This is the lovely Miss Gabrielle…

This little lady was so well behaved when she came in for her photo session. At only a few days old and only a few pounds, she was absolutely adorable. So teeny tiny! Gabrielle came into the studio with her Mom, Grandmom, and older brother, Jordan. We were able to get quite a few good photos of the two siblings together. What a handsome pair!

Here are Gabrielle’s photo collages. She is such a cute baby, and if her brother is any indication, she is going to grow to be a gorgeous young lady! What a lucky family!

This is our newest friend Tristan.

We were very happy to get the chance to meet this little guy. We met Tristan’s Mom, Dad, and big brother not too long ago when they came in for Mom’s maternity session. You can see more from that session here.

Tristan was a joy to have in the studio, he was so calm and quiet. We were able to get a lot of great photos of this sweet little man.

I think my favorites are the pictures of Tristan with each of his family members, what a special treat.

Tristan was really well-behaved and cooperative for his whole photo session. He is also a part of our Small Wonder Program so we will get to see him grow and change throughout his whole first year, which is such a treat. I can’t wait till next time he comes to visit.

It’s about time! We finally got the chance to meet little miss Adelyn. You may remember hearing about Adelyn, even before she arrived, when we had Mom and Dad’s maternity session this summer. You can revisit that session here.

This gorgeous little girl is the first baby girl we have had in the studio for a newborn session. She was so sweet, and so hungry! Man, those newborns can really eat! Anyway, Adelyn was absolutely adorable throughout our whole session.

We use this pose with each of our newborns and I think, perhaps, this could be one of my favorites. I love the way Adelyn is snuggled in the sling and she just looks so cozy!

I also think that these photos of this young, new family are so heart-warming and they bring a smile to my face every time I see them. You can just feel the love and excitement Alicia and Mike have for their new little bundle of joy.

And, oh my goodness…I cannot get over these adorable teeny tiny toes!

This is the Motherhood to Maternity art piece that we created for Alicia. Completely gorgeous!

These are the other art pieces that were created for Alicia, Mike, and Adelyn.

We are going to be trying something new with our newborn sessions in 2010 and Alicia and Mike were our first guinea pigs. Please watch the very special video below, it is unlike anything we have done in the past:

We had the pleasure of taking maternity photographs for this lovely little family before they become a family of four.

Dawn and her husband, Brian, and their son came into the Aberdeen studio for maternity photos after meeting us at the Wee Cycle event. We are honored they they chose our studio to capture such an exciting time in their lives.

We are so happy that we were able to squeeze Dawn and her family in for a session, as she was due about two weeks after she visited the studio. (Hopefully, we will be able to meet new little Baby once he or she arrives!) This sweet little trio couldn’t be more excited about a new addition to their family. It was all smiles here in the studio during their session.

I mentioned that we would be so honored to meet new little Baby once He or She arrives…interestingly, Brian knows whether they are having a boy or a girl, Dawn does not! We thought that was really neat and also that Brian must be an excellent secret keeper! So for now, this family of three anxiously awaits becoming a family of four…

****Quick Note from Shawn: I’m a little late in getting this post out. Dawn had her wonderful baby and they have already been to the studio for newborn portraits. Stay tuned for that post****

Enjoy the video of their portraits…

We would like you to meet another little newborn that we were so happy to finally meet and be able to photograph. This is Jonathan…

While this was our first time meeting little Jonathan, his family has visited the studio before. A few months ago we had the pleasure of photographing Jonathan’s Mom, Dad, and big Sister for Mom’s maternity session. You can read more about that session and see photos from the maternity portrait session here.

Jonathan was very agreeable and quite content having his photos taken. His big Sister, Andrea, did a wonderful job of looking after him and making sure that we were taking good care of him. He is a very handsome young boy, and is the perfect addition to his beautiful family.

Jonathan was another newborn who got to test out our new colorful fringie during his session. The babies are really loving all of those bright colors, lots of eye candy!

This next photo is wonderful. Jonathan’s Dad, Dan, could not be any more proud to have a son. Sure, he loves Andrea very much, and they have a wonderful relationship, but every Dad wants a son! (Right?!?) This photo is very expressive of the pride and happiness Dan feels toward his new son. Such a wonderful moment to capture.

And of course, we haven’t forgotten about Mom. Jonathan’s Mom, Jess, was also beaming with pride and happiness when they came to visit the studio. Here she is in the “before” and “after” stages of new motherhood. In this Maternity to Motherhood art piece, we get to see a glimpse of Mom still pregnant with her little guy and then we get to see them together after he arrived.

And, finally, nothing is sweeter than all those adorable, teeny, tiny baby parts! We love to showcase all those little bits and pieces that you quickly forget how small they actually are in a nice art piece for the families of our newborns. Just remember, Jess and Dan, he will never be this tiny again! Soak it up and enjoy it while it lasts!

It was such a pleasure to have Jess and Dan and their wonderful little family in the studio again. And we are so honored to be able to meet Jonathan and so happy for their family. We hope to have them back in the studio again in the future, maybe for some photos of Andrea and her baby brother Jonathan together!

