Palm Beach Newborn, Child, Baby, Family, Maternity Photographer

Welcome to my blog! I am Giovanna, the artist behind the fine art portaiture of Bell'Anima Photography. My trademark style includes captivating emotional portraiture with richly saturated colors, glowing skin tones, beautiful scenery, sparkling eyes, and an almost mystical quality. By offering a combination of unique artistry and unparalleled customer service, I am proud to have made Bell'Anima Photography one of Palm Beach’s most sought-after names in high-end portrait photography of newborns, children, babies, maternity, and families. Thanks for stopping by! I look forward to reading your comments!

Archive for October, 2009

Child of a photographer, Palm Beach County

October 31, 2009

Yep, my son has a typical case of PCS (photographer’s child syndrome)! He sees my camera and runs and I can no longer brag about how well he sits for my camera. Oh well. Anyhow, I have been loving outdoor newborn shots and field shots lately, maybe since not very many people in the area do either of the two so it feels fresh. I took my little guy out yesterday for a few shots in the field and he had no desire to sit still for me. That’s a one and a half year old for you! I still had fun and enjoyed processing these a little differently since they are just for me anyhow. Thanks for looking!

As you can see, he was much more interested in jumping off the chair and chasing me as opposed to sitting there and looking my way . Gotta love him!

Stay tuned for the “H” family photos tomorrow (fingers crossed for good weather) and baby “S” newborn photos on Tuesday PM!

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Michelle Barnes: aw, he's growing up so big - adorable!

Kristi Mangan: He is such a little cutie!!! And I love your fun field!

Zoe Berkovic: He is too cute!! I hope you hang these up in HUGE!!! Love them!

Mandy Leonards: he is soo handsome, G!

Julie: He is so handsome! And as always, these are so beautiful!

Holli: He's so cute! Loving the field, beautiful color.

Family Portraits, Palm Beach Family Photographer

October 25, 2009

I really enjoyed meeting up with this family for a beach session! Last time I photographed little E he was only a week old! I can’t believe how fast he’s grown! And Miss J is such a pretty little lady now! Here are just a few that I have edited so far! I hope you all enjoy them!

A couple of the beautiful family:

And the adorable Miss J:

The handsome and serious Mr. E:

And don’t mom and dad look like a newly engaged couple here? I loved this one! Gave it some fun processing too

Oh and I can’t forget about this cute one of the girls

I have several more to process but wanted to post a quick sneak peek at least.

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Cristina: Simply beautiful and timeless portraits. I love your processing, such great colour! Lovely job!

Melissa Rodriguez: You always deliver the most stunning color images to the most stunning families - this session is no exception. Wonderful work!

Caryn: These are beautiful! Great location, amazing colors and gorgeous family!

Tiona Fuller: I love happy family sessions! Beautiful images with gorgeous color. I love how the littlest one is posing in the first family shot - priceless!

Ashley Duckett: Stunning color! I am sure the family is thrilled with these!

Kristi Mangan: Gorgeous colors as usual! These are beautiful G!!!

Amber: They are beautiful! I love each and every one of these images. Awesome work!

megan parker: I love these! The one of mom and dad kissing is so great!

Angela Crutcher: LOVE these! There is something about your beack work that just captivates me. I absolutely love your use of color and lighting!

Lisa: These are beautiful, as always

Mandy Leonards: AMAZING. Makes me want to come to the beach so you can take my picture!!! SO BEAUTIFUL!

TIffany Bender: OHHHHHH! Love these the on on the little boy in the white shirt is just stunning- they all are!

Rose: What a gorgeous family! I love the colour on these!

Mandy: Just gorgeous. I love how the sky is always so present in your backgrounds. Great work.

Casey: Beautiful family and gorgeous, as always!

Shanna: What a gorgeous family! Great job!

Kim: Absolutely stunning! Such a beautiful family.

Melissa Klein: Beautiful!

Beth: Beautiful colors and nice family!

Tawney: Stunning as always!!!

Terra: Gorgeous colors as usual! I love their outfits,goes so well with the beach colors there. Great job,beautiful images!

Kristin Hemenway: Stunning color! Great images. I love this session.

Zoe Berkovic: Giovanna, these are GORGEOUS!! Love the color!

Julie: I'm really beginning to think you have models only for your shoots. Seriously, where do you find these beautiful people all the time? Gorgeous shots!!!

Newborn Twin Beauties! Palm Beach Twin Newborn Photographer

October 22, 2009

Oh, how lucky I was to photograph these darling newborn girls!! They made my heart melt from the moment mom answered the door with one of them nuzzled up against her. They are too sweet for words. Each has her own personality, for sure! Miss S was wide awake for the majority of our time together, while E was sleepy as could be! We got all sorts of fun shots…indoor, outdoor, undressed, swaddled, individual shots, and family shots. Mom and dad, I am so happy for the two of you!! I am so excited that you signed up for my baby plan because that means I get to spend more time photographing your little angels in six months and again six months later. They grow so fast…I hope you treasure these images of them in all their newborn glory for many years and generations to come! I look forward to getting the rest of the images to you and to photographing your family again soon.

