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Little Toes | Austin Children’s Photographer

Mariah — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:21:12 +0000

There is a vintage truck that has been parked across the street from me for about a week now. Kai is fascinated by this truck. He wanted to sit on it. So I took him to the truck and he was silly and drooly. But oh his toes…. there is just something about children’s feet that I adore.

5 Months | Austin Baby Photographer

Mariah — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:25:14 +0000

I am completely at a loss for how five months could have flown by so quickly. But it has. My newborn has turned into a sweet little baby boy with so much love and personality. His 5 month pictures are taken in the new home studio – awesome window light for babies!

This is the newest thing he’s doing… sticking out his tongue all the time. He has the cutest little bubblegum tongue!

If you are interested in having your Austin baby session in my home studio, let me know! The session fee is reduced to $150 for home studio sessions. These sessions are limited to baby and maternity sessions only at this time.

Sweetness and Sass | Buda Children’s Photographer

Mariah — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:27:27 +0000

Miss Bella knows how to work a camera!!! All I had to do was say, “Bella, give me your model pose.” and she went to town with the cuteness. I think mom and dad should consider entering her into a GAP ad campaign contest!

We did this session in one of my favorite places – Old Town Buda. I just love the small town vibe of this sweet town – and that turquoise door… loooove!

Bella just turned four last month. She is such a sweetheart!

Thank you Nicole and Bella for braving the 97 degree afternoon weather for our photo shoot!

Editing Explained

Mariah — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 04:15:38 +0000

I often get asked what editing is, why it’s done, why it can take a while, and what I use to edit my images.

I’m going to show you a sample from this afternoon’s photo shoot with adorable Bella (one of my favorite images from the session!). The image below is Straight Out of Camera (SOOC).

Bella is absolutely adorable and the exposure is correct and her eyes are sparkly and gorgeous. But I like to take things further. I do this in Photoshop, which is an amazing program. I wanted to fix the scrape on Bella’s cheek and warm the image further. Through various steps I achieved the look I was going for. Of course each image is different, but average editing time per image is 5 – 10 minutes. Depending upon the style of the session, you can see how this time can add up! But in the end it’s worth it to achieve the final image!

Studio Update! | Austin Baby Photographer

Mariah — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:10:33 +0000

I have been wanting to transform my living room for quite some time. I really hate carpet. A dream was realized over the last few days… the carpet went away permanently and beautiful wood floors moved in. This is phase one – next comes paint and beautiful baseboards. This is a wonderful new option for babies of all ages and studio maternity sessions. I will update again when the full room is ready to be seen!

Beautiful Day | Available Light Photographer

Mariah — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 04:52:45 +0000

Hope everyone had a safe and fun 4th of July! The morning light was gorgeous!

Four | Austin Mommy Photographer

Mariah — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:52:14 +0000

Four years ago today, at 6:21pm precisely, I became a mother for the very first time. My baby girl Ryenne, all 9lbs 10oz of her, came into this world and fulfilled a dream of mine. Peter and I had wanted to be parents so badly. We had turned to In Vitro Fertilization after 5 years of infertility. She was our miracle baby. She was my only baby born on Maui. She is my only Girl. She is my princess.

Here we are, right after we met for the very first time.

She is headstrong, strong willed, opinionated, knows how to push my buttons. But above everything else, she is beautiful inside and outside and comes to my rescue all the time. She and I have started special cooking projects together. Being her mom has opened up my world to learn new things everyday and to see things from a child’s perspective. It is her that made me fall in love with children’s photography and the emotions that are involved with capturing someone as they grow, literally, every single day.

Ryenne,

You are my sunshine

My beautiful sunshine,

You make me happy

When skies are grey

You’ll never know Dear

How much Mommy loves you,

Please don’t ever take my sunshine away…

Happy Fourth Birthday – to my amazing baby girl!

the last frame

Mariah — Sat, 15 May 2010 03:51:13 +0000

This was the last frame before total child meltdown! Yes… my very over-photographed baby girl had had enough of mommy yesterday. Her stinky face is still cute!

watching his imagination | Austin Kids Photographer

Mariah — Mon, 03 May 2010 19:09:14 +0000

Three can be a challenging age to photograph sometimes (believe me, Ryenne my three year old does NOT want to see mommy’s camera anymore). I like to sit back and watch what these little ones do when they don’t want to be photographed. And in Markus’ case, I got a glimpse into the imagination of a beautiful boy who loves to chase butterflies, climb mountains, play swords with his stick, and although he loves to do little boy things, he loves to pick flowers for his mama the very best.

What a wonderful little boy Markus is! By the end of the session, we were holding hands and jumping through “hot lava” on our walk back to the car. Thank you, Markus for a beautiful afternoon!

what’s cookin? | Austin Children’s Photographer

Mariah — Sun, 02 May 2010 18:55:47 +0000

I am working on an adorable session right now!

We’re putting this little princess (carried by her beautiful mama)…

into this beautiful field!

And while the session was mostly about Miss Landis Grace, I did catch this one moment between big brother Markus and his dad. I am so glad I hit the shutter in time to catch this moment between them. Be still my heart!