I had last Friday off and decided to try to spend it with my little rambunctious niece Taylor. The morning started off with an early trip to the mall for photos with the Easter bunny…the scary Easter bunny…

45 minutes waiting in line and this is the best shot I got…

My turn to try! I couldn’t help but LAUGH MY A@@ off at Taylor’s reaction to the Easter Bunny.

After a few minutes of balling her eyes out…Taylor is back to her normal sassy self…

We then headed to the AWESOME playground in Ellicott City. I wish we had this when I was growing up! Foam padded playground with zip line, rock wall, plenty of slides and monkey bars. You can see all the kids imaginations running wild as they whizzed pass on a quest to save the world or capture the secret agents! I was very very tempted to start climbing on the monkey bars but thought the parents might find it odd a 31 year old was playing on the playground. (of course I think I can still pull off looking 12)?

I had another fun shoot with little Jasmine over the weekend. This time, we tried some urban style photos in Baltimore. It was so windy and Jasmine’s hair went naturally wild!

My sister, Phuong, came along to shadow me. This was her first shoot and I think her images turned out great! See for yourself!

It’s amazing how fast kids grow. My niece now has FOUR baby teeth in and has almost perfected walking (well, with assistance). She is always on the move and refuses to sit still. My mom and aunts joke, “this one’s going to be a trouble maker…just like her Aunt Trang!” Me? A troublemaker? Hahahaha. It’s not that I was a mischevious kid…more like, inquisitive and an explorer?

Here are a few photos from yesterday’s photoshoot. I love shooting with natural lighting. All the shots below were shot with natural light coming in from the windows.

I love the pink hat but Taylor was not having it!

She didn’t like they grey hat either….

My niece is too cute! I can’t help but photograph her every chance I can get!

Here are some photos from this weekend. We went to Valley View Farms to visit their annual Christmas displays and then did a mini shoot at home.

A couple of photos from Turkey Day (Thanksgiving). Taylor is growing!

My sis took this great shot with my camera!

Classic Taylor with fist in mouth.

Taylor & her Uncle Dave."hmmm...why is this one so white?"

I love capturing candid photos of babies and kids. They are such innocent souls and are happy just being themselves and so open to discovering the world around them.

Recently I tagged along with my sister and Taylor to a baby play date. My sister is a part of the Baltimore Moms & Kids Meetup group. I came with on Saturday to take some candid photos of Taylor (my beautiful photogenic niece!) and photos of some other cuties as well!

Thank you Tricia for hosting the get together and thank you to all the moms for letting me hang out and photograph your babies! I think I got some great shots!

Here are just a few to share!

Taylor at her first play date!

This cutie was quite the chatterbox!

Having fun with new friends!

Emma is fascinated with the monkey

Taylor & Grace

Lily plays with Taylor

I have plenty more photos to share and will post to my gallery section soon! If you are one of the moms from the meet-up group, please email me and I will send you a direct photo share link.