Amanda Shea Photography Blog, Seattle Professional Children's Photographer

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!

Happy Mother's Day!!!

Let's begin (the catching up) with a tiny, precious baby girl

I have unintentionally been away from the blog for over a week. The wedding weekend and portrait sessions in Mississippi kept me busier than I had originally thought so I have lots of blog-catching-up to do starting now. : )

I am so happy to share some of the portraits of this precious baby girl. Her brother completed the Beautiful Year in the fall and now she stars (and he co-stars!) in her first session at one day shy of 4 weeks old. I can't tell you how much I looked forward to this session and when the day finally arrived I was in heaven. Not only was the time of day just right for the kids but the family's house has incredible window light, perfect for indoor portraits.

One of my favorites from this session is of one little hand holding an even tinier set of fingers. Big brother M was so sweet to his little sister, something I loved having the opportunity to see. I also loved that we had a special guest for the session: the children's grandmother. She had been at a past session over a year ago so having her come over to be in photos with the new baby was absolutely wonderful.

Thanks to M & S for a fantastic session. You are pros at this now! and are as photogenic as usual. : ) Your slideshow is online and now that you've seen some of my favorites, I can't wait to see some of yours!

Beautiful Year. Beautiful Baby.

I met this beautiful baby girl a little over a week ago and was completely taken by her stunning blue eyes. You'll see below that I had several opportunities to capture them when she looked right at me! The sunlight filtered in beautifully through all the windows of the house and it was wonderful. When photographing newborns inside at home, it's a dream come true to have plenty of sunlight available.

One of my favorite photographs from this series is of baby S's teeny tiny fingers curled up close to her face when she's swaddled in her pink-polka-dotted blanket. Her little hands and feet won't be this small ever again!

This is the first session of this little one's Beautiful Year and I already can't wait for the next one! R & J, thank you for inviting me over for such a fun session with your sweet new baby. I'll email you this week with your slideshow login. : )