We moved to this blog (from our old blogspot blog) in November of 2007. It has served us well, and we have loved becoming close to our clients through blogging. Originally, this blog was created to be about Nathan and I... to introduce the two of us to our future wedding clients. At the same time, I was also countinuing to build a lifestyle clientele. Somewhere along the way, as my lifestyle clientele grew, wonderful babies and their equally wonderful families became my focus. I still LOVE shooting amazing weddings with my wonderful husband, and I can't wait to shoot the next one with him :) but it started to seem that since lifestyle baby photograph is such a specific niche, maybe that part of the business should be separate from the wedding photography part. We've been discussing the idea of this for ages, but finally, at the first of the year, we decided it was time to just do it.

And so, the lifestyle baby photographer was born. We've created a new place to showcase the amazing babies that I photograph. New look, new logo, new domain. I am a big baby when it comes to change, so I've been very nervous about doing this... but I am also excited :) I can't wait to hear what you guys think!

Soon, this blog (www.holritzphotography.com) will be archived as well... to be replaced by something new and excited to showcase our wedding photography work. I'm excited to finish that project soon, and to share it with you all!

So add amberholritz.com, the lifestyle baby photographer, to your bookmarks... and head over there now to see the most recent shoots that I've done. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the new branding and blogsite!

A huge thanks to Nathan for his unending support in this venture. I depend so strongly on him for tech stuff and design work and, well, just everything... and he really pushed me to do this, as much as possible, on my own. It's a really awesome feeling to work through something mostly on my own, and to receive affirmation that I'm doing it well. Nathan has done that perfectly for me. Thanks so much, babe.

Another thanks to my clients and friends who have suffered through countless rounds of critique and questioning. I truly appreciate your feedback. You guys rock.

Keep checking back here... I'll still be posting anything wedding-y here between now and the time we get the next Holritz Photography project launched. I'll probably keep posting family and photographer stuff here, too, for the time being.

I really hope to see you around at the lifestyle baby photographer :)

much love,

-amber

You'll be able to note a couple of cameos by my awesome clients (and Baby Fin's dearest friends) Baby Julia, Baby Mia, and Baby Ben :) Always fun to be surrounded by people I know and love when shooting!

Angelena and Mike... it's been an awesome year! I'm so excited that I had the opportunity to get to know you guys, and to document Baby Fin's first year! You better not forget to have me over during his second year, too!

Enjoy his birthday slideshow :)

love

amber

Rich and Heather... we really love you guys. I hope you enjoy Alana's big girl slideshow.

love

-amber

I arrived at the hospital at around 6:00pm... and although I knew it was probably going to be a pretty busy evening, I was in no way prepared for the craziness that surrounded this particular birth! JC and Kym were surrounded by tons of friends and family as theywaited for Kaden to arrive. Kym has the patience of a saint... the room was full of noises: bluegrass music from one computer, the electronic sounds of computer games from another, constant phones ringing, people talking, laughter, chatter... I would've gone insane trying to labor through intense contractions with so many distractions... but Kym just took it in stride!

It was such a huge relief when Kaden finally arrived. It was a little after 2:00am, and the room was STILL full of people... Kaden came out, the doctor flipped him upside down and handed JC the scissors to cut the cord, and Kaden stared JC straight in the eyes. I think that's the moment that most of us became just slightly emotional :)

JC and Kym... congratulations... he's adorable. I'm really really proud of you guys. Enjoy your birth story!

love

-amber

I was so excited when Christine told me she was pregnant again! We've been counting the days, waiting on the new baby girl to arrive... and it was absolutely wonderful to get to photograph her when she was less than a week old :)

I have to run out to a shoot, but I've already delayed much too long in getting this blog post up. Christine and Gavin, love you guys, and excited about the upcoming year!

Enjoy your slideshow!

-amber