Amanda Shea Photography Blog, Seattle Professional Children's Photographer

Amanda, why aren't you blogging?

Because I've been (and continue to be) proooooooofing and editiiiiiiiiiing!!!  Here are some of the beautiful children whose slideshows have gone up in the past week.  They'll all have individual blog posts eventually, but right now my main goal is to send every family the initial gallery login!  Enjoy these beautiful, sweet faces:

and here's one of the same guy with a great big laughing smile!

As I'm Proofing...

I'm working on the final set of photographs for this session and I have to stop and post this image.  This is right after the indoor photos, with the little girl's dad putting her socks on to go outside.  So sweet and such beautiful eyes on this child...

After the Beautiful Year, the documenting continues!

After completing this family's Beautiful Year in the spring (remember these?), I was hoping to be able to photograph them on my fall Seattle trip ~ and hooray, here they are!  I can't compliment this family enough:  They are always so sweet, the kids are wonderfully fun at their sessions and the boys have the most loving big sister who takes time to read them stories.  In fact, capturing one of these storytime moments turned into one of my very favorite images from this fall.

Also, we've had all four sesions at home and each time I leave, all three kids prop themselves on the back of the couch and wave goodbye as I head down the driveway.  It is just the sweetest sight...Thanks so much, Jason and Cara, for inviting me into your home to photograph your beautiful family.

I love that they invited the nanny in for one of the family portraits ~ so thoughtful and a great memory for everyone.

Beautiful Year, Beautiful Birthday Girl

Happy first birthday to this precious little girl!  This is her final session in the Beautiful Year series and what a beautiful year it's been.  I met her when she was just a tiny two week old and then saw her again at four, eight and twelve months old.  It's been amazing to capture her various milestones at each session...and I do think having your first birthday cupcake is a pretty big milestone (see below). : )

Thanks so much, Moraiya and Chris, for inviting me into your home to create lasting memories for your family.  I look forward to working with you on your wall galleries!

Oh, and yes, this is the same little girl currently in the top photo of the blog.

Right place. Right time.

After my bright sunny election day morning session, dark clouds rolled in that afternoon.  I was driving down Capitol Hill heading uptown to my favorite editing spot, Zoka, and here's what I saw happening in Bellevue.  I love Seattle skies ~ what a treat!

Fall Leaves...Everywhere

I was in heaven at this photo session!  We had beautiful afternoon light and an incredible amount of leaves on the ground...not to mention two of the most photogenic girls.  You may recognize them from this post in the spring:  Beautiful Sisters.  Take a peek and look at how much they've grown since then!

This is the third session in their Beautiful Year series and what a wonderful year it's been.  Thank you to Tiffany and Jim for asking me to be their photographer...I have loved every second.

Ah, Photography...

Here's a quick post just for fun...I took this recently on a gorgeous day at the Washington Arboretum.  I love the bright colors of all the leaves blanketing the ground, the expression on A's face, and how at first you see one little girl, then two people a little further back, and then three runners in the background.  Enjoy!

Just in time...

The other evening, I was headed to meet two of my favorite photographer friends, Kate McElwee and Alyssa Evans, near Green Lake.  Approaching the lake, I noticed the incredible sunset, immediately pulled the car over, and grabbed my point-and-shoot camera just in time to catch the last orange-purple glow of light.  Enjoy!

 

Fall at Green Lake

You may remember this precious guy from one of my first blog posts: at 3 weeks. Look at him now at 7 months!  We had a wonderful fall session with lots of colorful leaves and smiles.  He has a full head of bright blonde hair, the ability to sit on his own, and a contagious smile.  He's still tiny and I loved emphasizing this by photographing him on one of the Green Lake docks.   Next year, he'll probably be walking on it by himself (with parents close by, of course!).

Thanks for a wonderful session, N & T.  I look forward to delivering your final portraits ~ especially the wall gallery!