Your Child’s Personal Portrait History
The milestones of childhood can never be repeated, but they can be captured in portraits that tell the story of a child’s growing up…as he or she passes through a series of stages…moving ever closer to adulthood.
Your Baby’s First Year
At no time during your child’s life will physical changes occur so rapidly. In what seems like the blink of an eye, a tiny helpless bundle is transformed into an active, robust and inquisitive youngster. Your First Year baby portrait program allows you three portrait sessions at milestones in your baby’s growth, three months, six months and one year. Maternity and newborn sessions are available to further complete this First Year in images. More than any other portraits, those made during the first year record personality development that cannot be recaptured. A framed “Baby Panel” that showcase these magical changes is a wonderful reminder of the precious days of infancy.
Toddlers and Early Childhood
Around the second birthday a major milestone is achieved as the child begins to speak. The toddler now responds to reason, humor and action…beginning to explore a widening world. The world of toddlers is filled with portrait opportunities that capture the mystery and fantasy that are so much a part of these joyful days of discovery and make believe that fade so soon. Between the third and fourth birthdays is the cutest, most endearing age for “little” boys and girls. These youngsters now display individuality of character and action that should be portrayed before the baby teeth are lost and replaced by permanent ones, forever altering the endearing look of early childhood.
The In-Between Years
During the seventh year the snaggly-tooth age ends and permanent teeth emerge to change the facial contours. A developing mind reveals a more mature, inquiring outlook. Now it’s off to school and making their way in the world. Portraits at this age can show the special interests that help to define who they are.
Tweens
The child is about to enter the teenage years, a kind of dress rehearsal for adulthood, when physical, emotional and attitude changes occur. The child you know so well is about to become a more complex and less dependent young person. Peer acceptance is now important and portraits can capture the child’s sense of style and expanding horizons.
Teens
By sixteen childhood is all but a memory. The boy is almost a man. His interests, his attitudes, his thinking are maturing. These are carefree years, yet ones that anticipate the challenges of adulthood on the horizon. The young woman is now “Sweet Sixteen”, an unforgettable age when she blossoms into womanhood. There is still a lifetime of growing and learning ahead, but never a child again.