To Wear or Not to Wear?

When it comes to clothes for toddlers, I sort of regret our past. Those of us who were born in the ’80s and grew up in the ’90s all have some things in common in most professional photos taken of us (I’ll only talk about dudes here, since that’s my experience!):

1. Knee Socks. No need to go crazy here, but for all those ’80s moms out there — WHY? Didn’t you like our cushy leg rolls? Why cover them with two feet of thin, itchy lengths of the thinnest material known to mankind? It’s not like my legs are already super short. Why emphasize it? Sheesh.
2. Giant Collars. Ok, this one was kind of cool as far as it went. But I’m not talking about those ’70s collars with the bright purple paisley print. I’m talking about those neck-wrapping deals that looked like they came right out of a painting of Henry VIII. Were those in style?
3. Shorty Shorts. No need. Just no need.

See what I’m saying? I have some questions to ask my mother…

Little boys today have it MADE! Just walk into any Janie & Jack store to see how awesome little dude clothes have become. I admit, I’m a little jealous.

And I’m so happy to have had the opportunity to photograph a couple outfits for one of these awesome-outfit stores! Lucy & Leo is based out of New York, and they make wonderful outfits for kiddos out of recycled materials! Here’s a blurb straight from their website:

“Lucy & Leo organic clothing is known for its soft color palate and classic design with a modern twist. As our brand grows, we stay true to our vision of creating unique, adorable and comfortable outfits for your child in an eco-friendly fashion. We are proud to be one of the first organic and USA-made clothing brands in the children’s industry.

Our mission is simple: to provide your child with the finest, highest quality clothing on the market. Our garments move and breathe, are durable and very comfortable.

Lucy & Leo garments are designed and manufactured in New York. We are committed,  to bettering the world. We do that in three basic ways. We manufacture in the USA to support our local economy. We use only environmentally sensitive and organic materials, and for every garment purchased, we plant a tree with Trees For the Future.”

So there ya go! It was my pleasure to photograph Amos, who was adorably representing Lucy & Leo in this styled shoot:

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May 2, 2016May 2, 2016 by timmymarsee Categories: Children, Fashion + Beauty, Featured Elsewhere..., Portraits, UncategorizedTags: adorable, amos, beautiful, child, Children, clothing, cute, hair, kid, kiddo, kiddos, kids, leo, lucy, lucy and leo, model, organic, outfits, photo, photography, portrait, red, redhead, toddler Leave a comment

The Cahills

I thought I would use this snowy day indoors to continue updating all of you on some of my sessions from 2015! It’s my goal to blog about each one that I haven’t written about before, so if I miss anyone, feel free to send me a message.

These are the Cahills, and they called me to photograph their newborn baby boy, Frankie. I fell in love with their session, and I hope you enjoy these highlights! If you’re interested in having your family’s memories captured, send me a message on Facebook (http://facebook.com/timothymarseephotography).

Have a great snow day, everyone!

January 22, 2016 by timmymarsee Categories: Babies, Children, Families, Family, Portraits, UncategorizedTags: 2, 50mm, 5d mark ii, adorable, baby, beautiful, beauty, canon, cute, ii, lens, light, love, Marsee, natural, photography, portrait, Timothy Leave a comment

The Hamiltons

We love the Hamiltons so much! They’re such great, amazing friends, and I’m honored that they allowed me to create some memories with them for their first family session after having moved to Kentucky! I hope you enjoy these favorites of mine from their shoot 🙂

Feel free to share and leave some comments! If you would like to schedule a session for your family, send me a message via my Facebook page (http://facebook.com/timothymarseephotography).

