I’m a maternity, newborn, baby, child and high school senior photographer located in Kansas City and this is where I post peeks each week from the latest sessions as well as updates on scheduling, special promotions and more. You’re also invited to check out my full website at www.kamibradyphotography.com. Beneath each post here, after the very last image, is a Comments section where you can leave a comment or question. I love hearing from you!
Now booking 2012 maternity/newborn/child/senior/family sessions:
As I hold out a specific number of newborn sessions each month to ensure I offer everyone my very best time and attention, it’s never too soon to get on the books for 2012. If you’re an expectant mother, schedule your session prior to the baby’s birth to ensure we hold time slots around your baby’s due date for a newborn session within the first 5-10 days of life.
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Good things come in small packages – Overland Park, KS, newborn portraits
She was a whopping 4.5 pounds at our session having been born four weeks early and it was hard not to keep thinking that she should have been inside mom’s belly instead of outside snoozing away as we molded her into various sleepy newborn poses. I had the good fortune of having my photographer friend, Terra Herring, on hand to assist and I can definitely see why so many newborn photographers shoot in pairs. Having shot gazillions of newborn sessions alone, I can say without a doubt, it’s so much easier when you’re not doing all the posing, soothing and camera wrangling alone. Thank you, Terra!
This sweet little peanut was a rockstar and, so far as newborn portraits go, her session was as smooth as they come. Dad was even training for a natural bodybuilding competition and his hard work in the gym made for a series of shots that I immediately fell in love with.
And, as if right on cue, at the very end of our session, baby girl lit up with a huge smile you don’t typically see with awake newborns at just a week old. I’m going on record as saying she gets my humor and just found me really funny. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it, people.
Here are many, many of my favorites from Miss Lydia’s newborn session:
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Footloose and “Francie” free – baby photographer Kansas City
Francie Jude is no longer that swaddled newborn hanging on a clothesline.
But, at six months, she’s every bit as beautiful as the day we shot her newborn session. And with those bright eyes and great expressions, she’s even more charming.
…. and just like that, the VCU cinderella team took the sails right out from beneath every KU fan watching yesterday’s NCAA tournament game.
Oh wait. That’s a different story. One that I would love to turn back the clock on and create a different outcome. Not even bootcamp class in the falling snow late yesterday (yes, we’re that hardcore around here … LOL) could take my mind off the sick feeling in the pit of my stomach over that game.
This little story, however, has a much happier ending – thankfully, that toothy grin also brought joy to my broken Jayhawk heart. Something I believe his mom and I share today.
This story is the second installment of “Sam I Am” … you might remember him from his newborn session. And now he’s a happy, on-the-go, six-month-old with the sweetest little disposition. These are some of my favorites shot natural light in and around their home:
Just a few more days to take advantage of my Spring special on Facebook – check it out in the profile picture on my fanpage.
Each of these amazing young women has been waiting patiently for their spotlight on the blog (and this could be a long one, so you may want to grab a cup of coffee, kick back and relax). I love high school senior sessions – especially the girls – because they are such a big contrast to the newborn/baby/child photography that I mainly do. I adore the colors, textures and outfit possibilities as well as the challenge of ensuring their personalities and interests come shining through each image. And most importantly, I love being able to give them a reflection of themselves that perhaps they don’t always see (remember what it was like being a high school student trying to stand out while fitting in?) I’ve saved each and every email and happy gram after the session as a reminder that the experience of the session, the planning, the excitement is just as important as delivering artful, beautiful images, too.
Here are some of my favorites from three Class of 2011 seniors I shot this past fall (there are more to come as well!):
FYI, there is absolutely no reason the next images are smaller in width other than a flub on my part when resizing in Photoshop, but if I have to re-prepare these for the blog and Facebook, they may never get posted, so I’m running with the smaller sizes on this one. (I told you I left my brain in a frozen rum drink on the beach!)
Happy browsing!
Kami
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Somewhere in the Virgin Islands ….
lies my brain and overall “giddy up.” I’d be a big fat liar if I said coming back from nearly three weeks of vacation (one of those spent at the fabulous Imaging USA conference in San Antonio) was easy after running nearly into the ground before Christmas. Given the amount of sleep I’ve gotten over the past month, which – added up – I’m certain, would total more sleep than I’ve gotten in the past five years with a newborn and a new business, I also had an interesting (sad, perhaps?) realization: I’ve started dreaming again at night. Real, adventuresome dreams. The kind that only happen when you get far enough into a deep sleep state. The kind that you wake up and actually remember having. So, the net, net from all of this was a valuable reminder to keep things in check for 2011 while continuing to grow this business. I am ever grateful for my clients and “being busy”, but as any business owner can attest, if you don’t watch it, it can quickly consume your every waking – and sleeping – moment.
I am currently back at work and digging myself out of the Caribbean haze that had weekdays rolling into weekends without a care in the world of what exact day it was (or what time, actually). And I’m truly excited about the things I learned at Imaging USA, the new products I saw and a host of new session ideas rolling around my head. There’s also a new blog+site (yes, a blog and website all in one) and shopping cart system in the works. And that backlog of fall/winter sessions I haven’t blogged (keep reading down to see some!).
But first, a few images that just make me smile (and I know Grandma Gail will, too). We left this in January:
For 16 glorious days of this:
And, while it would be terrific to have stayed longer, I have to admit, it was great coming home to our own house and our own routine. Even if home had 12 inches of snow.
Speaking of routine … I’ve prepared several posts to get the blog going again. First up, Miss Adi Morgan with her shiny new teeth who had just begun sitting up like the true little diva she is:
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