A few of my favorites (of course the oudoor ones come first):

One of Miss S (wide awake):

And one of the sleepy little Miss E:

You can see how tiny they are in dad’s hands. Love those itty bitty fingers!

Love that sleepy smile!

And look how tiny they look in this vase!

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Little cuties!! Can’t wait to see them again! As smitten as I am with them I can only imagine how in love their parents must be!

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Holly: Beautiful! My fav is the first one. The family is going to love these!

This N That: Oh my... these are just gorgeous!! You are wonderful at what you do! -Shellie

Terra: As usual I love the color in your images! Love the vase one,so original,great job!!

April: These are great :) I'm getting so excited.

Jen Palermo: These are stunning! The colors are so vivid and what beautiful clarity.

shannon treadway: OMgosh these are gorgeous! beautiful twins!!!

Peggy: Thank you Giovanna! You are so talented. I cannot wait for the rest of the photos. So happy you could capture the love I feel for my girls in these photos!

TIffany Bender: That little smile...so cute! I love your clarity and colors,as always. The parents are going to flip over these ++!

jennifer: awww two precious miracles indeed, and you captured their sweet innocents beautifully!

Janessa Suarez: Peggy & James: The girls are beautiful!! The pictures came out amazing... the girls are like professional models! xoxo Janessa

Rose: Wow! So beautiful!!

Robbie: What sweet little peanuts! They look so cozy and content and I just love how you can get outdoor shots of babies! Love them all!

megan parker: Giovanna you did a really wonderful job!! I love 1, 5, and 7!!!

Krysia: oh my GOSH! These are the cutest babies I have ever seen! Those 1st two blow me away and that image with the pink hat is to die for. Fabulous job!

Shanna: OH MY! I love these! Great job!!!!

Mandy Leonards: OHMYGOSH. These are absolutely stunning!!!!

Krissy Allori: Wow, these are truly beautiful. Although, being a huge fan of your work, I'm not surprised one bit. Love the outdoor shots most!

Laura Brett: Adorable, so sweet!

Katie: Gorgeous work! Those outdoor shots are stunning!

lindsay: Such creativity! beautiful poses and great color! LOVE them!

Jaidean Baker: These are great - I just love that first image!

Jane Photo: Oh my...these are too lovely. That first one? I would have to have it HUGE if they were my kiddos.

Casey: Beautiful job, Giovanna! Those babies make me woozy, they are so precious!

mandy: Absolutely stunning!

Kari Roberts: Wow! Those are AMAZING !! They are so sweet! The one in the pink hat looks so soft and sweet! And I love the first 2 with the gorgeous colors.

April: You have a real talent with newborns. I love all the color here! Great work!

Lisa: Oh! I LOVE THESE!! AWESOME!

Kristin Hemenway: These are breathtaking! Twins?! Great job.

Zoe Berkovic: No way!! You totally blew this session out of the park!!! Gorgeous!!!!

Michelle Barnes: these are very precious - I love the pics where they are snuggling. it's a special bond - how lucky for the parents to have these captures!

Newborn Perfection. Palm Beach County Newborn Photographer

October 20, 2009

Newborn baby Brady is 7 days old and one of the sweetest things! Brady was born at 37 weeks but you’d never know it ! He came into the world nice and healthy at a 8 lbs and 14 oz and got to come home from the hospital after only two days. He slept like a champ for most of our shoot and barely made a peep…I think he really enjoyed the warm air of the space heater that I brought along for our shoot. I was so excited that the weather was warm enough to take him outside for a few shots! Everyone knows how much I love outdoor photos…Brady looked so beautiful in this basket as I photographed him in his parents’ back yard and along the water banks behind their beautiful home.

This little man is definitely loved! His proud mama and doting grandmas watched our shoot with huge grins on their faces! I can tell they are all mesmorized by little Brady and will stay that way for a very long time! Adrienne and Ryan, I hope you treasure these images of your beautiful son forever! He is perfect and I am so thrilled for you both! Brady is a lucky little guy!

My favorites first (the outdoor shots):

You can really tell how tiny he is by this shot in mama’s hands (oh and he totally has mama’s lips):

For this shoot I was loving some moody black and whites!

And we got some light, airy black and whites too (I love color but something about newborn shots in black and white really speaks to me!):

And this one was something a little different

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April: These are simply stunning!!! I love all the variety. Great work!

mollie: gorgeous gorgeous. you out did yourself!

Ramsey Garza: Oh my! The first one is just amazing. I can see why it is one of your favorites. And I love the baby smile in the second. Great job!