January 13, 2016 by timmymarsee Categories: Babies, Children, Families, Family, Portraits, UncategorizedTags: 50mm, 5d mark ii, adorable, baby, backdrop, beautiful, beauty, canon, color, colorful, cute, family, feature, gatsbyactions, greater than gatsby, group, ii, kids, lens, light, love, Marsee, natural, parents, photography, portrait, Timothy, timothy marsee, timothy marsee photography Leave a comment

The Sherer Family

We had such a fun time hanging out with Ethan, Jennifer, and Jaden on the grounds of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary for their summer family session! Lindsay provided some beautiful reflected light with my Westcott Omega Reflector (as always — great job, babe!), and despite the crazy humidity outside that day, I think the three of them did amazing. Let us know what you think about their portraits in the comments! 🙂

August 13, 2015August 11, 2015 by timmymarsee Categories: Families, PortraitsTags: 3, 50mm, 5d mark ii, adorable, baby, beautiful, black and white, blue, bokeh, boy, canon, child, color, colorful, cute, eyes, family, green, love, park, photography, pink, portrait, seminary, southern, three Leave a comment

The Gardner Family

I’m a little late on blogging this family’s beautiful portrait session, but I just couldn’t wait any longer! Shooting, editing, and babysitting my little one have consumed quite a bit of time (which is A-OK, btw!), but I’ve finally found some time to sit down, write a little bit about people that Lindsay and I have grown to love, and share their photos with you.

So, without further ado, I bring you Cody, Ashley, and little Grayson! Feel free to leave some comments! 🙂

August 12, 2015August 11, 2015 by timmymarsee Categories: Families, PortraitsTags: 3, 50mm, 5d mark ii, adorable, baby, background, beautiful, beauty, black and white, blue, bokeh, boy, bw, canon, child, classy, color, colorful, cute, daddy, eyes, family, father, flower, garden, glow, green, hair, hat, mommy, mother, natural, reflector, southern seminary, three Leave a comment

Isabelle’s Portrait Session

I could tell from the get-go that Isabelle was super excited about having her portrait session! She showed up to my home studio in a beautiful white, black, and yellow summer dress with a yellow flower clip holding her hair back and another lovely red dress to model in for later in the shoot. She brought along her little cousin, her mother, and her aunt, who all were very fun and helpful!

Isabelle is my first test model for a flower-girl dress session that I’m going to be doing very soon. You can find details on it here: Casting Call

In this first shot, I had Isabelle’s aunt holding my new Westcott Omega Reflector in front of my off-camera Canon 430EX II Speedlite to act as a diffuser. We got some really nice, soft light.

In this second shot, I used a homemade light consisting of some PVC pipe and an LED flashlight that provided was really intimate beauty light.

Both these images were edited by using a combination of a LOT of dodging and burning, Emily Soto‘s Fashion Actions for her skin, and some of Greater Than Gatsby‘s actions for some help on her tones.

Contact me to book your beauty session here: Contact Timothy

July 14, 2015 by timmymarsee Categories: Children, Fashion + Beauty, PortraitsTags: 5d, beautiful, beauty, black, blonde, brown, canon, child, cute, editorial, eyes, fashion, flower, glamour, gorgeous, hair, intimate, Isabelle, mark ii, Marsee, photography, portrait, shoot, shot, soft, summer, test, timmy, timmyphoto, Timothy, timothy marsee photography, white, yellow Leave a comment

Mermaid Sighted in St. Simon’s Island, Georgia!

So…

There I was, just minding my own business on our vacation. A couple of those mornings during a whole week at St. Simon’s Island, I went on early morning strolls (say, around 6:30).

I was walking along, when up on the shore swam this little mermaid!

I know…

You think I’m crazy. But I assure you…

I’m not crazy.

And here’s my proof! How adorable is she??

After chatting with the mermaid, she was able to tell me where she got her lovely crocheted suit! She would like to thank Amazon for providing such a beautiful product and bringing it straight to the sea!

She apologizes, however, for the interesting tidal system they have going on there at St. Simon’s. For future reference, the best times to come to the beach are in the early mornings and evenings if you want the tide to be in and make the walk down the sand a little shorter. You can tell your delivery guys. Sorry for any inconvenience!

