Susan E. Photography Los Angeles Newborn Photographer Blog

My Mission (Blog Intro) | New Posts are Below

March 3, 2010

From the moment we cradle our children in our arms for the first time, we take photographs of them. When they are first born, their itsy bitsy noses, tiny toes, and curled lips fascinate us. It’s almost instinctual to try to preserve the moments of their childhood through pictures. In what seems like a blink of an eye, these little newborns become chubby babies, then running toddlers, and then go off to school. Those photographs become some of the most treasured items that your children will take with them throughout their lives, creating a value to them that is priceless. The snapshots that your family take will be so important for preserving your legacy and your memories. And then there are the images of your family that you DREAM of, that you may not be able to get on your own. What are those? That is what I am driven to capture for you! It brings me immense joy to be able to take the professional talent and skills I’ve been honing for many years, and apply them to helping families preserve these special moments in ways that they often have trouble doing themselves.

Thank you for reading this. It feels so good to have put that all down on paper, as it feels VERY authentic to me.

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Little Baby R. | Los Angeles Newborn Photography

August 10, 2010

Meet Baby R. He’s a handsome little guy with a couple of cool parents. They were SO much fun when they were viewing and choosing their images. I think mom and dad were pleasantly surprised that we got so many wonderful images, as Baby R. wasn’t quite in the mood for pictures on the day I was there photographing. What’s great is that one of the shots that we all fell in love with was an unplanned shot with this adorable squishy pouty face (the black and white one below). We were originally trying for the peaceful sleeping shot in the same position, but each time we tried, he would have nothing of the sort, and immediately got pouty. I love when I get an even more amazing image than the one I planned on. Such a cute baby!!!!

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Jane Eaton Hamilton: What a litlte sweetie. Just love his face scrunched up to cry. Darling.

Shanna Kreza: What a sweet little one. I love #3!

Anya Coleman: What a beautiful bond they have already, and you've captured it beautifully!

Tori Piercy: Awww so sweet! Beautiful job!

Little Beauties | Los Angeles Newborn Photographer

July 27, 2010

It was such a pretty day when we photographed this little newborn, so we were able to do some shots inside and some outside. The family was so appreciative and accommodating in their home–truly a sweet family. I was so excited to show them the images that we got. Also, her sister was such a good sport through the entire session. We even got some shots of her alone, enjoying a flower.

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ally: sweet, sweet! love all the pink!

Marla: What a sweet baby smile! Love that one especially.

Rhonda Stark: she seems so tiny in the 1st shot .. just adorable! love the smiley shot too!

Desiree Hayes: Soooo sweet!! Great job!

Lori: Love how girlie these are - all pink and soft. :)

Anya Coleman: So sweet!Love it!

heather++: what a sweetheart! such a precious and perfect time!

Lina: Gorgeous children, and seems like they’re so much fun! Such great captures, you did a beautiful job!

Second Time Around | Los Angeles Baby & Pregnancy Photographer

June 30, 2010

It wasn’t that long ago that I did J’s maternity images when her little boy was in her tummy. And she’s now just weeks away from having another newborn baby. This time we did outdoor shots, and the colors were just lovely. As usual, they were just great to work with.

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Kathleen: What a gorgeous mom! She's just radiant.

Emily Southerland: What a cute mama!! Congrats to her, and nice job to you!

Danielle Frank: Very nice! I love the one of mama and baby!

Jen Gasper: The colors are beautiful. Kind of makes me miss that time in my life. I love the image of the little girl with mom. I so remember the nice little shelf that I carried my boys around on when they were about the same age! Brings back memories. It is nice when a photo can evoke so much emotion!

Deirdre Dunham: Wonderful color in 1 - and what a pretty, glowing mama!

Tori Piercy: I just adore her belly button! Beautiful family and stunning mama to be!

amy: What a glowing MOM.. Just beautiful.

Dawn Kitley: Great shots, Susan! You've really captured their love.

Desiree Hayes: Beautiful!!

Glorious Family | Los Angeles Family Photographer

June 15, 2010

This family was SUCH a pleasure to photograph! The parents recently had their 40th anniversary, and their son wanted to give them a gift of family photographs including him and his new wife. What a great idea. Aren’t they a beautiful family? And the colors go so well with their beauty and happiness. Glorious, I say. At the end, as I was taking some pictures of J and his wife, we looked over at his parents with my reflector and scrim with the sun shining through, and I just couldn’t resist getting some spontaneous silhouette photos of them with them. What fun! Here’s to 40th anniversaries, and to many more.

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Julie: Lovely family session! And those last two are cute (especially the smooch!).

Julie Wagoner: What a wonderful gift for this precious family! I especially love that first shot!

Lori Wood Habiger: You are so creative! Love these - and great looking family, too - the red really suits them.

ally: Love how happy these shots are! And the red is just gorgeous here. What a thoughtful gift!

