One year ago, Giselle came in with her brothers for her newborn session in my boutique style portrait studio located in Visalia.  So naturally we included Micah and Dominic for her classic styled first birthday session too.  In truth, she wasn't too thrilled to be near her brothers and wanted to cling to daddy for most of her session.  Micah kept saying she did the same thing at home so it wasn't a surprise.  But that's ok, because Mom really just wanted one nice portrait of the 3 of them together and as you can see I made her wish come true.   

Miss Emriya's personality is truly shining through at her expression session and since Mom's favorite color is pink of course we did everything pink, soft and very girly.  We just love when babies come back for their milestone sessions.  At around 3-4 months babies start holding their heads up nice and strong and start smiling and responding to cues and Mommy's voice and interaction of course.  It's a great time to add in a few with Mom like we did here because babies still love to be held and cuddled at this age. 

Wildflower!  That's what this beautiful mama calls her 2 year old daughter because she is full of life and spirit.  So how appropriate that we should shoot this family's maternity session in the last bit of wildflowers left from the central valley's rains.  We're so grateful for clients who choose us to capture and preserve their special moments in life and can't wait to meet "Wildflower's" baby brother!   

Miss Blair just turned 3 and had a ballerina birthday to celebrate.  When Mom came in for her consultation she explained that she wasn't able to get any really pretty photos of Blair at her party and her wish was to capture some beautiful images at this stage of her life.  Here are a few favorites we captured during her fun session which began with some posing and twirling and ended with some sweet contemplative images as she sat and sang and chatted with her Mom which is just around the corner out of sight.