Selena called me after her little princess was already born and we had to get her in quick! I’m so glad she called me, because they turned out amazing!
Look at this gorgeous piece of wall art coming her way! All the way from Europe. Each wood piece is hand crafted and customized for each client.
Ezlyn gets to have her own wall art collage for above her crib! I cannot wait to see it hung up. Did you know that MJ comes and hangs every piece of wall art for you? We are a full service photography business.
Avesta with Avesta Hair and Makeup came to do hair and makeup for momma for her portraits. I love how mom gets to get pampered before her session. Having a newborn is so exhausting, so just having to show up at the newborn studio right out of bed is a WIN!
Doesn’t mom look stunning?
Daddy and his little girl. So perfect.
First family portraits! These are so special.
Christmas TIME!!!!!
Momma wanted holiday cards to send out to family. Tell me she isn’t the cutest thing you have ever seen! Her little Santa sack is perfect for Christmas.
Here are some more favorites from Ezlyn’s gallery.
Look at that little smile.
Here eye contact made this portrait perfect! I got to use my new heart bowl on her session.
This little chin pose in a bucket is my favorite! I am obsessed.
MJ’s Photography is an August Lakes Texas photographer that services the Houston area.
This family wanted their family portraits done on their property near Weston Lakes. Their driveway was gorgeous and perfect for pictures! Avesta came by to do momma’s makeup and hair and both sisters hair! It’s so nice to get all dolled up for portraits. You deserve this experience!
We did each of their little ones individually and they rocked it! Look how cute they all look.
Cruz took a little convincing, but he did amazing! Look how stunning his momma is!
Look at these sweet sisters together! August Lakes Katy Texas photographer. These two are beautiful!
Of course I had to get a sibling shot. Mom did so good on their outfits! I love them! Little Cruz in between his sisters.
Mom and dad needed some solo shots together. I am so in love with how they turned out. I can’t’ wait to see these in person!
Here are some candid family shots in their driveway. I really love how they turned out. The golden sun really showed off this day. I love the golden hour portraits! Isn’t momma gorgeous in her couple portaits?
Here are some more favorites from their family portrait session in Katy.
Momma took the time to write out a letter to her sweet son….cue the tears!
A letter to my son.
Junie,
I cannot express to you enough how much I love you and how much better my life is with you in it. I have been hoping and praying for you since before you were even born. Before I was even in high school, I knew in my heart I would be a mother someday. Even more so than that, I knew my heart would be filled through adoption. As a child myself, I dreamed of who you might be. I imagined life with you. I imagined what your first steps would be like. I imagined what our bedtime routine would be. I imagined how loving and kind you would be. Before I was a foster mom, I knew someday I would be your forever mom, I just did not know you yet. Every single day through the licensing process I held onto the hope and prayer that someday my forever child would come through those doors. Through each high and low of fostering, I held onto that truth that you were out there somewhere.
In April of 2019 I received the message, “blind 2-year-old in shelter needs home.” I did not know if you were a boy or girl, what you looked like, or who you would be. I did not know then that you would be forever. All I knew that was that a child needed a home, and something in my heart told me without a doubt my home was yours. The first picture I received of you was a hospital picture as you were very sick. I studied every inch of your face and how beautiful you were. I looked at your picture each night and prayed for your healing and that you would thrive in my home as I awaited your arrival. My heart ached that you were in the hospital without a mom to hold your hand.
In May you finally moved in, but by then you already had my heart. From the day you arrived I struggled with the idea that you would someday leave and began to pray we would both be at peace however your case ended. From the second I saw you I knew there was something different about you. Everything in me knew you were meant to be my son. The worker who dropped you off from the shelter was in awe at how quickly you clung to me and snuggled into my chest. He explained that no one had been able to touch you because you were too scared, and that you must have sensed something in me to feel safe so quickly. I like to believe you sensed that I was meant to be your mom, too. Every second from that day forward was filled with joy. Even on our hardest days you radiated joy. Over the next year, I felt a wholeness in my heart that I never knew existed before – like everything was truly right.
