m soooo jealous I dont have pictures of me with my kids, I’m camera shy I guess, not really sure. Oh I would enlarge that one. Beautiful baby! Erin as always, amazing pictures!

Amy R - Erin, I love the ones you captured with his Momma. Just precious. Maybe it’s that I don’t have any of those kinds of shots with my kids. I bet she’s lovin these!

ellen patton - redheaded kids…i was once one and i’ve got a brother, niece and nephew that are “reds” too. lucky us!

Kim Pickett - Such a cutie!! I guess I am partial being I work with mom!!

me, photographed | huntsville baby photographer

Sometimes when my usual shtick wears thin I end up having to entice my little toddler friends with some heavier ammo. Every child has a different “thing”. You know, the “thing” that makes them tick, motivates them. The thing that they’ll do anything for. For my own kids it’s, sadly, usually sugar. Last weekend though I hung out with a little one whose ‘thing” was helping. She was fine with me taking her photographs for about 15 minutes and then she was ready to be my sidekick. We teamed up to photograph her little sister and she immediately started to command her mom and dad with shouts of “Y’all need to listen to us! We’re the picture girls!” I’m so going to try that line at my next session. ;)

At the end of the session when I was ready to snap a few more pictures of my “helper” I had to bribe her with the most major thing of all. My pride and joy, my life, my love — my camera. We made a deal that if I could get a few more shots of her, she could grab some of me at the very end.

Did I mention she’s three?

In that moment I was never more thankful for equipment insurance.

But I had promised. I knew what I had to do. So I handed it over.

And after a little bump in the road (hello double chin and nose hairs!)…

she nailed it…

 

So don’t bother sending any applications for second shooter.

The position has been filled.

(And I’m planning to pay her in fruit snacks.)

Lacey - You look like you might be having second thoughts in the first one! ;- ) If your new second shooter gets burnt out, let me know–I have a couple 5 year olds that would be all over that job if they caught wind of the fruit snack payouts!

Amy - This is great! You have such a gift. . . you can even teach a 3 year old how to take a great pic!

Amber - I’m thankful for your equipment insurance too….Thanks for letting Camryn take your picture.

Daniel Mendez - awesome!.. love this pictures…. great story and the last photo is priceless! ;-)

Tina R - How fun!

Amy Rahm - This is just hilarious. I love it.

Lisa - Hilarious…nice to know that even you must be photoshopped occasionally…so you’re not perfect after all, huh? Now if you had given Luke the camera while the window was open, you’d be buying yourself a spanking new one!

Too cute!

admin - Glad everyone had a good laugh at my expense! =)

Lisa, you KNOW that’s right!

cloudy skies | huntsville children’s photographer

 Answer me this: why has every single indoor session I’ve had this year taken place on an overcast day?

First person to answer that gets the keys to my business.

(um. there are no keys. I work out of my house.  And I swear we can’t find a spare key. So nevermind.)

The whole “how dark is too dark?” question can be a hard call for a natural light photographer and the answer is, “I really don’t know until I’m there.” Fortunately at last Saturday’s fun girly session it was dark but not too dark and I had a blast nosing my way around the house finding pockets of light. I love the deep shadows you can get on an overcast day. Call me crazy. (I know you already do.)

This little one definitely does. If I were a fly on that wall, I’d call me crazy too.

 Are those the most gorgeous blue peepers or what? Holy big eyes, Batman! 

With a big ol’ personality to match.

And speaking of matching, how’s this for some careful coordination on her mama’s part…

One more that I love.

And then it was little sister’s turn.

Little sister who didn’t get that memo that when the photographer puts you on your belly you must stay there.

 (her poor mama got her excercise repositioning her 87 times!)

As it turns out my little friend knew was was best for her. Because she was all kinds of cute laying there looking up at me!

Then she started posing and the fun really began…  Weird Erin confession: I have this thing about smelling the people in my family. I like to snuggle and sniff them and smell their warm, lovable familiarness.  Am I alone?

Forget it, don’t answer that.

The point of that was to say, when I look at these pictures, I swear I can smell my own babies.

Weird confession (and adorable blog post) over.

Eva - You do an incredible job with natural light indoors. Love your images.

Amy - I love overcast indoor picture days, too! Gorgeous, Erin! You’re such an inspiration.

robin - gorgeous! gorgeous! gorgeous!

btw, i’m totally into smelling my family also. i think it comes from my grandpa who instead of kissing us, sniffed us. quirky. odd. but i’ll always remember my lolo (grandpa in tagalog) for that.

ella walker - love your colors, erin! such creamy skin tones! the purple background/wall is awesome! you do beautiful work especially in color.

Amber - Erin, Thanks again for coming over and taking our pictures. I’ve shown everyone and of course we LOVE them!! Best Saturday ever!

boys | huntsville children’s photographer

In addition to the adorable sisters I shared this weekend, I also got to spend some time playing with an equally adorable set of brothers while I was in Boston.

I really, really try not to share my favorite images on this blog since I always share before the parents have seen the entire gallery and I really want to save the best for them…buuuuut…I love this one.

See this little guy?

I was able to see his two-ness in full swing. It was awesome! While I was at his house he learned how to get into the family’s freezer and find the ice cream bars. He kept bringing it over to his mama and saying, “Mom! Look what I found!” with the most incredulous look on his face. It was priceless. Before I headed out I’m pretty sure I saw him army crawling under the dining room table with yet another ice cream in hand. I’m not sure I’ll ever forget that sight. Two year old boys rock! (especially when you’re not the one parenting one…which currently, I am. So forget what I just said…) 

I have a feeling big brother has a sneaky side too.  But all I saw out of him was sweet. Like 100% pure do-whatever-I-say sweet. Amazing.

I was loving these big windows in their playroom. I kept trying to catch their reflections in the shot so I would say, “who’s that outside?!” And no matter how many times I said it my littlest friend always lit up and said, “Daddy!”

(Sorry bud, that was just your heartless photographer dashing your hopes.)

Oh gosh, and here’s one more that I can’t admit is one of my favorites because that would be breaking my blogging rule…

Of course, my Boston shares won’t be complete until I add pics of my BFF’s little ones. Later this week, promise!

Samantha - So, so sweet! And ladies, the older one is mine (in 20 years) so back off!!!

Amy Rahm - I love these. What cuties. That lighting is divine! Perfect exposure as usual!

Karin Dupuis - I saw these — you have a true talent! Nice work!

business or pleasure? | huntsville children’s photographer

While in Boston last week for a little bit of pleasure I had time to sneak in a little bit of business as well. But let’s face it, this business is pleasure for me so really I was just there for pleasure all around!

Besides, would you consider these two adorable faces “business”?

I didn’t think so.

I mean seriously, I shouldn’t even need a business license. How can this be considered work?

Right. I think I’ve made my point.

Moving on.

You’re about to see a set of the most amazing eyes. (and yes, I’m most certainly biased because they’re the same color of my children’s eyes!)

And because I’m a self-admitted sucker for a lovey…here you go…

More business…coming right up! =) 

This place will be hopping for the next couple of weeks so don’t miss it!

Samantha - Love those girls!!! Can’t wait to see all the pictures!!!