Amanda Shea Photography Blog, Seattle Professional Children's Photographer

A Mini-Update!

It's about time I updated this blog.  I have lots of work-in-progress right now and don't quite know where to start with the sharing...  First, I'd like to mention that if you visit my website anytime after today, you'll see that I've added a WEDDING section!  I have been photographing weddings for a number of years now and for a long time have needed a nice online presentation for my current work.  Well, I have begun that process and if you enter the wedding website, you'll see a number of weddings listed and (2) that are completed and ready for viewing: Meg&Andy and Charlie&Bettye.  I hope to have the others up and ready within a week.  I'll post here when the site is finished, and in the meantime, enjoy the new work available to see now!

Here's one from my latest wedding in my hometown of Natchez, Mississippi, April 2009:

Amanda, why aren't you blogging?

Because I've been (and continue to be) proooooooofing and editiiiiiiiiiing!!!  Here are some of the beautiful children whose slideshows have gone up in the past week.  They'll all have individual blog posts eventually, but right now my main goal is to send every family the initial gallery login!  Enjoy these beautiful, sweet faces:

and here's one of the same guy with a great big laughing smile!

As I'm Proofing...

I'm working on the final set of photographs for this session and I have to stop and post this image.  This is right after the indoor photos, with the little girl's dad putting her socks on to go outside.  So sweet and such beautiful eyes on this child...

After the Beautiful Year, the documenting continues!

After completing this family's Beautiful Year in the spring (remember these?), I was hoping to be able to photograph them on my fall Seattle trip ~ and hooray, here they are!  I can't compliment this family enough:  They are always so sweet, the kids are wonderfully fun at their sessions and the boys have the most loving big sister who takes time to read them stories.  In fact, capturing one of these storytime moments turned into one of my very favorite images from this fall.

Also, we've had all four sesions at home and each time I leave, all three kids prop themselves on the back of the couch and wave goodbye as I head down the driveway.  It is just the sweetest sight...Thanks so much, Jason and Cara, for inviting me into your home to photograph your beautiful family.

I love that they invited the nanny in for one of the family portraits ~ so thoughtful and a great memory for everyone.

Beautiful Year, Beautiful Birthday Girl

Happy first birthday to this precious little girl!  This is her final session in the Beautiful Year series and what a beautiful year it's been.  I met her when she was just a tiny two week old and then saw her again at four, eight and twelve months old.  It's been amazing to capture her various milestones at each session...and I do think having your first birthday cupcake is a pretty big milestone (see below). : )

Thanks so much, Moraiya and Chris, for inviting me into your home to create lasting memories for your family.  I look forward to working with you on your wall galleries!

Oh, and yes, this is the same little girl currently in the top photo of the blog.

Right place. Right time.

After my bright sunny election day morning session, dark clouds rolled in that afternoon.  I was driving down Capitol Hill heading uptown to my favorite editing spot, Zoka, and here's what I saw happening in Bellevue.  I love Seattle skies ~ what a treat!