Shanna Chess Photography

I can't believe my baby is going to be 2 years old on Thursday!  This time is just flying by!  I had all these adorable setups I wanted to do with her and she let me do them all.  She is probably the easiest 1.5-2 year old I have photographer--even with her being my child!  Photographer's children give their photog parents the hardest time.  Enjoy!

I was so excited for the Vedder family when little Asher arrived.  Especially after Amanda had emailed me a few days prior to let me know she decided to cancel her elective induction on Monday, only to have little Asher arrive all on his own on Tuesday :)  They are such a gorgeous family and little Asher lives up to their reputation ;)  I can't wait to get him in the studio next week!  Enjoy.

I had so much fun photographing these three girls out at Dorris Ranch.  The big sisters are so excited for their baby brother and I can't wait to meet them too!  It was a beautiful night at a great location.  Enjoy!

Sophie's mama and I planned a family session because Sophie was going to be over 7 weeks old at the time of our session and we didn't think we could get any of the newborn sleepy poses.  The newborn photographer they had originally hired unfortunately had a death in the family and could not do her session.  But they were in town visiting family, so they asked if I had time for a session.  I'm so glad I did!  They are just a gorgeous family, big sister Emma was an absolute angel, and little Sophie slept almost the entire session!  Woohoo!  Enjoy :)

Gorgeous Melissa requested an intimate maternity studio session to surprise her husband for his birthday this past weekend.  I've been keeping these images to myself for about a month now!  And I can finally share :)  It's safe to say he loved them!  And who can blame him :)  I can't wait to meet their baby girl.  Enjoy!

Corbin the Lumberjack came to visit me and oh my!  What a little ham :)  He didn't fuss once, gave me great big smiles that reached his beautiful blue eyes and demolished his cake!!  He even wore an adorable little outfit that his daddy wore when he was one.  I've never done a chocolate cake for a cake smash before, but I thought it would match the decor the best and we ended up really liking how it almost looked like a little tree stump :)  Enjoy!

Oh my, Macie is one of the most adorable little girls I have ever photographed!  And the most awake!  I think I spent almost 2 hours of our 4.5 hour session just trying to get her to sleep.  Little stinker :p  But we made up for lost time when she did fall asleep and got a bunch of gorgeous photos!  She is only the 3rd baby girl that I've had in my studio in almost a year and I had a lot of props and blankets I wanted to use on her :)  Thankfully her mom and dad were patient and let me have fun with their little angel.  It was my first newborn session using backlighting (or dreamlighting as it has recently been referred to) because we wanted to recreate a maternity image from Brandi's studio maternity session  but with Macie on her belly instead of inside.  So I thought I would do all the parent shots with the backlighting and I love it!  Enjoy!!