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Okay, in all seriousness, that’s my daughter in those photos. But I’m sure you already knew that 🙂

July 7, 2015 by timmymarsee Categories: Babies, Daily Art, Family, PortraitsTags: 2, 5d mark ii, adorable, baby, backdrop, background, beach, beautiful, beauty, black, black and white, blue, bokeh, bow, branch, branches, bw, canon, child, classy, color, colorful, cute, dressy, eyes, family, fashion, georgia, glow, golden isles, green, ii, mermaid, ocean, pink, portrait, sand, sea, st. simon's, st. simon's island, surf, tail, water, waves Leave a comment

The Bugle Family

It’s always a tremendous honor when somebody books you for their portraits over and over!

I had my first session with Megan when she was building her modeling portfolio back in somewhere around 2008 or 2009. If you’re curious, here’s one of the more popular photos from that fateful session: Megan Headshot. There are a couple more from that session right next to it in my Flickr feed, as well.

And then, a couple years down the road, she called me to do her maternity photos! Here’s one of those: Megan Maternity.

And now, here are some sneak peeks from my most recent session with her family! Enjoy!

Please don’t hesitate to book me for your family’s portrait session! You can send me a contact form here: Timothy Marsee Photography Just visit the Contact page.

Thanks!

June 30, 2015June 25, 2015 by timmymarsee Categories: FamiliesTags: 2, 50mm, 5d mark ii, adorable, baby, backdrop, beautiful, beauty, canon, cute, family, ii, intimate, kiss, kissing, lens, light, love, man, mark, Marsee, natural, photo, photography, photos, portrait, precious, session, shoot, timmyphoto, Timothy Leave a comment

Introducing… Little Miss Ellington!

I love, love, LOVE photographing newborn babies. I can’t explain it, so I won’t go into a diatribe about all the reasons why newborns are the cutest things in the world. We KNOW this!

So I was HONORED when Brennan and Erica asked me to photograph Ellington.

I photographed her older brother, Gentry, for his second birthday. You may recall this adorable little face: A Boy + and His Dog.

Being asked to continue to serve a client by photographing their family as they grow together is a huge blessing. Many thanks to Brennan and Erica! 🙂

I hope you enjoy these as much as I enjoyed shooting/editing them!

If you’d like me to photograph your adorable little ones, just shoot me a Contact form! You can find it here: Contact Timothy

I would also be much obliged if you would follow my Facebook page! I post these blog updates as well as cute sneak peeks fairly regularly. Timothy Marsee Photography Facebook Page

June 28, 2015June 28, 2015 by timmymarsee Categories: BabiesTags: 2, 50mm, 5d mark ii, adorable, baby, backdrop, background, beautiful, beauty, black and white, blue, bokeh, bow, bw, canon, child, classy, color, colorful, cute, glow, light, Marsee, natural, natural light, newborn, newborn photography, photography, portrait, timmy, timmyphoto, Timothy Leave a comment

My Daughter’s (Extremely Belated) Easter Session

How does the saying go? The cobbler’s children had no shoes?

I completely agree. Only I’m not a cobbler — I’m a photographer.

The photographer’s children has no photos!

How many of you fellow photogs out there can relate to this? You spend so much of your time photographing other people that when you’re not photographing someone, your camera (which you spent a good deal of money on) sits in the bag unused until your next session.

That’s my experience.

So, over two months after Easter 2015 has come and gone, I finally get around to editing my daughter’s Easter photos. And I’ve included my favorites for you here.

I hope you enjoy!

Feel free to leave me some comments or LIKE this post! If you’re interested in having your children’s portraits taken, send me a Contact form from the Contact page of my website: Timothy Marsee Photography

June 27, 2015June 26, 2015 by timmymarsee Categories: Babies, FamilyTags: 2, 50mm, 5d mark ii, adorable, April, baby, backdrop, background, beautiful, beauty, bokeh, bow, branch, branches, canon, classy, color, colorful, cute, dressy, easter, egg, eggs, eyes, family, garden, glow, green, hair, holiday, ii, leaves, lens, light, love, mark, Marsee, mulch, natural, nest, pink, saturation, sit, smile, Timothy, toddler, trees, Vera, vibrance, vibrant 4 Comments