Category Archives: Carter

Three | Virginia Child Photography

Tomorrow my sweet baby boy turns 3 years old. I know it gets said time and time again but this year has flown by. I’d also be lying if I said it was that the “terrible 2’s” were easy, they definitely were not. Despite the challenges this year posed, I feel like he’s emerged a neat little person that speaks in full sentences, has a wild imagination, loves the color yellow, is still quite the Mama’s boy and adores all things to do with trucks.

I’m not going to lie, I definitely got weepy putting together this year’s slideshow. I’m not sure if it’s because I’m massively pregnant or that this was his last year as an only child but it was so bittersweet.

Happy Birthday to my beautiful boy!!

Click here for a look back!

Carter’s 2 Year Slideshow |     Carter’s First Year Slideshow

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A Day in Our Life | Virginia Child Photographer

Last week my good photographer friend Jayme challenged me and a group of other photographers to capture more everyday moments in our lives. As a photographer having a camera in my hand feels like work so when I get home from work I want to do anything but take photos of my own child. I’m pretty good about taking him out every month or so for “sessions” but as far as capturing our daily lives I’m not so great so this challenge came at the perfect time considering our family of 3 will be a family of 4 in just a few short months.

Today was just the perfect day, no sessions planned, no big plans and beautiful weather. I snapped my trusty 24-70 2.8L on my 5DMKII and carried it with me all day to capture the moments. These are really just snapshots, I did not fully edit them but just processed them through ACR (Adobe Camera Raw) and converted them to JPGs. Having this challenge forced me to get creative to make even our boring snapshots more art-worthy and I highly recommend that all of you take the time to do the same with your kids!

First we had breakfast…

And then played and lounged a bit.

And then did some bed jumping in his new big boy bed.

Then we hit up the splash pad, it was a perfect 78 degrees with blue skies!

And of course no trip is complete without some iced coffee (for me) and chocolate milk (for him) at Starbucks!

After our whole house napped we headed out to the park to play ball with Sumo.

And then spend the rest of the afternoon vegging out, making dinner and cuddling.

What an awesome lazy Sunday. :-)

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Happy Father’s Day | Virginia Baby Photographer

I can’t believe our beach trip is almost over, we head back home tomorrow morning. Tonight we celebrated Father’s Day and our 7 year Wedding Anniversary at our favorite restaurant on the island and afterwards I was determined to get a few more beach shots before we leave.  Since it was close to bedtime, a lollipop was the ONLY thing that allowed me to get these photos without a meltdown so I’ll take what I can get!

Does this scene look familiar? These are the steps coming down from our dune deck to the beach in front of our house. If I wasn’t so pregnant and it wasn’t so hot out I’d venture to another location but again, I’ll take what I can get. Photographing your own child is really hard and frustrating.

But capturing these moments is SO worth it!

This boy loves his Gaga (what he calls Dada).

Happy Father’s Day Gaga!

My sweet little boy, it has been one of the best vacations we’ve ever been on because he brings so much fun and happiness to our lives. :-)

Happy Father’s Day to my Dad, my Baby Dada and all the other amazing Dad’s out there!

We will be back to regular blogging with client sneak peeks come Tuesday. :-)

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Steamy Day at the Beach | Outer Banks Beach Photographer

***  Just a quick note that I will be out of the office through June 22nd. I have my laptop down here with me but am probably not going to be as quick to respond to emails since we are on vacation. ***?

Hoo boy, today was one of those days where you had to be either IN the pool or ocean it was so hot. I’m sure being pregnant doesn’t help but we enjoyed our day regardless. Carter was really into the water and ocean last summer but for some reason this year he’s a little more timid. I am hoping by the end of vacation he’s back to playing in the waves but we’ll see, he’s a hardheaded little guy for sure!

I went out to get some shots of Carter tonight because he was wearing a cute outfit and as soon as I stepped outside my camera lens fogged up completely and I had a hard time keeping it clear. A lot of these photos are pretty hazy but I’m just going to go with light, airy & beachy instead because it sounds better. ;-)

Which way to the beach?

Ahhh, love the beach. :-)

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The (Soon-To-Be) Big Brother & Notes from the Beach | Outer Banks NC Photographer

***  Just a quick note that I will be out of the office through June 22nd. I have my laptop down here with me but am probably not going to be as quick to respond to emails since we are on vacation. ***

I LOVE the beach and I love photographing on the beach, there is nothing more amazing than the light on the beach as the sun is about to set.  As much as I love being on vacation and not having to work, I also get a serious itch to pick up my camera to capture this beautiful time in our lives, our last family vacation until we become a family of 4.

Like a lot of other photographers, sometimes I get so busy and wrapped up in client work that I neglect to take photos of my own child. I’m not going to lie, it takes a LOT more work to photograph your own kid than someone else’s but I now that Carter is so much more bribe-able it’s gotten a little easier, even if he does eat a lollipop at 8pm at night.

BTW, look at the shots from last year at the beach isn’t it CRAZY how much bigger he is?! I took a shot very similar to this one last year and love it so much it’s hanging on my office wall.

I just think he’s the cutest thing ever. ;-)

And a complete goofball.

BTW, outfit is from Mini Boden, I am obsessed with their clothes. Pretty sure this one is going big on my wall, I love how the setting sun is peeking out over the dune grass.

He loves to throw the sand, it’s all fun and games until it gets in your eyes.

He looks about 10 in this photo, where did my baby go?

Ah, life is GOOD. :-)

BTW, if you are down in the Outer Banks shoot me an email if you want to get some family photos done, amber@littlemoonphotography.com. I’m here through the 22nd.

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