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!

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.

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.

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!

The Collection Album

I adore this album and created a collage to show people what it looks like before they see it at their ordering appointment. It has also been helpful for grandparents who want to purchase the collection of 5x7's but aren't sure what the album and presentation box look like as they live out-of-town and aren't able to meet with me in person.  

Click on the photo below for a larger version so you can see the details and can read the album mini-description. Enjoy!

Another year, Another favorite series

I photographed this little girl this time last year and it was one of my favorite sessions of the summer.  She and her wonderful parents have done it again for me this year. : )

At two years old, little N ran and ran for much of the session, really keeping me on my toes!  I love the energy she has and the 6th photo down shows how she was leading the way for the portraits...always staying one step ahead, even while holding her teddy bear. 

We started the photo session at home in the kitchen where we started last year.  I adore the light that comes in through the windows there and it was so wonderful to see the series of wall portraits hanging there from last year.  As much as N had changed in the past year, her sweet expressions remain the same.  Thank you, K, W & N for such a wonderful session.  I hope you enjoy this preview and then your slideshow!

Bright-eyed and beautiful...

This sweet little girl had her second Beautiful Year session recently and I was in awe of her incredible bright blue eyes.  They caught the sunlight beautifully and look amazing in both color and black&white photographs.  It was wonderful to see how much she had changed since her newborn session last fall.  The weather had changed quite a bit, too, as it was snowing on the day of her first session!  This time we were greeted by sunshine.

The Washington Arboretum once again proved to be a great location for a session.  This particular afternoon, we made our way down Azalea Way, finding shady spots under the trees and bright patches of flowers along the sides of the path.  With the great weather, many people were out for walks at the park, with quite a number of them stopping when they saw adorable K, the star of the photo session. : )

Thank you to K and T for K's second Beautiful Year session.  I'll be in touch soon with your gallery login info!

Cherry Blossom Baby: Family Portraits at the UW Campus

I met these parents and their beyond adorable little girl at the University of Washington campus for their family portrait session among the cherry blossoms.  I could not get over how pink the ground was (see the first photo) and to make things even more wonderful, baby S showed up in a matching pink sweater!

Mom and Dad's ease in front of the camera paired with their ear-to-ear grinning baby made for some wonderful close-up shots of the three of them together...laughing, cuddling, smiling, etc.  I could have photographed them all day long.  As you can tell from the photos, this photogenic trio was lots of fun, chose a perfect spot for their session, and the mom and dad couldn't be more in love with their daughter....something so precious to capture in photographs.

Thank you to M & M for a beautiful session with S...and to Ashley for referring this family to me.  I'll contact you soon with your slideshow login!