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Raleigh Baby Valentine Minis

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So excited about our Valentine Minis coming up soon – 2.4.17. Ericka and I having been working hard planning  a super cute session + you can also order custom Valentines to go along with the theme. To make it even easier, you can add on “knick knacks’ put together by Ericka and your Valentines are complete, custom, super cute, and ready to go to school. The minis will be for all ages – babies and up! We will be sending out all the booking information for this year’s 2017 Valentine Minis tonight so if you aren’t on the email list or in our Clients only facebook group, contact us asap! Hope everyone is enjoying the snow – it’s back to sledding, hot chocolate mixed in with editing over here!

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Hello, 2017!

Raleigh Newborn Maternity Photography

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Yay for 2017! We celebrated the New Year at home watching movies + eating yummy food. Ever since I was pregnant with Harrison, I have a hard time staying awake after 8 PM – ha! I managed to get pretty close to midnight but didn’t quite make it. There were lots of fireworks going on in our neighborhood so that woke me up around time to celebrate:)

So, one of my big goals for January, my BLOG! Every year I think, oh, this fall won’t be as busy. I won’t work as much and somehow it just gets sooo busy. In order to get clients images to them quickly, I just focus on mostly editing + shooting during the crazy fall. I reallly love blogging and sharing sessions so a huge goal of mine for this month is to get back to blogging and sharing sessions. And I have so many great books to share. I think I read an insane amount of books in August/September and then fall craziness set in so the number of books read went down to barely nothing! The holiday break has been nice and a chance to read a little bit. I did have three sessions after Christmas so not a crazy amount of time. Looking forward to getting back to blogging!

Goals for January

1.Catch up on my blog (See above!)

2.Read up on 100 Days of Real Foodfor some more recipe ideas. Also, you know how much I love my Instant Pot   (you can sometimes get one cheaper when they are Amazon’s deal of the day) & I’m super excited to check out this new book, Paleo Cooking With Your Instant Pot. It can be overwhelming sometimes how many cookbooks I want to read. If I only had the time!

3.Get back to my Mason Jar Salad Group. I missed out on a few weeks with being so busy with sessions at the end of December. I love, love, love having salads during the week. Start one with your neighbors (more here)

4.Finish working on my powersheets + goal planning for year long goals.

5.Speaking of year long goals, one thing I really want to work on this year is hospitality – being more hospitable. “The friendly and generous reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers.” I love going out and seeing people – meeting friends for a meal, at the park, etc. However, usually I get home and look at everything I need to do. (There is always a huge list of things to do right. I don’t think it ever ends.) So I usually don’t feel like I have “done” enough on my to do list to invite someone over. I also am usually working at home or resting. I love being at home and being quiet – I love it! So, I’m not the best at inviting friends over and that’ s something I really want to work on in 2017. I’ve started trying more in December and we even invited some neighbors over for dinner tonight, and it was great.

6.Plan out our trips/adventures for this year.

7.Start Hamilton. I have this book on my dresser and I’m so excited to finally read it!

8.Working on planning and thinking about how we can give – what we can do this year. I have loved working with Heart’s Cry Children this fall and want to continue supporting their ministry and looking for other ways we can give also of our time this year.

9.One of my clients got me this frame and I loooooove it. I have an SD card with just Christmas photos in it right now and I want to switch it to a bunch of photos through the year.

I couldn’t decide if I wanted a paper planner again this year..I thought I could just get by with only online planning again, but I just couldn’t do it. I realized how much I loved writing in my planner and I’m excited to start using my new one!

What are your goals for 2017! Leave your link in the comments:)See more goals posts here.

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Rebecca Keller is a family photographer featured in People Magazine who spends her time sipping iced coffee, chasing after her two little ones, reading, running, and editing. Because we chat a lot about our personal lives on the blog, we may receive commissions on affiliate links in articles. Contact Rebecca Keller Photography for more information about maternity and newborn photography in Raleigh, North Carolina.

 

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Sleeping Beauty

Raleigh North Carolina Newborn Photographer

 

Remember this stunning Mama + her maternity portraits? Well, their sweet little sleeping beauty has arrived. I love that she was named after her grandmother and that we used the tea towels her grandmother made during the session – just so special! This was just a cloudy day at home, and we were able to capture such special memories for this sweet family of three.

According to Mom….

What was the first thing you thought when you saw your baby for the first time? I couldn’t believe it was real! My labor experience was long and difficult and it was just unbelievable to finally have her laying on me.

