Waypost Photography

This is Kinsley. In these pictures, she was just 8 days old. Oh, how babies steal my heart! Kinsley is the newest baby girl of the Huston's. If you have seen my business card, then you have seen their family. =)

When I first met her, she was still having a nap. So I did what any normal person would do: I sat down next to her and watched her sleep, breathing in her newborn sweetness from afar. Then I started snapping pictures.



While she finished her nap, I walked around the house. I saw some beautiful flowers ...


... and some adorable giraffe footy pajamas.


And then this cute kiddo arrived. Callan was sent downstairs by his dad in hopes that his mom would know where his special "Big Brother" shirt was.


After everyone was assembled on the sofa by the window, we hurried to snag a family portrait before the sun hid behind the clouds completely.


We tried one with flash, too.


What can I say? A simple family portrait gets complicated with four people!


And then, after this, we had a Kinsley Christmas shoot.

My heart could barely handle looking at those precious little feet.




Big brother Callan snuck over to say, "Cheese" all on his own. I guess he wanted some paparazzi time!


Back to Kinsley:


She wasn't too fond of the green ribbon. Poor girlie.






And look what Santa left under the tree a little early for their family. ;)


Thanks, Hustons, for letting me come and rejoice with you over your newest addition!

Ahh, the Wethje family. I've known this family since before the five kids were all married. Now, all five Wethje kids are married, and there are three grandkids! They are a wonderful family, and they -- even the guys who weren't too excited about doing a picture -- were great sports. The goal was to get one good family picture. I think we might have gotten two!

While the grown-ups were getting together, we had some time with the grandkids.

Left to right, it's Cole, Timothy, and his sister Katie.


And Katie was cracking up over Timothy's gradual fall onto her shoulder.


Here's one of just Timothy.


And one of Cole. (Katie wasn't interested in sitting on the sofa any longer than she had to sit there.)


Soon after, we went for the group photo. We went outside second.


Though we started inside first, I wanted to show you this picture last. It's my favorite.


I had a great time! Thanks, Wethje family!

I finally have my latest photo shoot with the Walsh family posted! We did the photo shoot at Christine, Dave, and and their daughter Julia's home, and I was welcomed instantly. I love that "we've-been-friends-for-a-long-time" feeling you just get with some people. :)

But enough. You didn't come for my words. You came for the pictures!

May I present to you ... the Walsh family! Left to Right: Christine, Julia, and David.




Check out her cute shoes.


Kisses.


I love how Julia's smile lights up her WHOLE face.


And how her eyes look really amazing in black and white, too.








During our photo shoot in their backyard, Christine snuck inside for something. Julia totally noticed, and these were her lit-up-with-joy faces when she saw her mommy coming back outside. Doesn't it melt your heart?



See what's in the foreground?


Mhm. It's a chicken. Some kids have puppy dogs; others have teddy bears; Julia got attached to a chicken. I love it! And she does, too.


That's how we got some of the rest of the grins even after Julia was tired from her modeling.


I was holding Julia at this point. And Dave and Christine were still in the "make-Julia-smile" mode. I had to remind them to just make themselves smile. It was adorable.


Sadly, they don't know how to have any fun together. (wink)




Before we wrapped up our photo shoot, Julia got to explore their piano for the first time. She was super hesitant at first, but then played as if she'd be the next Mozart or Beethoven. Look at the focused expression on her face!


Want to see more? Great! Please watch the slideshow.

On a sunshine-y (albeit a bit chilly) autumn Monday morning, I made my way to meet a family of six. I've known Shauna and Matt since before they were married; Shauna and I taught at the same school together for a year. Then we both had kiddos right around our first wedding anniversaries. Since then, they've added two more children to their family. Want to "meet" them?

I love this one because almost everyone's smiling. [L to R: Jason, Madison, Carson, Samantha (a.k.a. Sam).]


But Carson has this ROARING laugh and smile when he gets happy. It's adorable.


