You might remember Morgan from the “Baby, You Oughta Be In Pictures” contest from January. She came in second with 516 votes! Well, today I got to meet her and her family and the girls were so well behaved that we spent two solid hours snapping pictures.
First of all, I have to share my absolute FAVORITE image from today – one of my favorites ever actually. This is Morgan. If you can believe it, the only thing I did to this picture is convert it to black and white. I didn’t retouch her eyes at all, they actually are that spectacular. Have a look for yourself….
Morgan turned five months old today (Happy 5 Months btw!) and she was so so good. I could have just taken her home with me! Here are a few more of her in color so you can see those baby blues in all their glory.
Morgan’s older sister Makayla was so much fun! She loved getting dressed up in the tutus that I brought and was a very good little model. Here she is doing her thing for the camera.
Seriously, how cute is she?
Makayla was a big help making her sister giggle and getting her attention – she was even nice enough to take a picture of Morgan and Mommy for me. Here’s Makayla’s shot…
Not too bad eh? It lacks a little bit of focus, but I think you can tell what she was going for. 
Not long after Makayla showed off her camera skills, poor little Morgan was getting pretty sleepy. This is the last picture I took today, all three – Mommy, Makayla and Morgan – snuggled in with Morgan sound asleep!
Thanks for a great session ladies!
Today I got to meet three beautiful little boys and their Mom (their Mom owns Wee Piggies and Paws btw)
We started off inside with the studio, but the weather today was so so so nice that we ended up outdoors. I shot outside for 45 minutes or so in a t-shirt, I couldn’t believe it! We must be in for one heck of a storm sometime soon because Mother Nature has been far too nice to us the past little bit. Anyway, on to the pictures! This is Silas
Studio first…..
He sure loved that blankie! Mommy and the boys had a special name for it but I can’t for the life of me remember what it was. I’m sure it’ll come to me as soon as I finish posting.
Then we headed outdoors….
…. where Silas discovered DIRT! Since he was too small before winter, this was his first experience with grass and dirt.
He made sure he got a good taste of it too! lol
Doesn’t he have the most gorgeous eyes?!
And beautiful LONG eyelashes too!
Last of all is a picture for Daddy. Daddy has a big Kubota tractor (I have to admit I had tractor envy for a minute, I sure love our little Kubota but his was REALLY nice!) and Silas is going right along on what looks to be a John Deere. I’m sure it won’t be much longer and he’ll be wanting to drive Dad’s.
Thanks for a fun session! I hope you like your pictures.
Remember Whitten? He won a free portrait session/print package in the Baby, You Oughta Be In Pictures contest last month and today I got to go meet him. Apparently Whitten is normally a very smiley little man, but today all he seemed to want to show me was his serious side. We tried everything to get him to smile from toys to wet facecloths – at one point I had four people standing behind me trying to coax a smile out of him! Despite the fact that he was quite stingy with the giggles we still managed to get some great pictures. Mom, here are two of the ones that I didn’t show you on the camera today. I hope you like them, the rest will be ready soon!
This first one totally cracks me up! I dare you to look and not smile – I don’t think it’s possible.
And, one with his eyes OPEN and a smile!
Another family session tonight with four kids! It’s looking like big families are coming back in style, I love it!
First of all I want to say that choosing a couple of images to post for this sneak peek was an incredibly difficult task. It was litterally impossible for me to just pick two or three, so I picked a whole bunch! There are just too many to choose from.
I had lots of fun tonight, lots of giggles and smiles… I love sessions like that. I’m gonna jump right in and post some pictures, I’m so excited for you to see these Amy and Chris!
I’ll start off with what may be my new favorite family picture, just look at little L perched up on the back of the chair!
Maternity, Newborn Family and Child Photographer Krystal Pineo
We were lucky enough to have Grammie to be in the pictures as well.
Maternity, Newborn Family and Child Photographer Krystal Pineo
This is I. (I know that sounds like totally terrible grammar but I don’t want to post the kids’ first names because their last name is in the title so I use their first initial instead. I is her first initial.)
Maternity, Newborn Family and Child Photographer Krystal Pineo
Oldest sister E.
Maternity, Newborn Family and Child Photographer Krystal Pineo
Middle sister G.
Maternity, Newborn Family and Child Photographer Krystal Pineo
And here’s L. (L and I are twins) L didn’t want to lay down on her belly for a picture that would match the ones I took of her sisters so we had to be a little creative. If you look very closely, you’ll notice that the fabric under L’s elbows is different that the fabric under her sisters. That’s because L is on top of her Daddy, and that’s Daddy’s shirt! We told her to lie on his back and squish him, and to make it authentic Daddy was nice enough to provide some groaning sounds to get a few giggles!
