It’s Family Photo Season in Kansas City — Family Portrait Session in the Park! October 23, 2009

Fall is such a great time for family photos. I love the colors of the trees in this area, which help brighten up the dreary weather we’ve been having this fall. :) We somehow missed the sprinkles right before and right after this session, and I was so happy! My portrait sessions for the year are starting to wind down as the weather gets colder and we all start to stay in our cozy homes for the winter. :)

I really love getting to see families multiple times for portrait sessions. The last time I saw little Carson, he was little and definitely not as fast as he is now! It’s amazing how quickly little ones grow up and how quickly they become very quick. I get some great exercise during sessions with kids around this age, for sure, and it’s so much fun. Here are some of my favorites from our session at the park!

Carson has the biggest, bluest eyes!

His little grin is the cutest!

How cute is this? :)

Thanks so much for asking me to take your family photos again! Have a great fall season!

Kansas City Family Photos: Antioch Park October 20, 2009

Fall is a great time for family portraits. It’s perfect for great colors, beautiful scenery, and just in time for Christmas cards or gifts. :) We have some great parks around Kansas City that provide beautiful backdrops for families who want fall-themed portraits. One of the prettiest right now is Antioch Park, which has about every color of tree all packed in together. It’s really beautiful!

I met up with this beautiful family for an afternoon session at the peak of the fall season — which we all know goes by way too fast here in the midwest. I love the photos we captured of them!

I like to do “matching” photos of individual kids, which make for great collage-style framed prints on walls, partnered with family photos. I try to think about how my clients might want to use their images as pairings after the shoot. Here’s an example — these two boys are so cute! Here’s George:

And his big brother, Hank:

Aren’t their outfits cute? I love the sweaters and matching blue Chucks.

Some more family photos!

This one is too cute. :)

More individual shots of the boys:

I love this one of dad playing with his boys! Having two boys would be quite adventurous. :)

A few more favorites of the entire family:

I love taking photos of moms and dads together, too. Aren’t these two beautiful together?

We also played in the leaves. I love the shot of Hank’s shoes in the leaves.

Thanks so much for asking me to capture your family photos! :)

Newborn Photos: Lakyn Rose, 3 weeks old October 11, 2009

I got to visit my cousin’s family and welcome her new little baby girl into the family. :) Lakyn Rose is just three weeks old, and is such a little sweetie. I could have held her all day! We grabbed a few photos in their home (since it was 30-something degrees outside!), and Lakyn did such a good job (so did big brother Mason). Here are a few of the photos:

I also took a few photos of the new brother, who is now two years old. :) Isn’t he adorable?

And one of the two together… how sweet!

And a few of Lakyn and her mom. I think she’ll love these when she’s older.

We took one quick family photo on the front porch! 

Congratulations, Rebecca and Dustin! :)

Family Photos at Shawnee Mission Park October 8, 2009

Shawnee Mission Park is a popular place for photos this time of year — I had two in one week out there! The second was for this cute family. I love photographing children and getting to spend some time with them. Kids just really crack me up, and I love how everything is so neat to them. Especially at the age of this little guy, Connor. At almost 2 years old, the world is one big wonder!

Fall is a great time for family portraits — I especially love the sweaters that come out in the fall. :) Here’s Connor with his parents:

He is just so sweet! Look at those pretty blue eyes and his adorable little smile. :)

I love this one. Connor liked to lead the way. 

He also liked to run to my camera. :)

And then give me one of these looks… :) What a cutie!

How cute is this one? :) It just makes me want to shout, “YAY!!”

We also visited the boats, which was very exciting for a little boy.

And one more with mom and dad… taken right before he stood up and ran for the next awesome thing. :) I love kids. I wish we all had that same sense of adventure after we’re grown-ups. :)

Thanks for asking me to take your family photos! It was a really fun time, and Connor is so sweet. Have a great fall season!

Kansas City Baby Photography: Tucker’s 9-Month Photos September 29, 2009

It was so much fun seeing Tucker and his parents again. :) I love this part of what I do — I get to see babies as they grow up and get big and develop cute little personalities over their first year. Doing a first year package is an awesome way for parents to capture their children over the first year, and an awesome way for me to get to hang out with cute babies multiple times throughout the year. :)

Tucker is all smiles, has the biggest blue eyes, and is just super adorable. Our session was fall themed, the weather was perfect, and we had a great time! Here are some of my favorites.