Carson has amazingly blue eyes (so does Jason, actually). They turn out so clear in pictures, even in black and white.


And here are all three littles:


This is my favorite picture for so many reasons: Madison's expression, the lovely light, her cascading curls, the autumn-leaves bokeh (the light circles in the blurry background). ::sigh of happiness::


Because I love it so much, here it is in black and white, too!


Matt, Shauna, and Sam were doing some funny things behind me to elicit these cute grins.


And here's Sam all on her own.


A sweet moment between Madison and Jason:


And then with Sam and Carson:


Jason all on his own.


The three littles enjoyed kicking the leaves that covered these steps.


All four kids did a great job, but at the end we could only pull some modeling poses out of the two older ones. I think it's sweet, though, that we managed to snag a sisters shot.


Here's the slideshow of all the pictures!

I love this family. I've decided that Kevin, Gretchen, and Eli are friends of mine. I may only see them when I photograph them, but I love to do it. I love being able to enter into their family bubble for an hour and a half. I love how they pick out the most adorable outfits and HATS for Eli. I love how they love each other.

I also love that, as I edited their pictures and am writing this post right now, I'm grinning ear to ear. I delight in every good picture with a beaming smile. I even get misty-eyed over a sweet moment that got captured forever within my camera. It's what it's all about for me: capturing milestones!

So here are some of them. Firstly, Mr. Eli who is now one year old!


Oh, wait? Did I mention that it was a beautiful fall day?


It was. But this family of three was even more so. Just look at Gretchen's expression as Eli gave her an out-of-the-blue kiss. You can't measure cuteness like this.








Here Eli was showing off his latest kid trick: the "Ahhh" face that Kevin does in "Home Alone."


I think this is my favorite of the three of them together.


Check out this hat.






This last one shows you another of Eli's skills: clapping!


Here's the slideshow which includes some that I didn't picture above. I hope you enjoy it! =)

Hey! I thought since some of you might keep track of this site via its RSS feed, I'd write a simple post to let you know that I've updated the look of my website. Come take a look! Also, I'm getting a little flurry of bookings, and I love it! If you want to get photos with the autumn foliage and your family, then I would suggest lining up a session now.

In fact, if there's enough interest, I've considered booking mini-sessions for families at a particularly autumnal location. It could serve as your family picture for the Christmas holiday. We could even do a more neutral backdrop if you'd rather not have the colors of fall played up. Just let me know! As always, please get in touch with me via Contact or my Waypost Photography e-mail address. I hope to hear from you.

Coming Soon: Pictures of Baby Emma

One of my dear friends named Mich just gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. His name is Timothy. And I got to hang out with him at just six days old ... oh, yeah ... and his mom Mich, his dad Dave, and his big sister Katie were there, too. =) It was delightful.

Here's the little guy in full. Well, at least as full as he can be for tucking his legs under his belly.


And here's big sis Katie doing what she does best with her new little brother.


In fact, because she enjoyed sitting still and looking at the camera, she climbed back onto the bench where I was taking pictures so that she could pose again for me.


He loves to hold Mommy's hand already. Smart boy.


I love this one of Michelle and Timothy because it's so sweet.


Here are the proud parents with their two littles.


Oh, and I would be remiss if I didn't leave you just one pic of this cutie's sweet feet ... complete with some expensive toe rings.

"You and me and the baby make three."

That's the story of Kristen and Johnny with their baby Olivia. I actually took these pictures in April, but I'm just now getting around to posting them. John was so patient with his sister-in-law Rakel (who actually invited me to tag along with her) and me.

All three of them. =)


A sweet moment.


I love this one because of their smiles. I won't tell you the noise I was making to get these smiles ...


This photo is one of my all-time favorites!


Here's a little out-of-focus love.


I just love the pink and green together. Oh, yes.


Please look for another post of a newborn on Thursday, August 20th! =)