newborn sessions just make me happy. the sweet newness is softening. it’s a privilege to look in from the outside as parents are gently learning about their brand -new wee one. i took a little drive across the valley to photograph baby emily on saturday, while she’s still tiny and new.
meet brand-new baby emily.
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that’s what my youngest son had been requesting for his 7th birthday for nearly a year. so, that’s exactly what he got. not just any old mocha and pancakes though, Liberty Market blueberry pancakes and mocha…top notch.

seriously, i’ve honestly never tasted a pancake so good. i only had one bite, but i made it count.
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here’s a hodge-podge sneaky peek at baby-palooza weekend that went down here at mmp, recently. it was sooo much squishy, sweet, wrinkly, cuddly fun.

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my favorite thing about this job? clients like these. laid back, ready to have fun, be ridiculous and goofy. meet ana and her crew.

ana and her three kids, cass, bryce and jace.
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i had loads of photography fun last weekend. here’s a quick recap of a few of the shoots.
the smith family was an absolute joy and creative inspiration to photograph.

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this is the fastest sneak-peek i’ve ever posted. less than an hour after the shoot ended! i had to do it. had to. why wait, right?  i’m so head-0ver-heels for this shot. it’s a sneaky little shot i took of baby cohen loving his swing-set time.

that’s a whole lotta griffs and where there are a lotta griffs, there are a whole ton of laughs. this was no doubt, the funniest shoot i’ve ever done. this family is just plain awesome. i love ‘em. i know a couple of them well, and would love to know all of them well. simply, a wonderful group of people living through “it”, it being life and all it dishes out and giving each other a leg up, a pat on the back, a shoulder to cry on or punch in the nose (whatever it takes).
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i’ve been so excited to post a few shots from this session. while it was such a pleasure to spend a sunday evening with this beautiful family for many reasons, i have to admit, a big reason for my excitement…chickens. goofy, i know. photographing a precious little girl with the chickens that she dearly loves, excites me.

(if you’re a regular blog follower, please note that i’m putting captions UNDER the images now. just trying it on for size to see if i like it better. )

the hatley family. so beautiful in so many ways.
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