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A Baby & A Chicken? | Fort Leavenworth Newborn Photographer

Jessica Strom — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 23:33:33 +0000

Starting to play catch up on the many many sessions I’ve had over the last year, I’m pretty far behind! Next up is Abel’s newborn session! As a former Air Force wife, I so enjoy meeting and photographing other military families. The military in general, no matter the branch, never leaves you and the commradery among soldiers and among wives in tighter than anything I’ve ever been a part of. Abel is Katie & Zack’s little guy who was born shortly after their maternity session and I couldn’t wait to make the hour drive from my house to theirs for his newborn session. I ask every couple to send me any ideas they have that they’d like to see in their images and I couldn’t help but giggle when Katie told me “well, I have this idea and it kind of includes our very friendly chicken!”

Trust me, I was intrigued! One mom’s vision meets her photographer’s expertise and the end result is adorable!!

Please note that the following images with the chicken were completely retouched and the baby was in no way shape or form in any kind of danger. Newborn and child safety is of utmost top priority in any session and one I take very seriously. Please do not attempt to recreate this image. Sure is cute though! And I have never seen a newborn image that included the pet chicken. Love its uniqueness and Abel’s parents did too! Check out those baby blues in his separate close up! He’s going to be breaking some hearts!

And just a few of my favorites from when the rain sent us inside. Abel was just a little dream, he let me do *almost whatever I wanted.

Abel you are growing so fast! I hope to see you again soon!

Littlest Soldier | Ft Leavenworth Army Baby Photographer

Jessica Strom — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 01:56:21 +0000

I am working on this little guy’s newborn album right now and just HAD to share these two images. I live within the metro of Fort Leavenworth and would love to do more military themed newborn images. There are so many fun ways to incorporate the military life into newborn images and I have some really fun ideas. When I found this hat with the velcro name tag, I couldn’t wait to use it with my next Army baby. As a prior military wife myself, if we had had a child when Daniel was in the Air Force, I know I would have treasured incorporating the military into some of the images because it IS your life, even after you “get out”, the military pride and patriotism still lives in your heart. Every “prior” military wife will tell you that, no matter what branch you served in.

Anyhoo, here’s sweet Baby Abel. Adore this little guy and his wonderful parents! I’ll blog the rest of his session another day!

And if you want another example of incorporating some simple military love into a newborn session, check out Cade’s session HERE.

Cade | Kansas City Newborn Photographer

Jessica Strom — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:25:50 +0000

FINALLY! I have finally blogged baby Cade’s newborn portraits! I am so behind but trying to catch up! Now I have entire family photos to post! But first, Cade’s newborn portraits. If you follow my work, you no doubt know who Cade is, he is a little man who just melts my heart into a big pile of mush and I barely get to see him because I live an hour and a half away. You can read about Cade’s birth story and see his mom’s slideshow HERE (it made ME cry!), you can watch my faster version of the slideshow HERE and if you actually want to go back in time and be THERE, check out Maura’s birth film of Cade’s birth HERE. This kid has made his rounds on my blog and he’s not done yet! That’s what I LOVE about my birth clients, is I get to document and truly photograph history in the making. And you get to be there!

So a few days after Cade was born, Daniel and I were on our way home from Omaha. The long way. Being that I-29 was closed due to the flooding, we drove 1/2 way across MO and Iowa just to get to St Joseph, then decided we’d head to Atchison St Joe. WELL, we made it all the way to within Atchison from across the river and were flooded out. Had to take an hour detour just to get there. So all in all, we travelled 6 hours in what should have taken 3. Crazy. For Cade’s newborn portraits, we really kept it simple and sweet and just did portraits of the little guy (usually I also get lifestyle candids with family but we chose not to this time around). He was out cold and all he wanted to do was STRETCH. I finally got him to let me work with him a little bit, but it took some coaxing. I gifted him with the Home Grown onesie (from baby Gap a few years ago, I had originally bought it for my own one day baby but this was the perfect opportunity to see it lived in), his great grandma made him the patriotic military blanket, and we used the military dog tags that Cade’s mom had custom made for him. All the while missing his daddy serving our country in Afghanistan.

Can’t wait to share their FAMILY photos we captured while daddy was home on leave. Stay tuned!

God Bless,

Jessica

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