Meet Levi, this six month old stole my heart

I blogged about Levi's family a few days ago, but we had too many photographs of this absolutely adorable little boy so I had to make him his own Blogpost. His big sisters are polite, well-behaved, beautiful, photogenic, etc. and we love photographing them, but I just have a soft spot for the wee little ones.

When we talk about young children being photographed there are some photographers that have "Baby Grow With Me" packages consisting of 3, 6, 9 and 12 months. We prefer to have the sessions more developmentally based. We can, of course, photograph a child at any time, but these are the best times...

• Newborn, meaning within the first ten days (after ~10 days they are still babies but not newborns anymore, they do not sleep as soundly, they are not "all curled up", they get baby acne, you cannot get those "miracle shots" which require a soundly sleeping baby.
• 2-4 months, when they can hold their head up on their own (tummy time, gerber baby poses, etc.)
• 5-8 months, when they can sit up on their own but are not moving around yet. This is a fantastic age photographically!! We can get very creative with this session
• 9-11 months, when they can stand up, but not walk; often they require something to lean on and this makes adding in a photo prop very easy.
• 11-13 months, "the birthday cake" session with them just in a a pair of shorts

I would be willing to "babysit" this adorable young man in the Studio anytime! I hope Charles and Cheryl bring him back for another photo session in 3-4 months!

Levi's parents are very lucky, this little boy is one of the the happiest babies I have ever seen. He loves his big sisters (and you can tell that they adore him). He was always smiling!

Can you believe this cuteness??

Charles and Family

We photographed these two adorable girls and their family two years ago. They came back for an updated family portrait plus one, meet this absolutely adorable and loved little boy, Levi. Elli and Ally

You can view more images from their session here in their gallery on our website.

Tom loved this family portrait with Levi pulling Ally's pigtail! It is one of his all time favorite images, because it tells the family story so well. These girls are great big sisters to Levi, he is certainly blessed!

These are such good mannered, well behaved young ladies, such a pleasure to photograph!

I just love series like these, where you need multiple images to really tell the story...

You can see how much the girls have changed in two years, this is them in 2009

The newest addition to this family is the most adorable and good natured little boy. I was so excited when I saw him because I had an image in my head of a little boy in just overalls with teddy bears surrounding him. Levi was one of the best little ones we have ever had in the Studio.

Charles and Cheryl can just drop him off at the Studio next time they need a baby sitter.

The delightful little buy just smiled and laughed the entire time he was here!

I will post on just Levi alone in a couple of days...

Donovan photographed by Connecticut photographers Tom and Lisa Cuchara of BREA Photos

Meet Donovan...

Such a wonderful young man. He had a lot of fun playing in our Studio and we were able to really capture a lot of expressions from him.



He loves sports and told me that he really likes basketball, but that he needs to be a little older before he can play football.








Donvan with his Mom and his Dad. Look at the way that he looks at his Dad. I love it!






I really like the way that the Trios came out. Family portraits are so important. There have been studies showing that children do better and have more self esteem in homes where family portraits hang on the wall. These family portraits really help to establish their place within the family.

"Father and Son" I really like this last series -- look at all of the interactions with his Dad. Wow...

See more photographs from his session in his gallery on our website.

Ava and Luke

Meet Ava and Luke -- two absolutely adorable children. Ava is just the right amount of precious and Luke shadows her and does everything that she does! Ava is also quite the conversationalist and I enjoyed talking with her.

You can view more photos from their photo session here on our website:
http://tlc.smugmug.com/Children/Ava-and-Luke/12166222_kuvqa



I know this is cliche, but don't you just want to pinch these little cheeks...



We really had fun with Ava -- she was so personable and easy to photograph.

The stairs are usually a big hit.



Look at this young man...you can just see the mischief in his eyes, all the time, not just in this photo. I bet he gives momma a run for her money ;-) too cute!

so expressive -- perhaps she will be a senator, an orator or an actress when she grows up.

We like the traditional images and the fun images but also enjoy creating something different too.

This next image was processed and at the end "hot fudge with a cherry" was applied. I love it!

I love Ava's smile, but we were pleased to capture many of her expressions in the Studio.

This next photo was processed in two different ways, one an artistic simplify and the other an HDR simulator.

Leilani at 10 months old

We have been photographing Leilani since she was in her mother's belly.
She will be turning one in February. Her parents were up here for the Holidays so they brought her in to the Studio for some portraits. she was full of energy, walking and exploring all over the place. We had a great session and took many more photos than expected. You can view them on our website: http://tlc.smugmug.com/Children/Leilani/Leilani-at-10-months



I just love this series of her clapping!



We used a new background and it was just perfect for her pink and purple outfits!

We did some "mommy and me" photo too -- this little one has an awesome giggle :-)

I love creating a series like this -- the many expression of Leilani...

We cannot wait to have her back in the Studio -- around her birthday we have scheduled a birthday cake session, just her in her diaper and a cake with icing -- just has to be a fun session!

Charles and Family

We photographed Charles, Cheryl, Elli and Ally -- what beautiful girls! wow!!

I just love the expressions on the girls faces. They came in dressed so beautifully and the colors worked just great with our background too.

When it comes to nature photography 99% of my photographs are color, but when it comes to people I still tend to be drawn to Black and White. It just shows the soul of the person.

There were sooo many great expressions -- I could not decide upon just one favorite so I just had to make this montage!

You can view more of their printed photographs here: http://www.tlc.smugmug.com/Portraits/Charles-and-Family/9676671_9Tx2m and more unedited photographs here http://www.tlc.smugmug.com/Portraits/Charles-and-Family-unedited/9676695_9AX5V