Fishers and Cleveland Portrait Photography: Spring Sneak Peeks

I have had a ton of shoots in the last few weeks and therefore have spent several hours in front of my computer editing these adorable faces, smilles, giggles and baby preciousness! So as my clients wait for their viewing session meetings, I wanted to share a few of the images now, because if they are anything like me they are dying to see them!

You see, we just had our family pictures done last week. It is always good to be on the other side of the camera every once in awhile as well as on the other side of the waiting! I now know how my clients feel about having to wait to see their images. My friend and photographer who took pictures for us said she would have the images ready in about a week...but of course I stalked her Facebook page daily until she posted some sneak peeks! I was soo excited to see them and now I am so excited to see the rest!

So, the overall experience has taught me a few things of being a good subject in front of the camera as well as being an excited, but maybe slightly impatient customer waiting to see my images! It reminds me that my customers might be a lot like me and it encourages me to post sneak peeks and get editing done ASAP!

So, to my fabulous clients and their family and friends....ENJOY!

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A day in the life: Watch out world

I was re-inspired today by my friend Lucy and her post about her personal project, you can read about it here.

I had said earlier this year that I was going to make sure to take more pictures of the moments of our life in the Meier Household.

My friend Lucy was doing the same thing, and she mentioned how when she read someones blog post about doing it she shut her computer  that moment and took a whole roll of film of her little girl....I read her post, and immediately went downstairs to capture the excitement that was happening down in my living room.  This is almost a daily occurrence lately, so all the more reason to capture the moment.

Jacob is becoming a master 3 year old (almost 4) at the Wii.  So watch out world! Here comes Jacob on the Wii!  He can beat me in most games.  He takes his winning and losing very seriously.  We are working on being a good loser and congratulating the winner!

Here are some actions shots where you might really be able to feel his emotions!

(PS I was going to take some pictures of Luke as well, as he was napping with his Lightening McQueen shoes securely on his feet, but I being that he is such a light sleeper, I still follow the rule, "Never wake a sleeping baby!")

He gets so excited to play!

He also gets excited to see himself on the screen

I even caught some action on the screen

He was working hard to win the sword fight!

He won this round!

But didn't win this one!

Focusing as he flies his plane around the island

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Akron Newborn Photographer: Adorable Nora

I am catching up on a few blogs.  Soon enough I will be all caught up! 

So, here we have another sweet baby girl....Nora! It was really special for me to do this photoshoot for several reasons.  I have known Gretchen, Nora's mom for years and have had the honor of journeying with her since she was in college.  She has been through a lot over the years and always comes out on top.  It has been beautiful to see how her faith as carried her through and how her trust in God was solid through it all.

Her and her husband Sherman tried for sometime to get pregnant and were elated when they welcomed their baby girl this past fall!  Nora is also a member of my Heartbeat Club, so you will see more of her precious face in months to come!  =)

Here are a few favorites from her Newborn session. 

Learning to pray at a young age

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Indianapolis Newborn Photographer: Sweet Naomi

I love photographing sweet, squishy babies!  I have had a few baby girls to photograph lately and I have been loving it!!  It is no secret that my husband I really want a daughter.  We of course love our boys to pieces and we hope to give them a sister some day.

This is sweet Naomi, daughter of Shannon and Brian.  She was a little fussy at first, being her first professional photoshoot and all.   I was glad to know I had not lost my touch in rocking a baby to sleep, as I swaddled her right up and had her asleep in no time.  Then I could take as many pictures of her as I wanted.

Naomi is an honored member of my Heartbeat Cub which means I will be capturing her precious face for the first year of her life (Newborn, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year) and she will receive a book at the end of all her favorite images. (ok her parents favorite images, but they will be her favorite too when she is old enough to appreciate them).  If you are interested in being a member of my Heartbeat Club, send me an email and let's capture the cuteness of your loved ones!

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A Day in the Life of the Meier Family: Valentine's Day Fun

As a photographer...I have a confession to make!  I forget to take pictures of my own kids! 

Now that is not to say that I don't have hundreds, if not thousands of pictures of my kids.  The days they were born, daily pictures taken for the first year, endless adorable moments caught on our little point and shoot camera or my phone....I could go on and on....but I don't take out the big guns often enough. (read: "big guns" is my professional camera!)

I was recently helping a client put together an album of their family vacation at the beach and it inspired me to really get my family pictures in order. My poor kids are never going to know that photographs of theme exist, because they are all on my computer!  I want tangible albums for them to see and look through, not just scroll through on the computer.  So, it is one of my New Years resolutions to start that process.  (don't ask me how my progress is so far and DON'T remind me that it is almost March!)

All that being said--I do want to make sure I am capturing the daily moments of fun we have as a family. I want to bring out the "big guns" on a more regular basis.  So, hopefully in the future you will see more posts titled: "A day in the Life of the Meier Family."  I purposely did not do any editing on these photos, because I wanted them to feel real and in the moment with just the natural sunlight pouring in from the window.  Enjoy! And don't forget to read the captions! hehe!

ok--so I think my kids are kind of cute, so I wanted to post all of my 24 favorites...but I refrained...so if you want to see the rest....go here to my Facebook page and see more.  While you are there, "like" my page! I would like...no...LOVE it if you did!

Luke wasn't so sure he was ready to make cookies

Jacob was READY!!

A sweet brotherly hug that turned into a.....

Headlock!

he loves to blow kisses!

Did you catch it?

Here's one from both of them!

Time to get down to business

He goes all in!

Jacob was very generous with the sprinkles!!!

Luke was much more delicate with his sprinkle rationing

He left no cookie untasted!

I am a fun mommy! I made them each a cookie with a letter for their name, and I let them play with the sugar afterwards.  Jacob was quite red by the time he was done!

They were yummy and passed the daddy test!

PS: We made gluten free sugar cookies!  Just in case you are inspired, they were super easy! Here is the recipe!

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Indianapolis Engagement Photographer: Abbie & John

Abbie and John won an engagement session with me at a Indy Wedding Ideas Bridal Show.  I liked Abbie instantly upon meeting her.  When I met her fiance, John, on the day of the shoot, I couldn't get over how cute and precious this couple was.  Being a devout Catholic, born and raised in the faith, I noticed the scapular that Abbie was wearing right away and it warmed my heart when I learned that John will be coming into the Church this Easter.  They are a beautiful couple and their love for each other was truly evident!

We had a blast at the Indianapolis Art Museum taking pictures.  We went back into the 100 Acre Woods they have set up in the back and got some really fun shots!  We also took advantage of the Golden Hour of light! 

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