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About Sabrina K. Photography:

Welcome to my blog! I'm Sabrina Koogler, and I love photography! I always have my nose in a photography book, camera to my face, working on a challenge, workshop, or contest (in between sessions and processing!) becoming the best photographer I can be! I used to teach high school Spanish, and now I'm a stay-at-home mom to two adorable, rascally boys. Sabrina K Photography is my third baby, born of the need to document all of the milestones, wild times, and quiet moments of my children and others. My style is fun and natural. I seek to document the authentic "you" in my images. I offer custom portraiture in the Houston area, and I'm based in Pearland. I enjoy working with natural light and studio lighting--it's fun having a dual-sort of personality! And it certainly keeps things interesting!

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    Maternity: {Glowing}

    Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

    There’s a challenge when you become a photographer to find your niche. Not just your style. But what you love to do. Who you love to work with. It takes some time and potentially some really not-your-favorite sessions to start to develop where you fit in (and where you don’t!). Lately, I’ve really felt that my calling as a photographer is to walk with families as they grow, taking pictures along the way.

    This session was a great example of that for me.  I was blessed to be able to take engagement portraits of this couple a few years ago and now am documenting another big step in their lives together–a new baby! It means the world to me to be able to work with families over the years and grow with them. It’s incredibly meaningful and special to me!

    But enough about me. . .let’s enjoy this sweet, totally loving couple as they eagerly await their sweet little girl.

    A little light reading. ..

    Can’t you just feel their excitement? Such a loving couple. Little girl is very lucky, indeed!

    Mom made this adorable pillow a la Pinterest for the session.

    I think this one is my favorite from the session. Top three, at least.

    I love when I ask a couple to get close and sweet and they are so truly in love and adore each other so much. These two are the most loving couple. Big pink puffy heart love!!

    She’s such a pretty little mamacita!

    Love this one, too!

    Love!

    Thanks, you guys, for sharing this moment with your growing family! I cannot wait to meet miss C!!!!

    Miss L., 8 days new

    Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

    And 16 days early! Imagine my surprise when one night I was sending out a message to momma-to-be with some last-minute preparations for our session coming up in a few weeks (first babies are never early, right?) and the very next morning I saw a Facebook post that this pretty princess had made her arrival!

    I think this is my new favorite girlie blanket! Some days I just can’t get enough of PINK!

    What a sweet little snug-bug! She was truly my easiest newborn yet! So content to sleep and then have some quiet alert time where we got to see those big gorgeous eyes!

    I always like to incorporate sentimental items into the session– a friend had made this little knit hat for this sweet baby girl.

    She has miles of eyelashes. So gorgeous! And she was so sweet to model this bonnet for me! I heart it!

    Prin-cess. Definitely.

    I think grey and lavender are my new favorite color combo.

    Now I love images like this. . .when Mom and Dad look and say something like: “Oh! She always has her hand up like this!” Or “She was always doing that during the ulatrasounds!”. I love when we capture the babies’ earliest personalities and preferences to remember forever.

    Hello, gorgeous.

    See those lashes? Thank goodness Daddy is already prepared to deal with suitors!

    Sweet, sweet, sweet.

    If you’re wondering if I just kept her in this position and put every hair-pretty I own on her then you are wondering correctly! To quote a fabulous newborn photographer: “Sometimes I get a little crazy with the girls”.  She was so compliant to just chill out while I got to play dress-up with headbands and hats!

    This sweet little Aggie with a handmade chair from her Grandpa.

    Beautiful family.

    Pretty Mama.

    Proud Papa. I love how tiny she is in his arms!

    Again, gorgeous family. Thank you so much for sharing your family with me and having me in to your home to document your sweet little angel!

    Lifestyle Family: {you never forget how to ride a bike}

    Monday, February 6th, 2012

    Thank goodness for that truism! After about 6 years of not being on a bike–at all!–I managed to keep myself and my gear upright on two wheels for this session! It was not graceful, but it was functional enough!

    I met Mom last summer at our kids’ activities. It’s strange to think that our preschoolers have “activities” but, yet, they did (and still do!) and we met and struck up a friendship.

    When we started thinking about this session I was thrilled when Mom didn’t think I was nuts for wanting to incorporate something they do all the time–ride bikes–into the session. I was thrilled with how things turned out.

    We followed their usual route. First to the local school to play around in the empty parking lot and do some tricks, then on to a bridge where they often stop and look for critters.

    I’m just going to point out that this wee little man is barely three and rides with no training wheels or assistance. Very impressive!

    We rode over to “MommyDaddyTayTayandWeWy” road (it perhaps might have an official name, but this is what they call it!) and stopped to see if there were any turtles or critters in the creek below.

    This image with his foot just so really captured a moment for me:

    No critters were spotted except, perhaps, for this handsome little guy.

    Teenager in training. Yep. I’m getting the stink-face here.

    Love. Love. Love. With big pink puffy hearts.

    Mom promised that the shoes matching so perfectly was just a fortunate accident.  They’re super-awesome.

    Changing perspective.

    I asked them to bring a book that was special and they brought Calvin and Hobbes and read a favorite clip.

    Quite possibly my favorite sibling image to date. Love this so much!

    I didn’t realize how much these guys went upside down in the session until I was blogging and realized this was the second “upside down kids” image that I loved and had to post. They didn’t seem to mind too much!

    Pretty much my favorite image from the session. Yup. That makes my day.

    Maxin’ and relaxin’.

    We wrapped up with a little bit of music. It was a little bit of awesomeness.

    Two-man show.

    And just in case Dad needs an album cover some day. . .

    If you couldn’t tell, I had a blast with this session. And I think the family did, too! Thanks again, you guys! It was so much fun!!!

    Extended Family Session: At the park

    Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

    I have had the opportunity to work with some wonderful families over the past few months. The gift of photography is a FABULOUS gift to give to grandparents. It’s been such a blessing to capture several generations together. It’s always a fun time, for sure!

    Part of this family traveled QUITE a way for the session! All the way from Minnesota! Mom and Dad are photographers there, so they had a lot of idea for the session and we had a blast putting it all together! I love when a family talks about what the currently have hanging in their home as a huge canvas and what they are looking to replace that with! ;-) Bigger is better!

    So here are some sneaks from the session. I really had a ton of favorites!

    I think this was the first of second image I took. These kids know how to work a camera!

    It was a sunny, hazy day in Houston!

    Nana and Gramps with the kiddos.

    Priceless expression from Grandpa here!

    Because two people fell in love…

    We brought a book to read…

    Expert ticklers!

    I just adore this image.

    Just hanging around…

    This is one of my favorites in the running for that new big canvas…

    …or maybe this one

    I love using the phrase “adult children!”  when composing shots in generational family sessions. Brothers!

    Cuties

    Or maybe this is my favorite for that big canvas

    Or this. . . Kind of difficult to choose, don’t you think??

    Thanks, everyone for a wonderful session! I had a blast!

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