March 18, 2015

San Antonio Newborn Portraits | Chelsea Lietz Photography | Personalized Baby Hats

When clients come to me for newborn portraits, I love when they want a personal touch!  Sometimes this means we include cultural or heirloom items into their photo session.  Sometimes we style a session to coordinate with their baby’s nursery or their home.

One great way to add a personal touch to your newborn photos is to bring along a custom hat personalized with your child’s name.  You can also use a nickname or even a favorite sports team.  I highly recommend Knots for custom hats that fit newborns well.  You can find her on facebook or etsy, just click on the links I’ve provided.  You can even get larger sizes for milestone sessions!

I am happy to include your personal touches in your session.  If you have something in mind, please email me well in advance and I can recommend some of my favorite vendors for newborn items.  Some materials photograph better than others, some sellers do not size for a true newborn, and some sellers just have an overall better quality that I have come to trust.  I am happy to share suggestions with you!  And if you are crafty, feel free to make your own… that adds an extra personal touch because you will always remember creating it as baby kicked and squirmed in your tummy.  🙂   Thank you for choosing Chelsea Lietz Photography for your San Antonio newborn portraits.

 

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Chelsea Lietz Photography specializes in newborn, baby, child and maternity photography in San Antonio, Texas and surrounding areas including but not limited to Stone Oak and New Braunfels. Please “like” me on Facebook.

March 6, 2015

New Braunfels Newborn Photographer | Chelsea Lietz Photography Gives Back | Beau

I love being a New Braunfels area newborn photographer and I love giving back.  I recently offered a free newborn session and digital images to a “deserving” family via my facebook page.  Deserving was meant to mean many different things and I love the way it was interpreted. So many wonderful families were nominated that I decided to offer this gift to two families.  And yet I still yearned to give more.  And then First American Commercial Property Group AND a past client of mine pitched in to donate SIX more sessions for deserving families.

The Skelton family was the first in the studio and I loved every minute of it.  They were nominated by the aunt of one of my past clients, and I’m so glad Jenny shared their story with me.  The Skelton’s are parents to six! beautiful children, though one angel awaits them in heaven.  They felt the beautiful call to adopt, Mama homeschools her brood, and Dad serves all of us as a firefighter in New Braunfels.  I love all seven of them to pieces and I’ve only met two of them!

Here is their story in Sarah’s own words…

     “Ever since early in our marriage we knew we would want to adopt.  It was a desire that we know was put on our hearts by God.  We spent years praying and waiting for the right time to pursue adoption.  During that time we were blessed with having four children born to us.  We also suffered two miscarriages.
     Then after ten years of marriage we were introduced very unexpectedly to a little boy who was about seven months old and in need of a home to grow up in.  It wasn’t long before we and our children fell in love with him.  He very quickly and easily fit right in with our family.  He had the sweetest personality and was so handsome.  He was our son.  By God’s grace we were able to adopt our little guy.
      He began having medical difficulties.  We spent time in and out of hospitals finding no real answers.  At one point it seemed as if he was on the rebound as the problems he was having were subsiding.  Just as our hopes for him were up it happened.  We lost him.
      There are no words to describe the pain and confusion of our loss.  We cannot possibly fathom or explain why this happened.  We only know that Gods ways are higher than our own.  There remains an emptiness.  The loss of our precious son has left a profoundly significant void in our family that can never be filled.  Our little guy changed our lives forever during the short time we had him.
     Throughout the rollercoaster that has been the aftermath of this tragedy we still know two things.  God is still sovereign just as he was before, and He still loves us just as unendingly as he did before.  This we know to a certainty.
      We have since suffered through another miscarriage but we now have a brand new little girl.  She was born a bit early with some minor complications but she could not be more perfect.  She is our sweet number six and we are loving her more everyday just as with our five children before.”

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God Bless you Skelton family and thank you for sharing your story and your daughter with me.  May Beau bring you as much joy and laughter as the five have before her…

 

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Chelsea Lietz Photography specializes in newborn, baby, child and maternity photography in San Antonio, Texas and surrounding areas including but not limited to Stone Oak and New Braunfels.  New Braunfels newborn  photographer    Please “like” me on Facebook.

