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memory boxes 2019 | pasadena, md volunteer opportunity
Heartlove Photography will hold an event on August 1, 2019 to support the Perinatal Loss Unit at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
JHH cares for almost 100 families each year suffering from stillbirth or early infant loss and provides each family with a box to hold small keepsakes from their hospital stay, including the infant’s foot prints, hat, hair clippings or other support items. They rely on fundraising to purchase the boxes – since 2016 Heartlove Photography has held community events to decorate boxes and provided them to the hospital at no cost.
Boxes and simple embellishments will be provided to create beautiful hand-made memory boxes at the studio in Pasadena. This event is free and open to the public and no experience is necessary. Volunteers are needed to complete our goal hand-decorating of 100 boxes. All supplies will be provided by Heartlove Photography. Boxes will be delivered to the hospital in August.
RSVP and Share this event on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/2450890098570237/
Those wishing to help with the cost of supplies may donate via https://paypal.me/jillmills3
Due to space limitations, we ask that volunteers not bring small children.
5 day old baby | baltimore newborn photographer
Many of the babies I photograph are between 2-3 weeks old – occasionally I even photograph a 6-8 week old baby in this style. Babies do not expire – there’s nothing wrong or worse about an “older” newborn and I have a lot of experience getting them to sleep and pose just like a few-days-old baby.
That being said, capturing a baby before they turn a week old is something very special. Their skin, expressions, shape all change so fast so I love photographing babies as early as their parent is able to coordinate a portrait session. The studio is set up to be comfortable for a newly postpartum parent, or we can shoot in your home so you don’t have to leave while you’re recovering.
family portraits with dogs | baltimore photographer
Baby R’s 6 month milestone sessions with his mom, dad and 3 pups was the best kind of chaos. This is a family summer mini session – you can book yours here: http://heartlovephotography.com/summer-2019-family-mini/
World Breastfeeding Week 2019 Mini Sessions | Baltimore, MD
In celebration of the special moments spent feeding your baby, we’re offering portraits for nursing parents during #WBW2019
AUGUST 3, 2019 | PASADENA, MD
15 minute sessions cost $129+MD sales tax and include your choice of 3 digital images. You’ll have the option (but no obligation!) to purchase more.
Appointments between 10am-12pm will take place in my Pasadena, MD studio. 3-9pm sunset appointments will take place at a beach location in Pasadena, MD. Please consider the location when choosing your appointment time.
This session is for chestfeeding parents and their nursing babies and children.
baltimore birth festival 2019
summer 2019 family mini sessions | baltimore photographer
30 minute sessions in Pasadena, MD where we’ll capture a little bit of the love, laughter and wild energy of you and your children.
Sessions will result in an online gallery of images (with 30+ images) from which you’ll choose your 3 favorite images and have the option to purchase more.
Limited dates in May, June + July
Sunset
Pasadena, MD
$250 + MD sales tax
Includes:
3 full resolution digital images
Additional images $35 each/ $350 for all
We promise 30 images, but often end up with many, many more – want to see what you might expect? Watch this slideshow:
Next Steps?
1. Click here to choose a date and time.
2. Check your e-mail for an invoice and questionnaire – pay the invoice and give me more information about your family so I can plan for a great session.
3. Check out my suggestions for what to wear on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/heartlovephoto/family-portrait-inspiration/ (I love bare feet + cotton/linen/muslin for hot summer nights – check out Old Navy, Forever 21 and H&M)
4. Show up prepared to play and laugh and get a little sandy.
5. 2-3 weeks later you’ll get an e-mail with your gallery. Choose your 3 favorites to download and you’re all set. Or choose additional prints ($19+) or digital images ($35 each/$350 for all no matter how many are in the gallery)
There are 20 sessions remaining in this deal and I’ve decided to donate $100 from each session to RAICES to aid the fight to get #justiceforchildren because no human is illegal and no child should be in a cage.
The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that promotes justice by providing free and low-cost legal services to underserved immigrant children, families and refugees in Central and South Texas.
baby’s first birthday | pasadena, md family photographer
sunset family photos | baltimore area photographer
in-home family session | baltimore family photographer
Cozy, in-home Baltimore family photos are some of my favorite things. I spent a winter afternoon with Raquel, Katie, Luis and their son, Lukas, in their home having a snack, playing with cars and generally doing those sort of lazy Sunday afternoon things that rarely get recorded.
When I asked Raquel what these photos meant to her she said,
These photos represent the essence of who we are in our sacred space – our home. They reflect the love, care and joy we have for and toward one another. We are a wholesome family where love simply abounds, and I know these photos genuinely depicted that.
We are a polyamorous family choosing to live out and proud about who we are. I think many individuals have misconceptions and preconceived notions about polyamory, and so we are trying to raise awareness all while showing the world what an unconventional, wholesome and loving family looks like. Our hope is to inspire and encourage people to live shamelessly and authentically.
intimate newborn photography | baltimore md
The raw and vulnerable moments in the early days with a new baby aren’t always moments you cherish – often they are desperately tired, 3am, won’t latch, won’t sleep, postpartum sweat and pain and achy muscles and itchy stitches. I’m so honored when I’m asked to capture some of it in the studio, in the daylight. The moments that feel so intense are matched by their beauty when you see them on the outside – and the more time the passes, the more precious those moments become.
To me, this image is exactly what breastfeeding a newborn feels like. A clumsy, heavy head trying to latch, sticky skin-to skin, tiny feet kicking a soft belly and swollen, leaking breasts. When you know the feeling, you recognize it instantly.
thrive chiro | baltimore family photographer
Dr. Sharon Dongarra of Thrive Chiropractic is a healer with her hands and heart. Her supportive care is not only based in research and skill, but intuition and empathy. From my first appointment, it was clear that Dr. D doesn’t just treat anyone’s joints – she treats a whole person and watching her treat others, it’s clear she was meant to be doing this work.
