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Ft Worth Newborn Photographer |Project 365 Week 4

January 26, 2016

I’m closing out week 4 of my Project 365 and I think things are finally getting a little easier. I am remembering to bring my camera on outings, and I am stressing less about getting a picture a day and just keeping my camera on-hand for when the right moment occurs. This project is such a departure from the way I normally shoot as a Ft. Worth newborn photographer and Ft. Worth baby photographer, so it is really stretching me creatively.

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19/366: My boy playing with trucks in the living room. Love the backlighting in this image. He was kind of just rolling around on the floor acting silly, but he caught me with the camera and of course gave me the photographer-child stink eye.

20/366: Weekly trip to Wal-Mart where my boy gets to indulge in a cookie from the bakery. I love that this photo shows toilet paper and soda in abundance. Haha. I promise we are actually A LITTLE more sophisticated and healthy than what this cart would suggest. I am a price-matching guru and it just so happened that toilet paper and soda were on big sale this week so that’s why you see the stockpile.

21/366: I hadn’t been feeling well on this day and so I totally neglected getting my photo until 7:30pm. As soon as I realized what had happened, it was almost bedtime. My son gets to play 5 minutes of ipad before taking his bedtime routine, so I captured this in those precious few minutes before bathtime. Although this was mostly an afterthought, I love this picture and the creative use of lighting.

22/366: Vitamin C. My friend this past week.

23/366: We’ve attended 3 birthday parties in the past 7 days. Yikes! My boy is in heaven spending so much time with his friends and chowing down on cake every couple of days. This particular party was at an indoor church playground which also featured some arcade style games. He was fascinated by the arcade driving game and spend the majority of the party doing that. He is still too short for his feet to reach the gas pedal and his arms to reach the steering wheel, so this is his adaption for driving the car.

24/366: Another birthday party this afternoon! Here Holden is enjoying some fruity snacks from his goody-bag on the way home. He is pretty pleased about life here.

25/366: A piece of Holden’s marble maze. He is obsessed with this game and we spend several hours each week playing. I love that he can take this marble maze, deconstruct it and turn it into anything he wants. Sometimes it is a spaceship, other times it is a Paw Patrol lookout, and sometimes it functions as a plain old marble run.

Are you looking for a Ft. Worth Newborn Photographer? Please check out my website or contact me for additional information.

Heather of H. Parker Photography is a Ft. Worth Newborn Photographer also specializing in baby in Forth Worth, Texas and surrounding areas including but not limited to Dallas, and Roanoke.

Ft. Worth Newborn Photographer l Project 365 Week 3

January 19, 2016

I am having a major Snuffleupagus moment over here at the Parker casa. Tissues everywhere. Feeling blah. I feel like this same cold has been making its way around our house since Thanksgiving. I was the first person to come down with it, then Holden who ended up with an ear infection on Christmas Eve, then Charlie, then Holden again (who is on his third ear infection since Turkey Day!!) and now back to me again. I know this is scintillating stuff, but the Dayquil cocktail isn’t doing me any favors. So, pat on the back to myself for completing week 3 of my 365 Project. I’m still not where I want to be with these photos, but I am also probably feeling a little lackluster about this project because I am in a crummy mood in general at the moment. I am proud for sticking to it despite the lack of inspiration. I am following a bunch of other photographers in their 365’s as well, and that is really making me want to step up my game. I would love to get more photos with me in them, but that requires a bit of forethought as I will need to use my remote timer and possibly a tripod. I also need to learn to step out of my comfort zone and take photos out and about in the world. This week I took photos at the Home Depot, but we are regular visitors to the Wal-Mart, library, gym and church and I always feel like if I bring my big girl camera out in those situations folks are going to give me weird eyes. I don’t know why I really care, I mean…most of these people I will never see again in my life. And, who really cares what they think? It’s about documenting my life and my surroundings, and if I only photograph a small subset of that which occurs in my house and neighborhood then I am not really doing justice to this project. Ok kiddos, so here is my 365 for Week 3!

12/366: An evening trip to Home Depot. My husband is doing some board and batten work underneath our kitchen bar overhang. I’ll definitely post pictures of the final product.