They’re such a cute family! I love the next two:

I love the fall leaves — this is a great time for fall photos, since the leaves are falling, but also still on the trees. :)

This one might be one of my favorites… I love his expression, the light, and the lines from the wooden slats!

Playing with a pumpkin…

And one more with the parents! :)

I can’t wait to see Tucker again in a few months for his 1-year photos! :) What a cutie!

Leawood Baby Portraits… all the way from Texas! September 7, 2009

This little sweet girl came all the way from Texas for her portrait session! It was a very rainy day, which took most of our session indoors, but she did a great job and we got some super cute shots to document her 8-month stage! Special thanks to her great aunt and uncle for the use of their home while this cutie and her parents were in town. :)

Her mom picked out such cute pink outfits for the shoot — I loved the variety!

Babies in tutus… are the best! :)

I love black and white baby photos. :)

She had the best time sitting in the wet grass (and getting a little bit dirty!). It made for some really cute photos with her joyful face!

Kansas City Baby Photography: Troy, 9 months old September 1, 2009

I can’t believe how fast babies grow up! I’m sure their parents feel the same way — one day they’re a little newborn baby, and before you know it, they’re headed off to college. :) The last time I saw little Troy, he was just 4 months old. Now he’s just turned 9 months old and I can’t believe how big he is! He was all smiles during our session, which was amazing. 

Here are some photos of our session at the park!

Babies at this age are so exploratory — everything is interesting! :)

I think Troy knows how cute he is… just look at this face. :)

We took some fun photos with Mom and Dad, too.

I absolutely love taking photos of parents interacting with their kids. These are too cute.

These photos marked Troy’s first time sitting in the grass. The grass was VERY interesting. :)

More fun photos with Mom and Dad! :)

And we’ll end on one with a facial expression that just makes me smile so big. What a cute boy! I can’t wait to see how much he changes over the next few months! :)

6 Months Old: Olivia in Manhattan August 10, 2009

We got to see little Olivia again this past weekend. You might remember her from her 6-week session earlier this year. She now almost 6 MONTHS old… I can’t believe how big — and adorable — she’s gotten over the past several months! Babies just grow up so fast.

We went for a visit and also brought along our “son” (Petey) who Olivia was extremely interested in… Petey, being the good boy that he is, was very patient. :) It’s a good sign for the Short (notice the capitalization of the word) children in our future… sometime way, way in the future. Well, unless we keep hanging out with adorable babies like we have lately. :)

Anyway… Miss Olivia Belle charmed us with her smiles. She is too cute.

On her mom’s lap:

What a sweetie.

I took all of these photos in one little corner of their couch in the living room. Proof that the location doesn’t always matter for adorable photos. :) Keep it simple… that’s my motto. Simplicity is key.

Favorite!

No, wait, maybe this is my favorite. 

I think I said, “awwwww!!!” more times during the creation of this blog post than any other time in my life. :)

Seriously, that profile kills me with its cuteness.

Baby feet!

Olivia loves her rubber ducky:

After all those smiles, I’ll leave you with “the serious face.” :)

Oh, she just melts my already super-soft heart… :)

Newborn Session: Lucy, 3 weeks old August 4, 2009

You might remember little Lucy from a few weeks ago, when I got to visit her in the hospital and capture a few photos when she was less than 12 hours old! I was really excited to go back and see her again at about 3 weeks, and she was wide awake and so alert! :) I went to Lucy’s home for these photos, which were all taken in her parents’ bedroom and in her nursery. I love these at-home sessions!

Look at her cute chubby face!

I took over one of the cocoons that my awesome sister-in-law Leslie makes… I love the softness these have in the photos of newborns, and the babies LOVE them. They’re so snuggly and warm and help them feel cozy during the session. :) I couldn’t decide which facial expression was the cutest out of these, so you get to see them all:

Of course, we took a few photos with the new mom and dad!

(I adore this next one…)

One with just dad… 

And one with just mom (I love this one, too).

A few of Lucy in her extra-stylish crib:

Mom and dad wanted a fun photo with their wedding rings (they’re getting ready to celebrate their one-year anniversary in about 2 weeks!). Lucy’s tiny little toes could hardly hold the rings. :)

Oh, little Lucy, I can’t wait to see what a cute little girl you’re going to become. :)

Welcome to the world, Baby Lucy! July 9, 2009

Today I got to meet the newest little life I know. Lucy Jean was born late last night — and I got to snap her first professional photos when she was just over 12 hours old. :) My good friends Rachel and Jonathan welcomed their baby girl into the world… here she is:

Congratulations, Rachel and Jonathan! :)