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Best Photos by Sarah Borchgrevink | Year in Review by Houston Photographer

A Year In Review:

Personal Favorites From 2015 

Good morning! I have been working on this blog post for about 5 days and I must say I am slightly behind. With a newborn, toddler and a 5 year old who is home for the holiday break, I've had my hands full. However, I'm back at my desk and am excited to preview some of my favorite images and sessions from 2015.

However, before doing that I'd like to begin by saying thank you. Thank you to the clients who have supported me throughout my photography journey. I appreciate your loyalty and business as I've grown and figured out the murky waters of running a full time business. Moreover, thank you for your words of encouragement. Often times, simply saying something kind to your photographer truly makes our day. These compliments often come when we need to hear them most, when I may be feeling defeated. Thank you for trusting me to document your little ones, your beautiful baby bumps, your family milestones, your pregnancy announcements, and your tiny, precious newborns. It's been a blessing! 

And with that, I present some of my favorite images from the 2015 fiscal year. Narrowing these down took some time, and I hope you enjoy! 

Baby L's outdoor "Up" themed session had me smiling the entire time. 

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Bluebonnet season is short and sweet here, but makes for a beautiful pregnancy announcement. See the full session here

This couple is one of my favorite families and I've done several sessions for them from pregnancy announcements, gender reveal, newborn session, and lifestyle work, too. 

Turning one is a huge milestone! 

This home lifestyle session featuring a beautiful family and newborn is definitely one of my all time favorites. Amazing light and nursery! 

I've been photographing precious Ivy since she was in her mama's tummy.

Oh, Baby C! You're precious and one of my first newborns I photographed! See all his cuteness here. 

I enjoyed meeting this adorable couple and documenting their big news. 

I have been photographing this handsome little love since he was in his mama's tummy! Baby J is now one year old and precious as can be. 

Maternity sessions are always a beautiful way to celebrate your bump

The bond between nursing mother and child is sacred. Having my beautiful friend of her son, L, was a complete honor. 

This perfectly plum maternity session had me swooning! S is gorgeous. 

The beautiful sunlight and love between this couple had me swooning! 

A silhouette is never a bad way to begin your home newborn session. 

These two images are more of my own little ones, Emma and Lucy.

This adorable family was so much fun to document! 

Who doesn't love a good paint fight 

Golden hour is my favorite time to document baby bumps. 

We had a blast

I have not blogged E's custom and fine art newborn session but he was so perfect and snugly. I cannot wait for more sessions with him!

This sweet little love is on the blog. Her smile is infectious and I hope to see her again. 

At 10 pounds, Penny was a perfect squish. 

In 2015, my family announced we're having another girl! This image is one of my favorites in our cake smash reveal.

She is so full of life and joy 

A is precious as can be! I have not yet blogged his session, but his one year old session and cake smash were perfect!

H's outdoor and natural light fall session had me smiling the entire time. He will be on the blog soon along with his awesome parents and the perfectly styled attire.

I have been photographing Z since she was in her mama's tummy and we announced the pregnancy. I have not yet blogged her session (as it recently took place) but her golden hour and outdoor session was simple yet showcased stunning evening light. 

P is beautiful and this custom made dress

This new daddy and his newborn were one of my favorites this year 

Baby M is so sweet and precious! His custom newborn session is simple and really embodies the stillness of a newborn. 

I have not blogged Amelia's newborn photos yet as she was just born, but we added a third redhead to my gaggle of girls this year!

And there you are - my personal favorites of 2015. Here's to 2016 being just as amazing!

Sarah Borchgrevink Photography is a Houston Newborn Photographer specializing in gorgeous posed newborn sessions. Her studio is located in Northwest Harris County. In addition to breathtaking baby portraiture, Sarah also offers stylish natural light family photography as well as dynamic outdoor maternity sessions for expecting mothers and couples. Sarah joyfully serves the entire Harris and Montgomery county areas including Houston, Cypress, Tomball, Spring, The Woodlands, Kingwood, Memorial & West Houston, Katy, Sugar Land, Pearland, Richmond, West University and Rice Village.

