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The Next Best Thing | Kansas City Baby Photographer

Jessica Strom — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:44:34 +0000

This is Rylee. I’m a touch of slacker as technically it was taken in December for her 1 year portraits but regardless, here she is. I adore her. She’s the daughter of my good friends and I photographed her every month of her first year (that project coming soon!). There is just something about this kid. You look in her eyes and she just has so much to say I can’t wait until she starts talking. I went to Baby Gap and bought the dress she’s wearing for her (I kept it for my future little girl) because I wanted to buy an adorable dress for a little girl and have her actually wear it instead of “One day”. It was the Next Best Thing. So Rylee let me dress her up and just completely worked her outfit. I’m looking forward to sharing the rest of this session as well as ALL of her photos. Seriously, love this kid!

Kane | Kansas City NICU Photographer

Jessica Strom — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:21:32 +0000

Here is another precious NICU baby who I photographed last week. Meet Kane, the center of the world for Mom, Dad, and big sister. He also arrived a month early just before New Year’s and has been a little trooper with some issues he had with his heart. Thankfully he is just perfect and now happily at home where he belongs. I couldn’t get over this little guy’s hair! It was so long and perfect, I just adore when babies come out with a head full of hair. Kane didn’t make a peep the entire time I was there, he was content just being loved on and gushed over by his adoring parents. This session only took about 30 minutes and we got a lot of beautiful images, much more of course than I share on the blog. Thank you to Kane’s mom and dad for inviting me in to capture your sweet little guy’s last couple days in the NICU.

As always, NICU sessions are completely complimentary and any family who currently has a baby (or two or three!) qualifies. I only allow for a limited number of these sessions a month and due to my location in the metro, I am only able to go to Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Overland Park Regional Medical Center, St Luke’s Hospital, Menorah Medical Center, St Joseph Medical Center, Children’s Mercy, and KU Medical Center.

Here is a small sample from our session, enjoy!

I love photographing babies and families! If you would like to book me to photograph yours and by doing so support our adoption to grow ours, please contact me through the CONTACT link above!

Henry & Owen | Kansas City NICU Photographer

Jessica Strom — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:20:23 +0000

Meet brothers Henry & Owen. They arrived about a month early and weighed 4 lbs 5 oz and 4 lb 8 oz. I was so delighted to do this session and spend some sweet time with them & their parents before they took the babes home a few days later. Since they were born, they hadn’t had the opportunity to be reunited until the day I came by and so their Mom & Dad decided to wait until I arrived to capture the moment. They curled right up to each other and made the most adorable cooing sounds in sync with one another, as if to say, “Hey brother, where have you been all my life?” We uncovered their hands and helped them find their brother’s hands and even as itty bitty babies, witnessing the bond between twin brothers just absolutely heart melting. At the end of our session Dad was making bottles and Mom was holding Owen so I was blessed to be able to hold little Henry in my arms and comfort him while he waited for his bottle and it made my week. The only thing that could have make the session perfection would have been if big brother Miles (who is a little shy of almost 2 years) was there. What a blessing to have three beautiful little boys.

Here is a small sample from our session, enjoy!

I love photographing babies and families! If you would like to book me to photograph yours and by doing so support our adoption to grow ours, please contact me through the CONTACT link above!

Gemma | Kansas City Newborn Photographer

Jessica Strom — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:11:47 +0000

If it’s not apparent already, I really am a bad blogger. I have the best of intentions, truly, but on beautiful sunny days there is so much more I would rather be doing than sitting at the computer. But, how else am I to keep everyone up to date on what I am up to? So, here it goes, I am trying to turn a new leaf and get back in blogging! And getting my site updated, it needs a little TLC with my slideshows and what not. I’m also earnestly trying to learn SEO and how make my blog a much better place for you, so bear with me, I’m trying hard!

Before I feature baby Gemma’s birth photos in the next post, I’d love to show you her newborn portraits first. I like to keep my newborn portraits simple and sweet, that’s why I call them Basic Baby sessions, because I’m not a prop junkie (lots of props I’d love to have but maybe one day when I’m in a studio) and just like to photograph the baby as they are. Gemma was 3 days old in these photos and I still can not get over her hair. When she was born, we were all surprised at all the hair that even the wonderful midwife (Suzanne Ryan of Midwives of Kansas City) was looking for baby shampoo! It’s amazing how a head full of hair can suddenly make a newborn baby look so much older. Just ask my mom too, I came out with as much hair as Gemma and it only got better!

Gemma was wide wide WIDE awake during her session at her house. The few pictures I have of her with her eyes closed she was blinking, no joke. She’s a girl who likes to be wrapped tight no matter the warmth and enjoyed keeping her fingers and toes tightly curled. Loved it. The yellow blanket she’s on I knitted by hand and was excited to be able to finally use it for a session! I think I’ll be making more, pretty easy to do, just finding the time. Hmmm, blogging or knitting….

God Bless,

Jessica