Jane | Huntington WV Military Newborn Photographer

It is always an honor to photograph these military sessions.

To see these tiny babies sleeping soundly in their father or mother's uniform, the same uniform they wore to defend our freedom we have today.

This sweet girl, Jane, was photographed in her father's Marine dress uniform. Her older brother, William, when he was just a newborn, was photographed in his father's camis. 

Thank you for your service.

And Jane's older brother I photographed as a newborn two years ago,

Huntington and Charleston WV Newborn Photographer

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To book your session with Amber Hope Photography,

Email: amberhopephotography@gmail.com

Phone: 304-751-0369

Levi | Charleston Newborn Military Photographer

For part of Levi's newborn session we did a military set. Levi's father is in the Army and including part of his daddy's uniform was an honor. He slept very soundly all snuggled up in his daddy's Army uniform. 

I love being a newborn photographer. I also love photographing military sessions such as these for fellow military families. 

All the sweet details of a newborn baby boy wrapped in his father's Army uniform. From his wrinkly baby feet, his pouty lips, the milk bumps on his nose and his tiny fingers.....newborns change so quickly in just a few short weeks.

Thank you to Levi's father for your service.

Amber Hope Photography is a volunteer photographer for Hearts Apart.

A pre-deployment session is provided for military families that are deploying. If you would like a pre-deployment session please contact Hearts Apart or Amber Hope Photography to schedule your military session.

If you are anticipating the arrival of your baby while your husband is deployed and would like to have your baby's birth photographed or a newborn session please contact Hearts Apart or Amber Hope Photography.

Non-deploying military sessions receive 15% off collection of choice. Sailors, Marines, Soldiers and Airmen must be in uniform for part of the session for the discount to apply; or the military theme must be incorporated into part of the session. Once a military session has been photographed, the military family will continue to receive 15% off sessions scheduled with Amber Hope Photography.



Huntington and Charleston WV Newborn and Baby Photographer

www.amberhopephotography.com

To schedule your session with Amber Hope Photography:

Email: amberhopephotography@gmail.com

Phone: 304-751-0369

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Tristan | Huntington Newborn Military Photographer

This sweet newborn military session will pull at your heartstrings.

It is an honor to be able to photograph military sessions such as this one.

Thank you for your service.

And congratulations to the proud parents and big sisters of this sweet baby boy!

Amber Hope Photography  is a natural light photographer, serving the Huntington and Charleston, WV areas. She specializes in newborn, baby & child and military photography.

Tea Party With Her Daddy | Huntington Military Photographer

Sierra's second birthday her Momma helped put this entire session together.

A tea party for Sierra with her Daddy who is a Marine.

She sewed her beautiful red dress for this special occasion.

Sierra enjoyed her vanilla cupcake and milk....I mean tea with her daddy.

And then she danced with her daddy.

Here is her birthday slideshow, click here:

Sierra's 2nd Birthday

Thank you J and R, and happy second birthday Sierra!

First Salute.

Recently my husband had the honor of being the First Salute for a friend and Officer at an Officer's Commissioning.

Hearts Apart, The Morris Family

I photographed my first Hearts Apart session a few weekends ago.

It was a bitterly cold day and we were running out of sunlight, but we made the best of it.

I was happy to know that the very first session I photographed for Hearts Apart, would be for a friend and his beautiful family.



























I am honored to be part of such a wonderful organization.

If you know someone in the military, please tell them about Hearts Apart. Through this wonderful organization volunteer photographers provide military families that are facing a deployment (or are going through a deployment) with a session at no cost to the family.

Photographs can be a comfort and encouragement during long deployments.

If you are a photographer, I encourage you to join and be a part of Hearts Apart.  What better way to give back, then to give something to a military family that will mean more than you will ever know.

Christmas Care Packages

Deployment during the Christmas season is hard, families are apart from the ones they love; they watch while other families celebrate the season together. 

I wanted to do something special with the Christmas Tree Farm sessions, something to give to the military families. Maybe just a little happiness knowing the one they love that is deployed, received a package from someone who wants to wish them a little joy this Christmas, and hopes for their safe return back to their family soon.

