What an amazing day! I hosted a mentoring session back in November (as you can see I’m way behind getting to this blog post!) and it was so much fun! I worked with a group of very fun photographers, and had 3 beautiful babies who were all super cooperative! Doesn’t get any better than that! Here are a bunch of the images from that amazing day.

I will be hosting newborn mentoring sessions in 2012, if you are interested in participating, please email me at info@theportraitplaceweb.com.

Seattle Newborn Photographer Mentoring Workshop

Had so much fun with this mentoring session – two great Canadian photographers (I always have fun listening to their accents….which they then informed me that it is ME not them, who has the accent! Cracks me up!) We had two gorgeous babies to work with that day! I really do love teaching these sessions!

First up is Tristan – he was one of the most handsome little guys I’ve ever laid eyes on! He’s the little man of a girl I graduated high school with – good to see you again Samantha!

Next up was sweet little Mariah – she was such a mellow little thing! Went from pose to pose without so much as a peep! Loved working with her for sure!

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This session was pretty special to me…many of you followed a story on facebook about my best friend who gave birth to a baby girl, Brynna Elizabeth, who sadly passed away 6 days after she was born. This situation was shocking to say the least, and has been horribly painful for so many people, and I am certainly no exception. This was the first newborn session I did after learning about the death of Brynna and I wasn’t sure how I would react to it…would it be a reminder of what was lost? Would I be able to hold it together? I was a little worried about my emotions taking over…

And to my surprise, I found it to be quite therapeutic to hold, cuddle and treasure this precious baby girl. She was beautiful. Healthy. And I found that holding her gave me a small bit of peace during the grief of losing Brynna. I spent extra time just looking at her and being grateful for life. Every baby truly is a gift from God…and this little one is no exception. Thank you so much to mama and grandma for bringing her to see me on that day. It really did give me relief, in those few hours, just being able to be with her…

Gosh, it’s been a really long time since I’ve posted an update. There’s been quite a lot going on behind the scenes in my life – and I’ve been neglecting my poor blog! Here are some shots from September’s mentoring session. It was a great group – like always – and we had 3 gorgeous babies to play with! Here are some of the fun setups we got that day! Seattle newborn photographer

This is the second mentoring session I’ve done and I think I’m in love! Not only do I get to work with multiple newborns all in one day, I’ve been meeting some really great photographers and enjoying teaching what I do. I get asked all the time if I shoot with natural light (which I love to hear – because that’s the look I’m going for!) – but I shoot with strobe lighting. I was forced to teach myself how to properly use studio light to achieve the look I do – as my studio just doesn’t have enough available light.

We had 4  gorgeous models that day – all with great heads of hair! 3 little guys and 1 gorgeous baby girl. Thanks to all the mama’s who took the time to bring in their sweet babies for the day! Take a look at how many set ups we got! And a special thank you to the photographer’s who came along to learn – you girls were a ton of fun to spend the day with and I look forward to seeing your work progress!!

Also, I’ve got two more mentoring session’s coming up that each have one spot left. Each session is limited to 2 photographers. Email me @ info@theportraitplaceweb.com for more information.

Sunday 5/22

Saturday 7/9

UPDATE: All spots have been filled!

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