Special for Our Amazing Clients! {Austin Family Photographer}

One of my favorite things about Miles of Smiles Photography is getting to watch my clients' families grow year after year, and serving them throughout that process.  I love getting to capture their cuteness on camera and who they are at that very moment.  It is such a compliment and honor to have repeat clients, and I hope you all know how much I love working with your families!

I am running a special just for my previous paying clients.  This is a great thing to book for family pictures for holiday cards!  Fall will be here before we know it, and boy does the calendar fill quickly for fall.

The details: 

• Limited spots available.
• Sessions must take place before 9/15/13.  
• Payment is due by check or credit card within 24 hours to reserve your spot.  
• For children or families up to 6 people.  Not available for newborn sessions, as those take more time.  
• Once you purchase this special, it is best to contact me about scheduling your session about 60-days in advance.  (We can always move the date if needed, but at least you're in my calendar.)  
• Sessions take place in a beautiful setting 10 minutes south of downtown Austin.  
• Package is $515 + tax.  (Valued at over $800)  See info. below for other details.  

Engagement Session: Blaire & Vince {Austin Wedding Photographer}

Okay, folks... if there is one thing I have learned about myself through my photography, it is that I *love* love.

I love telling the story of that love.  Whether it be new parents' love for their precious newborn baby... or a big brother's love toward his little sister in family portraits... or the love a couple feels toward each other.  I just adore the story that lives tell.  And I'm so darn lucky to get to document it through my camera and lens!

This session was amazing.  We got to enjoy several awesome areas in the beautiful city we live in (Austin, Texas)... such a treat!  We hit up the east side, the creek running through downtown, and the beautiful Capitol.  And I just LOVE the color, the smiles, and the sweetness that these two have toward each other.  Their story is so cute... stay tuned for that - coming soon.  It's always interesting how God leads two people together.

For now, here is a little sneak peek into our morning together.  These two are truly meant for each other.

If you know of people getting engaged, let them know I'm running a special!  Have them contact me for details.  And be sure they let me know you referred them, as you'll get a referral reward!

Father's Day Surprise! {Austin Family Photographer}

The mama of this little man crafted a plan to schedule a secret session to surprise her husband for Father's Day.  Such a creative and personalized gift she gave to this little guy's daddy!

When I first met L, he was just 9 days old.  (Click here for his newborn session.  Well, I guess the first time I really met him would have been during the maternity shoot that we did a few months before that.)  :)

I love how these turned out, and isn't he just pint-sized perfection?!  He was my little buddy during the session, and I enjoyed working with his mama to create a special surprise for his daddy on Father's Day.

Enjoy a sneak peek from our morning together.

Wildflower Beauty {Austin Family Photographer}

A few weeks back, I enjoyed doing some wildflower mini-sessions before these amazing wildflowers dried up.  I went to a college whose colors were cardinal and gold, so perhaps that is one reason that these flowers just own my little photographer heart.

The grandma of this little darling purchased the mini-session for this family as a gift.  What a sweet, thoughtful, and lasting gift that was for them!

Here is a sneak peek into the C family's mini-session.

Sweet Natalia was about to turn one, so I brought out the "ONE" letters.  I love her expression in the first image below!  

Sweet Cake... Sweet Little Lucy {Austin Family Photographer}

OH how I love cake smash sessions!  Each one is as unique and sweet as the baby itself.

There is something so special about a baby turning one... about celebrating all that has happened (and been survived) during baby's first year.  Something so unique in capturing first birthday portraits, and then getting out the cake and finishing up with a little bubble bath.

I first met little Lucy when she was just a few days old.  What a beautiful newborn she was to work with, and what a doll she is today at 1 year old.

Here she is when she was just a tiny little sprout.  I wanted to incorporate the same flower crown that I made for her newborn session into her one year session.  Love it!  (Click here for the rest of the newborn  session.)

And here she is today...

I made this sweet little fabric banner and headband just for Lucy's cake smash, and I love how the turquoise (my favorite!) looks with her sweet hair and eyes.

And here is the adorable (and free) 12x12 mounted wall collage she got as part of my Cake Smash Special.

To Lucy's Family: It has been so fun watching your family grow over the last few years. I am honored to be your family's photographer.  Enjoy the cuteness of your baby girls!

Newborn Before & After {Austin Newborn Photographer}

Every now and then, I like to show a before and after from a session.

As professional photographers, we work very hard to master lighting scenarios, get babies nice and sleepy (that can be much harder than it looks sometimes), pose them with the utmost safety, and keep them comfortable during the session.

