Meet baby boy– G.  Most of the families I photograph are just so appreciative that I’m there capturing a moment in time for them, but this family is way beyond that. The entire family, including and especially Grandma C, are such gracious and generous people.  To the point of showing up with chocolates from Ireland, and coffee from the near by coffee house, offering me breakfast, and more.  I had the feeling I got when I visit my very generous and hospitable family in Europe. Grandma flew in from out of the country for her grandson’s birth, and is staying to help out, and I am so glad to hear that the family love their images.  Here are a few from the pregnancy and newborn sessions.

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Laura: Chocolate and breakfast? Oh my how yummy! Beautiful pics Susan. LOVE the first one!!!

amy: really beautiful images!!

Kel Ward: Oh, what a beautiful mama and baby! I love that these are together in the same post! Great job on these.

Tiffany Bender: WOW- they are all just beautiful!

Scarlett: stunning shots!! beautiful work!

Kara Layfield: How sweet!! These are beautiful Susan!! Mom looks amazing and her little one is just precious.

Julie Wagoner: Beautiful! I can see why they love them.

Kathleen: Beautiful photos.Truly classic images.

desi: you sure got some great shots here. love the lightness of the maternity

Laura Morita-Yeun: Beautiful! What a lovely mama and beautiful baby. I love that second to last one.

Gail: Gorgeous, clean precious images of these fleeting times. Beautiful images!

Liz: These are just beautiful. I love the maternity shots especially.

Tori Piercy: Awww these are so beautiful!! Gorgeous work!

Kristin: Beautiful Susan! What a precious baby! I really love the 2nd shot!

Claire: I love all of these images! Great job!

Marzena: Gorgeous session. My favorite is the one of mom in the white wrap. Just DIVINE.

natalie lawson: what a beautiful baby! great job susan!

Anelle: These are INCREDIBLE! I love how you combined these!

Kelly Mack: Beautiful! Mum looks amazing!

Carrie: Awww, so beautiful :)

Ashlee @ Ashlee Lauren Photography: These are beautiful pictures, Susan. :)

Gail: So precious and sweet! Beautiful work!

I’ve known this young lady for 1/2 of her life.  She’s such a sweet person both inside and out, and it was such a pleasure to photograph her for her senior portrait.  Truly a natural beauty!


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Anya Coleman: Nice shots!Love it!

Brandi-lee: Beautiful girl and beautiful shots!

Kel Ward: Oh, she's a cutie! I really like these.

I’ve been neglecting my blog lately, and I’ve been meaning to show you some images from this session.

Meet Baby A.  This little boy is so lucky to have such wonderful parents, sister and dog to grow up with.  Like so many of the families I photograph, they welcome me into their home like family.  Grandma was there as well, and she was so much fun to talk to when I was breaking down, after the parents had to leave for a doctor’s appointment.  Ahhh, photographing newborns never gets old!



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Tori Piercy: Gorgeous baby and sister! Love these!

Jaimie Dee - Atlanta Wedding Photographer: Sooo cute!!! They look so at peace! :) Fabulous work!

Brandi-lee: How cute!! Love that last one especially!

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!

Megan: these are so sweet. Just precious!

Katie Lou: Oh I just love the little pouty face. Melts my heart!

rebekah: love that pouting lip! great job on these!

Vickie: Oh my gosh...that black and white is adorable and makes me want to just hug him. Love that last shot too!

Bri: Oh, his little frown just melts my heart. Beautiful work!

Tori Piercy: Awww so sweet! Beautiful job!

Anya Coleman: so very sweet!!!! Love them all – what a beautiful job you did!!

Jay Studio Photography: soooooo precious!!

Brandi-lee: Beautiful work, love them all.

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!

Jaimie Dee - Atlanta Wedding Photographer: Sooo cute!!! I LOVE the pink! :)

Brandi-lee: Gorgeous shots, that 3rd one is wonderful. Love how happy the shots are of big sister!

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!!

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!

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!

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!!!!

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.