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    Glasses-clad student-ly type by week, colorful and creative photographer by weekend, and wife and mother first and always!

    If you're looking for photography in the Bryan/College Station area that is more than a standard look at the camera and smile "Christmas card" shot, I'm the photographer for you!

    I strive to make every session a reflection of you and who you are, and photograph everyday common kisses, hugs, laughs, and smiles with creativity...and add in a touch of whimsy, a dash of style, and a spattering of sparkle and it becomes wall-worthy art!

    ~Chantal Bergeron

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05.19.12

College Station cake smash–natural edition!

One more cake smash for you! Rather than the studio-ish vibe of the last Birthday kiddo, this little girly’s cake smash took place outside–same idea, different vibe, both lovely! This little girly is actually the first little newborn I ever shot (though she was on the old-end of newborn at the time!) *copy and past all my sentiments from the previous blog post about all these kiddos growing up so fast!* I love, love, love, these beautiful yellow flowers that were all over the place this wildflower season…I searched high and low for a big patch of these last year to no avail:(But this year-they-are-everywhere! So I took advantage and held a couple sessions here while I had the opportunity–aren’t they gorgeous? (but not as gorgeous as this little girly!)

Big sister turns 3 shortly–can’t wait to hold a session that is all about her! A few of my favorites: 

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05.19.12

First birthday photos for a special College Station kiddo!

Such fun seeing kiddos grow up! Mr Birthday boy and his sister were one of the first sets of kiddos I ever photographed, and it has been a pleasure to see him grow this past year…I can’t believe he’s already a year old! Birthday boy is a total Mommy’s boy, and all-boy, all the time (one piece of evidence–a bruise on his forehead–was edited out;))…and just loved the icing on his yummy cupcake!

A few of my favorites:

Happy Birthday Mr. One Year Old! Can’t wait to see you again!

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05.19.12

Laid back family photos for one of the sweetest College Station families :)

Meet one of the loveliest, sweetest families I’ve met.  Their land just outside College Station and the great outdoors provided the perfect backdrop for some laid-back, relaxed photos of them just having some family fun time. Oh man, it was windy…and I wasn’t sure the sun would come out to play–but it made a few appearances;)The little guy there provided the entertainment, Grandma and Grandpa provided the kisses, and Mom and Dad provided the tickles:)Though this handsome little guy is the center of attention and the only little one in the family right now, it won’t be for long since a little brother or sister as well as a little cousin are on their way!

 

Some of my favorites:

 

Gorgeous mom, handsome dad, happy kid, loving grandparents…what more could a photographer ask for?

 

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Kelly GullyMay 20, 2012 - 8:45 pm

Thank you for capturing our family in such a beautiful way! I love ALL the pictures and we had fun! Looking forward to pics of Lachlan and the new baby in a few months!!! We are going to be regular clients!! :)

03.06.12

I Heart Faces-beautiful black and white-bryan college station photographer

This week’s I Heart Faces challenge is beautiful black and white. This is a photo I took of my Lyla a month or so ago, shortly before her soothies (aka binkies, aka pacifiers!) got a dose of curry powder on them and were forever rejected (very effective solution for a soothie addicted toddler!) I really wanted to capture the drama (and trust me–she was *very* dramatic about her soothies!) of her soothie addiction before she underwent treatment:)It’s a little out of the box for me, since not only do I rarely do B&W’s since I’m a color junkie, but this was shot via my first attempt at using lamplight.

Here’s my dramatic little toddler feeding her soothie addiction:

 

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Kirsty WMarch 6, 2012 - 4:20 pm

Great shot!!

Glenda Reyes-OrtizMarch 6, 2012 - 4:20 pm

beautiful shot and beautiful bw :)

MandieMarch 6, 2012 - 4:27 pm

Wish you were around to capture me when I gave up Dr. Pepper!

It really is a great image!

Brooke ChambersMarch 6, 2012 - 4:29 pm

Love this so much! The light is beautiful.

Julie MMarch 6, 2012 - 4:36 pm

beautiful shot! I love the shadows…

DonnaMarch 6, 2012 - 5:02 pm

You really captured the drama you wanted with the lighting, I LOVE this image!

Caroline (Frogmum/TMFH)March 6, 2012 - 5:24 pm

LOVE the lighting ~ beautiful capture :D

FrancesMarch 6, 2012 - 6:19 pm

Love the shadows!!

Jessica StarrMarch 6, 2012 - 6:47 pm

dramatic lighting! love the negative space. (gig ‘em!)

AmyMarch 6, 2012 - 9:14 pm

Gorgeous light capturing a very sweet moment. Great job. Love it.

oschrockMarch 6, 2012 - 11:07 pm

Wow! Very interesting and dramatic use of negative space!

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LisaMarch 7, 2012 - 1:50 am

Fantastic lighting….unique shot, just beautiful.

AmyMarch 8, 2012 - 12:31 am

Dramatic is right! This image just pops off the page! I love that–with all the drama–it’s an everyday scene. Nice composition as well.

ElleMarch 8, 2012 - 2:01 pm

The lighting is amazing in this photo- Beautiful!!

RebeccaMarch 9, 2012 - 12:38 pm

Cutie!

Cris StephensMarch 9, 2012 - 4:22 pm

This is absolutely beautiful!! congrats!

SubrinaMarch 9, 2012 - 4:58 pm

love this

03.03.12

Sunny Sidney at 7 months

Little Sidney was one of the first newborns I photographed (you can see her in all her newborn glory HERE)…and I just *love* seeing how much she’s grown and all her cute little chub and rolls:)She’s just such a happy little beauty.

 

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Little Sidney is wearing a necklace from Brooke’s Angel Wings in the next few shots–these necklaces are sold to help the Rahn family heal financially and emotionally from a devastating accident wherein Brooke was seriously injured by a dresser that tipped on top of her. You can read Brooke’s story HERE. Brooke and her family now do everything they can to bring awareness to the importance of strapping and anchoring furniture to your walls.

A few other favorites from Sidney’s session:

Love this Matilda Jane Shabby top on little Sid. The headband she’s wearing is available here.

Sidney just learned to crawl the day before our session so she demonstrated her newly found crawling skills:

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