Newborns stay newborn for just a short time.

Newborn Baby with his loving mom and cousins

Newborn baby picture day with her family in their Sarasota Florida home.

Wow! Over the years I’ve had many amazing opportunities in the field of photography. I have often said that it is the best job ever and this past month reminded me how true that is. When a return client asked me to take their family portraits it came with a TOP SECRET catch; they were hoping to adopt a baby and wanted photos for the baby announcement, but wanted to keep it their secret for a little bit since there’s always a chance things might not go as hoped for. The photos

Preparing for newborn baby photo day

Jaday and Damian have such a great love story. They were childhood friends in Cuba and were re-united in Sarasota in their late teens. She has pictures of them together posing for a camera as kids in Cuba. Sure enough they got married and started their lives together. They came to me along with Jaday's family for family portraits many years ago. Jaday and Damian came back over five years ago when they were expecting their first baby for the maternity session in my Sarasota Ph