This is a way for you to send a care package to a military service member overseas for Christmas, and in return you will receive a free 10x13 of your choice from you session.

I have sent many packages to my husband while he was deployed. The kids and I would take a shopping trip to get what we wanted to send him and also to pick up the items on the list that he would give us that he needed.  The kids enjoyed picking out the paper and stickers and things to go with the particular package we were sending. They also enjoyed baking the special brownies that my husband's unit loved just as much as he did. I think each package we would send a dozen extra for that reason. He loved receiving packages and letters from home. Thankfully, on his deployments to Afghanistan, we did not have to spend a Christmas apart. He returned home his first Afghanistan deployment on R&R just in time for Christmas. It was a wonderful Christmas that year.

I put together a package that I will be sending with the other packages brought to the Christmas Tree Farm sessions. It is not necessary to decorate the package this way to bring with you to the session. But, if you would like to and  want to do something fun and something that your kids will enjoy helping you put together, I have put the directions together below.

What you will need:

USPS Large Flat Rate Box
5 Sheets of 12x12 scrapbook paper
Glue (I found that spray glue works best)
Packaging Tape
Scissors
Goodies that you will be packaging inside

Start with your large flat rate 12x12 box, open and fold in bottom pieces, then cover seam with packaging tape.


This is the paper that we picked out for the package we will be sending.

Trim just a little tiny bit off of one side of each piece of paper, really just a sliver. This will help when folding the top pieces together.


Spray the inside parts of the box (preferably take the box outside if using spray glue, it is sticky).

Start with one side of your box. Line the edge of the top of the box with the top edge of the paper. Smooth down the paper as you go and when you get to the fold in the box, pull down the flap of the box and run your fingers along the crease to make a good seal. Smooth the rest of the paper to the box until you reach the bottom of the box.

Continue with the other three sides.

Place the last piece of paper in the bottom of the box and smooth with hands to adhere the paper to the box.


This is our box tipped on its side to show what the box looks like when finished and ready for all the goodies to go inside.


Since this care package is a Christmas one, we bought what we thought a deployed service member might enjoy. 

I know my husband always preferred individual wrapped items (such as the Ritz crackers and Oreo packages), he said it was easier because if he was going to be out for the day he could just grab a few things he wanted and throw them in his pockets.


Our kids wanted to send some "snow", since these will probably be sent where there is a lot of sand and no snow.




 Maybe it's because I've packaged quite a few care packages but it is pretty easy to fit everything you want to send inside this size box.




 Be creative as you like, have fun with it......and I can promise your kids will enjoy this.

Also, cards are always fun to send. Kids love writing little messages and drawing pictures. I have found that Hallmark has a section for deployed/military members that is really nice.

I will be using the site Any Soldier to send these packages to. If there is someone you know that will be deployed for Christmas and would like to send one of these packages to, you can send me their address and I will be sure that one of the packages given will be sent to him/her.

A portion of the proceeds will go towards shipping these packages overseas.

I have found this website for Christmas Care Package ideas and this for Common Items Requested by Soldiers.

I think this is the most beautiful version of "I'll Be Home For Christmas".

I want to say thank you to all those deployed and those at home waiting for their safe return, thank you for serving our country.



We didn't miss Christmas but we missed a wedding anniversary, Easter, 4th of July, 5th grade graduation and birthdays (my husband's birthday and all three of our children's birthdays).
We had a lot of fun with my husband's birthday packages. We made him a cake and sent it to him for his birthday. He was in training at the time (otherwise I would never have sent something that would sit in the mail a long time) and kept telling us that there is NO WAY a cake would make it in one piece. Well, it did and he was very happy to share with all of his buddies he was in training with.


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A beautiful family.

A beautiful military family....

They had recently celebrated their little girl's first birthday.

She is an adorable, sweet little girl.

Happy 1st birthday little one!

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J - thank you for your service.

Every one of these military sessions I have photographed, I have loved.

If you are military and deploying or returning home and would like to have a military session, please read here: For Our Heroes
 I also offer special sessions for non-deploying military families, please read here: For Our Heroes