Here are a few  "Before and Afters" for you.

Besides the 2-3 hour newborn portrait session itself, photographers put hours of love, detail, and art into our client images.  I like to go in and clean up an image, skin tones, etc. - but not so much that the baby doesn't look "real."  I think real is exactly how they should look... because that is exactly what newborns are.  Real little miracles. 

I love being able to document such sweet and short-lived tiny-ness for my clients to enjoy on their walls while their babies grow.  I know that I look at my baby girl's  newborn portraits in her nursery daily and I just melt at how tiny she was.

Please note: Babies are born perfectly... just as they should be.  Edits are just an enhancement to clean the image up a bit.

Enjoy sweet Paige's beauty. Click on image to enlarge.

1 is fun!

One has never looked so fun!  (Or so chubby cheeked.  Or so blue eyed.)

The Ly. Family {Austin Family Photographer}

These four were up bright and early for family picture day.  It was a blast working with them!  Check out the adorable L Family...

The Lo. Mother & Son Duo {Austin Family Photographer}

I love getting to work with such wonderful families through my photography.  This mother/son duo was part of my mini-session weekend with about 20 families from ARC-South OB offices.  This guy thought that our start time of 9:30am was a bit too early on a Saturday morning, but he did great.

And afterwards, his mom emailed me and said that as they were driving away after our session, he said that I made the session really fun.  And really fast.  :)  I'm glad that I get to show people that family picture day can be fun!

Enjoy a sneak peek into our morning.

The Bs {Austin Family Photographer}

I enjoyed doing a session with the Bs.  It was such a pretty morning that day!  Enjoy a sneak peek into our session.

The Le. Family - A Dad and His Girls {Austin Family Photographer}

In May, I enjoyed doing about 20 mini-sessions for families that work at Austin Regional Clinic - South OB, where I will be hanging much of my work later in the early fall.  I can't wait to have my images up there, as I have so enjoyed outfitting other OB/GYN offices and exam rooms around Austin with my work in the past.

This dad sure does love his girls.  And they were so sweet to work with from start to finish!  Enjoy a sneak peek into our morning.

A Gal and Her Pup {Austin Family Photographer}

I have always been an animal lover.  I suppose having a father who was a veterinarian didn't hurt that.  I used to raise my own pigs, rabbits, and sheep, and we also had horses (I was queen of the saddle club one year!), dogs, cats, ducks, and a lot of other random animals throughout the year.  I was quite the 4-H gal back in the day.

One of the drawbacks of living in a city is that you just don't have room to roam.  And I really miss that sometimes.  That is why it's such a treat to get to go back to Iowa every year and just roam around the farm.  It is liberating for me, but especially for my little ones.  There are tractor (or sled) rides, horse rides, lots of time getting dirty digging for veggies in the garden, and so much more fun.  Can't wait to get back there this fall!

Here is a fun mini-session I did with a gal and her pup.  Such a sweet duo.

The L Family {Austin Family Photographer}

I love getting to work with so many wonderful families through my photography work.

I grew up in a town of 1,200 in the Midwest, so Austin is huge to me.  But I really feel like my neighborhood here in big ol' Austin is like my "little town in a big city."  Familiar faces, familiar places, and so many sweet families and kiddos all around. 

The L Family first heard about me when I was doing pictures of Santa and the kiddos in my neighborhood (click here for some of that cuteness).  It was so fun working with them for one of my Wildflower Mini-Sessions this spring!

What a sweet family they were, and these kiddos were so much fun to work with!  They really made me excited for my own kiddos to be these ages.  That will be them in just 2 years.  Wow. 

Enjoy a sneak peek into our evening session together!

 

We even got to dance in the rain a bit at the very end.  :)  

Last Chance for May Specials (Digital Images from 2011/2012 & CDC Individual Pics + Cake Smash Special)

Wow... and just like that we are almost to June!

There are 3 specials that are coming to a close at the end of this month.

1) Cake Smash Special: 4 free digital images PLUS a free wall collage!
Click here for details on how you can double the sweetness and double the value!

2) HALF off sale on digital files from the individual portraits I did at the Child Development Center in Fall 2012.  (See details below.)

3) BIG sale on digital files from any 2011 or 2012 portrait session!  We will be deleting most of them from our hard drives next month, so if there were some that you wanted, now is the time.  (See details below.)

