Category: Families

KatieRie Photography is a professional Charlotte, NC family photographer.

Family Sessions with KatieRie Photography are formatted to capture those moments that in essence show who YOU are as a family–your “family personality.” In other words…we have fun. Fun?! Yep…fun. You will tickle, laugh, chase, sing, snuggle, hug, run…and I will stand back and document. Sessions are laid back and relaxed. I give gentle direction to steer you in the “right” direction, but the majority of the time you will just be YOU. Be who you are as a family.

KatieRie specializes in baby, maternity, cake smash, family, and newborn photography in Charlotte, North Carolina Newborn Photographer that specializes in fine art maternity, cake smash, baby, infant, family and newborn photography in the Charlotte and surrounding areas including, but not limited to, Gastonia, Belmont, Clover, Fort Mill, Matthews, Lake Wylie, McAdenville, Weddington, and Tega Cay.  Please email the studio if you have any questions in regards to photography investment.

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Charlotte Newborn Photography–Sweet Baby Cora

You know when you meet someone and you just “click?” Like you start talking and find out you basically have everything in common? That’s exactly how it was when I first met this sweet baby’s mommy.  I met Erica almost three years ago (in August), when I did their middle son’s newborn photography.  I wanted to do an outdoor session and I just completed an AMAZING newborn workshop with Amy McDaniel; Erica just had her son and a mutual friend put us in contact since I was looking for a newborn model–and the rest is history, as they say.  We lived in neighboring towns, we had a mutual friend (from growing up), we both LOVED music (in fact she sings with this awesome group, Milwaukee Choristers), we were both teachers, we both just had our second child, we totally love acupuncture, she had two boys, I had two girls, the list goes on and ON!

Well…fast forward to this past summer. Erica contacted me and asked if I would be their newborn photographer for their THIRD addition–a baby GIRL! Isn’t that amazing?! She had to two boys and a girl and I had two girls and a boy!  What are the chances?? I’m thinkin’ we should chat about arranged marriages;)

Baby Cora’s session was absolutely perfect. New big brothers were awesome and so excited to take a few photos with their new baby sis. Mom had a BALL looking through the newborn studio and picking out delicate, handmade headbands and outfits that were made especially for photography. I think she even said at one point “ohhhhh, I see what you mean when you said you had a *slight* obsession,” in reference to all my studio goodies.  We ended up getting so many stunning shots during the session.  I’m so, SO thankful that this family chose me (again!) as their newborn photographer–makes my heart SING! (pun intended).

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Newborn Photography & Parent Poses–Charlotte Newborn Photographer

Want to know a secret?

I have regrets when it comes to my own newborn photography with my littles. When I got pregnant with my first, I had all these ideas in my head as to how things would go. I wouldn’t gain a bajillion pounds–I would ONLY eat chicken or lean protein, mixed veggies and some fruit with an occasional splurge. Can you relate?? Do you think that happened?  Um…hahahahaha….NOPE. Somehow that little being inside you completely takes over your taste buds and cravings. The ONLY things I felt like eating were Sour Patch Kids, S’Mores, plain macaroni and cheese, plain bagels and cream cheese, Cocoa Cola or Root Beer, Flaming Hot Cheetos…the list of junk was ENDLESS.  I don’t think I ate one thing that was healthy during that first trimester.  I managed to choke SOME healthy stuff down for the rest of my pregnancy–but not because I wanted to.  So what happened? I was swollen, I gained weight, I felt like an alien in someone else’s body. I still enjoyed the miracle that was going on inside me, but I still felt uncomfortable.

But…BUT…

After labor…what came out was this beautifully perfect little being.  She was the definition of perfection.  I was so in love with this new bundle that grew in my womb for ten months. I couldn’t believe that we–my husband and I–did “it.” We made a HUMAN! But looking back, do you know something that still hurts my heart? Even though I endured 30 hours of labor and grew this beautiful little thing inside me, I looked in the mirror and didn’t feel like myself. Not sure if it was the hormones, the lack of sleep, or what…but I kinda just felt gross.   How does this relate to Newborn Photography? Because…NOW I could KICK myself for not getting in front of the camera more with my first or my second. We have so many newborn photographs with my daughter and my husband and every single person who stopped by to congratulate us. But I barely have any with my new baby…and you know what? What I “looked” like plays a part of that story!

I say this to encourage other mommies.  Please, please, PLEASE…even if you feel like you don’t look like yourself–please get in front of the camera.  Capture the whole story. Better yet–allow me to capture how tiny she is in your arms, the love between you and your husband looking down at this amazing miracle you (and God) created. It’s amazing to look back and see how teeny tiny they once were; how their hands wrapped around your finger; how little their toes were. These are the details that tell the entire story. You ARE beautiful. You may not feel like yourself, but your body just did the most amazing thing in the whole entire world. Own that. Be proud of that. Love that.

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