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!

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 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!