Welcome to Laura Winslow Photography {the blog}!

Welcome and thanks for visiting the blog! I'm Laura and I am a photographer in the Phoenix area specializing in custom maternity, newborn, children's, engagement and family portraiture. I have a modern and fun style and I love to capture those unexpected moments. This is where you can view sneak peeks from recent sessions and special offers. I always love to receive comments! :) Please visit my website for more images and lots of information like what a session with me is like and what to wear. I would love to make those moments into memories for your family! Email me at laura@laurawinslowphotography.com for more info. I would love to hear from you! Please follow me on Facebook and on twitter and @reply me so that I know who you are. You can find the links on the bar to the right. Thanks! :) xoxo, Laura

Archive for the ‘infants’ Category

”I’ll breathe in  your newness,

and remember these days,

forever in delved in my mind.”

~Pamela Simpson

This new little family was just so incredibly sweet and in love with their new daughter.   During newborn sessions, there is plenty of time for feeding, soothing and lulling baby back to sleep.   So, we had a little downtime to chat while this sweetie was getting her little belly fed.  As we were chatting, I teared up as the new dad said, “If I would have known that it was going to be this good, I would have had children a long time ago.”  That, my friends, is the magic of parenthood.  Something that, before it happens to you, seems wonderful–but when you actually have a baby of your own you realize that wonderful will never be enough to describe the love, emotions and protectiveness you feel toward this small human being.  I don’t think there is a word strong and all-encompassing enough in the English language to describe what happens to you when you become a parent.  I love being able to see that happen to new parents when I meet them and their days-old son or daughter for the first time.   Ah, bliss.  This little peanut weighed in at 5 pounds, 5 ounces and was so beautiful.  She snoozed happily and was such an agreeable little model.  She worked up quite the appetite by the end of the session.   It was wonderful to meet all of you and to talk with you.  Thanks so much for opening your home.  Enjoy your sneak peeks!

Adorable pink headband from the amazing Dolce Vita Mia.

Precious baby Mary Jane’s from the fab Curly Birdy.

and

Oh so cute flapper blue and pink flower beanie from Posh Dot Posh.

They rock!  ;)

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“A child is God’s opinion that life should go on.”

~Author unknown

This sweet baby boy was born just days before Christmas.  Can you imagine a more divine gift?  His wonderful mom and dad–who I got to hang out with during their maternity session here–are naturally just thrilled.   They decided to keep the gender a surprise, so you can imagine how sweet it was in the delivery room to hear, “It’s a boy!!”  :)   He is so sweet and calm–I could have cuddled him all day!!  Don’t you just adore his darling red hair, too?  Congrats, B family.  Savor each and every moment with your amazing little gift.

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“When that baby looks into your eyes and you know it’s yours, you know what it means to be alive.”

~ Anonymous

What an amazing “job” I have.  I just feel so lucky to be able to hold babies that weren’t even here just a few short days prior.  What a miraculous thing to be able to look into a baby’s eyes and to truly see the whole world before them.  Seriously.  I am in awe each time I leave a newborn session.  I have definitely been getting my baby fix this month!  This little man was the third little newbie for December, and another client just welcomed a baby boy this morning.  That makes four boys for December!  Isn’t he so sweet?  His parents and big sisters (aren’t they just beautiful, too?!) are obviously in love with him already, and really how could you not be?  Mom and Dad had so many fun ideas–we put this little guy into a stocking, a football helmet (with a strong middle name like Packer can you guess what team is a family fave?), a Santa outfit and so many cute little hats.  Dad is in the jewelry business, so we just had to show how little this sweetie’s toes are by trying Dad’s ring on for size.  He was such a good sport and patiently modeled for me for several hours.  I just had to post the one of him in the stocking because I love how he is seemingly fascinated by his cute little hands.  Thank you for welcoming me into your home–I can’t wait for you to see the rest!  Enjoy your sneak peeks!  :)

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” I think that I see something deeper, more infinite, more eternal than the ocean in the expression of the eyes of a little baby when it wakes in the morning and coos or laughs because it sees the sun shining on its cradle. “

~Vincent van Gogh

I fell in love with this little man the instant I saw him.   He started off the session by giving me some adorable smiles and later showed off his stunning baby blues.   I just adore this amazing yellow blanket–it belonged to this little man’s great grandmother.  I love to photograph newborns with items of sentimental value or importance.  It makes the photographs that much more special.  Mom and dad are obviously smitten with their new sweetie, and it shone through in their images.  It was amazing to meet you all, thanks so much for allowing me the honor of photographing your beautiful family.

