Some Sessions Introduce Someone New


Some families you photograph once and move on. This one we keep coming back to — and this time, there was someone new to meet.

We've spent enough afternoons on Abran and Ashton's family farm in El Rito to know the light there, the way it comes in low and gold across the field by early evening, and the particular blue of the New Holland tractor that's been the backdrop to more than one of these sessions now. This time we came for their newest addition — baby Elijah, with his mother's eyes and absolutely no interest in staying still.
Adorable baby wearing a black snapback hat with EKV monogram patch, smiling with mouth open.

A Cowboy Hat and a Front-Row Seat


Elias, the big brother, has never needed convincing to climb onto that tractor. He rides with his dad every chance he gets, and by now he has his own seat worked out — perched up on the tire, boots dangling, straw cowboy hat a size too big and exactly right anyway. He posed for exactly as long as he wanted to before pointing at something across the field and announcing, without a word wasted, that he had somewhere else to be
Young child in overalls and straw hat sitting on a blue tractor tire on a farm.
Young boy in Carhartt shirt and trucker hat sitting in tractor cab reaching toward steering wheel.
Toddler in overalls and straw cowboy hat sitting on a blue tractor in a farm field.

The Eyes Are All Ashton's


Most of Elijah's session happened on a blanket Ashton spread out in the tall grass — soft enough for two boys to roll around on, big enough that nobody minded getting close. He wore his tiny denim overalls, Carhartt patch and all, with the seriousness of someone who already understands the family uniform, gummed on a toy tire, and stared out at the field with the same pale blue eyes his mother has. One frame catches him in a cap stitched with his own initials, as if there was never any question about whether this one belonged here too.
Adorable baby in denim overalls sitting on a hay bale in a field with a blue tractor in the background.
Smiling baby in denim overalls sitting on a hay bale in a sunny field with a blue tractor in the background.
Two cute babies in denim overalls lying on a blanket outdoors, one wearing a straw cowboy hat, smiling at the camera.
Adorable baby in denim overalls sitting on a blanket outdoors, chewing on a toy near a blue tractor.

Two Brothers, One Blanket, All That Field


The best part of the afternoon wasn't posed at all. Elias lay down next to his brother, pulled him in close, made faces until Elijah cracked up completely, delighted and open-mouthed. Under the cottonwood at the edge of the field, Ashton lifted Elijah straight up into the leaves and he laughed the kind of laugh that only happens when someone you trust is the one holding you. Abran stood by the tractor with his older son up on the tire and his arm resting easy on that enormous wheel, like a man who has done exactly this a hundred times before — because he has.
Two young toddlers sitting outdoors on a blanket in a field, one pointing excitedly while holding a stuffed unicorn toy.
Two young children sitting outdoors on hay, playing with stuffed animal toys in a sunny field.
Two young children in matching green outfits sit on a blanket outdoors with a small puppy on a sunny day.
Two babies lying on a blanket in a farm field with a blue tractor in the background.
A mother tenderly kisses her smiling baby boy dressed in a green Carhartt onesie outdoors.
Smiling baby in Carhartt outfit being held by mother outdoors, showing chubby cheeks and bright blue eyes.
A smiling woman holds a laughing baby close to her cheek in a warm outdoor portrait.
A joyful baby in denim overalls is lifted high by a mother outdoors among green trees.
A mother tenderly holds her smiling baby dressed in denim overalls outdoors in a sunlit green field.
Family of four posing by a blue tractor in a farm field, parents holding baby while toddler sits on tractor tire.

 

Abran and Ashton — thank you for letting us back onto your farm again, and for introducing us to Elijah. Watching Elias take his little brother under his wing, on the same land where we've photographed your family before, was exactly the kind of quiet, ordinary magic we keep coming back for.


Quiet Light by the Amoras photographs families, newborns, and milestones across Northern New Mexico — El Rito, Tierra Amarilla, Chama, Abiquiu, Santa Fe, Taos, and beyond. If you're looking for a family photographer who'll let your kids be exactly who they are, we'd love to hear from you.