Holiday Cards

Hi Everyone,

Yes, I know you're still figuring out the last details (or first details?!) for Halloween next week but it's time to start thinking about Holiday cards for December ASAP! I have 6 great new designs* for cards this year! The first 4 are clean, white, and modern while the last two are more traditional, with rich colors. They can all be customized as well. So, pick out your favorite images from our photo shoot this year OR call me to schedule a mini-session in November to have fresh fall photos just in time for the cards. I will post more details about that soon!

Best,
M. Larson

~all the designs shown below have my watermark logo that will not appear on printed cards~
*designs by Limberdog Designs and V Gallery*

"Ornaments Card Design"



"Trees Card Design"




"Presents Card Design"






"Snowflakes Card Design"




"Red and Gold Dots Card Design"







"Blue and Red Dots Card Design"

Maternity in the Setting Sun

I already posted my favorite maternity portrait from Cari's first photo shoot. But, here are some of the most interesting photographs from her second, Old West style maternity session. We had the most gorgeous orange light from the setting sun...

Sneak Peek: Maternity

Cari is a good friend, fellow artist and photographer, and expecting her first baby! We were both so filled with ideas for her maternity portraits that we actually did two photo shoots! This one had a very modern, urban vibe, as you can see. This is my favorite image from this shoot. But, the second shoot was an Old West style shoot in the gorgeous setting sun...stay tuned for a post with photos from that maternity session!

Handsome Boy

I called this little guy my "George Clooney Baby", mostly because of that smoldering look he's giving me in the above photograph! I hope someday soon he'll come back with his older brother for a sibling photo shoot.


There's always a little warming up period where the babies and I get to know each other a bit:




But finally we are able to loosen up and have a lot of fun:

Summer Babies

It seems my summer is destined to be filled with cute babies! But, that's to be expected when you do so many winter maternity portraits.

Isn't this little guy so cute? I brought along my vintage cameras and I think it his outfit was very well suited to the Vintage Childhood look.



He was still a little working on sitting up for long periods of time by himself so dad's hands are just out of the frame here, ready to catch him when he wobbles! Maybe some day I will post some of the hilarious outtakes.

Dennise

Early this summer, I got to work with another great young woman who wanted some portraits to give to her mom. We headed to Ballard on a sunny afternoon for some great youthful, modern, urban shots.

Thanks Dennise, I had a great time! Let's do it again in the winter in hats and mittens and scarves!

My Baby

After showing off so many of your adorable babies on this blog, I thought it was time I showed of my own adorable baby. This is my new kitten, Fergus. I have never had a cat in the studio before but he really took to modeling for me! Enjoy!

Darby and the Vintage Camera

I have been super busy with photo shoots and traveling so forgive me for not posting in a while. I do have lots of posts to catch up on but these were so cute I just couldn't resist posting them right away! I photographed Darby, a typically curious 4 year old, and she seemed to really like my vintage camera!



Could she be a future photographer in the making?



I wish she had actually taken a picture of me from that vantage point. Instead, I got this one (and many more!) of her:



We had a fun shoot, ran around a LOT, and I think she thinks I live in the park with her toy giraffe (a long story!). Here's your sneak peek Mom - more photos are on the way in about a week!

Oh, baby!

Hi Everyone,

I love all the babies and kids that I get to photograph. But, I have to say that this shoot was probably my favorite of the year so far! About a month ago, I photographed Emma in honor of her 6 month "birthday". I chose one of her photographs earlier for my Mother's Day posting but I had to share a few more photographs of this little girl and I am sure you can see why. Look at her beautiful eyes! I have a feeling she will grow up to be as pretty as her mom, one of my first Vintage Motherhood clients.

Best,
M

It's easy to make six month old babies smile:


But she did this praying pose all on her own!

Diana

Diana is about to become a big star on my website; she's going to get her own portfolio to show how much variety can come from one photo shoot. I love working with women by themselves, especially young women. Often, there are those beautiful years between when we last had our portrait done (senior pictures?!) and when we next have our portrait done (wedding) when we don't have any beautiful portraits made. Diana will always remember how she looked in Seattle, in her early twenties, because she'll have these images to cherish.

Soon-to-be Big Brother

Lots of my maternity clients bring an older child to their photo shoot. This little guy, Ian, was definitely in the squirming phase so we had to try and make things fun and interesting for him. We took lots of pictures of Mom, Ian, and the baby-to-be who turns out to be another little boy, Zack!



Thankfully, Grandmom came along for the shoot to keep Ian busy while mom and I took some maternity photos of just her alone. What can I say, I love a pregnant woman in jeans and a sweater!