2010 barely started and I had the pleasure of capturing the first few days of Baby J. He was just a delight. Calming, relaxed and pure contentment. There were a few smiles too. His older brother, A was very good too. I had photographed A before and it was so nice to see him with his new brother. They were so cuddly and happy together.
2010 could not have started any better!
Thank you Baby J,A and their parents for such great start of the year!
Ana
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Baby N is number 5 of a beautiful family that I had the pleasure to photograph beginning of December 2009. His sister K was one of the newborns I had done in 2008. She is over a year old now and I was amazed to see how well she is getting on with her older brothers. A little bit of pink amongst so many blues I said to their mum. Baby N was fantastic and slept way through. Very calm and very relaxing. Thank you all for such nice time.
Ana
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This was one of those sessions that made me really, really excited. The children were fabulous and very keen to play with my new hats. Their blue eyes, combined with fair skins in one of those winter crisp afternoon’s made me smile. The colours, the smiles and the beautiful moments they had together in one of those memorable settings had all the perfect ingredients to produce such stunning results. They have been waiting for a while to see their pictures, but tomorrow is the big day when they are sharing all those precious moments. Thank you for waiting and hope those few published in here will put a big smile on your Friday!
Ana
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I have still a few sessions from November and December 2009 which I did not edit, given the Christmas rush and the festive holidays. Since beginning of this month, my efforts had been to speed on the editing of those families who have been patiently waiting to see their pictures.
Baby H & D had been one of those lucky children who I had the pleasure to meet, play and photograph last year. Their long eyelashes are a trademark difficult to forget. Baby H is a newborn and D youngest brother. It was nice to see them interacting to each other. Their parents are coming next week to share their beautiful pictures.
Thank you so much for waiting this long to see your pictures, L& M. For those who are waiting to hear from me, I am speeding it up and should be in contact soon.
Many Thanks
Ana
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I hope you had a nice break between Christmas and New Year. Apart from redecorating my office, finalizing the plans for an extension of my office/studio for a room to photograph newborn, I also have done a bit of sessions, editing more sessions, getting the new price list done, and creating a package for newborn photography. All my prices are à la carte to allow people to choose what is best for them. But I felt the need to create something special for newborns. There will be an editorial about my work published on the Raring 2 Go magazine and NCT newsletter coming up in February about all information about newborn photography.
Here are the details about newborn photo session
Mums to be are encouraged to contact me on the last trimester of their pregnancy to book an appointment. I will pencil the date down and leave about 10 days windows for each booking. It is important for me to photograph the little ones up to 10 days old when there are no milk spots, their skins are not as flaky and most importantly their muscles are not too developed and they are really sleepy. It is the best time to photograph so I can work better with the beautiful poses. The new room for newborn photography will be flooded with natural light, cozy and will make my life easier in terms of concentrating in getting the best results. I will be still available for photographing newborns at home but I can reassure the best results will be probably achieved once I have the room all cater only for this purpose. If parents to be still wish a home shoot for newborn, it is important that I come for a quick visit before the baby is here so I can access light and best place for it. It is important to emphasize that each baby is different and this what makes newborn photography so challenging and fascinating to me. For each session, I prepare my notes, poses and compositions according to the place I am shooting. Isadora , my daughter, also helps with aligning covers and props which we would be using.
The sessions last for anything between 3 to 4 hours. The room is kept about 25 C in order for the baby to be comfortable. It is vital that the baby has his tummy full and is content so we can start the session straight away. The first hour is always a bit more complex as it takes time for the baby to settle. Of course we stop for feeds and cuddles and changing nappies . The environment is very calming and relaxing . It is a wonderful experience to watch a baby doing all those cute poses and the expressions they produce are just priceless.
I will be trying some new poses once I have the new room and it is all very exciting for me. Because it is taking a bit of my time to get this all going, I felt the need to offer something a bit more special for those who come for a newborn session. Hence the Newborn Keepsake Package.
The Newborn Keepsake Package includes: a photo session, a 7×7 photo book with 40 pictures, 16 birth announcements and 15 5×7 prints in a beautiful gift box and an A3 print of your choice.
Of course for families who already have siblings, I will merge a newborn session into a family session to document the bond between the older children and the new baby. In this circumstance, I concentrate first on the baby and once that is done, I can focus on the family pictures.
To finish the post here a few of some of the cuties I had done recently. Please email me with any queries you might have about newborn session or to family photo session.
