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.
Eagle River Child Photography | "P" Cake Smash
It's February already! We've made it through the longest month of the year, and I'm fairly sure instead of only being a month, January was at least 3 months this year. We got so much snow, which for sure helps with the gloominess. The other thing that helps is the parade of kiddos that come through my studio, for sure brightening my day every time!
I love cake smashes, they are so much fun to watch happen. I know that we see pictures all over the internet of kiddos absolutely digging into their cake, making a huge mess, but I can tell you that that is the exception, and not the rule. Most kids are pretty timid about it, so it definitely takes some convincing, and even some just putting cake in their mouth, to let them know its ok, it tastes good! This little man started out timid, but once we were able to get a good bite of cake in his mouth, he loved it! He still was a little timid about getting his hands dirty, but his mom wasn't, so we managed to feed him some bites and we still had fun.
Speaking of his cake, his mom made it. I'm always so impressed when parents bring homemade cakes in because I tried to make a smash cake for my daughter's first birthday and it was definitely a Pinterest fail. How cute is this cake though? So much more skill than I have.
Maybe I need to practice making cakes, that actually sounds pretty fun. I can be my own taste tester!
Anyway, baby "P" cake smash!
Look at those eyes! So gorgeous!
Anchorage and Eagle River Children Photographer | Valentine's Day Mini Sessions!
So, I have so many ideas for these sessions, I might not even be able to fit it all in. But my approach to children's photography is to mostly just play and let them be themselves while trying to get some good pictures, so I feel like having multiple setups will be a good thing!
We'll have balloons, flowers, red (washable!) paint, mini canvases for said paint to go on, hearts, and LOVE! (The painting is completely optional. I totally understand that putting your child in their nice clothes and then giving them RED paint is not going to be appealing to everyone.)
Sessions will be January 21st from 10am until 3pm. Spots will be 30 minutes and include 5 digital images. Spots are going quickly, contact me to book your spots quickly!
