the stanley clan - ALTMIX Photography

Sep 30

the stanley family

By Kate Altmix | Extras | 4 Comments

well guys, it’s been amazing watching this beautiful family grow! and it’s been equally amazing how quickly that has happened- i can remember jayci’s newborn shoot like it was just yesterday and now jayci is a whole year old! since we’ve last seen them becca has tackled her camera and is an awesome photographer herself! her pictures of jayci are always so perfect- nothing can beat a mother’s eye when capturing her child! so that development made it even more of an honor when they decided to have their one year shoot with us. i guess it is good to get becca in a few of their shots! ;) for this shoot we decided to meet in cabbagetown, something we’ve only done one other time and again, it did not disappoint! the vibrant colors were great for this bright and happy family and baby jayci, so used to having her picture made, was quite the perfect little subject. and of course it helps that becca has great taste and they were all coordinated with style! exibit A: jayci’s little hairpiece + shoes. that girl worked it:

so there was something REALLY different about this shoot- jayci is mobile now! she is a pretty quick crawler and she loves pulling herself into standing position. this allowed us to try some different stuff and helped becca and adam to relax and enjoy each other! matt and i had a great time chasing jayci around trying our best to shoot quickly and keep the images in focus- did i mention she’s ALWAYS in motion!? ;)

shortly after this image she quickly ATE this flower- which, instead of pulling it out of her mouth we took pictures of…maybe we’ll mature before we’re parents ourselves!?

they are just so proud of their little one, just look at their faces!

ok so i love this next shot- jayci is such a little lady!

i’m calling this a family sandwich…so, a famwich?

adam & becca, thank you guys so much for trusting us to capture the first year of jayci’s life! we have been so blessed to capture her becoming the little lady she is now and we cannot wait to see what’s next! love you guys!

Feb 24

the stanley clan…revisited!

By Kate Altmix | Extras | 13 Comments

six months ago i had the pleasure of photographing baby jayci and her lucky mom and dad- becca and adam. it started a little spiral of baby related posts and we received lots of inquiries about family shoots during that period of time. we were excited to try something new but we were just too busy to take on extra shoots right then…that brings us to february- our month of day shoots (that all ended up getting booked at the end of the month, ah, lesson learned!). it actually worked out perfectly for us that we were able to capture jayci yesterday as she celebrated turning 1/2 years old! we wandered around marietta square and marveled over jayci’s every squeal, burp and yawn- capturing their sweet family the best we knew how. it’s so amazing to watch a family grow together- so much has changed for them over the last six months and as we listened to them recount funny jayci stories we realized how perfectly suited they are to be parents. we feel so blessed that when we decide to have little altmixs (in, like, 5 years at least) we’ll have so many amazing friends to lean on and learn from. like the stanley clan:

jayci was really aware of the cameras during the shoot- she kept looking back and forth between matt and me as we shot- it was perfect!

old dark alleys don’t scream baby pictures! but we decided to give it a shot anyway, of course ;)

all of the white noise of the vents and machinery soothed little jayci to sleep right away so we snuck a few images while she enjoyed her little nap!

the sun was kicking off an office building across the street from this wall and the windows created the most beautiful little patches of light:

i think jayci looks like a little gift here- pretty appropriate!

becca, adam & jayci, thank you all for allowing us into your life to capture your family. we enjoyed hanging out with you guys and we really can’t wait to see what awesomeness is in store for your family next!