Well, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! I know I did!

I got to take a break from all things work related and spend some quality time with my little family!

We are enjoying all the snow and made great use out of it building forts, and digging out the driveway!

Thank you to all my wonderful clients, it has been a great year and I hope that 2010 is just as great and brings lots and lots of great new memories!

And because I like showing off my kids, here are a few fun pics we took over Thanksgiving break. The three oldest are mine, the cute little baby girl is my adorable little niece!

Enjoy!

This little sweetie is number Three for mom and dad, and I just cannot wait to see her two older sisters!

I got to take these pictures during my Chirstmas “break” and am just getting them up!

She was SO bright eyed and try as we did, we couldn’t get her to sleep! I must say that she is the first newborn that has won against all my efforts and stayed awake the whole time! lol. But just look at those beautiful brown eyes! We ended up with lots of keepers and I am sure her mom and dad will agree that she herself is quite the little keeper. Here are just a couple, I have all your images ready so watch for your email with your gallery info.

Hope you guys had a great Christmas 

 Enjoy!

So I just Love this little family. Emily is the brave girl who watches my own three kids while I do photo sessions and our kids have a blast together. I happen to think that these two girls are just the cutest little things ever, just Look at those big blue eyes on both of them! And so full of personality! I had a blast on this shoot, and it has taken me forever to get these up for you Emily, but I hope you enjoy!!

~Amber

If you have been to my studio lately you have likely seen this newborn picture in black and white blown up and in a frame.

It is one of my all time favorite newborn shots and now, just six short months later, Grayson is back and cute as ever!

I picked a variety of expressions to share, including his sad one with the motercycle! It just melts my heart!! (but yes momma, I do have some with a happy face too! lol.)

And I just LOVED this little bear outfit! It may be another favorite! Good job Grayson!

Hope you guys Enjoy!

Meet Sweet Bright Eyed Ella! She was just too cute and as you can see super alert! She had the most beautiful eyes and tons of beautiful hair!

I really enjoyed meeting this little peanut and her sweet parents too! Thanks so much for bringing her in guys! I will have the rest of your pics up soon!

Enjoy!This Blanky was one of her mommies when she was a baby! How neat is that!??I just Love both of these two. Dad kissing her tiny toes, And Ella just loving her mommies kisses!

Just a quick post to say that yes, I am alive. I took a few days for Thanksgiving Break with my family and am back fully re-charged ready to face the mountain of editing and shooting I have left before end of year!

I am so thankful for all my wonderful clients and all their beautiful kids that I get to photograph! I seriously love my job and am grateful to each and every one of you for your support of me and my business!

I THINK I have responded to all emails, (I about had a heart-attack when I saw how many stack up when I dont check it for 2 days! Eeek!)

If your waiting to hear from me, your best bet is to try again! lol.

I have some Super Great Sneak Peeks to post here hopefully tomorrow and I am almost caught up on all the processing and ordering. If you waiting on anything and have a question, just shoot me an email I will be happy to update you on the status!

Again, Thanks for all the Love!

~Amber

6-7 Months is my FAVORITE age. Seriously, little babies reach their peek of cuteness at this time I swear!

Their little personalities really start to come out, they give me HUGE smiles, and they cannot run from me and my camera! Perfection!

This little guy has grown so fast! Wasn’t it just yesterday I was taking his newborn pics!? He is only about a month younger than my own little guy so I think that makes me love this age right now even more, because I know they are not all cute and happy like this for me, they are also like this at home with mommy and daddy and I just hope to help capture these special little moments to make them stay lasting memories forever!

Ok, well hope you enjoy your sneak peek guys!

I am literally working around the clock, I am going on 2 hours of sleep in 48 right now, so I am about to hopefully be in dreamland very soon tonight so I can actually function tomorrow. If your waiting on your gallery or prints know I am going as fast as I can and I will let you know when your pics are ready.

Thank you to all my clients, I really appreciate each and every one of you!!!

Enjoy!

Well this cute little family was so much fun to photograph, and it wasn’t just because the mom and I share the same name, AND our first born daughters do too… It was because 6 month olds are just about my Favorite age ever! ok, and newborns.

Sorry short on words again, it is already after 2 and I still have several things left to accomplish before bedtime and I have a busy day tomorrow as well. Guess I am not very whitty when my brain checked out a couple hours ago! lol.

Hope you guys Enjoy!

The holidays are just around the corner and soon the air will be filled with the smells and sounds of the season!

BellaRay Photography is excited to announce our first ever LE (Limited Edition) Mini Sessions!

And what a better way to kick them off than with these beautiful Gloriously Golden Angels?

Bring in your own little angels for these warm heavenly, angelic heirloom portraits! Both Girls and Boys are welcome!

We will provide the wings (I have 2 styles to choose from), halo and Golden wrap, all you have to supply is the perfect little angel to put in them!

The Session Fee for this LE is $45 for Wed Dec 2nd, and $55 for Saturday Dec 5th.

Your session fee will include a beautiful golden gilded bevel mount 5×5 print that makes for a treasured keepsake.

(*Session fee is for up to 2 children from the same family, $10 for each additional child. Mini sessions are scheduled every 30 min.)

Other prints and packages will be available and will be back in time for Christmas Gift giving!

This would make for a great present for Mom or Grandma!

Call or email soon as we fully expect these sessions to fill up quickly!

785-248-1533     amber.johanson@yahoo.com

So Saturday I had the wonderful opportunity to photograph this beautiful family of Seven out at lake Shawnee.

While it was beautiful, it was SO so crouded! Being such a beautiful day I think every person had the same idea! When I left I would have thought twice about using that place again because of all the people there, but when I got home and downloaded the pictures I know I will be going back for sure!

Of course it is never easy taking pictures of more than one child and trying to do five at once is always a challenge. I know Mom was worried that we didn’t get anything, so I hope she is pleasantly surprised!

I had alot of fun (and got a good workout) capturing each of these beautiful kiddos, and I have Much Much more to edit, but for now,

ENJOY!

I have individuals of each kid in both these beautiful fall colors and by the waterfall but these two redheads were just perfect in these!

The two responsible for all these beautiful kids!

He was happy as long as we let him do his own thing. Just like all other 18 month olds.

Told you they were a beautiful family!

And lets end with a candid one! Father and son, so cute!