Maternity, Newborn Family and Child Photographer Krystal Pineo
Here’s E and G, the big sisters (and such good models!)
Maternity, Newborn Family and Child Photographer Krystal Pineo
I couldn’t resist posting this one of I. (bad grammar again, lol) I think she has three headbands on, but the thick purple one is blocking the view of one of them.
Maternity, Newborn Family and Child Photographer Krystal Pineo
Last of all, is a picture of Little Miss Gigglebutt L who obviously thinks her Daddy is the funniest man alive. This is definitely another one of my new favorite images.
Maternity, Newborn Family and Child Photographer Krystal Pineo
So that’s it, I really hope you like your sneak peek Amy, Chris and Grammie. I had a lot of fun with you all tonight and I hope we get a chance to do it again!
Another family session, and two more beautiful children today. Aren’t I lucky that everyone I photograph is so darn cute?
Anyway, I just wanted to post a couple of pictures of K & A from today. Their Mom had everything all planned out, complete with costumes and props. Lobsters, fairies, bumblebees, cheerleaders, ballerinas and teddy bears… oh my! We had a lot of fun today and I learned a few things too! For example, little sisters will cry when you try to “cook” them in a lobster pot (who would have guessed?!), and that Daddy keeps K’s smiles in his pocket! 
This is the first scene Mom planned for the girls. K is the chef, and poor little A is the unlucky lobster! Won’t A just love this picture when she’s 16 years old and bringing her first boyfriend home to meet Mom and Dad?! lol Seriously though, how cute is that lobster costume!
Maternity, Newborn Family and Child Photographer Krystal Pineo
Next up we have sweet little K dressed up in her fairy costume giving me one of her beautiful smiles.
Maternity, Newborn Family and Child Photographer Krystal Pineo
Lastly, here’s little teddy bear A after a quick 20 minute power nap. We were going to try to get a few of her sleeping, but she woke up and was good to go. I think this is one of my new favorite pictures!
Maternity, Newborn Family and Child Photographer Krystal Pineo
So there you go Mom and Dad (and Grammie & Grampie), I hope you liked your sneak peek. I have tons of cute pictures to process and I can’t wait for you to see the rest!
Today was rainy and foggy, and as I drove to meet this family for their supposed to be outdoor session I couldn’t see more than 100ft in front of me on the highway because of the fog. I had to drive with my headlights on at 12:30pm! Luckily, once I got off the highway the fog cleared a bit and although it was rainy we still managed to get outside for some of the shoot. Thanks to the cloudy skies the lighting was absolutely perfect!
This is Cain below, he is one curious little man; always looking around so that he doesn’t miss anything. For the image below, I’m huddled under/inside of a soaking wet bush to get the shot. I think it was worth getting wet, isn’t he just the sweetest thing?!
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I can thank some helpful photographers/university students for the shot below. This Christmas tree was beautiful, but the room was sooo dark. Thankfully, some very nice guys who were waiting for their model to show up for their shoot lent us their studio lights for this shot. I think one of them is even standing behind me so that Cain would look towards the camera.
Maternity, Newborn Family and Child Photographer Krystal Pineo
A couple more really quick before I get back to work processing.
Maternity, Newborn Family and Child Photographer Krystal Pineo
Maternity, Newborn Family and Child Photographer Krystal Pineo
I hope you enjoy your sneak peek Brian and Jodi, I will have your gallery up on my website in a week or so.
I met some of the most amazing people this evening. These four little darlings are some of the best behaved children I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. I have to admit I was a little nervous about a session with four young children, but these guys were easier to photograph than children much much older than they are. Mom and Dad, you’ve done well!
I hope you enjoy your sneak peek, I think this one is the winner for your Christmas Cards!
Maternity, Newborn Family and Child Photographer Krystal Pineo
I had a session with some good friends of mine and my husband’s yesterday, but I think we picked a bad time to schedule it… poor Jaidyn was too tired for pictures. I’m heading back next week to try again so stay tuned for a sneak peek at part two early next week!
- Maternity, Newborn Family and Child Photographer Krystal Pineo
Maternity, Newborn Family and Child Photographer Krystal Pineo
Maternity, Newborn Family and Child Photographer Krystal Pineo
Maternity, Newborn Family and Child Photographer Krystal Pineo
Poor little Sophie’s teeth were bothering her something terrible, all she wanted to do was chew! It was hard to get a shot of her without her hand or her stuffed dinosaur (I think that’s what it was) in her mouth.
Maternity, Newborn Family and Child Photographer Krystal Pineo