I met Mr. W and his wonderful parents at the wedding of his Aunt Heather and new Uncle Arion, last year! You may remember this spotlight on Heather and Arion’s fabulous wedding.

Mr.W is on his 3rd session from his first year of photos, which includes 3,6,9 and 12 month photos shoots.  The session I’m posting today is from the most recent session with Mr. W (9 months), and so far my most favorite.  I’ve said this several times, and I’ll say it again, I love 9 month olds!!!   This age is truly such a fun age. With all the funny faces, and smiles, and innocent expressions all in one!

I started noticing about 1/3 of the way into our session that Mr. W kept making this little hand gesture, like he was holding up the number 1.  His parents told me, this was a new and very common thing for him to do. It was hilarious,you have to watch the slideshow below! I think in about every other shot, he made this gesture.  These are the little things that I love to capture at these precious ages. I can’t wait to see what this little man has in store for me at his one year session.  He is already walking with his little push car (as you can see in some photos on the slideshow) at nine months!!!! So, I have a feeling I will be getting my exercise at our next session, no doubt about that!

I can feel it, summer isn’t far off!
With the time change, its lighter longer. The weather is starting to shape up and we can actually spend time outside.

We can do photo sessions outdoors without jackets, gloves, hats, crying/cold children!!

I cannot wait for spring and summer to get here, we got a nice little taste of that at this session… pure joy!

Sweet Miss Adalyn did not want to be away from her mommy! So we made due and got some great shots with mom only inches away! 6 months is such a fun age to photograph… sitting up but not yet mobile ( a photographers dream! ) and for the most part, they are always cheery and smiley!

Little Benjamin is already three months old! I feel like it was just last week I was taking his newborn portraits! And what a handsome little guy… love his little smirk!

Sweet sweet Gabi… what an adorable little girl!

I must say she is one of my all time favorite babys to shoot. I was in an out of her house in 40minutes… and I got the cutest shots. She was super happy, laughing, cooing, smiling, eye contact! It doesn’t get much better than that… and to top it off, she’s a gorgeous little girl!!

I’ve been photographing little Riley since she was 3 months old and now she’s already two, I can’t believe it! Sometimes the kids I photograph grow up faster than my own kids!  Some of you may recognize these beautiful big brown eyes from a few of my samples, or that smile.  Riley is always such a joy to shoot. I still get my exercise in, don’t get me wrong, but she certainly is one of my favorite little subjects.

Duane was all smiles! Such a fun and spunky little guy… and adorable!
He just turned 18 months old and what a fun age! Its a workout… but fun!

It’s always fun having repeat clients in front of the camera. I got to photograph this little girls’  birth, her newborn portraits and now her three month old shots. Such a happy little girl and a little beauty! I’m looking forward to having her in front of my camera again at 6 months!

And her brother, Zavier, just had to get in front of the camera… so there’s one of him too!

Zavier is too cute for words! His vocabulary is incredible… I was having conversations with him… and he doesn’t turn 2 till next week! I was blown away. He told me “I want to go to the playground.” and “I see an airplane!”.  Very impressive for that age!

And besides his amazing vocabulary… he’s one of the cutest little kids! It took him a while to crack a smile but once he did, he wouldn’t stop!  I cannot wait to get his little sister in front of the camera this Tuesday!

Such beautiful little girls… and you can totally tell they are sisters! They both have such contagious smiles!

They were a joy to photograph… even if they made me work hard for these!

Miss Ava was a joy to photograph… she did everything I asked her to do and with such sass and a cute little smile! I love taking her pictures and look forward to having her in front of  my camera for many years to come! And not just her… but her little brother, Benjamin, too!

Oh so new… and precious!
This little guy was 9 days new and a pure joy to work with!

I am so excited to be blogging on here and so excited to share my work and be part of Trystan Photography!

Like Tryg said, I have been shooting with Trystan Photography for several years now (wow! time sure does fly!) and I am so grateful for all they have taught me. They are so much fun to work with and I feel so blessed to be part of their team!

I am excited to start shooting their children portraits but most excited about shooting the newborn sessions. It’s my true passion of photography. I love everything about it. The “newness”, the curl of a newborn, their tiny fingers and toes, the innocence… I could go on and on.

And just so you all know… I’m no writer. Don’t expect extravagant blog posts with whit and humor like Tryg…  from me, you’ll get short and simple blog posts but always with pictures from recent sessions!

It’s rare when you stumble across a talent so gifted and natural that it inspires you as a photographer.

Photography is hard for most. It’s easier for some. And then there are the few that make it look almost effortless.

Kim Harms has that kind of talent. She takes photos that are so stunning, and yet she is so unassuming about the whole thing, that it kindles a kind of jealousy within me. That’s right. I said it. Jealousy.

Char and I knew we were onto something special years ago when Kim first started assisting for us. She has this incredible eye which coupled with her completely unassuming demeanor makes it very fun and relaxing to shoot with her. She never seems stressed, she never seems bothered, and photography never seems hard for her.

And the best part is there has never been a photo shoot of her’s that we didn’t look through the shots and think at least once: how did she do that?!?

Charlotte and I are her biggest fans. And I couldn’t be more excited or proud to announce that Kim Harms has paid her dues, earned her stripes, and is now a lead portrait photographer with Trystan Photography!

All of Kim’s work is tremendous, but I think she especially shines in her newborn portraits and babies / kids portraits, which she’ll be specializing in for Trystan Photography. I’ve posted some of my favorites from her portfolio of newborn portraits below.

I just have one question: How does she get those babies to sleep like that!?! How!?! I couldn’t do that with my kids, ever.

So if you have an adorable newborn: call us!.. or know someone with a newborn: forward this onto them! You simply don’t see newborn portraits like these everyday!

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And here’s a little slide show of some family photos we did too!

A while back I sorted through my maternity photos to update my website and hadn’t had a chance to post some of my favorites from 2008… so here they are. Enjoy and call soon to schedule your session!

However, we have recently started to realize the scope of our limitations, and we are terrified that our customer service has begun to suffer under the current level of demand. Also, with the pressure of dealing with the tremendous volume of photographs that need to be processed, we’re convinced that the quality of our work will begin to diminish if the current workload continues…

So with that said, we’ve decided that the there has never been a more applicable philosophy than “less is more”, and we have updated our portrait pricing accordingly.

Our goal for Trystan Photography has always been to develop the regions’ most exciting fine art / boutique photography studio with a select client base dedicated to sharing in our grand experiment of capturing the rarest moments of life in as artful and exceptional a presentation as possible.

We’re very excited about our updated price structure for Charlotte’s portraits. To view the new pricing, please visit:

Baby, Children, HS Senior / Adult and Family Protrait Pricing

and

Boudoir, & Maternity/Newborn Pricing