Gorgeous Little T {Pensacola Child Photographer}

“To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.”  Isaac Newton

 “Our memories of the ocean will linger on, long after our footprints in the sand are gone.” --Anonymous 

If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans, even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me. - Psalm 139: 9-10

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Sweet Sisters {Pensacola Child Photographer}

I have a special place in my heart for these girls.  Miss A is in my daughters pre school and they are joined at the hip, well besides their other best bud, little Mr. Cutie R!

When Miss A's mom brought her and her adorable little sister, Miss L, into the studio for their photos I was thrilled!  Now photographing a friend, with the friend here has a set of problems in itself, but I believe all went well.  I was able to shoot on two different sets, the comfy jumpy bed and then the white wall wood floor backdrop.

I seem to gravitate to simple clean shots.  I am not against a bunch of props or planning in any session, but the clean classic set up seems to be my favorite.  In 30 years, these photos will not be dated or show the trend of the decade (think selective color in the 90's or funky 70's graphics....).

I hope you enjoy these photos as much as I did.

Thanks so much!
CrystalBelle

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Miss A {Pensacola Child Photographer}

When Just Starting Out, I embarked on a journey with this little girl that is now almost 9 months in the making!  I have photographed her once a month (except month two, sad face...) since she was born.

This started with some "newborn" photos.  She was a month old by this time.  I am scheduled to shoot her 9 month photos in the next week, but I thought I would share some from the past 8 months.  Some are revisted from previously posted blogs and some are new. 

Enjoy!

The D Family {Pensacola Family Photographer}

I was pretty excited about shooting the D family.  I've taken photos of the children before but now to get to capture a photo for their family, was just making me giddy!

The location I choose, I had never shot there before!  How tricky.  I had driven by this part of a local park before and I loved the way the hills rolled up in the background, but could never figure out how to incorporate that into a photo.  Earlier in the year I had come across this bench.  It is pretty large, but light weight.  I never had a reason to use it, but then a light bulb went off!  Perfect!  I can place the family on the bench and shoot from an angle to capture the hills behind them.

Just off camera is a little set up of a summer picnic.   I set this up for the children, to capture them just being silly, but alas, plans are made to be broken, right?  :)  Ms. L gave me a great big smile on the blanket, but other then that, they wanted nothing to do with sitting down!  oh and the ants didn't help either.....

We walked over to a part of the park I have shot before.  I think these little hidden steps are wonderful.  They add such texture and depth to the picture.

The park also has this amazing blue ummmm restroom.  haha  Yes, this blue wall is that of the facilities on the park, but I love how it really made their yellow outfits pop!

One last walk back to the car and I really wanted to get a photo of the two children together.  This is way harder then it sounds.  I had to snap quickly but I was able to get ONE shot of them together.

Custom 20*10 Collages were requested from this session.  I work with the family to create a layout per their design.  Totally love doing this!

Happy Birthday {Pensacola Child Photographer}

Happy Birthday Kyleigh!

A One-year-old child is so many things --
A tiny discoverer of butterfly wings,
A hugger of Teddies,
A sweet sleepyhead,
And someone to dream for in bright years ahead...

CrystalBelle Photography {Pensacola Child Photographer}

It was a warm spring evening when I met up with Miss T and Miss A.  Sisters in every since of the word!  We met at an off site property just outside Pensacola.  We encountered  a few bumps before shooting, such as not having the key to the gate and vehicles too large to ride back to the property, but with a few lifts over a fence and the help of a 4-wheeler we were ready to go!!

CrystalBelle Photography. Pensacola Newborn Photographer

Little Baby T

I had the extreme pleasure of photographing Ms. T and her sister!  This family was just so precious.  

Ms. T slept like a dream for me and I got a chance to use some of my new headbands I purchased off Etsy.  I am now addicted to Esty like a champ and can spend hours debating between the hundreds of headbands and frilly props.

I started with a simple pink fleece.  It really picked up the tone of Ms. T skin.  She was like a cloud on a pink sky!  This is one of my new bands, a blue flower embellished with a black and white feather!  I love how it is not pink, but yet perfectly girly in all ways!

Baby T's mother had brought an amazing tutu!  I was very excited to photograph this.  I am now on a mission to make or purchase a few of these to keep in the studio for other sessions.

The best part of the session was when big sissy got in on the action!  You can just see the bond between these two already!  Check out the smiles on BOTH girls!

Also being modeled by our newest princess is another headband.  This one is a simple black and white flower! Very classic and simple.

Every session I have one (or two) favorite photos.  I can usually tell before I get the images into my editing programs which photos are going to be my favorite.  With this session, hands down, this is my favorite image.  It just shows so much emotion and love between the two girls, already at only days old.  This is a photo they will be able to look at 50 years from now and smile.  These are the types of images that keep me going, some days I am ready to throw my camera out the window, then an image like this appears.  It might not be the best technically, but for me the emotion wins.

Baby A!

I met this little girl when she was 1 month old and again when I took their family Christmas photos.  I love when my clients call me back to capture another milestone!  I was thrilled to be able to take her 3 month photos!  Her mother and I set up a time, planned props and poses, then the day came and it was so hectic.  I scheduled right when my children get off the bus (big mistake!)  Kids flying everywhere, 10 foot backdrop, seamless paper, flahses, lights, umbrellas, not a good combo...
So we stopped and rescheduled.  This time I went to her house.  It was so much more relaxed!