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Archive for November 2013

Bjork twins

Thursday, November 28, 2013

When Lauren found out she was having twins, she emailed us and secured her session months in advance so I knew just from that one gesture alone she and her husband were very excited to be welcoming their babies into this world and really would treasure beautiful images of them.  I was anxiously excited to be photographing her little ones because while I've done many newborns, I had never done TWO newborns together in the same session but with a boosted confidence from my photographer inspiration Kristyn over at Laura Leigh Images I was able to capture some classic individual newborn images of both William & Julia separately while rounding the session out with the two of them together. 
I had an absolutely wonderful time meeting the newest members of your family Lauren and couldn't be happier for you and Mike, congratulations on your beautiful family!
~Laura~
handsome William up first, love this sweet profile
And Miss Julia with the longest lashes on a newborn I've seen yet!

arm around the shoulder, is there anything cuter?!


Ciavarro Family

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

The Ciavarro family was our very first ever family session we did here at ELLA portraits and I remember, a little over a year ago, Ellie & I planning it out and coming up with ideas and figuring it out as we went along and how anxiously nervous and excited we both were to be doing this.  In a years time, we have both grown so much more confident and comfortable in our skills and ability and combined we have shot 11 full family session (not inclusive of all the babies we've captured!) which means meeting up with the Ciavarro's a year later I couldn't WAIT to have some fun with them, knowing the images I would be capturing for them would be even better than last year's.
Additionally, I have to give a shout out to Kelly, she has been one of, if not, the biggest supporter of Ellie & I, recommending us to her friends and purchasing numerous gift certificates for baby shower gifts, helping us to continue to grow our client base.  Thank you so much Kelly, we are so grateful for your support and friendship!!
Alright, now onto the images, I have so many favorites it was really hard to pick so enjoy a handful of my favs!!
~Laura~

When this was one of my 1st images I knew we were going to have a blast!





and gorgeous M&D to round out the session!

3 month old Mason

Monday, November 25, 2013

Mason's mom was given an ELLA portraits gift certificate at her shower and we were able to coordinate a session when Mason was just a bit older at 3 months to capture some images of him.  He was a sweet little man who loved following my camera and smiling at his Mom throughout the entire session!  We were also able to capture some family images on the front steps of their home.  There is something sweet about doing at home sessions and being able to photograph families in their normal environment because if and when they move from this home they will always be able to look back at these photos and show Mason his first home where they were a new family together.
~Laura~

See what did I tell you?!  Big smiles!!




Raabe Family

Sunday, November 24, 2013

After just writing the title for this post, "Raabe Family" I realized how exciting it was to be able to do that because my friend & ELLA portraits partner Ellie now has a family!!  The last time you saw Ellie & Aaron on the blog was here, capturing beautiful images of the baby bump and celebrating/waiting for their baby to arrive.  Ellie & Aaron chose to wait to know the gender (a recent trend I've seen a lot of!) until the baby arrived and they were blessed with a gorgeous baby girl, Evelyn.  Since Ellie & Aaron moved to Baltimore, my husband and I went to visit to check out their home and to finally meet baby Evelyn and can I tell you, what a happy, beautiful, sweet little girl she is already.  Ok, Ok, I might be a bit biased but seriously, she is!  I of course brought my camera to capture some family images for them and have been so excited to share some with you.  
Congratulations Ellie & Aaron, your daughter is simply beautiful, I can't wait to see the amazing person she will grow to become.

~Laura~



Aaron is a huge Baltimore Orioles fan so we had to get one of the fam at Camden Yards
"I'm sooo over this Mom & Dad"