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Welcome to my blog! My name is Farrah Braniff and I am a portrait photographer in Houston, Texas. I specialize in contemporary portraits of babies and children. This blog is a place for me to feature my own personal imagery, images from my studio, my travels and the news and happenings of my family. I have two little boys (ages 5 and 6). You will see them a lot on this blog. They are my inspiration in so many ways. This is a great place to learn a little about me and my work. I hope you'll take a moment and look around. Use the navigation links at the top to find the entries by category, check out the FAQ, jump to my websites and so on. Thanks for stopping by! |
I just recently had my 3rd session with little Milla. Our first was when she was still in her Mom's tummy, then her newborn session and now her 4 month session. Time is just flying these days and I can't believe how quickly all my First Year Collection babies are growing up! I know it's just regular speed but, to me, it feels more like light speed.
I know that all parents feel that way too. Kids just grow up so fast! My oldest son, Sayer, is working on loose tooth number 2 and is about to turn 6. Finnian just turned 4 and is getting so tall and losing that baby boy look. Anyone who has a child in the 4-5 range knows what I am talking about. It's in that fourth year that they really loose the baby look. The little pot belly flattens out and the legs get longer. They get taller and start looking like kids instead of toddlers. It's bittersweet to say the least.
Ah, but I digress...we were talking about Milla! Here she is in all of her cute glory.
This is our newest storyboard layout, what do you think? It prints out to 16x20 and looks great in our custom hand-painted frames. I hope Milla's Mom, Carly, loves it!
Jeff says:
Beautiful, baby and photography!
(04.01.09 @ 01:46 PM)
Carly Filippov says:
Love it, love it, love it....send it to the printers!!!
(04.03.09 @ 08:16 PM)
One of the best things about what I do is that I get to watch the babies that I photograph grow up. I have been photographing Jill since she was pregnant with her first baby. Now, years later, I am still photographing her family. Jill has been with me since the early days and I am so thankful for that. She has gotten to watch me grow in my business as well.
A few weeks ago I photographed her youngest, Skylar...so sweet!
A few weeks ago I photographed her youngest, Skylar...so sweet!
Thank you Jill! I hope you love the collage.
Hop on over to the Shutter Sisters blog today for my guest post! Hope you are all having a great weekend.
I have been so busy at the studio and have not been blogging as often as I would like. I promise to catch up this week!
I have been so busy at the studio and have not been blogging as often as I would like. I promise to catch up this week!
Hands down, the most popular product that I offer at my studio is my First Year Collection. It is such an amazing thing because I get to watch families grow up together and it is such a privilege. I also really get to know my clients so the whole experience of working together is so much more comfortable and casual. I love the surprise of seeing how much the babies have grown since I saw them last. It never ceases to amaze me how much happens to us in our first year of life.
At the end of the year, some clients choose to have me design a First Year Storybook. I have been hard at work on one of those books for the last couple of months. This particular family had me come to the hospital to take labor and delivery photographs as well, which is just an incredible experience. The images that I take during L&D are just something that you have to see to understand. They tell the whole story of the day - the relationships, the excitement, the love and the joy. I feel so honored that people invite me into something so personal and so vulnerable. So, after a year of following this family through their journey into and through parenthood, I get to relive it again while putting together their album. Here are a few of my favorite pages. This album is a 12x12 book so when opened, this page that you are looking at is actually 12'x24" and lays completely flat.
John and Kendall just got their album proof yesterday so hopefully they are enjoying it!
shawna says:
my baby's turning one in exactly one month. watching this progression made me all teary! i have to step back to realize that she looks one now, and not like the teeny baby she once was. this book is truly amazing. i love the shot of the mom looking up in that first page.
(03.17.09 @ 09:41 PM)
Bren says:
this is incredible. i can't even imagine having something like this. what a treasure.
(03.18.09 @ 07:35 PM)
The first part of the year has been really busy at the studio. We've been freshening things up and cleaning up the loose ends from 2008. Every January, I add some new items to our product line and this year I added three new storyboard collages, some new frame styles, DVD slideshows and digital items for Facebookers and bloggers. Here's one of my favorite new storyboard layouts that we have available.
By the way, If you are already a client and would like some images for your Facebook page, just send me an email and friend request. There is a link to my facebook page in the menu above under "websites".
I am also going to be having another basic digital photography class here on May 30th. In the class, I teach 10 tools to take amazing photographs of your children. It is a must for those of you who have new digital SLR cameras and are struggling with how to use them. It's a full day class at my studio (10 am to 4 pm). Everyone gets a great goodie bag too! Interested in signing up? Give us a call to reserve your spot, (713) 255-2882. The cost for the class is $100 per person and we only have 15 spots.
Jenny Staff Johnson says:
I really wish I could attend this. I have a little-less-than-new SLR and it is so cool. The base level Nikon one, D40 maybe??. I went to Nikon school to learn how to use it but it was mostly over my head. Anyway, we will likely be in China or just back from China on 5/30. But if not this time, next time.....
(03.12.09 @ 10:57 AM)