Shan Cunningham Photography

11.19.2009

Kristen Family Photos {{Twins}}

Kristen contacted me a few months ago through the SMMC to do some photos of her little twins. They were five months old then and so precious. Since the shoot Kristen has been spreading my name like wild fire and I am incredibly grateful! She contacted me again to do some more photos of her little kiddos, which was my pleasure to do!
First of all, how gorgeous is Kristen and how sweet are her babies? Such a lucky lady!
Kristen, thanks so much for spreading my name! It means the world! Enjoy your photos!

This is Kristen's little guy J and he has many many faces! He had us all laughing at the photo shoot! But when I uploaded the photos onto my computer I could not BELIEVE how many we captured, PERFECTLY!

Annddd... we're done.

11.18.2009

Newborn and Family Session {{Brittany}}

Meet P! She is the lucky little sister of little Miss E! She is so lucky to have such a helpful big sister to take care of her! Brittany called me a few weeks ago to schedule a session with her newborn and her growing family. Both of her little girls did great and P barely even let out a peep the whole time!
I love the transition of the black and white newborn photos into the bright and colorful family photos!
Enjoy!

11.17.2009

Meredith Sneak Peek + Photo Advice

I am going to use Meredith's Photo Shoot as a great example of a photo session for kids ages 2-5. Meredith had the idea of doing the photos at her home. She has a great back yard with a lot of shade and is somewhere her boys are very familiar with. I know that everyone doesn't have a back yard (we don't) so if you have a place that you know your kids love I would choose there for your photos.

The boys were comfortable in their surroundings and it took them about 5 seconds to warm up to the idea of a lady running after them with a big camera.

Meredith knew that the boys were not going to pause to give me cheesy smiles so I just followed them around as they played and I took photos of them. At times we would get them to do a little posing and Meredith would holler and scream and swing their fun baseball bat over my head! I didn't care at all as I felt it swinging over my head, because they were giving me huge smiles!

As your photographer I am ready and willing to do anything to make your kids happy and smile, and I encourage you to come with the same attitude. Do not worry if your kids are having a hard time or crying, I promise, I have seen it all! I am a mom myself. PLUS I wouldn't choose this profession if I did not love it. I promise you, I love what I do!

All that to say, I want to encourage those who are worried about a shoot or have questions to peek through these photos and to be encouraged. Thanks for letting me use you and your boys as an example Meredith! Enjoy the photos! They are adorable!
P.S. I love this photo of you!

I love the progression of these photos! I love how he is getting in his stance, stops to give me a smile, and hits the ball out of the park!!! Great Job!!!