Custom Designed Heirloom Portrait Albums | Los Angeles Photographer

Heirloom portrait albums are my favorite way to showcase and archive images from the portrait sessions that I photograph.  Though all clients do order digital images, most also choose to showcase their photographs in an heirloom album.  These albums are truly the best way to archive the milestone that was documented by the portrait session.  Years from now, when your children are grown, they probably will not load the disc of digital images into the computer and gather together to look through their baby photos.  However, I can definitely envision them taking this gorgeous leather album off the bookshelf and turning the pages to enjoy the images and hearing stories about when they were young. Each album is custom designed to display all 30 of the images from the session in a simple, yet artistic way with clean lines and large images.  No two portrait sessions are alike, so each album design is unique.  The pages are archival photographic prints, hand mounted into the leather album.  The pages are firm, so they won't get bend and get damaged, but they also are designed to lay flat across the entire two page spread.  The cover is made of luxurious, soft, black leather with beautiful texture.  Each album includes all 30 images displayed throughout 20 pages or 10 two-page design spreads.  They are available in an 8x8 inch format or 10x10 inch format.  These hand-crafted, custom-designed albums are one-of-a-kind and truly a family heirloom to cherish and pass down to the next generation as a part of your family history.

The images below are from a recent newborn portrait session, but images from any portrait session can be displayed in these heirloom albums.  Some clients have even featured select images from both their maternity session and newborn session in one album.  I plan to create an album for my son each year to document his childhood.  Consider how you plan to document your baby or child, so you can remember how precious they are at each stage as they grow.

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Welcome Little One | Sherman Oaks Newborn Portrait Photographer

I absolutely love each and every image from this lifestyle newborn session!  It made it so hard for me to pick just a few favorites to share on the blog.  "Miss Z" and her parents were a delight to meet and photograph.  Isn't she so beautiful and delicate?  Their bedroom was the perfect backdrop for their session with huge windows creating the most gorgeous lighting.  I even joked with them that I wanted to hold all of my future newborn sessions at their house. :-) From my experience with my son, I realize that babies are only this tiny and new for the first couple of weeks of their lives.  As such, it is truly a privilege and joy to be able to document their pure sweetness during these fleeting moments.  I strive to not only create stunning, timeless images but also to capture genuine moments for the families that I photograph.  I'm honored that I was able to document the remarkable love that this family shares.

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Introducing Baby E | Pasadena Newborn Photographer

I always enjoy meeting and photographing friends of previous clients.  A word-of-mouth referral from a trusted friend is truly the greatest compliment to me and how my business has grown over the years.  I met this wonderful family through another Pasadena family that I photographed several years ago - and both have been such a pleasure to work with. Photographing beautiful baby "E" was a dream since she was so sweet and sleepy.  Doesn't she have the prettiest little face?!  She joins her older brother who was adorable and full of energy and smiles; though I'm partial to blond little boys since my own little guy is a blondie.  We got so many great images it was hard to narrow it down, but these are just a few of my favorites from our time together.  Congratulations on your newest addition - she is so lucky to have such loving and devoted parents!

 

Gorgeous Custom-Designed Leather Heirloom Albums

Custom-designed leather heirloom albums are a timeless, artistic way to showcase a portrait session.  These portrait albums are hand-crafted and some of the highest quality available.  They can be included in the family archives alongside other special items like a wedding album.  Albums can be designed for once-in-lifetime milestones, like the arrival of a new baby, or to chronicle the growth of a family.  It's such a fun idea to plan a family portrait session at the same time each year to show how your family has grown and changed and then showcase the images in a heirloom album for the family archives.  I love these albums so much that I am planning to create an album per year for my family. This featured album is eight inches by eight inches with a genuine leather cover.  I custom design each album to showcase the best images from the portrait session.  I like to keep the design timeless, simple, and elegant, which is achieved by featuring only one to four images per spread.  This design includes 20 pages and approximately 30 images.

Consider what ways are you chronicling your family's growth.  Once your children are grown I'm certain that they will thoroughly enjoy your efforts - as well as laughing with their siblings about the "awkward stages" they went through while growing up!

Welcome Beautiful Little One | Los Angeles Newborn Photographer

I love documenting maternity and newborn sessions.  I feel so lucky to get a glimpse of the excitement and anticipation of the parents-to-be while they are waiting for the arrival of their new baby.  The wonder and awe is very real and yet indescribable.  But the best part is when they proudly introduce me to their bundle once they arrive.  A new level of awe and wonder abounds.  I could not have been more excited to share in this awe and wonder with my brother and sister-in-law. I had the priveledge of photographing my brother and sister-in-law a few months ago while they were still expecting.   I also had the honor of documenting their sweet little Olivia once she arrived.  She is perfect in every way, I love her like my own, and she was so precious that I could have cuddled her all day long.  Sean and Melissa are already amazingly loving, devoted, and giving parents and she is so blessed to have them.  I'm so excited for our kiddos to grow up together being friends like us.  Without further ado, here are several favorites from when she was just five days new.

Melissa is already an incredible mother and you can tell that this little one is so content to simply be in her mama's arms.

I love this new-dad-look-of-awe that my brother has while gazing at his beautiful daughter.

You melt my heart, little one.

Being this cute is pretty exhausting work, as you can see. ;-)