I loved everything about this gorgeous 9-day-old sweet girl’s newborn session.  She was an amazing sleeper (though I did manage to catch a few photos of her with her eyes open), she flashed me some adorable smiles, and I couldn’t get over her amazing hair and cheeks!  It was also such a pleasure to spend a few hours chatting with her truly lovely parents.  It is sometimes hard for me to believe that my job consists of snuggling and photographing precious new babies and getting to know so many wonderful families!
I couldn’t be more thrilled for this new family of three, and I am so grateful that they chose me to help them capture their memories of those fleeting first weeks of their sweet girl’s life.

Silver Spring, Maryland Photographer Named Bronze Medalist at International Photographic Competition

Tina Krafts of Tina Krafts Photography is honored by peers and jurors for high-quality photography.

Washington, D.C. – Tina Krafts of Tina Krafts Photography in Silver Spring, MD was named a Bronze Medalist during Professional Photographers of America’s 2019 International Photographic Competition. Krafts’ work will be on display at the Gaylord Opryland Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee, January 19-21, 2020. This International Photographic Exhibit is held in conjunction with Imaging USA, an annual convention and expo for professional photographers.

A panel of 36 eminent jurors from across the United States selected the top photographs from over 5,200 total submitted entries at PPA headquarters in Atlanta. Judged against a standard of excellence, 2,654 images were selected for the General Collection and 625 (roughly 12 percent) were selected for the esteemed Loan Collection—the best of the best. The Loan Collection images will all be published in the much-anticipated “Loan Collection” book by Marathon Press.

Tina Krafts was named a Bronze Medalist by earning a merit—a mark of quality and honor—for each of the four images included in her entry case to the International Photographic Competition. This is the most prestigious competition of its kind, where images are judged based on a standard of artistic excellence, not against each other. In 2019, she was one of only 170 Bronze Medalists.

About PPA:

Founded in 1868, Professional Photographers of America (PPA) is the largest and longest-standing nonprofit photography trade association. It currently helps 30,000+ pros elevate their craft and grow their business with resources, protection, and education, all under PPA’s core guiding principle of bridging the gap between photographers and consumers.

Contact: Tina Krafts

tina@tinakraftsphotography.com

www.tinakraftsphotography.com

Happy New Year to all of my wonderful clients/friends and followers!  Now that the whirlwind of the holidays and the pre-holiday frenzy to complete all of my editing and orders has subsided, I am sneaking in some time to share some of my fall sessions before my 2019 babies arrive!
As soon as I saw this sweet baby girl, I was smitten! She is just beautiful, and has the most amazing hair!  (Although I really hated to cover it up, you’ll see below that she makes the absolute cutest reindeer and baby Santa!) She was also amazingly sleepy, so we captured a wide variety of images (the images below are just a portion of what we captured during her session), including a few star-themed shots for her similarly decorated nursery.  She did wake up for a few quick minutes after eating, however, and I was happy to get a shot of her bright eyes for her mom and dad. 🙂
I just adored her entire session, and loved getting to know her parents as well!  Congratulations to this lovely family of three!

I have had the great fortune of photographing some gorgeous, sleepy babies over the last few months, and this little beauty was no exception!  Doesn’t she have the sweetest little face?

These are a few of my favorite images from her session.