In March of 2020, the biggest relief imaginable came when the judge ordered we move to adoptions! This child who I had imagined and dreamed of, this child who I prayed so hard for, this child who I hoped for each and every day, you were here! At first it was so surreal and almost seemed impossible… What I knew in my heart for the past year was finally a reality. Just 6 months later our adoption was finalized! September 29, 2020 will always be the day the light of my life became my forever son. I can not fathom life without you. Every single time I look at you I am in awe at how perfect you are. Every smile and every laugh ignites joy beyond measure in my heart. Every night I hold you as you drift off to sleep I am overwhelmed with feelings of peace. Every step you take, every milestone you reach, every new skill you learn, I am inspired. You are everything. I am beyond grateful to call myself your mom, and will wake up each day for the rest of my life blessed with your presence and excited to see what adventure awaits us!
With all the love in the world,
Mommy
Here are some more pictures from Junie’s adoption session! We travelled to San Antonio to capture these in front of the Court house that his adoption should have been at! Sadly Corona made it virtual.
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Junie is seriously the sweetest little boy I have ever met. He kept running up to me and asking for a hug. You are just drawn to his kind and caring soul.
These in front of the courthouse are so special! I adore how these turned out.
His smiles are priceless.
Junie LOVESSSS his matcha drink. So what did we do after the session? We went to STARBUCKS! He was so excited!
Look at his face when he stole his momma’s coffee. MJ’s Photography- Houston family photographer
MJ’s Photography is a Cross Creek Ranch maternity photography
Tell me she isn’t just stunning! I am so obsessed with her maternity portraits. This one just captivates me. The black and white is just amazing! It brings all of the attention to her gorgeous features.
Kasey is expecting her first son and they are so excited about seeing him.
I’m such a black and white fine art portrait fan…not everyone is, but these two sure loved the black and whites and it made me giddy! Gah she just looks so beautiful!
What about you guys? Are you a color or black and white fan?
I told them to trust me on this one with a white background and I’m so glad they did. They turned out perfectly.
Look how perfect these two are. You know when you meet a couple and you can just tell that their love is so true? That was these two.
She is stunning in this lace maternity gown. I love how it shows off her pregnant belly perfectly.
I can’t with this one! Favorite!!!
Here are some more favorites from Kasey’s indoor maternity portraits in the studio.
Katy Maternity photographer- MJ’s Photography
Her sleeves are just the best! She has every holiday on her arm.
Cross Creek Ranch maternity photographer- MJ’s Photography
MJ’s photography is Tanglewood first birthday photographer. MJ specializes in newborn, family, and maternity portraits.
I love watching these babies grow. It is my greatest joy to get to capture memories for a family over and over. This sweet girl has seen me twice already! She is one and momma wanted a lemon themed cake smash. I’m so obsessed.
So obsessed with this cake from Intoxicating creations. So gorgeous. And it tasted amazing.
MJ- The Reserve at Spring Lake photographer
Look at her! That little finger lick and those little toes popping out, I am so in love. She is perfect. She was all about that cake.
Look at her little thighs! Aaaahhhhh. Ellie is the cutest. Yellow is her color! This was such a fun first birthday/cake smash session.
All the smiles when momma started playing with her. Look at those little curls on that sweet head. She’s just a doll!
I can’t handle this one! That grin is just perfect. And that tiny little thigh roll just adds to the sweetness.
This outfit on Ellie is AMAZING! So amazing that momma had to go buy one after the session ha ha! Here is the link if you are looking for the best little girls dresses.
I may or may not have a closet full of these dresses. All of my clients are welcome to use them for their sessions.
Poof dresses are just the cutest on little girls.
Perfection in an image. From the curl in her hair to the curls of her toes, I’m in love! So glad momma chose this one to print. I could look at it for days!
MJ’s Photography is The Heights newborn photographer that specializes in newborn and maternity portraits.
I love sibling portraits with their new newborn siblings. Look how perfect they look! Such a special moment to remember forever.
Charlie was such a sweetheart during his session. He was so sleepy and let me do lots of poses! Look at this little chin pose with the bear hat.
Look at those lips! He is just perfect in every way.
His perfect dimple
I had makeup and hair set up for momma when she arrived. Look how stunning she is. I am obsessed with these!
