Birmingham, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia - Newborn, Children, Family, Maternity Photographer
Welcome to my blog! Take a look around. Here you'll find recent posts of sneak peeks from sessions I have done, as well as contests and news.
Photography gives me a creative outlet and a way for me to freeze time. Time goes by even faster with a child, and photographing mine allows me to keep her small and with me forever. God gave me the gift of photography. I share my gift of capturing and freezing time with others, and the thought of how I am able to do that for my clients, family, and friends - makes me smile!
I’m working on a good sneak peek of little miss Lindy, and I couldn’t help share this one first! I think it deserved its own post. As soon as I took it, I knew this one would be special, and I was right.
This whole session was so much fun, if you can’t tell already!
To say that Heston enjoyed his cake would be an understatement! What a fun party this little guy had, and the best part was that he loved every minute of it! Expect more party details pictures later this week… Heston’s mommy is the next Martha Stewart!
Happy 1st birthday Heston!
This first picture could be my new favorite. Looks like Heston may be making another appearance on the blog header! Those are his chubby thighs above. Blue is his color, don’t you think?
I love this smile. It’s really contagious! Just looking at this makes the corner of my mouth turn up!!!
This fun pair has been married for about 2 years now and never had real engagement photographs taken… Aren’t they cute together?
I’m back from vacation with my family and close friends. We had a GREAT time and needed the break more than you know!
Time to get back into the swing of things though…
I wanted to share this picture I captured of my friend’s family while we were there. I love this one!
Anyone want to take me to the beach with them for family pictures? 
I was so excited to get to capture gorgeous little Lindy’s first birthday party! What a fun party her parents threw for her, and what an incredible family. I could just feel how much this sweet girl is loved! I can’t wait to do her real 1 year session in a couple of weeks. Here’s a quick sneak peek of what is to come. I’m off to the beach with my family and friends for a week. Whoohoo!
Sally and I have a very special bond for quite a few reasons. The first reason is that I was there when she was born. I photographed her grand entrance in to this world. I was the very first person to take her picture! So it was no surprise to me when I arrived at Sally’s house on her 2 week birthday to take her newborn photographs, that she would be on her best behavior and we’d have another couple of milestones that I could document while I was there!
Check out the progression of this heart-melting smile!! What I love the most about this though is that there are 2 smiles here. Sally’s and her mommy’s. Look at the mother’s cheeks as Sally’s face lights up. This is a 10×20 storyboard, and I would have this printed on a matboard and displayed on a desktop easel. The words and borders are customizable. Too cute!
When I arrived, Sally’s belly looked like this -
But toward the end of our session, it looked like this! Yep, her cord fell off during our session.
She slept like a little angel too. I love her lips!
It looks like she’s smiling at her mommy here! I think she’s advanced in the smiling department for a newborn…
Even Daddy got a grin!
I love this picture of Sally and her grandmother, Sally. Actually both of her grandmothers are named Sally!
I will be taking pictures of this sweet little baby for the next year. Her parents have booked 3, 6, 9 month and 1 year sessions with me. I’m thrilled I get to capture her changes for the first year of her life. They grow so fast!
If you are interested in seeing a slideshow of Sally’s birth story, you can view it here -> Sally’s Birth Slideshow.
I only book one birth session a month, so if you are interested in having your birth experience documented, please contact me as soon as you can!
But everyone is really a winner! The other 5 contestants will receive $25 off a session fee and a free 5×7 and 8 wallets!
Savannah!!!
Let me tell you, this was one close race! There was close to 8,000 votes in this contest, but it came down to Savannah and Cristian and there was only 1 % point between the two.
Congratulations to all the finalists in this contest. You all have extremely beautiful children, so as many said in the comments - “everyone is a winner!”
Thanks for playing. This was really fun for me also and I plan to do something similar, but bigger and better for next year!!!
Wow, thank you all so very much for the overwhelming response I had for this contest. I loved hearing from former clients and seeing their favorite pictures, and some even told me what their picture meant to them. I felt such an emotional connection to each submission, that I quickly realized when I had over 30 pictures to chose from that I was in WAY over my head. There was no way I could pick, so I had help from an unbiased 3rd party select the 10 finalists! If it were up to me, I would’ve selected them all!
I included a couple of comments that I received from two mothers on the interpretation of their pictures that I thought were especially touching. But don’t let that sway your vote… 
The photographs will precede the voting poll, so don’t forget to vote at the bottom!
The polls close on Wednesday, May 13th at 5 p.m. Contestants, please make sure to send this post to all your friends and family so they can vote for your child’s picture!
From Stefanie, Cristian’s mother - “The picture I selected here is special to me because it exemplifies how blessed we are - to me it says “thank you, Lord, for Cristian’s life…” In the pic Jose is holding up our son to the Lord and saying thank you…we give the Lord all the praise and glory and dedicate our precious son to Him! :)”
From Trin, Gustav’s mother - “We love how artistic and expressive it is and how strong it made him look, even at 2 weeks old. It’s also indicative of your photography because it’s so very much our baby, but still universal. This shot is more about the quality of your photography than our baby.”
Polls are closed! Thanks for playing!
Shooting Star Photography has been around 1 year and I would like to give back to my former clients and to new clients!
Former Clients - Send me (the name/description from your album) of your favorite picture that I have taken for you- by Friday, May 8th, and you will be entered to win a FREE 16X20 Gallery Wrapped Canvas!!
New Clients in Birmingham - Leave a comment here, start your comment with “I’m new”, and I will be doing a random drawing for a FREE SESSION! The winner of the free session will be announced here on Thursday, May 14th! Comment entries are open now until 9 a.m. May 14th. One comment will be considered per household. Be sure to include your full name and email address in the comment! I’m sorry, but I’m only accepting new clients in Birmingham right now.
Here are the instructions and rules for the Gallery Wrapped Canvas-
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