Laura Jane Studios

These two little ones are cousins, born about 3 months apart. Their mothers are sisters, and they hold a special spot in my heart. First came Kody, a little guy who couldn’t be more photogenic if he tried! He was several weeks old during his session, which meant I had to reinvent some of my techniques since he didn’t sleep as easily my little 6-day-olds usually do. I love this shot of him swaddled up, so funny.

I can’t resist a baby yawn…

And I recently fell in love with a good crying shot…

Just a part of life with a newborn, their tiny cries are so unique and change so quickly!

And then his cousin Gia arrived when Kody was about 3 months old. We had a fantastic and sleepy session with her, so many wonderful shots, and of course Kody came to join us for a few sweet shots of them together…

Little frog feet…

Snuggled up with mom and dad…

I love her dream face.

And finally, the cousins together – Kody so rolly-polly and smiley, and Gia so dainty and new…

I finally have a few minutes to catch up on the blog and put up some recent favorites! This is Chase, photographed at just 6 days old, perfectly adorable in her squishiness…

She’s the first little one to sleep on my coca cola box…

I love little sneezes…

And then it was back to sleep and into the dairy bucket…

A few shots in Mom & Dad’s hands, and then a little time with big sister Addison…

Oh my goodness, how has September come already? And I just saw that I haven’t posted anything since June!!!

My girls were home from school this summer, which meant lots of beach time, some bike-riding at Venice Beach, a new bunk bed (we finally moved both girls into the same bedroom), and now a minor kitchen renovation. Lexie started Kindergarten last week and I can’t believe my baby is growing up so fast!

The summer also included some wonderful newborn and family sessions, and I promise to get caught up soon and post more images from the past 3 months. In the meantime, here’s a peek at little Gia (for her Momma, who’s patiently waiting to see the whole collection). Isn’t she sweet? She slept so soundly through her session and made my job a piece of cake…

My second time photographing twins, these little girls are soooo special. They were born 10 weeks early and spent almost 2 months at the hospital before they finally came home. I was lucky enough to photograph them their first week home, and they were so amazing to work with. Even though they’re actually 8 weeks old, they were just about 5 pounds each, sleepy and so sweet!

Here’s a quick preview of one of my favorite images we made of these girls. More to come next week!

I had the pleasure of photographing these itty bitty twins a couple of weeks ago. These two arrived 5 weeks early and were just 4 1/2 and 5 1/2 pounds. They were lovely during our session, slept through everything just as I hoped they would. And the smiles!! So many surprise smiles, they really made my day.

This is bigger sister Addison. You can tell already that her smile just lights up the whole room.

One of those moments that I’m always glad to catch – Olivia stirred a little, and made one of those wonderful waking up faces, rubbing at her face and stretching out each finger and toe.

Little Olivia was so generous with her smiles all morning – this one’s my favorite.

Perfect little toes