Huy Cat Photography Blog

We’ve spent Christmas in Virginia each year since 2006. This year, we spent a day photographing the family. Looking over the previous year’s photographs, the kids sure have grown. And, they’re much more patient this year putting up with my day-long portrait session. Here’s a few sample highlights of the day.

With the grandparents recently returning from Vietnam, they brought back a ton of Vietnamese traditional dresses. Here’s just a few of them.

A few formal shots…

And a few casual ones…

A silly one…

And the sisters…

Click here for a few more in a slideshow. Make your browser full size to see larger photos. Since this a day-long session, it’ll take me a while before I can get the rest of the gallery online.

This isn’t the first time I’ve photographed Nicholas. But this time Nicholas has a new sister, Chloe. Like Nicholas, the two of them are probably the most photographed kids I know. Rarely does a day go by that I don’t see one of their new pictures on facebook. Here are a few highlights from a recent shoot.

It’s another season for the Sawnee Ballet Theatre and the Sawnee School of Ballet. For this season, we have some returning and some new dancers to the Company. You many recognize the returning Company dancers from last season’s headshots. Look out for their upcoming Nutcracker performance in December. Click here for a look at last season’s Nutcracker performance.

To see the full gallery of headshots, click here.

Last year, I met Annika for the first time. She was shy, quiet, but sweet and did I say quiet? Maybe that’s because she takes her lessons seriously. She was taught not to speak to strangers and that’s what I am. Fortunately, the lesson didn’t prevent smiling to strangers.

And here are her parents.

To see the rest of the gallery, click here.

Meet Simone. His curly hair reminds me of Tyler, but even more curly. I never thought that I would ever get a chance to photograph Simone (or even his brother seen in a bit). Why? Because Simone lives in Italy. His dad is an old friend of mine during graduate school. But dad now teaches at a university in Palermo, Italy and who ever thought Simone would come to my own personal studio in Atlanta, GA.

It’s hard enough to photograph kids in general, but since Simone is 100% Italian, I have to depend on his parents to get his attention.

Here he is with his mom, Ivana. She cooked an amazing meal for us years ago.

I can’t forget to introduce his brother, Gabriele. These Italian names are hard to spell! Gabriele really likes hamburgers, but as they call it in Italy, “Umberger”.

And finally, my old friend, Antonio.

Seraphim Music has asked me to photograph their Liturgical Harp Retreat at the Amicalola Falls Lodge. During the retreat, I was able to capture a few portraits of Rhett and Victoria.

Over two years ago, I photographed Brian and Alexandra’s wedding. Fast forward to today, I’m photographing their loving baby girl, Savannah. Below is a few highlights from the session. To see the full gallery, (click here).

I’m told Savannah is wearing the same beautiful dress that Alexandra wore when she was a baby coming home from the hospital.

Over a year ago, I photographed Katie on her way to Homecoming. And shortly after, it was time for her junior prom. This time, she’s going to her senior prom. Soon, she’ll graduate from high school in a few weeks and go to college. We’ll miss having her around and it’s not just because she’s our kids’ babysitter.

Here are a few photos of Katie. A full photo gallery is linked (click here).

“Don’t talk to him, don’t look at him.” That’s what Tyler’s dad told me as they got out of the car. It didn’t help that he just woke up. But Tyler’s shyness was well communicated. Fortunately, I got the secret weapon to ease Tyler. It’s a room full of toys and kids his age. So when it came time to photograph him, we brought out the ultimate skyness-killer, the “ball.”

Below are a few highlights, but click here to see the full gallery.

A while back, I borrowed the Canon 85mm L f/1.2 lens from my friend. I’ve finally decided to pull the trigger and bought one. I’m been so excited with it, it has rarely come off the camera. Here’s a few more with the kids.

ok, technically, this next one is with the 16-35mm.