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Bryant Family

I had the opportunity to photograph some of my favorite people in Macon.  The Bryant + Hodgens + Gramm family have been friends of ours for many years.  The baby, Oak, was born just this past summer.  And less than 48 hours after this session ended, Lauren Summers had her new baby too!  It is always a joy to get to photograph the people you love. 

Gigi Babies

A friend of my wife has a children's clothing store, Gigi Babies.  She needed a few pictures of an outfit she made for our daughter, Abigail.  I don't do any of the shopping for our kids clothing; but, I can say that her stuff looks great on my kids and is very reasonably priced!  Check her out on Facebook or Etsy. 

Its been too long!

This posting is beyond overdue!  My wife has openend her own business (Peek-A-Boo Paintings);   Abigail is now four and has become a preschool social butterfly; we've been trying to sell our house since March; and, we've added another to our family.  I'm now the proud dad of two girls!  Mallory was born this past summer and, as most babies do, has demanded quite a bit of attention.  So, with these minor changes in my life I've allowed myself to fall way behind in updating my webiste and blog.  Fortunately, I've been able to stay comfortably busy shooting and have tons of images to post over the coming weeks.  I've also been busy updating my pricing structure and will post the changes soon.  So, for now here are a few pictures.... 

Mallory at 7 days old.

This shot was a bit of an accident.  Aubrey, my wife, was posing Mallory while I was testing my flash settings.  Turned out to be one of our favorite! 

Yep.  That's a chair in a yard.  Totally normal! 

Abigail was (and is) so excited to be a big sister! 

So - that's it for now.  I'll be updating quite a bit over the coming weeks so check back again soon.

 

 

Spring!

Time is really flying by these days.  Its been way too long since my last post.  I recently upgraded my computer (which is never as easy or smooth as I might hope).  I gained about 8 more inches of screen along with some nice technical computer stuff I won't really go into.  

Anyway, I've been doing a lot of shooting recently.  I spent one morning about a month ago with Katherine and Samuel.  I've been friends with their family for many years and we had a wonderful time playing in the beautiful spring weather.  They brought their Easter baskets along (including eggs loaded with treats) which made for some really cute pictures.  

  
  

Kaylin Grace

Sweet baby Kaylin was just over a week old when I took these pictures.  I spent most of the morning with her and her mom and grandmother.  It took us about an hour to get her to sleep, but once she dozed off she was more than willing to do anything we asked of her.  

By the way, if you know of anywhere to get some cool infant hats, bows, blankets, etc., let me know.  I'm trying to grow my prop collection. 

Amelia & Aiden

I spent about an hour with Amelia and Aiden a few weeks ago.  They are two incredibly sweet twins that really enjoyed being in front of the camera.  Aiden was particularly eager to smile and show off his pearly whites!  The spring weather, flowers, cherry blossoms, dog woods, and Japanese blossoms made for a great backdrop to their session.  Plus, you can never go wrong when you take off your shoes and run through the creek!  On my way to the session I grabbed a few balloons and was lucky enough to pick colors that matched their outfits!  I think we all had a blast that afternoon!

You can view more of their images for the next 90 days by following this link and entering the password "26113"

 

   

Sweet Baby Girl

I spent about 2.5 hours with a sweet newborn (12 days old) yesterday morning at her home in Macon.  She weighs just over 6 pounds and is a complete doll.  It was truly a wonderful session.  I don't normally sneak peek this early, but I couldn't resist sharing one picture from our time together.  I'll post more once I finish processing the images. 

30 Rock

I recently had the chance to rub noses with the rich and famous.  Well, almost.  The adorable 3 month old in these pictures is Mack Bush, the son of Bryn and Eric Bush.  Bryn is cousins with Jack McBrayer, better known as Kenneth Parcell from 30 Rock.  So, although I didn't get to meet Jack, I did see a nice bobble head of him in the Bush's living room.

I had a wonderful time with Mack, Bryn and Eric.  The little guy was very alert throughout the entire session.  We spent about 2 hours in their home late in the afternoon.  The lighting was a little challenging, but I think the final prints looked amazing.  My wife also painted some of the art in Mack's bedroom.  I hope baby Mack will remember me when he is staring on whatever show is #1 for NBC in a few years!



 

Beginnings

After typing about 5 different intro's for this blog, I figured I'd start with a photograph.  After all, this is a blog dedicated to my business Blue Eye Media.  I think I've placed too much pressure on myself to create the perfect beginning.  So. . .after a nice deep breath I took the plunge, dropped in an image, and am off to the races!  

But this first photograph isn't just any old picture.  It is one of those moments that I'll never forget.  It was August 25, 2007, our first night at home with a new baby (yes, she did have that much hair when she was born).  As we were getting her ready for bed (or so we thought), I was taking pictures and capturing the excitement of our new child.  Most of the pictures during those first few days she has her eyes closed.  But, for a brief moment, as my wife gave her a kiss, she looked up and locked eyes with Aubrey.  It was in that moment that I knew "I can do this."  And thanks to Lady Luck. . .I got a picture!  Although we had posed 100's of shots during those first few days, this is by far my favorite.

Since I'm a proud father, here are two other pictures of my daughter.

So there you go.  The first posting for this blog.  I promise everything will not be of my kid (although a good bit of it probably will since I think she's pretty awesome).  I just figured I'd begin with her since I find a lot of my inspiration from her.  My plan from here is to update about 3x's week.  So keep checking back for new content.