Meet little Owen…

This was our first time to meet this adorable little guy, at least in real life. We had the pleasure of taking photos of little Owen when he was still a Baby Bump and had a wonderful time getting to know Owen’s Mom and Dad, Susie and Sean. You can read more about their href=”http://www.shawngrimesphotography.com/2009/08/susie-and-sean-bel-air-maternity-photographer/”>maternity session .

A few weeks ago, the lovely Alicia and her dear husband Mike came into the Aberdeen studio with her niece Lilly (whose session you can read about here). The intent of that visit was to have photos taken of Lilly, however, we were able to convince Alicia to have a few maternity photos taken while she was here. Here are some of the photos from that session:

Alicia decided that she enjoyed the mini, impromptu session so much and wanted more photos to choose from to document this time in the family’s life so she contacted us to schedule another session, for just maternity photos. Having Alicia and Mike in the studio again was so much fun. They are a wonderful couple and the delight that they share in this new adventure just beams across their faces.

Alicia is so excited to be a mom, but Mike is so thrilled to be a dad and it was so nice to see that play out in their interaction with one another. They are totally in love with one another and their baby girl, Adelyn, who is on her way. Alicia has said that she has enjoyed being pregnant so much, partly because Mike loves that she is pregnant.

Alicia is a beautiful Momma-To-Be, the camera just loved her and we tried a few new things with her during this session that turned out even better than we expected. The new red drape being one of them. She looks so elegant in these photos. I am so glad we could capture that for her.

Little Adelyn is going to be so lucky to have such loving and warm parents. We hope we will be able to meet her one day not too long from now!

Here is a slideshow of some of the portraits from Alicia’s session.

Well it has been a few weeks now, but with vacations and the insanity that they bring, we are still trying to get all caught up. This post brings you Susie and Sean. This young, lovely couple are expecting their first child in September, a baby boy. Obviously, Susie and Sean came into the Aberdeen studio for maternity photos before their little guy arrives.

Susie’s mom, MaryGin, came to the studio for their session with them. She wasn’t quite sure what to expect, but knew that she was very excited about the session and the photos it would produce. This woman is the epitome of beaming, proud, excited Grandma. This threesome brought a lot of fun an delight into the studio! Susie seemed so excited about the session and about her impending motherhood and it was written very clearly across her whole face and her wide, gorgeous smile couldn’t deny how happy she is.

She is so radiant, isn’t she?

I think Susie’s husband Sean was a little nervous and unsure of what to expect from this photo session, but he finally relaxed and opened up and showed us some of his true, wonderful personality. These two just radiate all of the love and excitement that two soon-to-be parents should and it made our job very easy.

These are the Thank You cards that I created for Susie and Sean to use after all of their baby showers to show their gratitude for all little baby goodies they are bound to receive.

So now, we all patiently wait, until we are able to meet Susie and Sean’s baby boy and hopefully we will have him in the studio sometime very soon!

Sean and Susie’s session was so much fun, here’s a short video from the session in our Aberdeen studio:

Dan and Jess are both clients we have had the pleasure of photographing in the past. Dan is a personal trainer specializing in kettle bell training and Shawn photographed him leading a class for Dan’s website and promotional materials. We met his wife, Jess, when we first opened the Aberdeen studio. She came in to have some photos taken of her working with the kettle bells.

For this session, we were able to see them in a completely different capacity…parents and a family. Jess is pregnant with their second child and came in to the Aberdeen studio for maternity portraits. They also brought along another family member we had yet to meet, little miss Andrea, their almost two-year-old daughter. She is a total sweetheart, lots of smiles and very active. As active as she was, we managed to get her to cooperate a little more when we introduced the Smarties candies! She also loved the blocks we had, so much in fact, that this photo was completely unplanned, but completely captures Andrea’s wonderful little spirit and gentleness.

Eventually, Andrea wanted to be in every picture that we were taking. She is so photogenic and was such a joy to photograph.

This family is so incredibly fun and easy to work with. It really doesn’t feel like you are working when you get to spend time with people who are as easy-going as Jess and Dan. The three of them are a beautiful little family and baby number 2 will, no doubt, be a great addition to this family and loved tremendously.

Jess and Dan radiate happiness and pride as they await the arrival of their new baby. And it was an honor for us to be able to capture this in their maternity photos.

As a way to spark interest for Andrea in being in more of the pictures toward the end of the session, we brought out some fun things and let her play a little. These were the results.

Dan, Jess, Andrea, and Baby are a family we look forward to working more with in the future. And we are definitely looking forward to meeting Baby sometime early this fall!

Here is a quick video I put together of their session:

Cooper was the second newborn we had in the studio two weeks ago. Cooper’s Mom and Dad, Terri and Joe, brought him in to the studio to have his newborn photos done. We had scheduled a date with them right after Cooper was born, but due to some complications we had to reschedule. So when we finally got to meet little Cooper, he was about a month old.

Cooper is lucky enough to have our other clients, Kady and Kyan, as older cousins. Cooper is also lucky enough to have a Mom and Dad who couldn’t be more thrilled about this new addition to their family.

Cooper was a little fussy at the start of the session. However, a little bit of milk and a full belly helped cheer him up and for the rest of the session, Cooper was extremely cooperative and a joy to photograph.

Here are the art pieces that we created as a part of Cooper’s session package.

Here is the video from Cooper’s newborn portrait session in our Aberdeen studio:

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