A more expressive baby I have never met. This one is an intellect, I can tell. Look at those eyes, there is so much baby wisdom in there, I’d love to know what she was thinking, especially in that first shot :)
Her parents brought her down from Red Deer to get some portraits done to commemorate her one year. Can you believe how adorable and fascinating a baby can be in just one year? We are really loving photographing little ones because no shoot is ever the same! You sort of just let them be, and capture. Nothing ever goes quite as planned, and once you understand that, it’s all good.
This family is just way too adorable. Amber and Chris have known each other since they were 6. Those are stories that I love hearing about. I also love to watch couples like that, since they really can communicate so much more without words, as I believe they know just what the other is thinking. These two were self-professed as “quiet”, but I like ‘em that way. Spending a gorgeous summer evening with these three was just the ticket.
Thank you guys so much for visiting, and having so much fun! It was a real joy :)
Well, they just entered the next amazing stage in their adventure together, and that was welcoming a third member to their team. Her name is Tegan and she’s incredible. Spending a morning with these three was relaxing, engaging, and energizing (even though we had to take a nap afterwards, as we usually do with newborn session, haha!) We are so excited to share the results!
First up, I have to show you the Moving Portrait that Rob created for them. We really find that stills can’t fully capture the nuances of a newborn, and that these Moving Portraits show so much more. Hope you enjoy!
And now for the images from the session!
Tegan gave us a few smiles during our session, and they were truly heart melting. Look at that little grin!
Oh man, the weather here in Edmonton certainly is wonderful! I’m keeping my fingers crossed that it stays this way! If you’ve been following us for a while, you’ll know we aren’t fans of the cold at all! Why do we live in Edmonton then? Well, there are some awesome people here :)
Anywho, in celebration of our shooting season starting up again (which we are so excited for! We’re dying to start shooting again!) we’re having a Spring Portrait Special! Check out the graphic below for all the deets!
Click on the image or this link to contact us! Now is a wonderful time for some custom artwork for you and your loved ones!
If you’d like to view our portfolios, here are a couple links!
We had a chance to see Bishop recently, a few weeks after his newborn session, and I cannot believe how much he has changed! It’s just amazing to get to capture the way a little one looks, and to know that they will never look that way again.
Recently we spent an afternoon with our friends Mark and Andrea, and their little girl Lila. Andrea is a fellow photographer, and we’ve been so lucky to get to know her over the past couple of years. And Lila is just one of those babies that you become addicted to. Seriously. Addicted.
During our shoot Rob created his first Moving Portrait of a family, and I think it’s one of his best yet. Check it out:
And here are some of the stills. I’ll probably end up sharing a ton more with you guys in the next couple weeks, but I wanted to get some up for these guys to peek at :)
Lila is such a poser. Check her out!!
What a seriously seriously beautiful family. We’re so lucky to know them!
During this shoot I realised I have a bit of an obsession with flying baby photos. I’m ok with that.
Ok, I need to get back to work! So many other amazing portrait sessions to edit. But Hankis, thanks so much for spending the afternoon with us. We love you guys a ton.
Kingston doesn’t care too much for schedules. Even though the whole world had planned to meet him at the end of this month, he decided to come 4.5 weeks early!! There went our plans for a maternity session ;)
In the end though, we’d much rather meet this little man early. And I’m sure his parents are pretty happy to get to spend so much more time with him! You might recognize his gorgeous parents from this post, or even this one. They were one of our wedding couples from last year, and we were so excited to get to shoot them in this new and awesome point in their lives!!
Adam was a sleepy little guy. But he knew that we were waiting for him and finally peeked at us, and opened those gorgous eyes. I can’t believe how different shooting newborns is. It’s something we’re really really loving. I mean, Adam will literally never look the same as he does in these images. We just saw him again yesterday and he was already totally changed!
Wow. The past couple months have been such a busy time for us, prepping for the summer, coming up with new ideas, new projects, new products…It feels like we’ve finally started to actually DO all these things we were preparing for!
This is one of those things; what we will be calling Rob & Lauren // Moving Portraits. I’ll let you watch, and then explain afterwards. (P.S. You can click the arrows in the bottom right of the video to watch in full screen)
Allow me to get a bit philosophical here. I really feel like Rob and I aren’t just photographers. Instead, we’re artists, and photography is our current medium of choice to express our vision. What inspires us is people, both individually as well as their interactions with others. Photography has been a wonderful way for us to capture these people we’ve worked with, but recently we’ve started to explore how small bits of video can add to our vision.
So we started with little Samantha. We took a lot of images that are beautiful captures of her and her tiny personality, but we also took video. That’s how we created that small little clip you just watched. And personally we feel like it captured things that the images just couldn’t quite get. Her yawns, the way she wiggled and kicked, the way her eyes just looked right into the camera. It’s a way to create a portrait of someone, and show who they are, even though the images are moving rather than still.
