Anchorage Family Photographer | "A" Family

Remember summer? I feel like I’ve already forgotten. I’ve had some amazing sessions so far this winter, so no complaints, but when I look at images from sessions like this, I’m ready for the GREEN!

Mom did an amazing job on outfit planning for this session, and I took them to one of my favorite spots to shoot. Those mountain views though!

"“A” Family!

Anchorage Senior Photographer | "C" Senior

You guys. It's been so cooooooold. I'm talking so cold that the other day I walked out my front door and thought Oh! It feels warmer today! It was 6 degrees. SIX. DEGREES. So just the fact that I thought that was warm tells you how its been for the last couple weeks. But I'm really hoping this is a precursor to what our summer looks like, because although its been way too cold, it's been nonstop clear and sunny. As I'm typing this, it's 2 degrees outside. Hurry up (sunny) Alaskan summer! 

I've been dreaming about warmth so I thought I would post a session that I did in the fall with fall colors, and it was clearly warm enough that we were all comfortable in long sleeves and no coat. 

I loved this session. Mom kept telling me that my girl here was not super into having her picture taken, but by the end of this session, we were laughing and having so much fun that it wasn't even work anymore. And look how gorgeous she is. Effortlessly, might I add. Because I do a lot of child portraits, every time I get someone in front of my camera that will follow directions and laugh with me, it's a good day.

"C" Senior!

Anchorage Senior Photographer | "M" Senior Session

So, total honesty here, but this session happened about a year ago. But since I've determined I'm just never going to be able to keep up with blogging, I'm just now getting around to blogging some of my favorite shoots throughout the last year. And this one tops the list.

I LOVE senior sessions. I do a lot of child photography, (which I love!) but when I get someone in front of a camera who listens to my posing suggestions, and I don't have to chase them down, it's for sure a fun change for me. 

This girl. Can you believe how gorgeous? I don't remember much from high school (did I block it out?) but I can tell you right now, I didn't have half of her confidence and style. I don't think I could have taken a bad picture of her if I tried!

We went up on my favorite mountain for photos just as we were starting to head into winter, so it was a lot colder than it looks, but this girl was a sport. Not a single complaint, and can you guess by looking at her photos whether or not she was cold? I would guess not. I love this time of year because the colors are amazing, and it's a lot easier to get that beautiful golden hour lighting because in Alaska in the summer, that happens right around 11pm or 4am during the middle of the summer, and believe it or not but people don't want to come out for photo sessions at that time of day. I get super excited when fall rolls around because the fall colors here are stunning (but brief), and we can go out for a session at a reasonable hour like 7pm and get this lighting that I love so much.

If you're interested in booking a session, please head on over to my Contact page, and send me a message!   http://karentraversphotography.com/contact/

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 Newborn Photography | Baby "H"

Confession: I love this sweet family. They took a chance on me last summer when they were still only a family of 4 and I was just starting out for a family session, and now they are back as a family of 5 with their brand new little man for newborn photos. 

We started out this session with sibling photos. Sibling photos can be interesting, usually hit or miss, and we found out quickly that Pinterest photos make it look way too easy. We did manage to tough it out and get some super cute photos! 

I had so much fun talking to them about what it was like settling into a routine as a family of 5 (spoiler alert: it's chaos), and so glad they came to me again for photos.

Side note: how gorgeous is this mom? Yeesh.