Hi, I’m Sandra Burns, the photographer behind September Blue Photography. This is my blog, where you’ll see my most recent work, upcoming events and specials, and get to know me a little better. Check out the About Me section to learn more about my style and my approach to portrait photography.
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That’s what Stephanie named her sneak peek when she got it and posted it on Facebook. I thought it was a perfect fit. My new favorite family image. I want to capture lots more like these this summer. The rest of her maternity session was just as lovely, with her beautiful daughters just lighting up the images and her tiny little belly and beautiful glow doing the rest.
So we are pretty much live with the new site, new blog and new look – what do you think?! =) I am still working on a few more changes to the blog, studio pics still need to go up at some point and somewhere, and we are still working out some minor glitches here and there – right now everything is best viewed in 1024 x 768 resolution (or preferably higher resolution) in Mozilla FireFox 3.6.16 or later and in IE8 or later with a few minor bumps. But please take a look around and leave me a comment! Check out the Facebook and Twitter sliders on the left, the new work up on the site (including a featured session which I plan to update monthly), and the updated About Me section here on the blog which will tell you a bit more about my approach and my style. I have to send out a huge thanks to Tatiana of Tiny Clicks Photography for the photos of me and pullbacks you see on the site. She’s awesome!! Tatiana - you know what I just realized we didn’t do that day? Get a pic of us together!!! So here’s one of her, in action during the workshop at my studio. =)
Rounding out day three… you might notice things look a little different around here. I’ve overhauled my site, splash page and blog with the help of a talented and creative web designer. It’s been a work in progress over the last couple of months and finally it’s almost done! We are still working out the minor glitches here and there but I’m soooo excited about it! Official announcement coming soon… in the meantime…this is how excited I am about it!
Yeah, that’s me in the air on the beach in Punta Cana this past February. I set James (my husband) up with the 70-200 lens and we got some funny looks and smiles while we were rehearsing the shot. After a few takes we got it and went back to our beach chairs with our drinks. And what do you know… within a few minutes there were families, children, and couples launching themselves as high as they could into the air on the beach and pressing shutters furiously. It was a GREAT site to see. You know why? Because they were all laughing hysterically and having a blast doing it. Yeah that’s me, the trendsetter. LOL
A sneak peek for S & S – the smiliest 1 year old I’ve had to date yet… this is the image that spoke to me first…. love the serious looks! I just can’t help it!
So yeah… pffffftttt to whoever clicked the button and pfffftt to the FB employee who looked at this image and actually thought “yeah, this qualifies as ‘obscene or offensive’”. Moving on…here is the lovely mama-to-be who rightfully deserved to see all the lovely comments her image received =)
It was my honor and privilege to document this beautiful woman’s pregnancy. There is nothing about this session I didn’t love and the images that came out of this session are… Simply. Stunning. It was so nice to meet and work with a woman truly comfortable and happy with her pregnant body. It was so inspiring. Her beauty, both inner and outer, just shone through on these images. I love the drama of the first two, and the organic feel of the last four.
Loved this little newborn peanut! She let me try all sorts of great poses on her. And she was such a beauty (when you see her mama’s pic, you’ll see where she got part of her good looks from!)
It meant I almost didn’t get to meet and photograph these two little superstars. E broke her wrist on the day of our scheduled shoot and would be in a cast for several weeks. I called E’s mom in between shoots that day to see how she was doing and sure enough, as kids tend to be, she was resilient and bouncing back already. So I got to see her and her baby sister a few weeks later for our mini session after all. And I am so glad I didn’t miss out on these two beauties.
By now you can tell that these girls have uh… been in front of a camera once or twice before. Their mama loves photos so they are naturals… they pose, they smile and bat their eyelashes on cue… a photographer’s dream. And then it’s time to capture the real deal. Oh, don’t think I don’t know it when I see it. I have kids too and I can spot the cheese smiles a mile away. But I snap away anyway… and I wait. I wait until I can find and draw out (if necessary) the genuine look. Sometimes I get real quiet during a session and I don’t say much at all. I imagine some parents might be thinking “uh-oh, something’s wrong! Is it not going well?”
That’s not it at all. Silence can work wonders sometimes. Sometimes you (well, I) just need to shut up and listen. We were wrapping it all up and I knew I didn’t have her yet. Not the her I knew I could capture anyway. Mom was busy packing up little sister and we spoke very softly, almost whispering. Then we had a quiet moment. And then…I snapped the last frame of our session.
Look at that beautiful, luscious head of hair! What else is there to say… Seriously, I was mesmorized by her hair… I’ve never seen that much hair on a little tiny baby. So thick and luxurious. Lucky girl. Beautiful hair and biteable chubbiness.
I have to admit – I’ve been very lucky lately with some older newborns. This little 18 day old girl was awake for awhile but she was so content and alert that she was practically posing for me. I couldn’t get over it. She was staring right at me. Practically smiling… she was smiling with her eyes, I could tell 
Eventually she gave in and fell into a blissful sleep for some snuggly poses.
