Anchorage Maternity Photographer | "G" Family Maternity

My clients are the bravest. They venture out in VERY cold weather in the snow and ice to capture such an amazing moment in their lives.

This momma and family were no exception. We chose a beautiful location on a snowy and cold night, and mom wore one of my gorgeous dresses from Sew Trendy Accessories, and she MADE a beautiful flower crown. I'm so impressed by this, I may need to start doing this for my other clients. Have I mentioned that mom is stunning? You have to check out the photos of her, she rocked this session, and little man was an absolute trooper, he did amazing.

I get to do this family's newborn soon, and I'm so excited to meet the newest member of this beautiful family.

"G" Maternity!

Anchorage Wedding Photographer | "J" Wedding

Now that we're solidly in winter here in Alaska, let's have a little sunshine in our lives with a wedding I did back in July!

It was a hot, beautiful day. With a super fun wedding party, and some of my favorite clients, this wedding was so much fun. And their theme, is to die for. Rustic, neutral, yellows... I need to decorate my house like that. 

I've been doing photos for this couple since their son was a newborn and they were in a desperate search for a last minute photographer, and found me. I did little man's photos every 3 months for his first year, so as you can imagine, I got to know his parents as well. And they are SO much fun. Their personalities go together so well. So when they asked me to do their wedding photography, I was thrilled. I got to come hang out with them, and their venue, Gloryview Farm in Wasilla, was amazing. Every detail was thought of, and I'm honored I was able to be a part of their  day. 

Thank you again, M and A! You guys are the best!

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 Child Photographer | Baby "H" Mermaid Milestone Session

Ok, so in my last blog post, I told you that I had two little mermaids come in to my studio on the same day for identical sessions. This is mermaid session number 2!

I got to do some outdoor photos of this sweet girl when she was 9 months, and I got to see her again for her 1 year photos in studio! The best part of my job is being able to see kids at their milestone sessions so I can see how much they've grown and changed and their little personalities start to show. 

This girl rocked her 1 year old shoot and looooooved all the seashells there were to look at. 

I could take her pictures all day because can you believe how gorgeous? And those eyelashes are to. die. for.

Baby "H" Mermaid Session!

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!