Simon McConico | Valo Photography » Kids

Claire – Portrait Session – Valo Photography

Simon — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:21:53 +0000

I don’t get a chance to photograph kids much. We don’t really market ourselves toward that, but when I get a chance to make some photos with people under the age of 16 it generally makes my day. Claire was so much fun to photograph! Her big sister, Kelsey, got her senior photos done with us and her mom wanted to get some photos of Claire as well, so we did a session for her. We had tons of fun climbing on things, skipping, and making faces in Milwaukee’s Fifth Ward! Check out the photos!

Baby Makayla – Newborn Photography

Simon — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:49:49 +0000

I don’t normally photograph babies. Why? Well, like landscapes, they don’t move when you tell them to. I have been told that when I have one of my own I will want to take tons of photos of them, but I just cant connect like that yet. Oh well…

That being said, I do love babies and think they are super cute, with their pooping and peeing and burping… Makayla is a friends baby from the job I had before I went full time photog. I showed up to photograph her and was excited to see my friend as well as her lil girl. Makayla was a bit fussy, but then again, I would be too if I was naked on top of a dresser…

Valo Family Photos

Simon — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:27:12 +0000

1 Grandpa + 1 Grandma + 3 Grandkids = Chaos (and superfun photos). Running around a park is so much fun when your chasing crazy kids who are jumping on everything and making faces… somehow they remind me a lot of myself…

Maliya – Newborn Photography

Simon — Sun, 10 May 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Happy Mothers Day!!! I can’t express how important my mom has been in my life and still is. I know she is gonna see this post, so I am gonna brag on her a while.

I am an interesting person. My mom always called me unique. I guess that is a good way to describe me. Weird doesn’t work, odd, perhaps, but I think I like unique the best. I owe my mom tons for putting up with my uniqueness growing up. It was hard for her to punish me because I would dance, make crazy noises, or whatever I could to make her laugh so she couldn’t punish me. (Good idea, until she said “Wait till your dad comes home!”… yeah, then it sucked). I owe her tons for encouraging me to be who I am and loving me and not telling me that I needed to be anyone other then who I was. Words don’t really do justice to how she helped raise me with my pops and my other sibling. I think she is fantastic…

Okay! All that to say this – Maliya is cute! She was born on April 14th and Jake and I were able to photograph her on April 18th, just 4 days after she was born. Full of energy and hair, she was looking around the room cooing and looking cute. Her mom was there and looked a little exhausted. Maliya has two older sisters that Mom and Dad have to control, not to mention the attention a newborn needs. I am so honored and privileged to be able to record one of the first days of the, sure to be amazing, life of little miss Maliya. Enjoy the photos!

Oh… P.s. For all of you ladies who had a child, more power to you, but my Mom has you all beat. I was 13lbs right out of the oven. Broke one of her ribs… That ain’t no joke. My mom is my 5’2″ ball of fury!

You can see Jakes take on the lil’ lady: Here