SALE ON CDC INDIVIDUAL PORTAITS - Details: 

HALF off digital sale - Details: Sale ends May 31st  Must purchase a minimum of 2 digital images Includes images on CD and a print release so you may print images any way you wish.  Digital images 1/2 off:   2 images for $75 + tax $37.50 + tax per image after that Payment is available by check or credit card over the phone.  If interested, email me with the following info by May 31:   Your name and phone number (in case I have questions) Your child's name (first and last)  Brief description of your child and what he/she was wearing in pictures (ex: blonde, blue eyes, white dress)  What images you would like (If you don't remember, I can post a 12-hour gallery to view and make selections) How you would like to pay (check or credit card by phone)

SALE ON 2011/2012 IMAGES FROM PORTRAIT SESSIONS - Details:  

We are clearing space on our external hard drives and June 1st, we will be removing images from 2011 and 2012 sessions.  Because of that, we are offering a huge sale through May 31st on digital images from2011 and 2012 sessions! Digital Sale Details for 2011/2012 Sessions:  Sale ends May 31st   Images are 30% off regular digital prices!  Must purchase a minimum of 5 digital images.    Includes images on CD and a print release so you may print images. Payment is available by credit card over the phone - or - by check if you are able to drop it off within 3 days of placing order.  If interested, please email me ASAP (by May 31st) with the following and I will email you with details.  (ex: how many images you have to choose from, pricing info, etc.) Your name and phone number How many images you think you are interested in (ex: 5, 10, all images)      milesofsmilesphotography@yahoo.com

NEW! Artful Word Products

Oh how I am just loving this new product that I am offering my clients!

Pick your favorite pose and then choose a beautiful saying, select the perfect size for your print or canvas gallery wrap (my fave!), and wallah... you have a beautiful memory to enjoy forever.

Here are just a few of our options.  Colors are customizable.  Contact us for pricing info.

Sweet Newborn Landon {Austin Newborn Photographer}

I am way behind on blogging all of this newborn session's adorable-ness.  I just love photographing newborns.  Not only because they are adorable, squishy, and teeny tiny... but also because their new parents are absolutely, positively, completely in love with them.  And I often forget (because the newborn love endorphins are so high that first two weeks) that my newborn parents haven't had much sleep in the last week or two of their lives.  They always look so good on picture day!

Landon's mama contacted me after he was born, and I'm so glad I had a spot on my calendar because this family was an absolute gem to work with.  Landon's daddy absolutely adores his mommy, and they both completely adored little Landon.  What a sweet gift his little life is, and I know his parents are just loving their new role as "Mom" and "Dad."

And I also know they are loving their prints, canvas gallery wraps and adorable double stack frame... my favorite products! (We customized the double stack frame to match the colors of the image they chose for it.)

Enjoy a look into the cuteness of our morning together.  And Landon officially takes the cake as my biggest newborn... he was over 9.5 pounds at birth!  So by the time we did his session at two and a half weeks of age, he was probably a ten pounder.  Love it!

P.S. - That smile below was his first "official" smile, and we caught it on camera!

I love how he looked right up at his parents when they kissed.  Precious!

The M Family {Austin Family Photographer}

I met The M Family because both D & J are Doctors at the OB/Gyn offices that I will soon be outfitting with canvas displays of my portrait work. 

First of all, can I just say how amazing their color choices were?!  I just love how they coordinated, but weren't too matchy-matchy.  This mama did a great job choosing outfits!  In the consultation, I give my clients some "What to Wear" tips, but she knocked it out of the park!  (This session will definitely be added to that "What to Wear" info. I give future clients.)

And second of all, it was just so obvious how much this little family of four loves one another.  I think we captured that just as they are on camera.  I even brought two of my superheroes along because their mama mentioned they loved superheroes in their client paperwork.  What sweet smiles these two little guys have!  To celebrate them doing so well in our session, their parents let them roll down the hill AND they got to wear their superhero costumes the rest of the day!  

I love how these turned out, and I hope the M Family is enjoying these images on their walls at home.   I definitely see some canvases in the OB office from this session happening in the future.  :)  

The B Family... Take III {Austin Family Photographer}

One of the best parts of being the photographer behind the lens of Miles of Smiles Photography is meeting and working with such wonderful families and watching their families grow.  And being able to document that on camera for them to have forever... that is priceless and something I just adore.

I first met The B Family when we did R's maternity session last fall.

And then I got to work with them when baby Paige arrived.  Can you believe her amazing head of hair?!  I seriously had to style it with every headband change.  Her newborn session is one of my favorites to date.  And oh does her brother just adore her.  (Click here for all that cuteness!)

And now I enjoyed working with them about six months later.  Aren't they just perfect together?

I love their clothing choice as well.  You know me... peacocks are my favorite color combination ever.