Christina McCall Photography | Athens Canton Kaufman and Tyler Texas Family, Children, and Senior Portraiture Photography

A new session type (a day in the life) + a very very chilly morning (in the 20s) + one awesome family = yummy chocolate chocolate chip cookies and a fun morning by all.

Day in the Life sessions differ from the traditional portrait session in that they are documentary style instead of posed portraits. The sneak peeks I’ve chosen are the ones where Noah’s not being adorable directly at me and the camera (I have a ton of those too)!

Noah’s peeking in the oven to watch the cookies bake …

Additionally, with the Day in the Life sessions, the only lighting sources are what are avaialble — overhead lighting in your home and any outdoor lighting sources that we can open the curtains/mini blinds and let in. No flash, no strobes.

The only edits done to these images were black and white conversions (the original color images were white balanced prior to conversion). As these are ‘capturing the moment’, no retouching or exposure edits are made.

Many thanks to Scott, Melody, Charles, and Noah for yet another great session!

If you would like to capture a ‘day in the life’ with your family in lieu of the traditional family session (or as a portion of a full portraiture session), contact me for details.

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Like us humans, dogs and cats have personalities as wide and varying as the spectrum allows … which is one of the many reasons photographing them is so much fun.

I’m a bit behind in sharing these sneak peeks (apologies to her mom!) … but better late than never, here’s Miss Chloe’s online debut!

Poor Chloe was so cold that she was looking back at her momma to hurry up and get her off that cold metal bench!

Snuggle (aka warm up) time!

Treats time (in the form of donut holes)!

… and she’s still waiting for that treat!

Thanks so much to Chloe and Steph for a fun (although cold!) session!

Sneak peek also blogged @ Sit.Stay.Snap. Pet Photography

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Just a little over a year ago, Hannah appeared here on the blog … last year we went for a rocker/musician-esque styled session held down in Central Texas. This year — vintage-esque rural …

Other than a defog/sharpening tweak, this image is SOOC. And one of several that I was quite giddy about (I have two witnesses to that fact) …

*hint* Future album cover *hint*

To book a portraiture session with Christina, contact us via email at christina@christinamccall.com or call 903.477.9069 today.

These three ladies have graced the CMP website before … first Tracy’s maternity session and later Miss L’s newborn session last spring. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, these three ladies participated in the January Serendipity Session date held in Tyler.

Miss M

Sweet and protective big sister … I’ve never seen a big sister give her little sister so many kisses as Miss M did to Miss L over the course of their session!

Love those little cheeks!

And here’s their gorgeous momma!

Look at those blue eyes! She is gonna be such a heartbreaker one of these days!

PSA:
For those considering Easter portraits, now is the time to start planning and scheduling your session! I only have a limited number of mini and full session dates/time slots available between now and Easter (which is April 4th this year). The session deadline to have prints/luxe boutque products in hand for gifting is March 20th — sessions held after that aren’t guaranteed to have galleries live in time to place orders for prints to distribute at the family Easter gathering!

To book a portraiture session with Christina, contact us via email at christina@christinamccall.com or call 903.477.9069 today.

I think this is one of my favorite shoots to date … Michal’s outfit combined with the rural setting and just before sunset … I could get used to sessions like this!

It was quite the windy day but it actually worked well for several of the ideas I had in mind …

I’m thinking if Michal gets tired of grad school, modeling is a definite alternative …

… why does this one feel like a magazine ad to me? Along with Michal is Hannah (who’ll appear here on the blog later this month) and my business mascot who crashed the session.

To book a portraiture session with Christina, contact us via email at christina@christinamccall.com or call 903.477.9069 today.