Sandi Heinrich Photography: Two cool parents + one happy baby = good times for me!

One of the best things about my work is the relationships I develop with my long term clients like Mark, Hedy and baby Joaquim. If you follow my blog, you'll notice quite a few photographs featuring this family. I first met Mark & Hedy back in early September when Hedy was very, very pregnant with Joaquim. We met a couple times to do some belly shots and the three of us hit it off quite well right off the bat. A couple weeks later I was back to meet little Joaquim when he was just two days old.

The thing I really love about Mark & Hedy is that they are totally comfortable being just who they are with me. Sometimes it is a real challenge to get my clients to relax and be themselves in front of the camera but that is never a problem with Mark or Hedy! We just hang out at their house, talk & play with Joaquim & the dog & cats while I'm snapping away. It always feels more like a visit between friends than a photo shoot. The result is a bunch of completely non-traditional but beautiful images that truly capture the heart of this family!

One of the cool things about being a photographer is that I possess a skill worth trading with others! I love doing skills trades with clients and for months before I met Hedy I'd been wishing & hoping to find a pregnant massage therapist to trade photographs for massages. Imagine how happy I was when I learned she was a massage therapist! She loved the idea of trading my "First Year" package for (MUCH needed) massages and so we met last month to capture this little guy at age three months.

What a happy baby Joaquim is! I generally prefer to wait to photograph babies until they are four months old because it is much easier to elicit smiles from them at that age but I had no problem getting smiles from this one! I had such a great time with him this time that I can hardly wait to see him again at age 6 months... my favorite age to work with!