Daddy’s boy. Look at his smirk! These are just the sweetest images.
I love capturing that first portrait of the mom/dad with both of their babies. Look at their pride!
First family portraits as a family of four.
Oh the black and white just hits me.
Look at Charlie in the blue bucket. These may be my favorites!
Here are some more favorites from Charlies newborn session in Fulshear, Texas.
My in home studio is near Katy, Texas in Jordan Ranch Fulshear.
The Heights newborn photographer- MJ’s Photography
Look at his tiny little back rolls! I am so obsessed.
Jordan Ranch Texas
I am so in love with Charlie’s newborn portraits. The Galleria newborn photographer- MJ.
I’m so obsessed with baby toes!
I love all of the details shots. Their little newborn lips, toes, fingers, and eyelashes. They grow so fast, we want to capture every little detail. Just look at those little toes spread out.
Hello World- Conroe photographer
Are you overwhelmed yet? There are so many more! He did amazing
Baby smiles! Look at his perfect little dimple. His sister has it too!
MJ is a Memorial City newborn photographer located near Houston Texas.
MJ’s photography specializes in newborn, maternity, and family portraits. MJ is a boutique photographer that designs wall art, heirloom albums, and deluxe prints for her clients.
I cannot wait to see this gorgeous wall art displayed in their home. Isn’t it perfect?
Sweet Addison did amazing for her newborn portraits. She has the most perfect glowing skin.
Big brother Jaxson wasn’t so sure at first, but he ended up doing great! At two years old, you never know what to expect. I’m in love with them all!
I always book hair and makeup for my mommas. When you are showing up for a morning session with a newborn, you do not have time to get ready. You are so tired! So that is an extra little plus I like to provide for my moms.
Look how stunning she looks? I hope she cherishes this portrait forever.
Mom and girl sweet newborn girl.
Here is mom with both of her babies!
Aren’t they perfect?
Daddy and daughter portraits always hold a special place for me. It is just the sweetest thing.
Look at her little toes popping out! I adore it.
baby toes are my favorite! Look how sweet and perfect they look.
First family portraits as a family of four. I think they turned out perfectly.
Here are some singles of Addison.
Such a perfect simple portrait that shows off her sweet little face and toes.
I love black and whites. It enhances the features and takes all of the distraction away. Look how perfect she is.
Here are some more favorites from her session. Memorial City newborn photographer
MJ’s Photography is a Cross Creek Ranch baby photographer that specializes in newborn, maternity, and family portraits.
Newborn portraits are my favorite. I truly love getting to capture each newborn in their unique way.
Lillian was such a sleeper during her newborn portraits. She did amazing and got the sweetest little poses.
Momma wanted to capture Lillian in a sweet pink tutu and I am in love with how it turned out.
Cross Creek Ranch baby photographer – MJ’s Photography
Momma looked absolutely gorgeous for her sweet baby girl’s newborn portraits. She worn one of my gowns for her session and they turned out perfect.
Daddy and his sweet baby girl. This one was momma’s favorite of him!
I photograph newborns in my in home studio in Jordan Ranch. I have a cute little space that is perfect for photographing all of these sweet babies!
Their first family portrait. I am so in love with how it turned out! Sweet Lillian’s little feet poking out are just the icing on the cake.
I think this one was mom and dad’s favorite! That sweet little smile just topped it off perfectly. You can already see her little personality coming out.
Newborn portrait session are in studio near Katy and Fulshear texas.
I love the simplicity of this portrait. She is perfectly bundled up and her sweet little face is framed perfectly. I just love everything about the picture of Lillian.
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Here is a youtube video showing how I composite the chin pose. This pose is always done safely. Never attempt this pose without experience or without compositing it.
How to maximize your gallery from a single pose during a newborn session, while still getting multiple looks!
Newborn sessions can be lengthy especially if that little one just doesn’t want to sleep for you! It is so important to maximize each pose in your newborn galleries. Doing this will help you shorten your newborn session times and still be able to get a great variety of images for your clients.
It’s all in the wrap!
After doing a couple naked poses I move onto my wrapped poses. Here is where you are going to be able to maximize each wrap! I typically do all of these wrapped poses in an hour.
