Moorpark Newborn Photographer – Baby Huntington & His Big Brother Hayden

Posted on April 23, 2013

These brothers are just GORGEOUS! Big brother Hayden was such a good boy and is such a good big brother. While on the bed he was trying to tuck Huntington in, he was giving Eskimo kisses and he was measuring their feet. It was too sweet. Huntington wasn’t too keen on the idea of sleep. Mom and Dad wanted to go for the super cute posed shots with knit hats and even a hammock (which I had never done before) but Huntington had other plans. He wanted mom. He wanted milk. He wanted to be awake. I LOVE when I get the opportunity to get shots with their eyes open, so I was thrilled. In the end, we made the posed shots work. As much as I love the posed shots, I have decided to take them all off my website. With three kids of my own, I just don’t have the time or patience to spend so much time in Photoshop making the posed images perfect. And because I am not a perfectionist, I don’t feel like forced posed shots are really my area of strength, anyway. I am a lifestyle photographer. I prefer to document life as it is because those are the images that I feel are more meaningful in the end. I am SUPER happy that I was chosen for this shoot because not only was this family awesome, the shoot really allowed me to dive into the posed images one last time to see if it is something I want to continue doing. It was a fun and challenging experience. I have had another newborn session since this one and again, did some posed images with props and all. It was hard to walk away from the challenge, so I couldn’t help myself. If the baby is sleeping, or awake and content, then why not, right? As long as it isn’t forced, I will go for it. As long as the baby is in a natural pose and happy. Newborn sessions are my favorite and I hope that I can continue to keep it at least 90% lifestyle and 10% posed. At the bottom of the post, you will see a short movie that I put together from the shoot. At each newborn shoot and all baby’s first year shoots, I am doing a bit of live footage as part of the photo package.

Huntington 5 Days Old from Angie Wheeler on Vimeo.

Category: Family, lifestyle, Newborns, Portrait Tagged: conejo valley family photographer, conejo valley newborn photographer, home, lifestyle, Moorpark documentary family photographer, Moorpark natural light family photographer, Moorpark natural light lifestyle photographer, Moorpark natural light newborn photographer, Moorpark natural light photographer, Moorpark Newborn photographer, moorpark photographer, newborn, newborn photography

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Camarillo Family Photographer – 9 month old Grace

Posted on February 28, 2013

Oh boy this post isn’t short because I loved this session and I love this baby so much. Little Grace has my heart. She is so sweet and ADORABLE! She is funny too. She amazes me. She is so little and standing and walking with a walker and she is also so bright. She would probably call me out on that run on sentence that I just typed. HAHA! No, really though, she is incredibly bright. I am so excited for her upcoming one year shoot AND birthday party. I really lucked out with being this family’s photographer. They are awesome.

So, for this shoot, we decided to document some of the things that define Grace at 9 months old and also we decided to have her experience her first visit to the park. It was a bit chilly out but she was a trooper. She was so serious when we put her in the swing. Then her face started turning red and she sandwiched her thumb between her fingers. She wasn’t so sure. But after a few swings she was enjoying it. But, there was more to explore and she did some exploring. A first trip down the slide, some leaf handling, and some good old fashion grass pulling were on her agenda.

I really love to document a baby’s first year. I’m pretty sure it’s my favorite. But, it’s not only because I love babies so much, it’s because I get to witness the parents loving their babies so much. Parenthood is such an amazing gift and I feel like the luckiest person in the world that I am one. I also feel so lucky to be able to re-live the early days, the feeling of being a new parent through my clients. I really miss the early days and it is so refreshing to be reminded of what it was like.

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Camarillo Family Photographer – Baby G is 6 Months Old!

Posted on January 3, 2013

This is my second time photographing this adorable family. You can see the first shoot here. I really had a hard time narrowing down for this post. Baby G is so adorable and was the sweetest thing for me all over again. She is such a happy baby and even though we picked a time of day that was less than ideal for her, she still shined. I am obsessed with her beautiful hair and those eyes. I assure you, I did not photoshop those eyes. They are AMAZING! I can’t wait to do her 9 month shoot this month (yes I am behind on blogging). Also, this backyard is a photographer’s dream. I feel so lucky to have clients that can offer new spaces for me to photograph in.