February 18, 2015

San Antonio Newborn Photographer | Hunting Photos of Baby Boy in Camo | Wren

Sweet baby Wren came to Chelsea Lietz Photography for newborn photos with a family that loves hunting and fishing!  They asked for some classic newborn portraits, some sibling shots with big brother, and some fun images to show their love of hunting and the great outdoors.  They even brought a vintage duck decoy from Wren’s nursery as a prop and I had plenty of camo.  But what really stole the show was the tiny hunting blind that a friend made for me.  It was so perfect for this sweet baby boy and he was an excellent model for me.

When you book your newborn portraits with Chelsea Lietz Photography, know that I am happy to use props that reflect your style and show a bit of your family identity.  (Aggie props are one of my most frequent requests!) But I also limit the props in a session so that you still receive classic, timeless photos that will be cherished for generations.  Before each session, the family fills out a style survey that tells me a little about how they envision their images, and then I style the session to reflect those desires.  My job is so fun!  🙂

 

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Chelsea Lietz Photography specializes in newborn, baby, child and maternity photography in San Antonio, Texas and surrounding areas including but not limited to Stone Oak and New Braunfels.  San Antonio Newborn photographer. Please “like” me on Facebook.

February 5, 2015

San Antonio Baby Photographer | Twins | Chelsea Lietz Photography

Being a San Antonio baby photographer is the best job in the world!  I love working with newborns, especially twins.  I photograph 20-30 sets of twins a year from newborns to one year olds.  When photographing newborn twins in my studio, I always use an assistant for an extra set of hands and for safety.  I have hundreds (maybe thousands!) of props available for twins and higher order multiples.  I love to capture the sweet connection between multiples, but I also photograph each baby separately for individual images.  I have also photographed three sets of triplets and would love to work with quadruplets… so bring me your babies!  😉

If you would like to see more of my twin images, search the blog for multiples or click here!

My favorite fertility clinic in San Antonio is RMA of Texas.  I love working with the San Antonio Mothers of Multiples.

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Chelsea Lietz Photography specializes in newborn, baby, child and maternity photography in San Antonio, Texas and surrounding areas including but not limited to Stone Oak and New Braunfels.  San Antonio baby photographer twins. Please “like” me on Facebook.

February 4, 2015

Announcements | San Antonio Photographer | Chelsea Lietz Photography

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Spring is approaching and that means another busy season for photographers!  Please read through the announcements below for updates, suggestions, and upcoming events.

 

I am fully booked through the end of March. 

There is no availability at all. If you have already submitted your contract, your session is secure.

 

I am accepting sessions for April and beyond.

Babies enrolled in the belly to birthday package get first dibs on booking.  PLEASE email me today to book well in advance!  ChelseaLietz@gmail(dot)com  Your milestone sessions can be booked months ahead of time and then adjusted if needed if baby is not yet sitting up well, etc.

 

I will be offering Bluebonnet sessions again this Spring.

They will be between March 20th and April 12th, depending on the blooms. This announcement and all details will be shared on my facebook page in March. To make sure you don’t miss it, you can go to my CLP page, and under LIKE, check “Get Notifications.”

 

All galleries more than 365 days old will be purged in April due to space constraints.

If you have any ordering to do, please do so!  Email me if you need help finding your gallery.

 

I am not currently booking family sessions.  At all.  I can recommend Mint to Be Mine Photography.  They also rock maternity if I don’t have availability for you.

 

I am not currently booking senior sessions.  I can recommend Christina Ramirez Photography.

 

NEWBORNS- Parents who have submitted contracts, please try to contact me before your baby is 4 days old to schedule your session.  The sooner you contact me, the more scheduling options you have.

Parents wishing to book newborn sessions, it is never too early!  As long as you are beyond 12 weeks, you can submit your contract and get on my calendar.

 

MILESTONE BABIES- Book well in advance!  I can’t stress this enough.

 

Thank you!  I can’t wait to see you in front of my lens in 2015.

Chelsea

 

Chelsea Lietz Photography specializes in newborn, baby, child and maternity photography in San Antonio, Texas and surrounding areas including but not limited to Stone Oak and New Braunfels.  San Antonio Photographer.