Shanna Chess Photography

Jackson is now ONE!  And I had sooo much fun photographing him.  He has just the most adorable smile!  His parents call him "Joyful Jackson" and when you see his pictures, you will know why!  I love the adorable outfits his mom brought in for him to wear.  He looks like such a little man :)  He didn't want to really get into his cake, but he teased us by getting so close to taking a big bite with no hands!  We were bummed when he decided against it :)  Enjoy!

I had two of the cutest boys in town in my studio last week :)  Sweet Max is 3 and little man Giovanni turned 1!  They are such adorable brothers who play and hug and just clearly love each other.  And are oh so loved :)  Enjoy!

Well, I haven't taken monthly pictures of my older daughter since she turned 2, so all formal type pictures I have taken since then have been for holidays or special events.  So for her 3 year pictures, I really wanted to do quite a few setups--I had so many ideas in my head!  And the great part about her being my daughter is that I can spread out the different setups over a few different days.  Which is especially nice since toddlers don't necessarily want to hang out all day smiling for the camera :) First stop--the Lane County Fair :)  It was the first year she went on rides (which she loved!), played games and ate fair food.  And at the end I got her a snow cone and told her she could make a mess :)  Then I did a Little Einsteins setup since that is the theme for her birthday party.  She is loving Little Einsteins right now and I was even able to dress her up like the character Annie (well, from season 1--she wears different clothes every season)...

Sweet little Harrison was so alert!  It was probably because he had a long nap in the car ride over from Florence :)  Now that I think about it, maybe I should have had ocean sounds instead of my white noise going :p  He took quite a while to fall asleep 2 different times, but then when he was asleep he let me pose away.  So handsome and a chunky little guy with a big head!  We had trouble fitting some of my hats on his noggin :)  Enjoy!

Oh little Harper!  Your hair!  Your eyes!  ::swoon::  Such a cute little peanut!  She just turned 10 months old so we got some fun pictures and with her mama too :)  Enjoy!

Oh sweet little Marcus!  I just adore his chubby cheeks and sweet face!  He came to visit me when he was just 8 days old and he was such a good little guy and slept well overall.  His big brother did a great job too :)  Marcus' dad is one of the tennis coaches for the University of Oregon, so we of course tied in a fun tennis themed set-up.  Enjoy!