Baby Kozolchyk {Love Kids: Charley}

So my last post was about the Kozolchyk family a few months ago and if you remember Deta was pregnant with her second child, this time a girl. Well Charley was born and I got the pleasure to take new born pictures of her. I never really got into newborn pictures because newborns make me very nervous. I know that sounds silly considering I am the mother to a 3 year old, who YES was once a newborn. But even then I was really scared. They are just so fragile. I don't mind holding them but I get scared when it comes to arranging them for photos. I have a few friends that are photographers though and they take amazing pictures of newborns and make it look so easy so I thought I would give it a try. Although I was still scared, It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be :))) Charley was so precious and tiny. Deta was a lovely help though. The shoot took place at her home inside and in teh backyard. The sun was going down so we got some lovely lighting in the backyard.

As Deta was feeding Charley before we got started I saw this seat she used at her computer and I noticed the vines and leaves covering her back wall outside with pretty flowers surrounding, I thought it would be perfect for our first shots. When Charley was ready we got her nakie and started out shoot. She did amazing!!! She actually posed for a while before she even let out a peep. She was a tad antsy, as I would be if I were her, so she was moving around a little but we managed to capture some good outside pictures of her. The one above was actually the very first picture I shot of her outside. It was perfect.

 As it started to get colder outside, we decided to move the shoot indoors so she could stay warm. As Deta was changing her outfit I managed to snap a cute picture of her laying on her blanket which actually ended up being used as her announcement picture! Her adorable little face just made me smile.

When I first got to the house I noticed this huge Teddy Bear that I thought would make for a good photo companion. I was determined to use him at least once during the shoot. We got a little setup in front of the window but Charley wasn't feeling laying with the stuffed animals. Again, can't blame her right? But crying babies are still so cute so I still love the picture!!! This is the first time I got to take pictures of the baby before she was born and then again after she entered the world so this was a ncie moment for me. Thank you Deta for letting me have the opportunity to work with you again and shoot your new edition, Charley. I will always remember this photoshoot!

xoxo

Kozolchyk Family {Love Family: Calabasas Lake}

I hadn't taken family portraits in a while so I was excited when I had a free photoshoot give-away on my facebook page and Deta won and wanted family pictures. The ironic part was that I had not had pictures of me and my boyfriend and our son since my son was three months old and my dad was in town and he is pretty handy with a camera so we found a spot in Calabasas at the community lake that was perfect for my family pictures and Christmas Card. I immediately text Deta and changed our origina location to here. So I had my faimly portraits taken and then a few hours later went back to take pictures of Deta's family.


Deta was a friend of some friends I had met while in a mom's group a few years ago. When I had mentioned the free give away on my fb page, a friend of ours had immediately mentioned Deta should get it. The give away was going to the first response to the status. Our friend immediately told Deta and  she was the first to officially comment showing interest. What was cool was that I guess she was just telling someone she wanted family pictures but couldn't afford to get them done, so I felt very good being able to get these done for her free of charge. She was pregnant too so I got to do a mini maternity shoot while we were at it too. A two in one for both of us. The pictures were also right before the holidays too so she got to use one for a holiday card. This was so meant to be. I love when friend refer new people to me. No better way to build clientel. Thank you Deta and Family for being a part of the Love Always family. xoxo