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“Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart”

~Author Unknown

This little angel was due to arrive just a few days after Christmas.  Instead, he made his debut a full month early.   He is just so darling and it was just so wonderful to meet him and his family.  :)   I feel so blessed to be able to photograph and meet so many amazing people.  Really, I just don’t know how I get lucky every.single.time. and meet these interesting, sweet people who have so many life stories to tell.   Mom was so easy to talk to and we had a great deal in common.  She had the most fabulous props…ummm, I mean furniture…:) to use!  Check out this awesome zebra print ottoman and the cool chandelier.  If you ever decide not to stay in the nursing field, there’s always a career in interior design, girlie!  It was an honor to photograph your darling little man.  Thank you!

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“A happy family is but an earlier heaven.”

~John Bowring

Wow.  This little redhead has grown up so much since I last saw her for her newborn session back in July.  She was a gorgeous newborn, and she is a gorgeous baby, too!  Check out those eyes!  I just love this family–so sweet and they adore their daughter.  I can’t wait until mama starts to sell some of the awesome kids clothes she makes!  Hint, hint girlie–get going!  He he! :)

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“Family faces are magic mirrors.  Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future.”

~Gail Lumet Buckley

…and so were the first two times I got to photograph this family!  I last saw this sweetheart when she was a mere four days old, and she is now an alert little six week old.  Time flies! To me, it is one of the best compliments to have returning clients.  Almost all of my mini session clients this time were ones I have had the pleasure of photographing before.  It was wonderful to see all of you again!  You all rock!  Hope you’re enjoying your new camera!

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“Cousins are friends that will love you forever.”

~Constance Richards

How adorable are these three?!  I had the opportunity to photograph this little pumpkin when she was born, and now with her two cousins.  They adore their new cousin, and they are just so sweet with her.  Thanks for being my little models–boy did sister know how to pose!  :)

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“It is not a slight thing when those so fresh from God love us.”

~Charles Dickens

This little pumpkin hat has great meaning to me.   When my son Jackson was born, he was very sick and spent awhile in the NICU on a ventilator.  It was the most difficult thing in the world to leave our baby at the hospital, but the nurses and volunteers that we encountered there were our lights in the darkness.   A group of ladies knit a bunch of these pumpkin hats for all the babies in the NICU.  I still remember the day we walked in to go see him and had to have a little laugh to myself.  We had walked into a pumpkin patch.  The nurses had put the little hats on all the babies for Halloween.  It was a wonderful sight.  It was a bright spot, it made me feel normal.  So, I tucked it away in his baby book and thought to bring it out for this October newborn session.  It fit this sweet, sweet little girl so perfectly.  It brings back wonderful memories and makes me happy to see this special hat on other babies.  :)   Don’t  you just love how she has found her little thumb already?  I loved photographing this little one and it was great to see her mom again–I got to photograph her and her “BUMP” awhile back…oh, and for those of you that were wondering–it’s a girl!!!!

Dad is a huge Boston Redsox fan–her middle name is Fenway, how cool is that?!–so we had to include a sneak peek for him, too. Enjoy your sneak peeks, and I can’t wait to see how much she has grown when I see you for the mini sessions!!

The hot pink bloom is from Dolce Vita Mia, and I loooove it!  She does fan-tabulous work, and if you want to see more of her work, head over to her website, where this little cutie pie can be seen!

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“In the sheltered simplicity of the first days after a baby is born, one sees again the magical closed circle, the miraculous sense of two people existing only for each other.”

~Anne Morrow Lindbergh

She said goodnight to her sister, went upstairs and thought that it would be smooth sailing since her due date was over a week away and her husband would be returning from out of town the next day.   Apparently this little one had different plans.  As she lay down for the night, she felt her water break and the journey began.  Her husband drove in the middle of the night from California, thankfully making it in more than enough time to welcome his sweet little princess into this world.  You see, she waited. Sienna Newborn Session_6178 copy 4Sienna Newborn Session_6164 copysiennanewbornSienna Newborn Session_6315 copySienna Newborn Session_6262 copy 3Sienna Newborn Session_5795 copy 2

It was such a pleasure to photograph this beautiful couple as they were anticipating the arrival of their little girl, and again a pleasure to photograph and meet their sweetie.  Thanks so much!  :)


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