Innocently Wild

There aren’t very many things better than being able to capture a baby’s innocence in a portrait. Their sweet angelic faces staring into the camera, while they wear a perfect suit or dress, and an expression so fleeting that only the click of the camera can hang on to it, but what happens after that precious, sometimes miraculous, moment is gone? That’s where the real fun begins and brings the inspiration for our new line of kid’s photography!

We all love the formal portraits that instantly make Grandma and Grandpa melt at first glance! The only thing that brings the same warm and fuzzy feeling you get from that angelic face is capturing the same child wide-eyed, smiling and laughing in a portrait unlike any other! Let’s just think of it as how they are every other moment of the day. We knew two great kids who were perfect for helping us prove this crazy theory of ours, Lance and Caylee.


We started Lance’s session like any other. There was a pint-sized suit and tie that made little Lance look like a little man in the making. His sweet grins and “quiet-time” faces were perfect for the portrait, which will become a family heirloom as years go by. Then we decide it was time to ditch the suit, grab a golf inspired getup and let Lance show us what he was really made of! There was a lot of mooing, Lance’s favorite animal noise, loud laughs, and big smiles. We even caught us the fastest side-ways crawl I’ve ever witnessed! It was a blast!

Caylee’s session started the opposite of Lance’s, but we knew we had the right kid when request for jumping and silly dancing on the sofa was met with a referral from Mom on her daughter’s expertise in that particular area. Sassy and silly seemed to be right up Caylee’s alley! We finished our session with formal portraits of Caylee looking like Mommy’s little angel and Daddy’s little girl.

Both portraits serve the same purpose, and it is capturing moments that matter in their childhood before they get away. It’s easy for anyone to see the beauty in the child’s portrait hanging over the fireplace, but it’s the love that comes from being a family that truly makes it possible recognize the moment a giggle becomes a belly laugh.