The T Family's Natural Light Portraits in Houston Texas

As a Cypress area photographer, I have several locations that I love and adore using natural light for my on location and golden hour portrait sessions. This fall, for example, I have been using many local parks for my family sessions. This morning I am gearing up for a busy weekend of sessions and of course working on final copies + blogging. I am a little behind on blogging this week as I've been photographing sessions full time due to the icky and unpredictable weather. 

I'm excited to show off the T family! This is their first session with me, but hopefully not the last. :-) I had them meet me at Telge Park and we focused on capturing the entire family as well as individual portraits of their little ones (who could not be more precious). Here are some of my favorite images. I hope you enjoy viewing them and if you'd like to snag a spot on my calendar, check out details at the bottom. :-)

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I'd love to work with you! Let's chat.


Sarah Borchgrevink Photography is a Houston Newborn Photographer specializing in gorgeous posed newborn sessions. Her studio is located in Northwest Harris County. In addition to breathtaking baby portraiture, Sarah also offers stylish natural light family photography as well as dynamic outdoor maternity sessions for expecting mothers and couples. Sarah joyfully serves the entire Harris and Montgomery county areas including Houston, Cypress, Tomball, Spring, The Woodlands, Kingwood, Memorial & West Houston, Katy, Sugar Land, Pearland, Richmond, West University and Rice Village.

Family is everything | Gorgeous Outdoor Portraits at Sunrise

Good morning! This morning, I am gearing up to do some blogging, but I am also sending out e-mails, invoices, contracts, and of course keeping a strict eye on the weather as this upcoming weekend is filled with many family and child photography sessions. However, enough business: let's get down to why you're really here - to see a beautiful family who happens to be some of my favorite people!

I'm thrilled to have photographed the H family; they're some of our very close family friends and our little ones have had many fun adventures together. You know that friend you call when you're lonely but don't want to go grocery shopping alone? Yup - we call one another! Or maybe if the kiddos are at school and you want someone to sit and fold laundry with you, chat about a good book, or just visit the park on a sunny days. We even spend holidays together and birthdays. When I have Amelia, this is who I'll be calling to stay with my babies and one of the first people I told about our pregnancy.  Whether we're bbqing, shopping, having coffee, or even just meeting up for lunch it's always a great time. So this in mind, I'm sure you can guess I worked super hard on this session because I wanted it to be absolutely perfect from the light, to location, to outfits, to posing, ect - nothing less than beautiful would suffice. 

For their natural light and outdoor session, I had the H family meet me in beautiful Cypress, a suburb of Houston, at Telge Park for a sunrise session complete with stunning morning light, connected posing, and a gorgeous color scheme (Mom and I agonized over the colors and spend a lot of time putting them together). Here are my favorite images - and I must say narrowing down our favorites for wall art took some time. We ended up doing framed images on archival deep matte print to show off the creamy background; 16x20 was our favorite size but several 11x14 are on the walls, too. We also designed an adorable holiday card so that was a fun project, too! This  seriously one of my favorite 2015 fall sessions.

On a gear related note I often receive e-mails in which others ask the lenses I use. This session was photographed using a Canon 6d, 135 mm f/2L lens and a 200 mm f/2.8L lens. This is where all the gorgeous background compression comes from - the lenses which are worth every cent!

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And then, of course, we had to give Elizabeth her own time to shine! Isn't she precious? We told her to simply dance and enjoy herself. She is so sassy and fierce!


I'd love to document your own family or child session!


Sarah Borchgrevink Photography is a Houston Newborn Photographer specializing in gorgeous posed newborn sessions. Her studio is located in Northwest Harris County. In addition to breathtaking baby portraiture, Sarah also offers stylish natural light family photography as well as dynamic outdoor maternity sessions for expecting mothers and couples. Sarah joyfully serves the entire Harris and Montgomery county areas including Houston, Cypress, Tomball, Spring, The Woodlands, Kingwood, Memorial & West Houston, Katy, Sugar Land, Pearland, Richmond, West University and Rice Village.