This is a great age to photograph a baby – even if it is your first professional portraits of the baby like it was for this mom. They are not yet running around – and they are still basically babies at 12 to 14 months. Around about 15 to 16 months, in my experience they graduate to toddlers and it is a whole different ball game. Here are some of my favorites from this session….
Mean Mugging for the Camera - Look out for this Boy on the big screen in the future!
Urban mini sessions are a quick & fun adventure for toddlers
Spring Mini Sessions are $75 for studio or $95 for an urban or beach/park location near the studio – this 30 minute session includes a phone consultation with me to plan out the session, the 30 minute session, and then a 60 minute post-consultation in the Alameda studio to view the images and place your order for prints, books, wall portraits, image boxes etc. Print packages start at $375. Your order includes mini facebook files for all ordered images to bring a little spring to your social network pages!
We also have some great new studio backgrounds, chairs and vintage props in studio that we will be trying out with these sessions. Spring mini sessions are perfect for babies, toddlers, children, families, dogs, teens & adults – but would not be suited for newborns (babies under 3 months).
Interested? Contact the studio via email: info@annamyersphotography.com or call 510-748-8959 (monday through friday 9am to 5pm) The session fee is due in full at sign-up. Only six Spring Mini Sessions are available – weekdays March 1st through March 30th between 9am and 5pm.
Beautiful Bay Area fall photo shoots make for great holiday portraits. To give you a glimpse at how fun fall portraits can be, here is a slideshow of a custom design album capturing rambunctious, young Henry at his one-year-old fall photo shoot in Oakland Joaquin Miller Park. This is a great location for interactive, playful shots documenting the 12 month milestone for Henry while also focusing on the relationships of Henry with his parents. The Oakland Hills provide a great backdrop for family portraits, especially with the crisp natural light and fall foliage that is starting to turn into brilliant colors.
When we go to client’s homes to photograph their newborns, we do bring our own props – but whenever possible I love to utilize props found in the home like bowls, baskets and interesting furniture. For this session, I found an old, wooden bread making bowl that she had in the house, and combined that with some fur that was a throw in the living room. And Voila! A cushy set for a six day old boy!
We recently returned to the loft to take Ronan’s 6 month-old photos, and used the same vessel as the one pictured above. I love that the comparison is size and ability is quite obvious when comparing the different ages photographed in the same bowl, but it is also cool that this is a bowl (and fur) that Ronan will grow up around. He surely will not be able to fit in the bowl much longer at the rate he is growing! But back to his newborn portraits….
Being photographed at home can make it easy to get the baby to sleep, which always produces really sweet newborn shots.
Look for photography of Ronan’s six-month-old session on the blog in the future. We certainly look forward to taking more pictures of this darling boy and his awesome parents!
The background arsenal continues to grow here at Anna Myers San Francisco Bay Area Photography studio specializing in modern fine art portraits of Maternity, Newborn, Baby, Children and Teens. These new backdrops bring endless opportunities for creative and artistic pet, newborn, baby, infant, child, maternity, family and even high school senior portraits!
We’ve recently acquired some très chic backgrounds that bring to mind Cirque du Soleil and European architecture. These lovely backgrounds pared well with the fabulous miss Laya and her fancy red swimsuit. Laya is about to be 3, and her photo shoot will tie in with her birthday invitations and birthday party theme…just an idea for you artsy and creative Moms out there ;)
In another photo shoot, young Conrad sat in what we like to call the “Mad Men Chair” in a little button up shirt and Madras Shorts that further channeled that 1960′s look. The brick wall behind him was not really bricks at all, but another one of our cool new backgrounds. He also looked cool in blue with distressed wood backing him up. Backgrounds come in really handy when little ones and rainy days are paired up, as was the case on the drizzly day Conrad came into the studio. We set up the blue background up in an area where Conrad could roam around and play while still keeping dry and cozy indoors. Who knew backdrops could be so much fun?
Backdrops work so well with babies too. With some help from her parents, we got baby Lilit in a bucket and matched her headband to vintage lavender background. Artfully arranging a baby in a bucket is tougher than it might sound, but the results are always sweet, as well as unique thanks to the huge variety of backdrops at our disposal. We also got some darling shots of her in front a green vintage background. How sweet is that headband?
When Maya came into the studio, she had great energy and confidence in front of the camera. She was an awesome subject to photograph, and we got some shots of her with her favorite colors- bold greens and purples that really made her beautiful smile pop and complimented her funky and individual style.
Last but not least, we had lots of fun capturing Luca and his dog in the studio. The two hung out in front of out faux barn door, and we accomplished a real outdoorsy feel… without the hassle of actually going outdoors! The new, rugged vintage-looking backgrounds also worked well color-wise with Luca’s outfit without looking overly matchy-matchy.
All in all, fun is being had with the new backdrops. And we are only showing 10 of our over 20 new backdrops here. What’s your favorite background so far?
