Ella Bella Photography - Newborn Photographer in Austin & San Antonio, Maternity, Baby, Child, Family » Austin TX Photography https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog Ella Bella Photography - Austin & San Antonio Newborn Baby Photographer Sat, 30 May 2026 03:53:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Miss “L” https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/10/miss-l/ https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/10/miss-l/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:17:49 +0000 admin http://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/?p=411 After having to reschedule, I finally got to visit the Talley family and photograph 12.5 month old Miss “L” – isn’t she beautiful in her tutu? She took a fall at daycare and bruised her forehead earlier in the week – but I bet you didn’t notice until I told ya! :-) Photoshop makes boo boos all better. I’m working on the rest of your photo session! There are so many cute pictures!

]]> https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/10/miss-l/feed/ 2 Big Brother https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/10/big-brother/ https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/10/big-brother/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:56:48 +0000 admin http://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/?p=406 Here’s a quick sneak peek for the Spain family. I had the privilege of photographing their young family last week – a 3 year old boy, an 18 month old girl and a 3 month old baby girl. A very blessed family! I’m working on all your other proofs – they will be ready by next week!

]]> https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/10/big-brother/feed/ 0 Pumpkin Patch https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/10/pumpkin-patch/ https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/10/pumpkin-patch/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:48:08 +0000 admin http://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/?p=388 I’m proofing photos from THREE sessions in the last 8 days so bare with me if you’re still waiting on your sneak peeks – they are coming! But for now, I am taking a short break to show you highlights of our weekend trip to the pumpkin patch…

I was super excited when I saw my friend Andrea, her DH and her adorable twins at the same pumpkin patch! They live in College Station, but were here in Austin for a cancer walk-a-thon fundraiser! We lined up the babies and got some fun pictures! :-)

]]> https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/10/pumpkin-patch/feed/ 3 Miss “C” https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/10/miss-c/ https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/10/miss-c/#comments Sat, 18 Oct 2008 05:19:52 +0000 admin http://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/?p=384 Going through recent sessions tonight! Here’s a portrait of beautiful 22 month old Miss “C”. Her mom and I are good friends and I invited them over for an impromptu mini session last week! This was my favorite one from that day…

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We’re having Our 1st Annual Costume Portrait Party!

We want to capture your little one’s cuteness-factor with a costume quick-take special. They’ll get to trick-or-treat with us a few days early with some goody bags AFTER their pictures have been taken! With quick-takes, space is limited and slots are filled on a first contact/first served basis. All photos will be taken on our white or black backdrops.

ANNOUNCING A CONTEST TOO! (Updated!)
There will be a prize for the best dressed little one that will be decided by my blog readers! I will post all the final costume photos and online poll on the blog on October 31st and you need to recruit all your friends and family to VOTE for your photo! If you win, you will win the hi-res images from your session! *Contest participation is optional – you don’t have to participate if you don’t want to*

]]> https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/10/costume-portait-party-invite/feed/ 8 First Maternity Session! https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/10/first-maternity-session/ https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/10/first-maternity-session/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:49:03 +0000 admin http://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/?p=333 It’s 12:45am so this post will be short. I’ll come back to write more tomorrow!

 

 

]]> https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/10/first-maternity-session/feed/ 2 3 Heartbreakers https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/10/3-heartbreakers/ https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/10/3-heartbreakers/#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:40:30 +0000 admin http://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/?p=312 My photo session with the Fender family was a lot of fun! The boys are so handsome and full of life. They actually have 3 chickens in their suburban backyard! The boys wore themselves out trying to catch the chickens. (Those hens are fast!) During the session, I learned all about “Clone Troopers” (Star Wars) and their clever mom had the boys convinced that a Clone Trooper was inside my camera lens! Thanks to her, I got some great eye contact for a little bit while the boys were on the play gym! Enjoy your sneak peek!

