St. Louis Photographer » A Journal by Holly McCaig

Elizabeth entered a drawing at my Open House to win a spot in our Valentine Mini Sessions last weekend, and won! She brought her Valentine cuties, Crisana and Tristan into the studio and we snagged a bunch of cute images for them to choose from. Brothers and sisters are so funny. As soon as you ask them to hold hands, hug, or stand even near each other, you get the look. You know, the one like they may get cooties. I love it. Little do they know, I’m quick with the shutter button! Especially love the last image in this series! These were a surprise for their dad, and since we didn’t want to spoil it, I can now post them on the blog!

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Often photographed by me, but never dull – I ENJOY photographing these two and watching them grow and change. More back story, mama and I were sorority sisters back at good ol’ Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia. Was so happy when we reconnected here in St. Louis years ago. I’ve always loved Maura’s enthusiasm and appreciation for awesome photography! Now that Kylie loves the camera, I hope I can keep it up with the creativity on these two. Love how adorable these two Valentine sisters’ images came out!

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This is not the first time I’ve photographed these fun kiddos! Olivia and Jacob came in for an extended Valentine Mini Session. Mom wanted some extra photos taken of them in attire they’ll be wearing for a wedding. The blues and browns are too cute! Be sure to watch for next year’s Valentine’s Day Mini Session offer by signing up for the newsletter at the bottom of this post.

And, now for my favorites from this session!

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Here’s another couple peeks of the cutie pie, Brady. He is sooooo yummy cute!

Last week, I arrived at Max’s house to see this adorable, bundle of joy! The hair, the hair! It got me. And, those eyes and smile…tugged at me. Seriously, there is nothing better than arriving to meet someone for the first time to take their photos than when you meet a little one like Max. This kid made photographing so easy.

Max turned one on Friday and it was my job to document him through my lifestyle photography. We did a few posed photos with the whole family before the real fun began. I adore taking photos of kids moving, playing, the family watching in the background. Those are the moments in life we want to remember.

So, here are a few sneaks from Max’s session that I fell in love with…can see there were a lot?

I’ll tell ya…that Canon 5D Mark II sure is awesome in low light situations! We had a lot of those and it did fantastic! And, Max…HAPPY BIRTHDAY CUTIE!