











one of the things i love most about my job in general is being able to watch so many families grow over the years. when families choose the year in the life collection, we do four photography sessions over a year (or so) and it all culminates in a beautiful book at the end telling the whole store. this little dude was photographed for the first time while still in his mama’s belly, then again as a wee little itty bitty newborn. and now look at him! seven months old!










twins! these little ones were such angels for me. look how peaceful they are!
















once again, behind in blogging
truth is, it’s summertime and i’m soaking up every last bit of sunshine! so when i’m not shooting or editing, the girls and i are outside playing, gardening, swimming, splashing and mastering the monkey bars. blogging hit the back burner!
besides the sunshine and gorgeous weather, summer brings me lots and lots of itty bitty teeny tiny newborns. i’ve spent time with several newborn families these past few weeks and i just can’t get enough of the sweetness and newness, the newborn smell, the joy in the eyes of the parents. love!
just look!










remember this beautiful maternity photo session? meet baby chloe! she was awesome, so sleepy and so sweet and even while awake, just so very calm!










this little newborn did NOT want to sleep for me, she just wanted mama. we tried again the next day and after an hour of rocking, nursing, shushing and soothing, she finally fell into a slumber. isn’t she perfect in every day?












this little dude’s dad and i have been friends for …. 14 years? we both grew up in st louis and ended up within 40 minutes of each other as adults – i’m in milwaukee and he’s in gurnee. he and his awesome wife just welcomed their second baby, dylan, into their family. isn’t he perfect?










we can’t forget big sister jordan![]()










i had the pleasure of spending a couple of hours with sweet baby meryl and her adoring parents last week. what an amazing family and such a beautiful, beautiful little girl.












i’ve been lucky enough to photograph this little love since he was still in his mama’s tummy and again when he was a tiny squishy sleepy yummy newborn. now look how big he is!
























Had the pleasure of doing a newborn session with this beautiful baby girl.










This is the second set of portraits from this recent newborn baby session taken in my studio. Yesterday’s post focused just on baby, while today I’m showing off some with mom and dad. Thank you to the family for giving me the opportunity to photograph your beautiful little boy.
I love, love this first one of all three of them! It shows that newborn photography is more than just capturing the squishy baby, but also capturing the love of the parents for each other and their new child.











This little guy went right to sleep for me and I got some of the classic sleepy, squishy newborn baby portraits that create those memories that come back every time you look at the photograph hanging in your home. I’ll post more tomorrow of baby with mom and dad.










I recently had the privilege of photographing a beautiful newborn for a family I’ve photographed before. I love how squishy babies are the first few weeks of life while they are newborns. It is a time of their life that is never again possible to capture and I’m honored this family welcomed me to document the new addition to their family.








i love love love when clients choose the year in the life collection! it’s 3-4 sessions over the course of a year and i love how well i get to know the family and the children in that time. after the last session, we all sit down and go over all of the images and work on designing an amazing coffee table book that chronicles the year. it’s great to lay out the images and see how much the family has changed.
a lot of families choose this option as a baby’s first year photo plan, but lots of other families take the opportunity to do four different concept sessions. one outside (at a park, in their backyard, an urban session in the third ward), a documentary-style session at home, a birthday party, a cookie decorating day, a pajama party, whatever. i love seeing how creative everyone gets!
here is a sweet little bub that is so cute i want to eat him up. this is his third session in the year in the life collection. we photographed him when he was still cozied up in his mama’s belly, and again when he was a teeny tiny delicious newborn. now look how big he’s getting!






i hope everyone has a wonderful day!!!
P.S.!
For Family Photographer
in Milwaukee
Christine Plamann Photography was nominated by Nickelodeon for best family photographer in Milwaukee! You can vote for us here!
i had the pleasure of photographing this lovely newborn girl a couple of weeks ago at the studio. she was so sweet and sleepy and so unbelievably calm when awake. total zen baby. we had such a great session!












look at how peaceful she is!


P.S.!
For Family Photographer
in Milwaukee
Christine Plamann Photography was nominated by Nickelodeon for best family photographer in Milwaukee! You can vote for us here!
i was lucky enough to photograph these sweet little loves!








i can’t help but post a couple of images from this morning’s newborn session. isn’t he so sweet? i love when i can catch one of their little sleepy smiles!



