First Birthday Photo Session to Celebrate ONE Year | Christina Bailitz Photography

365 Days of Baby Fun = Your Baby is ONE!!

A babies first year goes by fast.

The beginning days of sleepless nights seem so long but soon you get some routine. Then this sweet little baby is growing and reaching new milestones every month and before you know it, it’s time to celebrate their first birthday! A first birthday photo session is a great time to capture the growth in one year, their personality and even add a smash cake for a sweet treat.

The Mokena studio is a great little space to capture your babies first birthday session.

Class of 2022 Senior Session | Downtown Chicago Magnificent Mile

Class of 2022 Senior Session in the City

Four years of high school flies by fast. Everyone tells you this when you have a freshman, but it is absolutely true, as I just sent my first born to college this fall. High school is a period of growth, as they go through classes, sports, activities, dances and make new friends, which all help them prepare for their next step after graduation. A senior photo session captures their senior season. Senior photo sessions are unique to each senior as they pick the location(s), outfits and poses. These sessions allow them to be themselves. It allows their personality to shine. It allows them to have pictures to treasure of this special time.

I can’t wait to see in the spring where my seniors are heading to after graduation!

Newborn Photography Session | Tinley Park

A newborn is a gift from above

Newborn photography sessions create a still moment in a busy time, as your family changes by two feet. This year I am offering newborn sessions at your home or at the studio in Mokena which is a great natural light and open airy studio to capture your baby and family. This allows you time to recover from delivery and get some sleep and to know your sweet baby before having your first photo session. Ideally capturing the baby between 7-14 days new and you can choose a one wrap session and family photos at the studio or a full newborn session at your home or studio. I guarantee that you will not regret making a date for newborn pictures. This is a short season in the journey of parenthood, even though the sleepless nights make it seem longer than it is.

Frankfort Family Photo Session | Christina Bailitz Photography

Summer Family Photo Session

Summer is a great time to capture family photos, as the days are longer, the sun is out longer and it is a great time to get outdoors with your family. This family had a wonderful session at Pilcher Park in New Lenox.

And let me tell you almost EVERYONE has a special treat after the session or is planning on a stop on the way home, especially in the summer heat and humidity of Chicago photo sessions in the summer. I am a mom of three too and know all it takes to pull together family pictures, but I also know all the planning is so worth it, so have that sucker ready these kids deserve them!! And LOVED when they gave Mom & Dad a thumbs up because they truly ROCKED their session.

Four Year Birthday Pictures | Christina Bailitz Photography | Fort Frankfort

Four Year Old Photos at Fort Park

When you look back and think of what your 4 year old LOVED to go out and do you may think of going to the park. So many kids love the park, that I try to avoid locations that have parks when we pick a location for a family photo session with young children, because once they see the park they are ready to play! So when a parent suggests a park session I am all in! Fun action shots. A few posed shots. And the session is a win!!

And this local park is set up like a huge fort. The kids LOVE to run and then see if I can find them!! They do hide pretty well I must say.

Can you find him?

Needless to say we had so much fun exploring and swinging and laughing and running.

This session by far caught the childhood fun of this four year old!

And while photos with mom were not planned I made mom jump into the camera frame for a few images! I am a firm believer that mom’s don’t jump in pictures enough and yet the years of pushing them on the swings and chasing them around the park, like most of motherhood fly by way too fast.

Prom Photos | Senior High School Photographer | Christina Bailitz Photography | Tinley Park

SENIOR PROM 2021

Prom is special right of passage for many seniors. It’s something many generations share stories of and prom surely has changed over the years but still the same gathering with high school before new paths start.

The shopping for the right dress, scheduling hair, nails, or make-up for some. Ordering flowers that match the dress. The gathering with friends for pictures and dates. Dancing the night away and ditching those perfect shoes that went with the dress.Post post prom activities to follow. The final party with your high school before graduation (pre-Covid). While this may not be everyone’s experience, it is a big moment for many seniors. And this years senior class is getting to plan prom in new ways some through their school other through parents, but one thing is for sure, there is more PROM this year! Having photo’s of this memory is important to the kids and families I have found. It is a time you look back on if you went.

So if you have a date coming up for prom, think about booking a photographer for the group pictures to get some pictures and it also lets the parents enjoy a little visiting and the moment. Or you can schedule a prom session with friends on another after prom and wear your fancy clothes again with friends from your school others. I guarantee from seeing the number of downloads from the past weekend’s prom for my daughter, these kids enjoyed getting their pictures taken and not having their phones out the whole time for pictures.

College Tee Shirt Session | Christina Bailitz Photography | Tinley Park Photographer

4 years of High School

You blink and they are gone. And for the Class of 2021 Seniors those days were even more limited missing so much in school time with the pandemic.

Senior year is one of big decisions to be made with graduation on the horizon and planning the next chapter. So once a decision is made a College Tee Session is a perfect way to announce your next chapter!

Class of 2021 College Choice & Cap and Gown Sessions are available this spring and summer! Please contact me directly to book a time. And Class of 2022 it is time to start thinking of your senior session!!

Family Spring Photography Session | Christina Bailitz Photography | New Lenox Photographer

Spring is in the air

After a long winter, spring arrives.

A time where new blooms start to grow and the colors sprout.

And after a long winter, I LOVE getting to see families coming back out for photo sessions.

Mom said we need to schedule Easter pictures as I have to the cutest outfits. And she definitely did. I absolutely love looking back on Easter pics from growing up and this session reminded me of childhood Easter memories.

The Mokena studio was perfect for this session in it’s simple and airy feel allowing the kids to stand out and give them space to move around. They came running in and the three images below were the very first photos and I knew we were going to have a fabulous session. Lots of smiles. Lots of hugs and sibling hugs. And they loved being with mom & dad for pics too. It made it easy to do my job.

And I will always love capturing sweet of loving moments between family.

First Birthday Session | Christina Bailitz Photography | Chicago Photographer

365 days of moments

365 days, 52 weeks, 1 2months all summarize ONE year!

The first year has many first moments and milestones. I always tell my clients capture ONE year. The amount of change in one year from newborn to ONE is amazing. They have grown so much physically and emotionally.

I was so excited to meet this sweet boy, as I captured his brother when he was born. Getting to work with a family twice is a gift for me and like Christmas morning.

And it was so fun to get to see his big brother too and capture some brother pics.

First Year milestone sessions and family sessions can be booked through the website or contact me directly to book a time good for you and your family and determine a location that works. While I am located in Tinley Park I do travel throughout the Chicago suburbs for sessions.

Prom Photos | Senior High School Photographer | Christina Bailitz Photography | Tinley Park

SENIOR PROM - HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES

Spring is around the corner, a time for many high school seniors that represents prom, college decisions, and graduation. Last year many proms were cancelled as the pandemic was happening. Dresses were bought and ready to be worn, so it was the perfect time to schedule a photo session. So this group of beautiful seniors in high school in Arlington Heights didn’t miss the chance to have prom photos. They ordered some flowers or pulled together a loose bouquet and then they all gathered together for this senior year moment.

Prom sessions can be groups, couples or individual or a combo of all. It is a time to stop and freeze this time. While some schools are having proms in a new fashion, and some groups are planning their own gatherings. If you have your dress and are ready, make sure you capture prom moments, prom is milestone for many high schoolers, and moments you look back on.

As Proms are being planned if you are interested in a session for your prom goers - reach out to reserve your date!!

First Year milestone sessions can be booked through the website or contact me directly to book a time good for you and your family.