Looking for the “Clone Trooper” in my lens

 

 

 

 

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I wanted to finish up Hunter’s 2 yr old portraits before I start proofing and posting sneak peaks of the 2 recent photo sessions I did this past weekend. Check back tomorrow for family of 3 cuuuute little boys!! :-)

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While I was setting up the portable “studio” for his 2 yr old photo shoot, Hunter climbed up onto the changing table and dumped half a NEW bottle of baby powder all over himself. Rather than clean it up and change him into something else for his photo shoot, I decided to just leave him like he was – all powdery and sweet smelling. It’s just where he is at this stage of life. Captured perfectly. :-)

]]> https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/10/powder-washed-denim/feed/ 1 Eye Contact https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/10/eye-contact/ https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/10/eye-contact/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:36:26 +0000 admin http://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/?p=281 I’m always giddy when I get a decent shot of Hunter with good eye contact! This is a sneak peak of his 2 year old photo session. Wearing one of Daddy’s ties. More pics to come!

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Maybe this post should be titled “Little Teething Monster” because I think Hayden’s 2 bottom teeth are close to appearing. I took upwards of 50 photos of him in this costume and he had his “paws” in his mouth in most of them! I must admit I stole the adorable blue monster costume idea from two other photographers’ babies. I just fell in love with the costume and when I called BRU to see if there was any left, there was just ONE and in Hayden’s size! So I took that as a sign that it was meant to be. :-) You’ll also notice that Hayden is SITTING! My baby is growing up waaaay too fast!

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Hayden’s 6 month mini session with his mini boden hat and mittens!

]]> https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/10/6-months-old/feed/ 4 Autumn Storyboard https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/09/autumn-storyboard/ https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/09/autumn-storyboard/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:06:23 +0000 admin http://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/?p=247 Another storyboard sample to share! This one is 11×14 when printed and comes mounted, coated and ready to hang! Storyboards make decorating your child’s bedroom, your office or living areas fun! No framing necessary.

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I made my new Ella Bella Photography logo this weekend! It’s pretty basic but I needed something fancier than the boring gray strip I use on every photo. Say it with me “No more ugly gray strips!” I wanted to debut my new logo on a fun photo from the twin’s session a couple weeks ago. I like how this photo turned out. It has kind of a surreal feel to it.

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]]> https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/09/monkey/feed/ 5 Storyboards https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/09/storyboards/ https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/09/storyboards/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:35:19 +0000 admin http://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/?p=174 Here is an example of a template I made to put yesterday’s photos of Hayden into a fun storyboard. These storyboards can be enlarged to any size and are mounted on styrene board for lasting durability. They can be hung on your wall using beautiful satin ribbon in a coordinating color. I can make templates out of 2 or more photos from your photo session. If you’re interested, please ask me about it!

]]> https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/09/storyboards/feed/ 3 Hats https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/09/hats/ https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/09/hats/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:35:12 +0000 admin http://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/?p=162 I had a mini session with baby Hayden tonight since he’s now 5 months old and getting better at sitting up! I also wanted to test out my new white background! I really love the simplicity of “high-key” white backgrounds. How did I do? The COLOR, crispness and quality is better than anything you’ll ever get at The Picture People! ;-)

]]> https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/09/hats/feed/ 7 Twins https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/09/twins/ https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/09/twins/#comments Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:42:12 +0000 admin http://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/?p=142 On September 11th, I spent part of the morning photographing the V family identical twins! They are 19 months old and oh so busy! It was fun and I think we got some good shots. I’ll be posting a few of my favorite photos from the session here over the next several days. Here is the start of your sneak peak, V family!

]]> https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/09/twins/feed/ 9 First PB Session https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/09/first-pb-session/ https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/09/first-pb-session/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:03:55 +0000 admin http://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/?p=90 I had my first real portfolio-building session last week with a little girl who just turned 2 and her mommy (my friend). They were both so fun to photograph! It made me really long for a little girl of my own! Enjoy your preview H family! (Edited to add a few more on 9/10/08!)

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