I got my sniff on, meet....

Yea, I sniff babies.  So what? 

I had the opportunity to photograph a simply perfect 8 day new baby... Mom just went on and on before our session about her perfect little sleepy (all the time) baby... Well, babies have a way of proving mommy's wrong, even as early as this! My little lady was A-W-A-K-E almost the entire session... 

She wasn't sleepy awake, or cranky awake, or even fussy awake... she was just awake, as in REFUSED to sleep! Haha, I think she's going to be a stubborn one.  Stubborn and extremely adorable... 

I had my set up all super cozy (sweaty even for me and mama)... heater on, white noise in the background, shhhhhhh shhh shh shhhh shhhh on both our lips... but... yea.  Sleep eludes her. 

Got some pretty amazing shots, none the less! These are my favorites:

Super cute beanie from Stella B Designs... and she was the most perfect little model!

Only 8 days new! I love this pose... Special thanks to mama for being so patient and understanding... and for helping baby whisper this pose to life. 

<3... love how she looks to be looking right at me.  I had a bit of a rough start the morning of the shoot, but this little bundle of goodness made me feel a ton better.  

 Thank you, thank you, thank you across the other street neighbors for not cutting your grass.  Thanks also to my friend & photographer @ Tiny Treasures for loaning me your bed for the day... Love the wide open on this shot, and the fact that she had her eyes closed for a second or two... love the glimpse of her tiny toes, and  her umbilical still attached. I just love this picture!!

Nicky, thank you for choosing to share your precious  baby G. with me! 

{xoxo}

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I am so excited to announce that I now have a dedicated indoor space for new babies… Yay! No more worrying about the weather when its time to take those first photographs. 

Meet Baby M.  Her mama has wanted to shoot with me for what seems like at least a year now, but somehow the stars never aligned… But when Baby M. was born, two weeks early, we knew we had to make it happen. 

Did you know that I have been trying to get this pose right on every new baby I have done recently? I know if can be done, I have searched the web and watched countless how to tutorials…

But, alas, it eludes me… Even so, this is a pretty freaking adorable try…

 She appears to be mocking me.  I swear, if I had a baby to practice this on all the time, I totally would.  I will get it someday, and when I do… be prepared.  Maybe it will be with your baby?

 This little one was so expressive when she was sleeping, I swear she must have been listening to me all the time.  I am so happy that I was able to get some precious sleeping smiles.

Something a little different, I love baby feet….

And last but not least, the cute one eyed sleeping baby lovey.  Do you like my super sweet headbands? Got these from Sweet Things Kids… They are so vintage inspired and beautiful! Check out all the awesome goods at the shop, and if you see something you like, tell ‘em ‘Ella B sent you.

Can’t wait to meet your bundle of joy… Contact me anytime for my new baby special. 

{xoxo}

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When I say I love me some baby, you have no idea how literally you should take that.  Amongst my friends, I am notoriously known as a baby stealer… Jokingly of course, but I will almost ALWAYS ask to take a new baby home! Its just everything about a baby that twitterpates my ovaries… Sigh… their tiny feet, the way the skin wrinkles just about everywhere… the smell…

Little Miss N was born early Christmas morning.  We were scheduled to meet when she was just four days new, but Mother Nature was not on our side.  These images were taken on her eleventh day.

We decided to stay indoors, although the skies were clear, it was still more than a bit chilly for this little girl.  I was a little nervous to shoot indoors, I am still not 100% comfortable with indoor lighting, but thanks to my hubby & my gal pal over @ B. Kengle Photography, I had some new toys to play with.  {<3}

I just love the dreaminess of the series. 

For more newborn goodygoodgoodness, head on over to my portfolio.  Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

And, my very favorite for last… This is a pose I have ‘seen’ done a lot, and I just love how sweet a baby pose it is.  I have tried… And tried, and tried.  This is the closest that I have come to getting it right, and if only I could get the elbows up just a bit more… well… I don’t know.  I don’t really care, this shot just melts me.  I love her face…!!

small print: if you hire me to do a newborn shoot, chances are I will smell your baby. 

Thank you, {K} family for sharing your adorable family with me. 

Meet Baby C.

What's better than a mama in love?

This... is perfect.

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of doing a maternity session with Rachea... 13 days after his arrival into this world, I had the chance to photograph him. 

Sibling love starts early.  Love the processing here, and love Ms. C's spattering of freckles.

New babies are so sweet, so helpless, squishy, cute... and love.  Really, in a word, its love.  I love me some new baby... Its so important to get pictures when they are this tiny, because time literally passes in the blink of an eye.

Defnitely one of my favorites of the session... Can you believe how strong he is? Just 13 days old.

Today @ White Park I was able to get a couple of really great images of this new, beautiful addition to our world. 

I love baby toes... They are just so sweet, and tiny. 

This picture makes me smile, oh wait, this one too...

So for the second time in baby C's life, he got the opportunity to meet me.  That kid is cute... but what's even cuter? His parents! Wow, I was teasing them about how affectionate they were.  I hope they didn't take it the wrong way, but they were so in love with each other, its like his heart skipped a beat every time he looked at her.  Just a super sweet couple, with an adorable, very well loved son.  Here are a few previews of my personal faves from the session...

They were picture perfect... This session was done in Riverside, near the Norco border... For some reason, the Channel Seven News was there.  It was pretty odd to see a news van in the middle of the dusty parking lot! All in all a really cool location...

Love this image.... Its similar to one I took in a newborn session with this family... I think this could be our signature pose! Cute! He was just peeking through, and I happened to catch a great "what are you looking at?" expression.

Ahhh... I don't know what to say about this image- but for some reason, for me, its an exhaling kind of picture.  I really love the simplicity, the naturalness of it.  Its as if I stole a moment... This shot inspires me to take it to the next level with this same kind of shot.. Just thinking out loud here, but yes... this image makes me smile, too.

baby, sweet baby...

Introducing Baby A.  This little man was just 5 weeks old when we took these shots.  He's a beautiful, perfect little man... I love him.  He really seemed to respond well to me, and followed my voice.  He was amazingly alert for just five weeks.  Thank you for sharing him with me, Brooke!