Newborn Baby Ava Grace | Peters Township McMurray Canonsburg Newborn Photographer

Here is newborn sweetie Ava Grace at 7 days old.  She decided to come a week early, just like my own little lady, and was born with the sweetest face imaginable.  She was alert but very calm for our session and wanted to sleep only in mama’s arms.  The first photo is taken on a special blanket made by a loved one–those are usually my favorite backdrops.  I picture these babies as adults, with the photographs and the blankets, and sharing them with their own kids and grandkids!  You can see photos from Anna & Matt’s maternity session here.

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Are you looking for a maternity, newborn, family, or baby photographer in the Pittsburgh South Hills?  Powder Blue Photography offers in-home and in-studio portraits of newborn babies and on-location or in-home maternity and family portraits in and around the Pittsburgh South Hills, McMurray, Peters Township, Canonsburg, Bridgeville, Upper St. Clair, and Mt. Lebanon areas.  Please contact Missy to schedule a maternity appointment and a tentative date for your newborn session.  Maternity sessions take place around 33-36 weeks, and newborn sessions take place in the first 10 days of life.  Family sessions take place anytime!

Family Portrait in Mt. Lebanon, PA | Olbrich Frenie Family | Mt. Lebanon Pittsburgh Family Photographer

These smiling faces belong to a Mt. Lebanon family from the Virginia Manor area.  We met at a park in Upper St. Clair on a beautiful overcast day and had a fun and easy session.  These are three of the cutest and most charming children ever!  Makes you want three, am I right??

Rawr!! You gotta love 3 year olds 🙂  Their youngest was born two weeks before Mimi, so they are doing all the same things and will probably be in the same toddler class in a couple years, fun!

I took all of these with my new 35 mm 1.4 lens and am IN LOVE with it.  It’s really helping me to get more background details into the frame because I tend to get really close. A+ to 35mm!

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Are you looking for a maternity, newborn, family, or baby photographer in the Pittsburgh South Hills?  Powder Blue Photography offers in-home and in-studio portraits of newborn babies and on-location or in-home maternity and family portraits in and around the Pittsburgh South Hills, McMurray, Peters Township, Upper St. Clair, and Mt. Lebanon areas.  Please contact Missy to schedule a maternity appointment and a tentative date for your newborn session.  Maternity sessions take place around 33-36 weeks, and newborn sessions take place in the first 10 days of life.  Family sessions take place anytime!

Newborn Baby S | Shadyside Lifestyle Newborn Photographer

This little sweetie was born in October to join her big sister A, who I photographed as a newborn two years ago! We shot the baby’s lifestyle newborn portrait at her family’s gorgeous Shadyside home, which is a delightful modern and open style and is a “green home,” which I think is unique & interesting and reminds me of the six years I spent in Portland, OR.

This sweet toddler is bilingual (English/German), but her laughs and smiles send a universal message of glee! What a fun and happy little girl.  We spent the first few minutes playing outside because it was a beautiful day and baby needed a little extra time to get ready.

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Again A’s beautiful smile steals the show–she is such a lovely and bright little girl and so sweet to her new baby sister.  I like the family portraits on the bed, this is a great way to easily incorporate a toddler and a newborn in a family photograph.

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The blue outfit was dad’s pick and was her outfit for coming home from the hospital after she was born.  The white booties are another homemade family item.  In the background of some of these photos you can se big sister A hiding behind the curtain! One of my favorite parts of a lifestyle newborn session is capturing these unstaged moments!

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Thank you C family for inviting me into your home to photograph your new baby!!  Can’t wait to hang these in your home!

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Missy Timko is the photographer behind Powder Blue Photography, a boutique photography studio located in Pittsburgh, PA. She specializes in newborns, maternity, families, seniors, and headshots. Missy’s style is simple, natural, and clean, both posed and lifestyle photography with beautiful natural backgrounds, and Missy also runs a photography studio in Pittsburgh and teaches classes.  There are many session options, from full length custom sessions to quick updates of just the kids, inside the studio or outside in a beautiful natural or urban location in Pittsburgh.  Contact Missy for availability.