Category: Family, lifestyle, Pets, Portrait Tagged: Camarillo baby photographer, Camarillo family photographer, Camarillo photographer, conejo valley family photographer, conejo valley story telling photographer, home, outdoors, photography

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Camarillo Newborn Photographer / 8 Weeks Old Going On 5 Months

Posted on August 14, 2012

A couple of months ago, I had the pleasure of doing a family/new baby shoot for this new family. Never in my career have I gotten emotional while editing photos, until now. These new parents are so enamored by their little girl that it just melted my heart and filled me with all sorts of happiness. This baby girl is AMAZING! So advanced that at 8 weeks, she was trying to stand when we tried the baby in the basket shot. It was hilarious. She also rolled over for the first time while there. It startled her and she cried which was sad, but it was also so impressive. I LOVE newborn shoots and although baby girl didn’t want to sleep for us to try the posed shots (because she was not quite a newborn anymore) she was smiling and happy. You can get smiles out of a newborn while having a happy dream, but genuine smiles are an older baby thing and I encourage new parents out there to understand that if they miss the 2 to 4 week old window for “newborn” pictures, it’s OK. There is so much precious baby that should still be photographed at 8 weeks, 10, 12, etc. See for yourself! 🙂

Category: Documentary, Family, Newborns Tagged: Documentary family photography, family photography, family photojournalist, family session, home, motherhood, newborn photojournalism, photojournalistic newborn photographer, photojournalistic newborn photography, story telling family photography

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Why Not Have Your Photo Session At Home?

Posted on May 10, 2012

I have always loved at home sessions, but I don’t get many of them. Most people want the traditional photo session, and that is fine. But, I just want to showcase some images that I took of my children in a forced environment verses at home. This comparison was not something I had planned to do intentionally. It was just me feeling a sudden burst of motivation one day to take my kids out (on a beautiful day) and get some nice pictures of them. The session ended up feeling forced. I don’t like staging or directing because the result of that creates images that are unnatural, but I found myself doing those very things. Yes, they are my kids, but after an hour of shooting , we left with me feeling very frustrated and defeated. I like to document people’s adventures big and small and as much as I tried to do that with my kids and their stink bug finds, it just wasn’t happening. The kids were all over the place. The first 3 images are examples of the best shots I got of the 3 of them in a forced shoot. The most natural shots that I could get in 1 hour. I do ADORE these images because it is of my kids being goofballs at their very best, but it’s also just them preforming for the camera.

The next day I was in house cleaning and laundry mode while the kids did whatever it was they were doing. I was not paying attention or even interested because I was in a mode and on a mission. At one point while Blake was napping, the house was quiet and somehow that pulled me out of my mode a bit. That is when I saw Amelie and Eloise playing nicely together. They squabble A LOT, and this was a long stint of playing nice. I forced myself to put the laundry basket down and get my camera. I took pictures for about 5-10 minutes and they had no idea that I was even taking pictures. They were so interested in playing, that I was just not a distraction for them. These images are real. These images captures the things that I want to look back on and remember and I am sure the girls will want to as well.

Not only is an at home session going to allow you and your family to feel comfortable, but it will also hold so many more memories than an hour session at a beach or a park. Your home changes over time and just having memories of your family in your home, whether it’s your first home, or the home with the ugly kitchen that you are saving up for remodel, or the home with toy ridden floors, whatever it is, it’s worth preserving. I have lots of fond memories of my siblings and I taking sleeping bags and sliding down the stairs or in laundry baskets or just sliding down the banister. Luckily, the banister has stayed the same, but if only I could have some pictures from those fun times, with the ugly carpet and linoleum, I would be over the moon.

An at home session can create lasting story telling images and you should definitely consider it when you book your next session.

MY 3 GOOFBALLS!