Brittney Owens Photography

Brittney Owens Photography
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Monday, August 1, 2016

Mercado 1st Birthday Smash Cake {Fort Smith AR Photographer}


This sweet angel was so wonderful to photograph. Mom brought props and outfits for Miss A that had a more chic style to them. I chose to edit the images with a more vogue aesthetic because of it. I am very excited about how this precious little girls session came out.






We were fortunate that this little one wasn't too steady on her feet. She didn't care to stay in front of the back drops. She either felt like getting close to me and the camera or going to peek at my dog who was watching the session through the window. Her confusion as to why we kept sticking her in baskets and buckets was priceless. 




I mean seriously, this little one is gorgeous.



About this time Daddy showed back up. She was happy to see him.




She wouldn't let go of the pompoms on her shorts.



 



In the images where Miss A is smiling and looking off to the side, she was actually waving "hi" to one of her daddy's close friends, Tony. She adored him as her audience.

 

 

I absolutely love getting to do smash cake images. There are two kinds of babies. Those that dive in and those that don't care to be dirty. Miss A wasn't to keen on getting messy. She picked at one pink rose until her daddy finally pushed her hand into the cake. 

 

 





I just can't get over those sweet eyes!

 

 



 

This final image makes me laugh. She was ready to be picked up and couldn't understand why no one was grabbing her.

Thank you so much to this family for allowing me to photograph their daughters first birthday images. It was so wonderful working with them!



Fort Smith, Arkansas photographer specializing in newborn, children and family portraits. 

Settling in: Personal Post


This has been such a wonderful, stressful, exciting, and heart wrenching month. My family said goodbye to our home of 7 years and moved to a beautiful house that is more fitting of our families needs. I immediately fell in love with our new home seconds from walking into the door. My husband makes fun of me because he said he could tell by the look on my face, before I said anything, that our hunt was over.










 All of us felt the pain of leaving our old home. My two oldest were excited to finally have their own rooms, but soon felt distressed about sleeping alone for the first time. I cried (more times than I'm willing to admit) thinking about the memories left in our old home. Remembering the frightened look on my husbands face when I showed him my positive pregnancy test in our bathroom. Thinking of going into labor twice in my bedroom, once in my kitchen. Recalling bringing each new life home to a diligently designed nursery filled with swamp animals and fish. 



Our move has brought some wonderful changes to or lives. We have fallen in love with the neighbors. We have so many wonderful families surrounding us and lots of new friends for our children.

















 









 



We are looking forward to this new chapter, and we are thanking God for guiding us into this new place.









Fort Smith, Arkansas photographer specializing in newborn, children and family portraits.