Eagle River Child Photographer | "F" Cousin Session
I'm in love with this session. I was contacted by this client to do a cousin's session while her sister was in town with her two little girls from Texas. Such an awesome idea. As a person who grew up very close to her cousins, I would love to have something like this to look back on as an adult.
How cute are all these kids? And their outfits were so well coordinated, and they were all AMAZINGLY well behaved. One of the moms was a fellow photographer, so I barely had to direct anyone, she knew how to get their attention, helped me with posing, etc, this session was a breeze. I have to admit, I'm always a little nervous shooting in front of other photographers, but I loved this. The first mom is a previous client from a newborn shoot, and little man in blue in these pictures was one of my newborns almost a year ago. What a doll!
Before the session, I was asked if I had a bench that all 5 kids could sit on for the session, and I realized that even though I feel like I have every prop under the sun, I did not have a bench big enough to fit 5 kiddos. So I looked around and realized the perfect bench sits right in my studio. So with the help of my awesome clients, we dragged the bench out to the middle of the park, and we may have gotten a few funny looks, but the photos turned out awesome! So now my studio bench will for sure be a prop I'll be using outside more often.
"F" Cousin Session!
This sweet big cousin asked for this picture with his gorgeous little cousin. I melted at the request!
Let's talk about this picture real quick. This was a request by the big kid cousins right at the end, and they really wanted a jumping picture. However, after many attempts (and a lot of laughing), we realized what we were just not going to be able to get everyone off the ground at the same time. So with the help of a little Photoshop magic, we were able to get the picture that the cousins really wanted. :)
Anchorage Cake Smash Photography | "M" Mermaid Cake Smash
It might not come as a surprise to anyone that I love cake smashes. I do a lot of cake smashes, and every time someone comes to me with a new cake smash idea, all I can think of is the possibilities.
When people ask me for suggestions on cake smash themes, I always have a list of ideas or themes that I would like to do or are my favorites that I've already done. So when my client came to me and said she wanted to do a mermaid cake smash, one of the themes at the verrrrry top of my list, I was excited. And then it just so happened that I had another person request a milestone session on the same day. So I had two adorable little 1 year olds in my studio on the same day for a mermaid session and I was in heaven. Aqua, and lavender and glitter? You had me at aqua.
I got to do this little lady's newborn session, and a couple of sessions in between, and I can't tell you how honored I am when clients come to me for all of the first year's milestones. Tiny people change such an incredible amount in the first year of life, and it's so fun for me to see a tiny newborn turn into a toddler eating cake. Here is this little lady at her newborn session. I remember her well, she had the most beautiful, soft newborn skin.
And she's still just as gorgeous 12 months later!
Baby "M" Mermaid Cake Smash!
ANNOUNCING! Name change!
If you follow my page at all, you'll probably notice that something has changed. I've changed my name from Oh So Sweet Photography to Karen Travers Photography.
As I'm starting to get into different areas of photography, I started to feel a little limited by my previous name.
I'm pretty excited about this name change, I've been wanting to do it for a while, but please hang in there while I get things changed around. You can still contact me in all the same ways, through the website, through my Facebook page, and phone number is still the same. The only contact information that is going to change is my direct email address. This will now be:
karen@karentraversphotography.com
You'll still be able to reach me at the old email address while I get things changed around. :) Thanks for sticking with me through some exciting changes!
Eagle River Family Photography | "J" Mommy and Me Session
This is the cutest family. I was contacted before Mother's Day by Hannah's husband, asking for a Mommy and Me session to give as a gift for a Mother's Day present. SO thoughtful! Gifting sessions is such an awesome idea.
We have had a pretty rainy/cloudy summer. But somehow, the sun came out for this session and I swear, a storm rolled in right after we were finished. Whew.
These kids are so sweet, and Hannah is so much fun. We laughed and walked around the park, and even got to chase a few butterflies, and were able to capture some super sweet photos for Hannah to cherish forever.
Eagle River Twin Newborn Photography | "T" Family Twin Newborns
Remember back in January when I said I was going to be awesome sauce this year and keep up with blogging. Fail. This session happened back in March and here I finally am, leaves on the trees and wearing short sleeves instead of bundled up and shivering like I was in March when I did this shoot.
Yay for twins! As a newborn photographer in Eagle River, Alaska, newborn multiple sessions are rare. So I get super excited every time one books with me.
These are the busiest parents ever. Newborn twin boys, and a very active 2 year old big sister. Whew. I got sleep deprived just thinking about that. Their parents are so much fun, and we found out that we both have kiddos with the initials "TNT" so we knew we were going to get along.
Already I could see the differences in their little personalities. So sweet!
Eagle River Newborn Photography | "P" Baby
"P" family continued (plus 1)!
How sweet is this little man? He is so loved by not only his excited parents, but mom came in with handmade things from both grandmothers to use as props in his photos. (Where's the crying face emoji when you need it?)
I got so many sweet sleepy smiles which I LOVE, and had so much fun. Love this family!
