From the minute Matt and Tara entered the studio to the minute they left, Matt was on high alert making sure I handled his baby girl to his standard. Baby Kenni [a family name - how precious & unique!] came in sleepy and barely opened her eyes the entire three hours. She had two little snacks, just enough to satisfy her little seven and half pound self, then went straight back into dreamland.
Read MorePart of me doesn’t even care about words and just wants to load this blog up with all the images because this family is gorgeous and they were all the perfect little models today.
The other part of me wants to word vomit #allthethings, because The Shaffer’s are THE sweetest and dad and mom are freaking rockstars as life partners and raising tiny humans.
Read MoreWe decided bloom season at Hartford Apple Orchard was the perfect backdrop for the big five birthday! [I mean that’s a whole hand of fingers old!] Harper is wild. She’s assertive and bold. She’s energetic and decisive. She’s been hard to keep up with since she was two! This shoot was a little different. She was calm and polite, relaxed and a little shy for her fifth birthday session. It was easy. I could have been done shooting in the first 5 minutes, but I didn’t want to be, so of course I over shot.
Read MoreI was fearful of 30. Not for any other reason than a stigma that I built around it. As a kid, 30 was old. As an adolescent, 30 meant you had you stuff together, your goals were met, you had success, a solid career, a full family, you peaked. As an adult, 30 took it’s time. I very much enjoyed my 20’s, 30 was unknown territory.
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