Declan : Newborn

Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of photographing sweet little Declan. I was a bit nervous because he was two weeks old - at the older end of my preferred age range - but Declan was an absolute dream! Here are a few of my favorites from our session.

Twins final product

Last week, I had the parents bring back the other twin in an effort to capture him with his dad's guitar. After a few hiccups, we managed to get a shot we all loved. Here is the final result.



Newborn Baby Photography Portland Oregon

Lovely twins ~ Newborn Photography

Ok. Seriously. Could these babies be any cuter? In true twin form, for most of the session, one baby was cooperative while the other was.... well, less than cooperative. :) And of course, they take turns being the cooperative one - just to make sure I don't play favorites.

So... Meet Matthew & Peter!







While I was thrilled we got one baby on dad's guitar, I was a bit disappointed that we weren't able to get both. Bet you can't guess which baby was my favorite during this shot: :)

Sweet Elianna I Newborn Photography

What can I say? I absolutely loved working with little Elianna.. She was a photographer's dream - slept so well and let me pose her without much of a fight. And so, so pretty... A few of my favorites from our session....

Sleepy Colin : Newborns

Talk about a baby boom. Babies are coming out of the woodwork! And I am loving every minute of it. Colin visited me at 9 days old - in my opinion the perfect time for newborn portraits. And while I'm always excited for a newborn session, this session was a little extra special to me because Colin is the son of an old high school friend. I have known Geoff since I was 17 years old (and if you know how old I am and do the math, you'll see that's a very long time).

Geoff & Amy, congratulations on your beautiful son and thank you for allowing me the opportunity to photograph him at such a sweet age. I love my job!

Baby Jake : Newborns

Jake is a special baby. Of course, all babies are special, but little Jake came into the world six and a half weeks early. He stayed in the hosptial for 2 weeks. And he's perfect. Especially that round face of his. I love it!

Jake came to my studio a bit older than most at nine weeks. But only 2 weeks past his due date. And he slept like a champ. How I love sleepy babies. Congratulations, Mark, DaiLene and big brother Max!

The world's easiest baby...

....and loved beyond belief. Albert's name was chosen in remembrance of his great grandfather and his birthday was a day filled with emotion. His big sister Kaylee had been born at 24 weeks and sadly was not strong enough to stay with us. His birth was celebrated by all who knew of his mom's heart breaking story and I was honored to do his photographs this afternoon.

My absolute favorite from today's session:



Albert, by the way, is my second cousin and his great grandfather is my beloved grandfather, Albert Gabriel.

7 day old {C} - Portland Newborn Photographer

Last night, Nataly & Jason came back to the studio with their sweet new baby {C}, who was just 7 days old. You might recognize the parents from their recent maternity session:

Baby {C} is so beautiful and was very good temptered, although when it came to falling alseep, she was a tough one! I know I'm posting a lot, but I just love newborns (how many times do you think I'll say that through out this blog?) and have so much fun during their sessions.
Meet baby {C}:

11 day old {L} - Take 2!

Today, I had the opportunity to get another session with 3 day old {L} from my previous post. Today, he is 11 days old and was MUCH more cooperative. Actually, he did incredible. A few of my favorites from today's session: