Baby Aiden - Raleigh Cary Apex Newborn Infant Photographer

This morning 9 day old Aiden & family came in for photos. At just over 6lbs he was precious. Being so small and young normally guarantees a comatose baby for most of the session. However Mama said Aiden had slept yesterday away and today he let us all know he had other things besides sleeping to take care of. Lets just say he holds the newborn record for getting messy!
I wanted to post these soon for Mom & Dad because they probably feel like we spent more time cleaning up then taking photos.
Fortunately throughout it all, even with very little sleeping going on, we were able to capture some super sweet photos of Aiden. Oh and plenty of good laughs too.
Hope he sleeps like a bear tonight for you Mom & Dad !

love how he is curled up here...


Hello World, he has such big beautiful eyes...



In one of my lessons on this blog I mentioned trying to capture catchlights in your subjects eye. When I was going through the photos this one in particular stood out. I love the big catchlights and how his eye seems to shine in this photo. You can also tell a lot about the location of the photo from catchlights. This photo was taken in my studio. You can see I have windows to the left of the room and windows to the right & behind him. Also shown is the main source of light I was using my softbox. Sometimes the photographer is even present in the catchlights. Here you can see half of me taking the photo in the edge of the softbox.

Waverly - Durham Newborn Photography

I had the chance to spend a few hours with the beautiful Williams family yesterday at their home in Durham. Little Waverly was absolutely perfect, perfect size, perfect skin, perfect little baby rolls, ....she was even the perfect host, she didn't want to fall asleep on me! Eventually she tired out and we rolled through the rest of the session. Mom and Dad were complete naturals with their first baby so sweet to watch them cuddling with her. One happy family. Thanks for having me over.

Summer 2011 Fresh Faces Contest - Raleigh Child Photographer

The details & rules...
Contest Start Date: June 9, 2011
Contest Deadline: Friday July 1, 2011 at 11:59 pm EST

Categories:
Itty Bitty (newborn-3mths)
Bebes (3mths - one year)
Tots (13mths - 2 years)
Kiddos (3-5 years)
Canines (0-125 dog years)
The Prizes:
Each category will have a first place winner (most votes) and in addition there will be one Creative Clicks favorite chosen out of the 5 categories for a total of 6 winners!
Each winner will receive:
One hour portrait session at one location selected by Creative Clicks
Seven day online ordering gallery with 15 edited images
$100 print credit to use towards a la carte prints
Prize valued at $225.00

How to Enter:
1. Become a fan of Creative Clicks Photography (http://www.facebook.com/MyCreativeClicks)
2. Send email to christa@mycreativeclicks.com, attach a picture of your child or dog. One subject per image. (no images taken by professional photographers please! )
3. Subject line to read: Fresh Faces Contest
4. Body of Email: Your name, child/dog's name & category entering
5. Invite your family and friends to LIKE Creative Clicks Photography (http://www.facebook.com/MyCreativeClicks)
5. Have your family & friends comment/vote under your picture once its posted on the Creative Clicks Photography Facebook page . They must comment for the vote to count, not just like photo (one vote per person). Only comments from fans of Creative Clicks will count towards vote totals.

Contest is open from June 9 - July 1. There will be a winner in each category determined by votes/comments and also one chosen as a Creative Clicks favorite!

* Winners will be notified by email no later than July 15, 2011
* Winners must reside in the Raleigh/Durham North Carolina area
* No cash value, non-transferrable. No purchase necessary to win.
* Sessions must be scheduled and completed by September 30, 2011

Jonah's 5th Birthday Party - Raleigh Children Photographer

Jonah celebrated his 5th birthday with a gymnastics party at Kenney's Gym in Raleigh. The birthday boy was all smiles throughout the whole afternoon. Over twenty kids came to party & get crazy with him. Balance beams, foam pits, obstacle courses...there was lots of young energy released. Hope you had an extra special day Jonah!

My big babies - Raleigh Newborn Portraits

My Weimaraners are definitely my most photographed subjects. I'm still haven't figured out how William Wegman got them to do so many crazy things, but they are sweet just laying around, what they do best.

Baby Olivia - Cary Newborn Photographer

Another itty bitty one came over yesterday just 10 days young. She has a reputation for being a champion sleeper though my studio must have excited her because she was eyes wide open for the first hour and a half. Once we settled her she did well, and of course as they all do she finished the session by getting mom and grandma dirty : )
Thank you Olivia's Grandma for taking this photo of me working with her. Its always nice to share behind the scene photos on my blog.