BIGS & littles

Baby Z

admin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:38:43 +0000

I love newborns. I love the smell. I love the cuddling. I love the coos. I love everything about newborns. This one was no exception. Sweet as can be and his parents are pretty awesome too.

We have a Winner!

admin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 05:13:44 +0000

Sorry that I am posting this so late. I lost my hard drive this weekend and it was a bit of a bummer. But I am very happy to announce the winner of my Family Session Giveaway. Drum roll please…..

Monick Sanchez!

I cannot wait to meet you and your family to capture some memories that you will have forever.

In the meantime, you cannot post without a picture, so I am sharing some pictures that I took for one my closest friends and her gorgeous boys. Love you E!

Family [A Giveaway]

admin — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:32:55 +0000

A few days ago, one of my clients sent me an email that her husband had passed away and that the pictures that I had taken of them as a family are even more cherished now. This news has really rocked my world. This was a young father and husband, a sweet, funny, handsome man who had so much more of his life to live. Which brings me back to why it is so very, very, important to take family pictures. I know that I am guilty of it. We are too busy. I am feeling fat. We have nothing to wear. But it is so very important to do. Life is short. Fleeting. I want my children to remember what their life was like. I want them to know that I loved them more than anything else in this world. I want them to know that their father and I loved each other. It shows in these picture of us taken by Tara Whitney. I booked the session as my 34th birthday present to myself. It was one of the best things that I have ever done. Not only am I in love with the pictures, but we had the best day. Weekend really. We took a trip to LA and drove down to Orange County to meet Tara (who was perfect in every way). It was one of the best weekends on memory. And I have the pictures to prove it.

So, the giveaway. I will do a family session and give the winners my digital file package. Valued at $1650.

The rules:

Leave a comment in the comment box by 11:59pm on July 10th 2010.
I will choose a winner randomly and you will contacted within 24 hours. If you do not respond withing 48 hours, I will pick a new winner.
The session must be an immediate family session and completed by March 2011.

Extra entries: Additional entries can be earned by doing the following, giving you a total of 4 total entries. Leave a separate comment in the box for each of our entries.

Become a fan of Bree Hester Photography on Facebook
Follow @bakedbree and retweet the following message: Win a Family Session from @bakedbree. Bree Hester Photography #giveaway
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The Brady Family

admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 06:12:33 +0000

I have not blogged in a long time. Shame on me. I have been working a lot and with the kids out of school, it seems my blogging has fallen to the wayside. I promise that I will be a better blogger from now on. I do blog a lot on my other website, Baked Bree, check out what is cooking other there. In the meantime, how adorable is this family? The two little boys in these pictures are very good friends with my older children. N and my William are best buds and are in the same class at St. John’s. M and Ava were in the same preschool class and Ava has informed me many times that she is in love with M and they are going to get married. I am so not ready for that. This lovely, sweet, family, has been so good to us during our time in California. We love having them in our lives. And I love how they are as a family. These two little boys have a lot of people that love them and take care of them. They are the luckiest boys around.

Autumn + Kevan = Happily Ever After [Sacramento Wedding Photographer]

admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:15:22 +0000

Autumn and Kevan are a gorgeous couple that had a gorgeous wedding. 90 of their closest friends and family came to the Hawkesdene House in Andrews, NC to celebrate this day with them. I spent the weekend with them, knowing no one other than the bride and groom and came home with 88 new friends. Warm and welcoming and full of love for Autumn and Kevan. A beautiful, heartfelt ceremony was performed by Autumn’s childhood pastor. Kevan is a Coast Guard pilot that flies with my husband and I had forgotten how much I love a military wedding. It reminds me that I did not just marry my husband, but the Coast Guard as well.

I am sharing a few of my favorite images from the day, but please watch the slideshow at the bottom of this post to see the rest.

Autumn and Kevan, thank you for the honor of documenting your day and allowing me to be a part of it. Much love to you both.

** a special thank you to Erin O’Neil who drove from Greenville, SC to second shoot with me. I could not have done it without her. **

Stacy + Andrew = Happily Ever After [Charleston Wedding Photographer]

admin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 07:08:46 +0000

What do you do when someone that you love and have known forever asks you to document one of the biggest days of their lives? You wipe away the tears because you are so honored that they asked you, and then you panic for the next 4 months wondering if you will do a good enough job! I was so lucky to be a part of Stacy and Andrew’s wedding day. The venue was perfect. So perfect in fact, that Turnbull Mansion is used as a backdrop for the show Army Wives. The food, utterly AMAZING. The people at Fork did such an incredible job. I wonder if they will share their shrimp and grits recipe? It was the best I have ever had. The flowers, breathtaking. Laura at A Bella Bouquet outdid herself. Her staff was wonderful to work with as well. The cake, throwdown-worthy. Peninsula Grill Coconut Cake is a divine being. The band, the Travis Allison Band was lively and kept everyone on their feet all night.

It was a beautiful day, a beautiful weekend, and a beautiful bride. The groom wasn’t so bad either.

Stacy and Andrew, I wish you both all of the happiness in the World and a lifetime of love and laughter.

I cannot wait to document other big events in your life. No pressure or anything.

Love to you both,

Bree

To see more images from Stacy and Andrew’s Charleston wedding, click the play button.

Charleston

admin — Tue, 25 May 2010 16:50:31 +0000

I have talking a lot over the last few days about my beloved Charleston, SC over at my other website, bakedbree.com. Wes and I left our children for the first time ever to go to my friend Stacy’s wedding. We went back to the city where we met and fell in love. It is a very special place for us. We saw old friends and made new ones and spent time just wandering around this beautiful city.

Life’s a beach.

admin — Fri, 21 May 2010 05:33:19 +0000

We spent the week at my good friend Stacy’s wedding in Charleston, SC. It was the first time that my husband and I have ever left our children together. We had a great time (I will share the wedding pictures soon) and was happy to spend some time at the beach. It is hard to explain what it is like to not live near the beach when you have lived minutes away from one your entire life. It feels like something is missing. I love the way the sand feels on my feet and smell of the ocean in my babies hair when we go home. When we got back to my mother-in-law’s house in NC, we had a nice dinner and headed out to the beach to get our fill before we headed back to California.

It would seem that my children feel the same way about the beach as I do. Look at the pure joy on their faces. We stayed until the sun went down.

Karissa

admin — Sun, 09 May 2010 05:07:04 +0000

This is our good friend’s daughter, Karissa, as she receives her First Holy Communion. I am honored that her parent’s asked me to capture some portraits of her to remember this special day.

This little girl is one of the sweetest and kindest children that I have ever met. She is the kind of girl that I hope that my daughter is like when she gets older.

Date Night

admin — Tue, 04 May 2010 06:51:40 +0000

A few weeks ago, Will and I went out on a date. Just the two of us. He didn’t know where we were going or what we were doing. I told him to get in the car, just me and him, and we were heading out for an adventure. Thankfully, an adventure to a 6 year old can be a simple affair. For us, it was an early dinner at Capital Dawg and a trip to the Imax to see How to Train a Dragon. Which, for the record, happened to be an adorable movie. My favorite part of the evening was watching Will with his gigantic 3D glasses trying to grab the screen. He had never been to a 3D movie before and it was one of the cutest things that I have ever seen.

I love having my children alone. I never get to have real one-on-one time with them and it was so nice to spend an afternoon with my son when I could give him my 100% undivided attention.