Pavlina Ortiz: I LOVE the first and the last one. Absolutely my favorite. But of course all of them are stunning, but the outdoor is simply divine.

Laura Brett: Very sweet, great job G! First one would have to be my fav!

megan parker: I already commented on FB how beautiful these are! Great work!

Angela Crutcher: Oh my goodness! You totally rocked this session! Absolutely LOVE them all!!! Especially that first shot. It would be on a huge canvas if it were my baby!!!

jennifer: omgoodness I keep going through these and going awww that first one is perfect!!

Stefanie Fox: He is precious! I love these pictures, what a great idea. We can't wait to meet him

Salina J: These are so sweet - love your lighting and treatment of the photos!

Zoe Berkovic: OMG! Giovanna you totally rocked this session! I love the first one!!

Terra: That first one is stunning,great job on this session! You got a wonderful variety!!

shannon treadway: Awww what a sweetie! These are gorgeous! beautiful work

misty Jones: Beautiful work!

Mandy Leonards: I love ALL of these, G. SOOO beautiful!!!

Mandy: Your work always leaves my mouth hanging open in awe. Great, amazing job...as usual. I am sure the family is beside themselves.

Shellie: Oh, these are precious. The colors are so soft and pretty!

Together 57 Years! Palm Beach Family Photographer

October 17, 2009

Bud and Meredith have been married for 57 years! I photographed one of their daughters recently and they decided it was time for them to get some portraits of their own done as well! All too often people stop getting portraits done once their children are grown, but this adorable couple is giving these photos to their children as Christmas gifts, which I think is SO sweet and just perfect! I just love how I can feel their connection through these images and can only hope my husband and I are this close and cute together in 52 years. Marianne, thank you so much for referring your parents to me for these portraits! I loved meeting them and I will have a special gift coming your way as a thank you for the referral. Bud and Meredith, like I said, I can only hope my husband and I will be like you guys one day. Congratulations on all you have accomplished together! Your seven children must be so proud!

Here are jut a couple of my favorites :)

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Oh, and they even had their Christmas card picture all planned out without any help from me! How sweet is their picnick idea?

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Lina: oh my, so adorable! I love them. The last one is amazing, they need to send it out to all their friends - awesome!

Amber: They are truly an inspiration! I absolutely love your use of light and your processing. You did a wonderful job capturing the love and emotion these two share!

Marianne: Love these!! Super cute!! I smile every time I look at them!

Mandy Leonards: SO SWEET!! They are beautiful, congrats to them. G-- this is beautiful work. The colors, the clarity, the composition. Everything. Wonderful job!

Rose: Wow! You can really see the love between these two! They look like a couple of highschool sweethearts...totally smitten with each other! So touching! I love these!!

Amy: Oh my goodness I love these! I love that they decided to have this session and I just love how they turned out. What a great gift. These really are beautiful Images!

mollie: its so refreshing to see these! what an inspiration and such love between them. great work!

April: Wow! These are just flat out awesome! Who wouldn't just LOVE a shot of their parents like this? I think my favorite is the one where Meredith is sitting on Bud's lap. I bet they just love these:)

Jaidean Baker: Oh gosh...I seriously love these so much! What a great session!

Courtney Leigh Miller: Giovanna, this is one of my favorite all time sessions I've seen in a long time. The love for each other just pours out of your beautiful images. I'm all teary-eyed over here! The first and last are my favorites! They will be so glad they did this...very special!!!

casandra heeren: these are just beautiful... you did an amazing job capturing the love they share!

Krysia: Awww! These are heart-melting. I get warm n' fuzzy just looking at these. What a beautiful couple. You rocked the color in these!

Laura Brett: Aw so sweet. I love them, what a treasure to be married for so long. Beautiful job G.

Shanna: OH MY GOSH! I really love these so much! I wish my grandparents had pictures like this!

TIffany Bender: These are awesome! you really captured a great connection---beautiful work ++!

Michelle B: I love these! Could they be any sweeter? I especially love the one where she's sitting in his lap!

Terra: these are awesome Giovanna!! What a wonderful treasure these will be for their family!

Julie: All of these are amazing, but the last one is my absolute favorite. How wonderful you got to capture them together after 57 years--very inspiring! Beautiful, BEAUTIFUL work!

Kristi Mangan: Adorable!!!!!!!!! These are so cute and such a treasure! I think that is such a great gift idea to give to their kids too... they will treasure them!

Amanda K: Oh gosh how gorgeous and how adorable are they in the last shot! SO beautiful to see such love.

Kim: These are gorgeous as usual Giovanna! You really did capture their spirit. Love them!

Jane Photo: I just LOVE the picnic one! All of them are sooo sweet, but the picnic one slays me.

megan parker: These are just wonderful!

Zoe Berkovic: These are wonderful!! the light the color! amazing!

misty Jones: Love it! What a beautiful couple!

Beth: I. Love. Them!

Chrissy: These are soooo cute!

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