In their words | East Texas Portraiture Photography

Sidenote: As of June 1, 2009, Reflections of Life Photography was renamed Christina McCall Photography. We apologize for any confusion this may cause.

After a week of server moving, template quirks, and a revamped portfolio section that will (hopefully) be live on the site by the middle of next week, I’m finally able to post again!

Recently I was contacted by a new directory site catering to expectant and new mothers requesting us to join their maternity and baby photography directory on their site, which has a variety of great information as well as  a forum and informative articles. Our directory listing went live earlier this week. Afterwards, I shared the site information with both Miss B’s and Noah’s moms. Yesterday afternoon, Noah’s mom — Melody, the expectant mother currently featured in the banner above — left reviews for both her and Noah’s sessions. With her permission, she’s allowing me to share them here as well so potential clients can receive an insight to what a session with Christina McCall Photography (formerly Reflections of Life Photography) is like …

With that, here’s Melody’s point of view from her maternity session …

I was one hot mamma!

Christina did a fabulous shoot for me when I was 8 months along. I had never been on a “maternity” shoot and really had no idea what to expect. Christina made it all so easy and more importantly FUN! She and her assistant drove me all over the city to some really cool places to shoot pics. I was leaning against funky brick walls, walking down railroad tracks, posing on park benches and having a wonderful time being such a ham! She is so creative and knows all of the best places to go to take pics. And did I mention this gal takes LOTS of photos?! At first, I thought she was a taking a lot of pictures, but I was so glad when I got the proofs. With there being so many photos, there were definitely some I fell in LOVE with. And not only were the pics great, I actually looked good in them. When you are 8 months pregnant, you are past the point of feeling “cute”, so kudos to Christina for finding my best angles and smile and capturing it at the right moment.

If you are debating on whether or not to get maternity portraits, GET THEM! I didn’t with my first baby, and I regret it. I have enjoyed going back and looking at the pictures she took. It kinda’ makes me want to be pregnant again!

… and her point of view from Noah’s portrait session back in January …

Fussy Baby – Beautiful Pics

Christina and her assistant Robby came to our house to do a photo session for our baby who was 8 months at the time. Our baby, Noah, is a happy baby, but is the very solemn and observant type. He does break out in crazy laughter and giggles on occasion but is usually just silently watching every little thing going on. The day Christina and Robby came to our house, he was not feeling well and was not in a particularly great mood. I had almost called Christina and canceled our appointment that morning.

She and Robby showed up with tons of cute backdrops and the most adorable props for the photos. I got Noah’s outfits lined up, and we began. There were myself, my husband, Christina and Robby all in my son’s room with him trying to get him to smile. It was crazy madness, and Noah just sat there staring at all of us as if we were from another planet. After an hour, I was beginning to melt and thought there was no way that these pics would be any good. Christina, however, didn’t seem phased and she just kept on taking pics as if Noah was the most cooperative baby she had ever shot. She was cool, calm and completely unaffected by Noah’s not smiling, constant fussing and repeated crawling away from the backgrounds she had set up for him. I was impressed at her composure.

Well when I got the proofs a few days later, I almost fell out of my chair. They were PHENOMENAL!!! There were smiles captured that I never saw and photos that captured his curious face, his mischievous face and his sweet, solemn face. I would much rather have photos of all his different sides than of him smiling in every photo. Christina and Robby captured the real Noah, and what initially seemed to be a failure photo session turned out to be the best photo session he has ever had. I am using Reflections of Life Photography for all of our family’s portraiture needs in the future. ROLP rocks!!!!

Thanks so much for your kind words Melody! Both Robby and I look forward to capturing your entire family for the years to come

And — to make up for the lack of photos this week — here’s a behind the scenes shot from Melody’s maternity session and the final image:

Sidenote: As of June 1, 2009, Reflections of Life Photography was renamed Christina McCall Photography. We apologize for any confusion this may cause.