13/366: The new Burger Street opened in Roanoke. I grew up not far from one of the only Burger Streets in the Metroplex, and as far as a fast food hamburger goes it’s pretty tasty. My husband and I turned it into a little daytime date because we both happened to be at home while the munchkin was at school. It was exciting because we went right at 11am and got both our meals comped because we were part of the first 25 customers to the restaurant EVER. It has been fascinating watching our little town grow exponentially in the past 7 years. We were there when they opened the new Marshall Creek Bridge in 2013 and now the Burger Street. Living history I tell you.

14/366: Holden was at school so I stayed busy working on my photography stuff. My dog, Bailey, likes to keep me company by sunning in the office occasional chair.

15/366: My boy is all boy, and if there isn’t a monsoon outside then we are going to find a way to go outdoors at least once per day. He has been really into riding his new bicycle lately, but since he is getting over a cold I have made him take it easy and play in the backyard instead. Of course, the first thing he wants to do is put his hands in the pool water, which is freezing. This kid!! Checking the pool temp to see when we can go swimming again.

16/366: My little guy’s cold got a lot worse overnight and into the day, so we had a sick day at home together. He was so lethargic, and his throat hurt so bad that wouldn’t eat much of anything. I tried soft foods like apple sauce and juice, but nothing was really working. Then the first Girl Scout of the season stopped by and we bought TOO MANY cookies (I’d like to tell you it was because I want to offer charitable support, but we really know I just have a sweet tooth). Holden decided he is Team Thin Mint. I offered him one of Daddy’s Samoas and he spit it out. First cookie I’ve ever seen that kid reject.

17/366: I thought Holden was getting over his sickness, so he and I went to church. I picked him up from Sunday school and he was complaining about his throat and ear some more, so we left early and went back home for sick day part dos. Back in the PJs and watching a movie in mommy’s bed. zzzzz

18/366: This was Holden’s 4 year old well check-up. He was due for four shots, but the kid lucked out because he still has a cold (and an ear infection to boot) so the doctor is going to make me come back in for his vaccines in a month. All systems were go for Holden, but with the ear infection it makes three ear infections since December 1st and tomorrow we will be back at the pediatric ENT to discuss getting another round of ear tubes. I am so thankful my munchkin has a pretty good bill of health in life, but I am bummed over getting ear tubes again. I don’t think any parent enjoys when their child has surgery, although I do think I would rather him go back to the ear tubes than keep getting antibiotics or keep being in misery from his ears. The poor boy woke up this morning and said, “Mommy….my ears always hurt!!! I hate my ears hurting!!!”

Are you looking for a Ft. Worth Newborn Photographer? Please check out my website or contact me for additional information.

Heather of H. Parker Photography is a Ft. Worth Newborn Photographer also specializing in baby in Forth Worth, Texas and surrounding areas including but not limited to Dallas, and Roanoke.

Ft. Worth Newborn Photographer l 2016 Referral Program

January 18, 2016

Introducing my newest H. Parker Photography client referral program! I really don’t put much of any money into advertising because I feel like word of mouth is the best marketing out there, and it’s not something you can buy. As a Ft. Worth newborn photographer, I am in a ring with lots and lots and lots of other photographers. I love standing out from the crowd by having timeless, pure images of your baby that are uncluttered with excessive props and trinkets. That’s who I am, and I hope that is reflected in my work. [Read more…]

Ft. Worth Newborn Photographer l Sitter Model Call

January 12, 2016

ATTENTION DALLAS/FORT WORTH PARENTS: BABY MODEL SEARCH

H. Parker Photography is searching for babies aged 6-9 months who are sitting unassisted but aren’t yet crawling for a studio mini session to take place in the next few weeks. Sessions will take place at H. Parker Photography’s residential studio on Roanoke, Texas.

For consideration and to learn details, please email heather@hparkerphotography.com. Please include babies age and gender when emailing. Feel free to share with friends who might be interested. Thank you!

Heather of H. Parker Photography is a Ft. Worth Newborn Photographer also specializing baby and child photography in Forth Worth, Texas and surrounding areas including but not limited to Dallas, and Roanoke.