The first wrapped pose that I do looks something like this. Under this brown wrap is a white basic stretch wrap. It is simple around his chest to hold his hands in place. The brown wrap is simply there for looks and to hold the feet in that cute pose.
You can see that his hands are in position to get the potato pose, I am working each wrapped pose up to the potato sack pose.
While he is wrapped, you want to get multiple angles. This also gives you the chance for your close ups and of course that coveted feet shot!
The second wrapped pose only requires you to remove the brown wrap that is placed for looks. LEAVE the white wrap that is around the hands and chest on. Change out the outward wrap and change out your bonnet/bow. Grab multiple angles from this setup as well! Below is an example.
Houston newborn photographer – MJ’s Photography
Third look. SAME white underneath wrap is on. Baby should still be content because you have left them feeling secure with the white stretch wrap on. Here I am simply using the flokati that I am going to use for the potato sack pose. You can also use this pose to grab the eyelash shot.
Fourth look. You guessed it….I still have on the underneath white wrap. Here you can change out the outward wrap if you choose, this time mom loved neutrals, so I decided to keep the same wrap but changed to a prop to gather a better variety of poses. I added in a bowl with some white fluff and a teddy bear. (NOTE: for me it is super to easy to switch back and forth from props to beanbag due to just swiveling my light, if this is not easy for you, you will have to change up the order a little.)
I also like to grab some profile shots, baby toes, and lips!
About this time mom is done with hair and makeup. So baby is in the perfect wrap for some parent shots. I am usually done with these in less than 10 minutes. Here is just a few.
Fifth wrapped shot! Potato sack time! I know some people do not like this pose…but I am obsessed. I love this pose so much and so do all of my clients. I still have the same white underneath stretch wrap on. I am going to take a second stretch wrap and stabilize the neck and back even more with it. Then you take the third wrap(whichever wrap you want on the outside) and wrap babies feet up to their chest as well. For this session mom wanted an Heirloom album, so I love tying in the same wraps to create a beautiful cohesive album.
Sixth wrapped pose! Just put the 4th wrap over the previous potato sack poses wrap. Same flokati. Like so. Just gives an extra look and takes literally 3 minutes.
Seventh wrapped pose time! Take off the last two wraps, keeping on the two white stretch wraps. Then pick an additional wrap and bonnet to put on. My go to here is the bucket pose!
Here if baby is really asleep, I’ll pull their hands out of the wrap and get a chin pose shot in the bucket. This baby was not down for that pose, so I did chin on arms instead.
Houston newborn photographer – MJ’s photography
Here is an example of froggy pose in the bucket…if they stay asleep. (The first white wrap is still round their chest to make them feel secure).
This is the flow I do for every baby! Of course there will be moderations for each baby, but for the most part I still to this routine. My sessions are typically 2 hours and I get around 80 images to show at their Image reveal session.
MJ’s Photography is the Heights best photographer that services Katy, Fulshear, Cypress, the Heights, Memorial, Conroe, and the Woodlands.
I love photographing children. They have the best personalities. Two year olds are the best. They have the funniest and sweetest personalities…when they are not mad of course ha ha!
Annie Banannie makes the most beautiful and vintage dresses! If you haven’t seen her designs, you need to go look!! —-> Annie Banannie Website
She custom made this dress for our family portraits and I cannot wait to have Stephanie Ratto photography fly down to take them. Yes you read that right…I’m flying her down!
the heights high end photographer – MJ’s Photography
Of course before family portraits, I had to do a little session with Elise in her gorgeous Annie dress. Here are some of my favorites.
Which is your favorite?
I think this dress is the perfect neutral vintage dress. The built in petticoat just makes it perfect and gives it the right amount of “poof.”
The pockets are Elise’s favorites!
Photographing a two year old is a challenge, but the results are the most rewarding. You have to figure out what makes them happy. Each child is different, so it is my job to figure out how to make them come out of their shell in the small amount of time I have.
MJ’s Photography – The Heights best photographer
MJ specializes in newborn, maternity, and family portraits. MJ is a full service luxury photographer who provides clients with Wall art, Heirloom albums, and luxury prints.