What was the best part of having a newborn session at home? I loved doing the session at home because it captured us in our natural environment. Plus it made it easy to not have to travel! We were able to take our time and work around Maxine’s needs.

How did you prepare the baby for our photoshoot? No preparation other than making sure she was fed and calm. Although as any new parent knows, that doesn’t last long! Becky was great about working with us though when Maxine needed a break to eat (or fuss:)

How was your experience having your newborn photographed? Were you worried or nervous beforehand? How did it turn out? I was a little nervous about how she would behave, but overall she did great!

What is your advice to someone getting newborn photographs taken? Be prepared for the shoot to take a few hours and don’t feel bad about it! Becky is super laid back and willing to work with you and your baby. It is hard to control how a baby is going to act at any given moment so just go with the flow and let it take as long as it needs to take.

Did you have a sentimental item at our shoot? The pillowcases that Maxine was photographed in were embroidered for me by my late grandmother Maxine. It was important for me to have pictures taken with Maxine in something her namesake had created.

How would you describe your perfect Saturday as a family? Our perfect Saturday is simply time together. I would say a big homecooked breakfast followed by a walk around the neighborhood or in the park. Then just relaxing at home or maybe a date night dinner out for mom and dad!

Styled by Little Apple Styles

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As Seen in People Magazine + On The Bump | Rebecca Keller is a Raleigh Maternity and Newborn Photographer in Raleigh, North Carolina. Contact Rebecca Keller Photography for more information about newborn photography, baby’s first year, and styled mini sessions.

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Jolly

Newborn Raleigh Family Photographer

I first photographed this sweet family during their maternity session at home. Big brother was as sweet as can be with his baby brother. He has lots of energy but was just as content as can be to sit with his parents and dote on his baby brother. Loved the Carolina basketball lamp in the nursery (of course, since I am a UNC fan by default since marrying Michael) I think it was from the boys’ daddy’s room when he was a boy which makes it super special. Their mama is beautiful inside and out and it’s been so great to chat with her at their sessions. They also have a schnauzer (named Jolly), which we lost both of our schnauzers this year (both were very, very old) and schnauzers will always have a special place in my heart! This has reminded me..I need to blog their maternity portraits, too! About to say goodbye to 2016 and celebrate 2017 but had to blog this sweet family’s newborn session first.

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According to Mom..

What was the first thing you thought when you saw your baby for the first time? I can’t believe I have two of these.:)

What was your favorite part of the session? How patient you were with my two children between Locke’s non stop moving and drooling and having to feed the baby.

How did you prepare for your photoshoot? Had the house somewhat de-cluttered and kept outfits simple with no outfit changes.

How was your experience having your newborn photographed? Were you nervous or worried beforehand? I wasn’t nervous. I had full faith in you!:)

What would be your advice to someone having newborn photographs taken? Relax as much as you can.

Do you have any other children? Any cute stories about their relationship? We have a 19 month old. He loves his baby brother – he comes in from school making sure he’s still there.

How would your describe your perfect Saturday as a family? Something active! Either at marbles or a park.

Any advice to other families picking our wardrobe or preparing for their session? Keep it neutral.

 

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Bonheur

Cary Newborn Family Photographer

Oh, the joy this sweet baby brother is bringing to his family. Bonheur in French means happiness, and I love that they incorporated it into both boys’ newborn portraits. We got such a great portrait of big brother as a newborn with the Eiffel Tower, and I love the portrait of this little one with one of the car’s from his dad’s collection. I have loved photographing this sweet family and was thrilled when they asked me to come and photograph their new baby boy!cary-newborn-family-photographer-453_3654P I N this to pinterest

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According to Mom…

What was your favorite part of your newborn session? It was so convenient having the newborn session at home (not having to get a toddler and newborn out of the house to be somewhere on time)! My favorite part of the session was watching Alexandre interact with Benjamin. Alexandre loves kissing and hugging him all the time. You can tell he’s so proud to be a big brother!

How was your experience having your newborn photographed? Were you nervous or worried before the session? I wasn’t worried at all because Becky is so great with children and I knew she would take some amazing photos! Benjamin was so calm during the session, and he slept through most of it. Becky captured so many wonderful moments, and we are really happy with how the photos turned out!

Any advice to other families picking out wardrobe or preparing for their session? Make sure you have outfits planned well in advance. And also make sure your toddler doesn’t fall back asleep in the morning as you’re scrambling to get ready for the session because you may end up with a cranky, overtired child that does not want to cooperate after the first 15 minutes of the session. ; ) But in the end, Becky was still able to capture some great moments of the boys together and us as a family!

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