What does this all mean?? Well, this is the deal. The first five people to book a newborn session with us will receive a Moving Portrait for free. This can be used in combination with our current portrait session special, which would give you a crazy good deal!
Why newborns? Well, there is always somewhere to start, and this is where we will start. Literally at the beginning of life! Moving Portraits is a project of ours that is just beginning, and we will be exploring in all different forms, but for now this is what we’re up to. We also absolutely LOVED shooting a newborn, and can’t wait to start doing a lot more! So if you are expecting, or know someone who is, please get them in touch with us right away to take advantage of this completely unique product, because as far as I know, there is NOONE else doing this quite like us :) But by now I’m sure you know how different we like to be!
Well, I won’t keep chatting on and on here. Enjoy these images of Sam, and I hope you’ll keep checking back in for more of our Moving Portraits! We have big plans for these :)
Usually babies this young spend most of the session sleeping (from what I’ve learned!) but Sam was wide awake, and giving us tons of great moments, like this adorable sneeze!
And such expressions. I love this one!
It might be just me and my crazy mind, but she totally looks like a boxer here!
Leave us a comment and let us know what you think of our new project!
Lauren and I have a special new project that we’re undertaking and we need your help!
We’re looking for a newborn in the Edmonton area (less than 10 days old). We’re looking to do a special shoot at some point next week. If you or anyone you know is expecting right away, or has a recently given birth to a beautiful baby then please get in touch with us ASAP!
The lucky little baby will get the session totally free. Hooray!!
Just forward them this link, hit up our contact form, or give our studio a call at 780.758.0919
So here is that ridiculously good lookin’ baby. His name is Jy and he’s pretty much the cutest thing I’ve ever seen.
Until you try to photograph him.
Haha! This kid just did NOT want to smile for us. As soon as he saw the cameras it was just serious face. So imagine 5 adults (mom and dad, grandma, and us) bending over backwards trying to make this kid smile. Needless to say, when we got home Rob went and napped for two hours.
But we made him smile! Here are some photos guaranteed to brighten your Monday.
He was quite interested in Rob.
See, I told you we made him smile! Doesn’t he have the best smile ever???
He wanted to check to make sure he was looking good.
He’s a true model.
Hope you guys enjoyed those! We love doing baby shoots, so give us a shout to schedule one up.
Now Rob and I are off on a little adventure. We’ll fill you in on the details soon! Until then, happy Monday!
Lauren :)
P.S. I’m sure his mom will appreciate me saying that she does not do anything to his hair to make it stand up like that (people always assume she’s putting products in her baby’s hair). That is totally natural! He was just born cool.
Amber 4 weeks ago
Talk about amazing pics!!! I would love to get copy’s of at least a few!!!
Peter Bennett 4 weeks ago
She is a beautiful baby. The next generation of a beautiful family. Take Care.
Francine 4 weeks, 1 day ago
These show the true love in this family… I love them all..
Vicki 4 weeks, 1 day ago
The pictures look great! I love how it brings out the blue of Allison’s eyes. The pictures of Chris and Amber are gorgeous also.
I love them all.
Sheila 4 weeks, 1 day ago
I can see why you went all the way to Edmonton for your pictures. How can a back alley look so good? Beautiful!!!
Marny 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Beautiful pictures! Love them big blue eyes Allison
Joan bender 1 month ago
Amazing pictures, you captured the true beauty of this family.Allison is the most wonderfull loving child and so pretty! But what can you expect with parents like she has.
Kirstin 1 month ago
I love them!!!!!! You have captured this family exactly the way that I know them. Your Comments on the bottom are nothing but the truth and I appriciate How well you have captured an extention of my family that I love sooooo very much. Unbeliveable Work!!! Thank you!
Amber 1 month ago
I looove them. Can’t wait to get some of these on our wall! :)
Chris 1 month ago
Quite the pretty little girl, but I am slightly biased!
Nanny 1 month ago
I love Rob and Lauren’s photography style. The pictures are fantastic. Allison is just the cutest baby and those beautiful bright blue eyes are “all knowing”. A jewel of a great-grandchild. I also like the picture of you and Chris standing back to back.
Michelle C. 1 month ago
Love the first one, but they are all great!
Kendal 1 month ago
Great work. Wonderful job!!
Patricia 1 month ago
I love them and fell in love with these photos when I saw them. Great Work!
Michelle Baer 1 month ago
Love them!
Riki Peacock 1 month ago
So beautiful! Alison has such big, soulful eyes and she LOVES the camera! Such a loving family – gorgeous pics!
Donna Bourret 1 month ago
Hahaha see what happens when I type in a rush I type our last name wrong. To funny
Donna bourrer 1 month ago
Absolutly beautiful pictures Chris, Amber, and Allison. What a beautiful family that we have. Love you guys now, forever and always
Step mommy. Lol