Many Thanks
Ana
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Doing a main revamp on the studio/office. New coat of paint, two walls coloured, a beautiful table and chair, much more organized space of my storage room. All that done with the great help of Rebeca my daughter who helps with packing and organizing, my husband and my older daughter, Isadora who put the frames together. The office looks clean and super comfortable. Ready to 2010!
I would like to say a big thank you to all my customers; the families who come back every year, my new customers and all the beautiful babies and children who I had the privilege to work with this year. It has been more than 200 sittings this year and it was a superb year for my business. I very much look forward to 201o. So a big and huge thank you to all of your support!
Ana
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Things had been really hectic over here. Between all the editing, Christmas orders and family, my life is a bit of chaos…. I had finished editing all the sessions promised for Christmas in time, printing orders, wrap orders, consultation sales, etc… This year was much busier than last year which I am pleased about it, however the amount of work has been quite overwhelming. Without the help of my caring husband with our family and my two daughters I would not be able to survive really. I had lots of sessions to share before this, but I have been dying to edit my first newborn session after I had attended Kelley Ryden and Tracy Raver workshop in Nebraska. So here it is a glimpse what I was able to apply. I have to say, I am very,very please with those first results. Kelley and Tracy are experts on newborn photography and to learn with them was a truly wonderful experience.
Baby T was only 5 days old and he was such an angel. Slept all the way through and for me it was a super treat. He was a super star! My daughter, Isadora was with me all the time making sure he was safe, the poses were correct, the props properly aligned. She was truly wonderful. Me and her have been doing lots of newborn photo sessions together since baby T’s session. She helps me with everything. A big thank you to her! Baby T and his family are coming this week to share a special treat!
A big thank you to him and his family to all their patience, to Isy and to Kelley and Tracy!
Enjoy
Ana
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I had so much fun with those kids! Their Dad contacted me a few months in order to have a photosession at one of our local parks. The weather was so cold, which was expected for November. Hats had became part of mine favourite props and so I brought a few for this sitting. Funny enough none of hats were chosen by the children who prefered something of their own. The moment A and his sister put their cool hats on…. oh my god!! how sweet and cute they look. Their beauitful eyes combined with a duracel personality made this sitting just beautiful!
Thank you for such beautiful morning!
Ana
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There is no doubt to me that Autumn is my favourite season of the year. Because its colours and light, it produces one of the most beautiful photographs. October and September for me are the most popular months after Summer as a lot of people love the colours of the fall. All the families that I have the privilege to photograph every year choose October as their month, the result of such great choice is that by March, October is almost sold out!
For 2010, I am planning a bit different, because of the higher volume of sittings this year ( close to 300!) I had decided to do no more than 3 sittings a week which would give me a day off a week. I had no day off since June, so I am looking forward to 2010!
For October 2010 in order to accomodate all families interested, I would be offering on first come first serve basis, photos ready by Christmas time so on that sense 3 sessions a week is still applicable, however for families that are not concerned about Christmas, then I will still photograph but then photographs only be share by after Christmas. This is an easy way to accomodate my schedule to the needs of the family and making the most of October colours. So basically October would be the only month that I may possibly shoot more than 3 sessions a week but sessions schedule early in the year would be seen in time for Christmas. So if you are interested in booking a session for October 2010 please send me an email( address posted on my website) to guarantee your spot. At the moment, October is half sold already.
Now about this session, G contacted me to take her girls pictures in a local park. I never been to this place which instantly became my second favourite spot. It offers exquisite foliage and the skate ramps! perfect combination. Her girls…. well let’s say BEAUTIFUL to say the least… love the camera and play… they even played modelling which I thought it was quite funny as I do not photograph poses!! We had a fantastic time together and Hector ( the dog) made the perfect blend between the girls and the leaves on the floor!
Many Thanks G to introduced to such perfect spot and for the amazing day!
Ana
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I usually do not post than once a day but after such hard day of editing pictures I found myself really excited about the photos of H,E and R. E & R are one my favourites kids to photograph. They are on my website and this time they were joined by their cutie cousin, H. We went to one of our local parks in a beautiful Sunday of October. All the leaves were on the ground and the light was beautiful. The girls turned up with bright colours which made me very happy! The result are going to be presented this week after long weeks waiting for their viewing. I love the colours and to see true smiles coming from those three cuties is a true reward!
Many Thanks for the fantastic morning girls!
Ana
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