Ft. Worth Newborn Photographer l Special Announcement

December 8, 2015

First off, let me start by saying just how blessed and thankful I am for all the babies, children and families that have come into my life through H. Parker Photography. To say I love my job would be an understatement. The closing of another year means it is time to evaluate my business and what my priorities are both personally and professionally. It is with that in mind that I have decided to focus on newborns and following babies through their first year of life. This is a big change for me, and a tough choice—but in the end it is what is best for my own family and also for H. Parker Photography. My books are full for family sessions through 2015, and I will not be accepting additional family sessions for the near year. I still have some newborn openings left in 2015 and will be exclusively focusing on newborns and young babies in the coming year. This means I will be specializing in serving the Ft. Worth area through studio and lifestyle newborn photography; sitter photography and 1^st birthday/cake smashes. It is definitely not without some sadness that I make this announcement, because I really love my job and it gives me a thrill each time I am behind the lens. I won’t rule out the possibility of returning to family photography in the future, because no one ever REALLY knows what is around the next corner and I have a feeling I am going to miss it A LOT. I am looking forward to specializing in newborns and continuing to grow in that area of my photography. Many thanks to those who have been with me since the beginning of this journey! None of this would be possible without you. XO Heather

Ft. Worth Newborn Photographer l It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

December 7, 2015

‘Tis the season, and the Parker household is in full Christmas swing. I’m not really one for a ton of decorations–pretty much if it can’t be put together in less than two days I’m not really up for the challenge. However, I couldn’t resist taking pictures of all the sparkles with my new macro lens! I got this baby a few weeks ago as part of my newborn photography arsenal. It had been on my wish list for over a year, so it was a big and exciting purchase. The purpose of a macro lens is to reproduce a life-sized image of an object on the camera’s image sensor. Cutting out the jargon, it basically means you can take photos really, really up close. This is great for newborns when capturing those teeny, tiny toes and beautiful long lashes. I can’t wait to try this bad boy out on my next studio newborn (whose coming in Wednesday!), but I definitely wanted to get some practice in over the weekend, so I ended up photographing our tree and my gingerbead house. Please don’t be fooled by the bossness that is my gingerbread house. I attended a gingerbread workshop at Tastebuds Kitchen in Southlake last week with my sisters. You may recall that I did some photos for Tastebuds when they first opened earlier this year. This was my first chance to take a class with them though, and it was so much fun! I think the whole BYOB and gingerbread decorating thing can be a new tradition. Normally if I attempted a gingerbread house it will be a crumbly, gooey mess but Tastebuds had everything set up for us and pre-made icing and houses so it was pretty manageable for me and really took my gingerbread house to a new level.

My favorite ornament on the bottom. An imprint of my son’s hand as a newborn. He is a Christmas-time baby and this was his hand at about 10 days old.

Ft. Worth Newborn Photographer l Newborn Special

December 2, 2015

ATTENTION 2016 MOMMAS-TO-BE: it’s time to schedule your newborn session! I have a NEWBORN SPECIAL that’s basically the most awesome Black Friday/Small Business Saturday/Cyber Monday/Not Too Late Tuesday/Why Not Wednesday/ assorted post-Turkey-Day shenanigans rolled into one. Session fees on newborn sessions booked by December 6th will be discounted to $99 (more than half off!). Plus, I’ll be providing a set of complementary birth announcements (valued at $50) AND one of my best sellers–an 11×14 canvas wrap (valued at $80) as an add on to your portrait order.

To book your newborn session, email heather@hparkerphotography.com. *Please note that this sale will expire on December 6, 2015, so please share/tag with your expecting friends and family to spread the word!* *Session fees include photographers’ time, talent and image processing. Session fees do not include digital rights, prints or products as these items must be purchased separately.* **Valid on NEW bookings only.**

Ft. Worth Newborn Photographer l Holden Pumpkin Village

November 24, 2015

I am so blessed to have been completely booked this fall, but it has definitely been a whirlwind! I visited the Dallas Arboretum’s Pumpkin Village back in October with the model in residence and with all that has been going on with H. Parker Photography, I never got around to fully editing those photos. I think the window on fall photos is closing fast, and in just a few weeks the pumpkin photos will need to get the boot to make way for the holidays, so I decided I better get this taken care of! Plus, in case you haven’t noticed I love my munchkin and I have a habit of over-sharing his adorableness. The cute bowtie/suspenders sets are from Melody of Cuteness Accessories. If you are ever struggling with a good way to dress up your little man, she has some great options in thousands of patters, colors and textures! I think she even has a Black Friday sale going on through her Etsy shop, so go see what that’s all about. As a boy-mom, I can attest that it is super difficult to find cute clothes for your little gents, so her shop is one of my favs. Happy Thanksgiving to all!