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!

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 Child Photography | "K" 1 Year Old Zoo Session!

I love doing 1 year old pictures. It's such a fun age, and it doesn't matter if baby is happy or not, all the pictures will be cute. Even the crying, the derp, and the scowls. It's all cute.

However, "K" baby was a happy smiley little guy, and his sweet mom asked for a zoo theme, and because I LOVE themed sessions like this, I took her idea, and ran with it. Right to my sister in law. She immediately had so many ideas and we came up with this set up. She made the super awesome animals you see. The best, I'm telling you.

"K" baby zoo session!

Eagle River Maternity Photography | "P" Family Maternity

You guys want to see a picture of the world's bravest mom? I'm going to show you.

I have a favorite spot for photography. Mountain views, water views, skyline views, it has it all. So when I suggested this spot for maternity photos, what didn't occur to me was how COLD it would be. I also provide maternity dresses for my shoots, so when she said she wanted to do this pretty blush pink, I was excited because 1. I love pink and 2. I thought it would add some warmth to the pictures. LOL. It was the beginning of March in Alaska, everything is covered in snow, good one Karen. 

When I dropped her dress off to her before her shoot, I knew she would rock this shoot because this girl is GORGEOUS. 

Anyway, the day arrived, and it happened to be during our cold snap. We get up to where we're going and it's a solid 10 degrees. With a wind. Nooooo! So "P" family arrives and I warn them about the cold, and they still want to continue (see, brave.). So I know regardless, that I have to be FAST about this because who wants to be up a mountain without a coat on for long in that cold? We did manage  to get some chatting in between chattering teeth and I found out that mom and dad are SO EXCITED to be having a boy.

Anyway, we managed to get it done in record time and back off the mountain and into the warm truck with recommendations of warm baths and warm drinks. And only a couple weeks later I got to meet their sweet little man and do newborn photos for them.

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.