Family Portraits – The Clarks

Posted in b.marie.photography, Family Portraits by bmariephoto

Normally I don’t get to see my Little Ones package clients again after their newborn portraits until they are 3 or 6 months old, but we moved up Addie’s shoot a month so that we could get some good family portraits of these three, and it was fun to get to see them again so quickly!

We met in the middle at Discovery Green, and despite the gorgeous weather & busy park, we were able to get some great shots of just these three that felt like we were the only ones there! Addie just keeps getting cuter & cuter – I can’t wait to do the next few shoots in her series!

Amanda, Steve & Addie – y’all are a great looking family!

Told you – cuter & cuter!

Love this one!

Amanda, you’re beautiful!! And you’re just a natural when it comes to being a mommy!

Y’all know I love getting photos of just the parents during family shoots… it’s so so so important to remember that you’re a couple & that’s how all of this started, and that it’s important to come back to that even in the midst of parenting chaos!

Those little smiles from Addie just killed me!!

Melt.

This is definitely a favorite too!

LOVE the one on the right!!

Amanda, Steve & Addie – thank you so much for making the drive into downtown & for trusting me to photograph Addie as she grows in her first year of life! I hope you have a wonderful Christmas, and I’ll see you next year!

To see Addie’s other portraits, click below:

Newborn – Addie

14Oct2016

Becoming a Photographer – Thank You Pt. 1

Posted in Personal by bmariephoto

This past Sunday was Gratitude Sunday at church & I am so thankful for the reminder to not only be grateful, but to then express that gratitude.

There are so many things in life – big & small – for which I should be thankful. And many things I am thankful for, but I am not always the best at taking the time to really say it. Life gets busy, business gets busy, my mind gets busy. And then before you know it, I haven’t said anything. Haven’t written the thank you note.

But I realized that in reality, it shouldn’t ever be too late to say thank you. Sure, it may be a little awkward based on social customs/accepted timelines, but the thought is still pure & worth sharing.

So over the next few weeks I want to take some time to publicly thank some people who have been instrumental in creating or encouraging a huge part of who I am – a photographer.

To Mrs. Kerbow,

I didn’t know that when I signed up for Journalism at Kingwood High School that it would end up changing my life’s direction. You saw something in me in those first few class days, and your encouragement to say that you wanted me in Yearbook on your staff instead of in that beginner class planted a seed. Making Yearbook so much fun & allowing me to step out with a camera opened me up to photography in more than a snapshot sense.

The year-end award for best photography in HS yearbook isn’t exactly critical acclaim or a resounding accolade. But it made me realize that photography was something I was good at. I could be a photographer. And that helped spur my decision to go into the College of Mass Communications as I began my career at Texas Tech. And when I had to make the choice of a major, it gave me confidence to choose Photocommunications.

Thank you for creating the base for one of my life’s passions. Thank you for building the foundation of my skill. And thank you for the gift of beginning to believe in myself as a photographer.

It just feels right that I’m now a photographer in Kingwood. Right where you helped me start.

Thank you.

11Oct2016

Dear Pumpkin – 11 months

Posted in b.marie.photography, Dear Pumpkin, Personal by bmariephoto

Sweet girl,
You are 11 months old, and I can’t believe it! You’re already growing up too fast for my liking, but I am so thankful to get to watch it happen.

You are walking around like crazy, and like to try to run away when someone comes after you on your way to something you’re not supposed to have. You give a little scream & pick up the pace with a huge grin on your face!

You have four teeth now, with the cutest little gap in between the top two. You’ve been such a trooper with those teeth moving in!!

You’re a curious little thing and love to sit inside a small plastic bin to play. You’re starting to make animal noises when asked, and right now you make a monkey noise & a tiger – which usually comes out as a whispered roar. So cute!!! (And a welcome change of pitch/volume from the screaming you still do allllll the time!) You’ve also started to give real hugs and it just melts me. Especially when you reach over to hug your sister. After all the love, hugs & kisses Peanut has given you (sometimes a little too much), it makes my heart swell to watch you start hugging her too.

You like to be on the move, so photos are getting to be more and more of a workout for me!

You had been doing really well with using the baby hand language sign for “more” until recently – then you made the switch back to just screaming. I’m praying the little hand sign makes its return soon!

You like to point at things, and are starting to be able to point out people when we ask you where they are. You love to dance, and like to play outside. You love to eat avocados & sliced chicken (deli meat style). You also love to drag around blankets, towels, fabric – anything like that. And Little One, you walking around with a blanket trailing behind you makes me think of Linus from the Peanuts cartoon, and I can only hope you have a faith like his!

Your Oma had to help me wrangle you during this shoot (you can see her hand on the bottom right), and my goodness, Little One, you sure do love her! (And so do I!)

I just love this one…. the little wisp of hair behind your ear & your little hands on that poor sticker that never had a chance. For some reason this just seems so fitting for this stage you’re in, sweet girl.

(Bows & headbands also don’t stand a chance these days…. but that doesn’t mean I’m not going to try for photos!)

Pumpkin, you challenge me everyday, and while sometimes it leaves me tired, it also leaves me so so so thankful. Feeling you wrap your arms around my neck reminds me that the struggles are worth it, and that I want to do everything I can to be the very best mama for you.

I love you to the moon & back, sweet girl!!

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