Jane Eaton Hamilton: Love the red bridge in behind. Cute family, and they will love these creative photos.

Sandie: Beautiful family and beautiful images - the last two are adorable!

Jennifer: What brilliant color! These are beautiful portraits!

Rhonda Stark: oh i love those shots with the scrim .. very creative and cute!! what a great present .. they will treasure these i'm sure!

Baby & Daddy | Los Angeles Newborn Photographer

May 25, 2010

I was just thinking about this shot today, as it’s one I’ve been meaning to show. It’s one I took at Janie & Jack a few months ago, but I remember just loving the tender look dad was giving his baby. And this newborn looks so comfy in dad’s arms.

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Lori: So sweet!!

Jennifer Lauren: Oh.My.Gosh, what a perfect daddy and baby moment!

Jane Eaton Hamilton: What a perfect image. Sooooo sweet.

Julie: A beautiful, peaceful moment...lovely

heather: what a sweet and precious image! i bet they love it!

Anya Coleman: Nice photo!Love it!

Beach Baby | Los Angeles Beach Photographer

May 18, 2010

We had so much fun getting some wonderful Souther California style beach photographs. Swinging is what this little one loves. Can you tell! This family was just so comfortable doing their own thing, enjoying the beach like I wasn’t there. What a beautiful family!

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Desiree Hayes: Beautiful! Gorgeous fam and I love the sunset light!

lauri: What a fun session! Adorable little girl too. The closeup of her being held up by both parents' arms is fabulous!

Amy: These are lovely! The lighting is beautiful.

Kristina P: What a beautiful family, love the evening sunlight as well :)

Rebecca: Sweet! Love that golden sunlight and big smiles from a happy baby!

Jenica: oh these are so fun!!! GORGEOUS images!!!!

A Star is Born | Los Angeles Newborn Photographer

May 14, 2010

This newborn little boy is so lucky. His parents are just so enamored with him, as are his grandparents. I had such a lovely time photographing baby J. He’s just beautiful and such a sweetheart! Mom and dad just moved into their new house, after spending some time decorating it, so I just couldn’t help photographing the family in their gorgeous breakfast nook. Can you imagine the good times and lovely breakfasts that are going to take place in there? And I’m really excited that some of these are going to hang big in their home. What’s better than personal wall art?

ETA: I completely forgot to mention his cute little mohawk. Doesn’t he have the cutest hair?

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Desiree Hayes: I love these! That yawning image is sooo precious!

Amy: Beautiful work! I love his yawn and the one with the dog is great.

Prima Baby Ballerina | Baby Photographer

April 30, 2010

I’ve been meaning to do some large posts with samples of the many Janie & Jack clothing store mini sessions I did, but I haven’t put those posts together yet. I decided, though, just to do a few at a time in the mean time. So here are some images of an adorable baby girl. Seriously, LOOK at those cheeks! In the second one, she even posed as a ballerina for me.

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heather: oh she is adorable! love the cheeks!

Desiree Hayes: Such a cutie! So pretty!

A Growing Family | Manhattan Beach Newborn Photographer

April 26, 2010

This family was so welcoming to me in their beautiful home. On the day of our session, Baby R’s tummy was hurting, and we were still able to get her sleeping nicely for many lovely shots. It was so nice photographing their family along with their newest addition. Now don’t forget to notice how beautiful and at peace mom looks with Baby R all snuggled up to her.

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Anette: I would never have believed that her tummy hurt from these shots!! These are beautiful. The shot with her and her mommy is just perfect!

Stephanie: What a precious little baby!

Jessica: Oh, that first one with mom is so tender and sweet!

Julie Wagoner: What a precious baby girl! I love her little smirk in the awake shot. So cute!

Jane Eaton Hamilton: I just adore that first one with mom. She looks very content in all of them..

Amy: Beautiful images. I love the first one - just gorgeous.

Katherine: Absolutely gorgeous! The family photo is beautiful!

Lina: Beautiful shots! Such a nice family.

courtney: what a beautiful little sweetie! i love your black and whites. just perfection!

TaraMc: What a great set of images. Beautiful work!

Anne Beatty: What a sweet little baby! I love the tender moment you captured in the first image!

New Mama to Be | Los Angeles Pregnancy Photographer

April 12, 2010

Meet M. She is one of the cutest pregnant women I’ve seen in a long time. She seems to be so excited to be having her child in a couple of months, and to have these images with which to remember this amazing time in her life. We had such fun at the session. She was so easy going, and up for just about anything. I’m sharing quite a few, as I had a hard time narrowing down which ones to put post.

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Julie: These are beautiful maternity portraits!! She has a gorgeous tummy. She must love these - she looks awesome!

Lina: Those are amazingly gorgeous. Beautiful work!

Jennifer: Wow! She couldn't be more perfect! Lovely!

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