these sisters are so sweet and such a joy to photograph. 
their mother is a child photographer as well, so they are used to having their pictures snapped a billion times a day. i can see how any photographer would be immediately enamored with them!
when i met this little lady i couldn’t help but exclaim what i’m sure every other person that sees her thinks: ’she looks like a baby doll!’. she is absolutely beautiful, and her equally beautiful parents obviously adore her to bits! we had a long session, i really pushed her to her little one-year-old limits (which can be pretty limiting sometimes) and she responded with the sweetness and perfection of… a baby doll. even when it was pretty obvious that she was tired and we were past nap time, she kept giving my camera the most precious little pouts that i finally had to force myself to put the lens cap back on and zip my camera away. a delayed nap was definitely worth it!
my nephew! he calls me “aunt backup” which i love. he is one of those kids that are 110% boy. he runs, he plays with cars and trains, and we make up games where we have to run from crocodiles and dolphins (dolphins, you ask?? apparently some 2 year olds find them threatening). i’ve been promising his mom and dad that i’d do a portrait session with him and we finally got around to it last month. it was a very hot day up in western md when my brother and i took him out and about down some country roads, but the heat and humidity had no effect on ryan’s enthusiasm. it did take an entire package of smarties- bribery, but the portraits are well worth it! after all, a sugar rush only lasts an hour or two, while pictures are forever 
wonderful is the only word i can use to describe the results of this session.
what began as a rocky start with questionable weather ended up being a completely perfect portrait session. this little guy was so easy to work with, a photographer’s dream! it could have been the awesomeness of the location we were at, patterson farms, a local pick-your-own farm with fresh market that is north of charlotte. but i think i was the adorableness of this three year old boy and his beautiful mother. he loved the animals there, and they seemed to love him too. he was such a joy to work with and even helped me pick out veggies to take home.
if you haven’t been to the charlotte smarty pants blog, i suggest you surf on over and enjoy this smorgasbord of parenting info. you will find everything from the best of local activities to musings about motherhood to product reviews. i had the pleasure of working with these amazing moms and their (very patient) husbands and children. we perused noda for some great urban-scape family shots. although time was limited with each group, we got some great images and i can’t wait to see them in action on their blog!
a sneak peek for my blog readers…
on my way to this session i realized that i had lost my lucky bracelet that i have always had on my wrist at every photo session or wedding in the past 3 years. being a slightly superstitious person, it made me very nervous and i wondered if i was going to be cursed with bad photo mojo. as soon as this family pulled up, i completely forgot about my lost bracelet and proceeded to have one of my best sessions EVER, no bracelet necessary!
i love non-conservative families, being kind of a hippie chick myself. it melts me to see a beautiful baby girl against her daddy’s tattooed arm. this family just oozed happiness and love for one another… i think the french call it joie de vivre! they were such a delight.
her mommy found this amazing vintage radio flier scooter at a flea market and her daddy did the amazing line art! lucky girl!
seriously, i don’t think i’ve ever seen a baby that was *this* happy to be in front of the camera! she was amazing… anytime the camera lens pointed at her, she was overcome by the hugest smile ever.
So much has been going on. I’ve been so busy I truly feel like I can’t catch my breath. I have been swamped with holiday portraits, and Willow just turned two, and a little trip to MD was thrown into the mix. I haven’t updated images here in a while, and I do promise to but it might not be for a while. There is this ever-growing list on my desk of things to do.
Becca Bond is a children's photographer based in Charlotte, NC. She specializes in newborn, baby, child, maternity, and family portrait photography. Her style is casual and interactive, and her goal is to keep today alive through the art of photographs.
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What is sweeter than seeing new siblings getting to know each other? These are so sweet.