Sunday, June 29, 2008

Ok, Ok, I know I should do this more often














































But seriously, its so hard to find time! I knew when I started this blog that I'd struggle to find time to update, but I didn't think I'd go weeks in between posts. Anyhow, here are some images from some recent sessions. I've taken a few weekends off for my daughters birthday and a little mini vacation so I don't have as many to post as usual. Also you'll see the newest member of our family. Little Sadie, A cocker spaniel puppy is the cutest, funniest little thing. She's actually been in a few pictures (puppies make great bribes for toddlers!) Dont worry though, no animals were harmed in the making of photos! Sadie also has a sister and two brothers currently available so if you are interested give me a call or email and I'll send contact info! The young man and woman in the image by the lake is my nephew and his new bride Bethani. I don't "do" weddings but I promised long ago if he'd just marry this precious girl that I'd be happy to photograph his wedding. It was a 40's theme (thus the red dress and black veil) and fit their spunky personalities perfectly. I also did a maternity shoot for one of my long time clients and created some of my all time favorite maternity images ever. I haven't asked permission to share their images yet, so you'll just have to wait for that one, but believe me, she is just a natural beauty and pregnancy looks beautiful on her! The little man you see is a new client and was just as cute as can be. I just love little boys and their spunky personalities. The two precious little strawberry blonds you see are sisters who I have photographed several times now. They are so incredibly energetic and have the cutest personalities not to mention they are just beautiful! The baby boy is also a new client and what a precious little one he is! He wasnt really in the mood for pictures, but still gave us some precious expressions. He loved miss sadie too. He also got to attack a birthday cake too!

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Recent Sessions






















Well I can tell it is officially spring (although it feels like summer!!!) by the amount of outdoor sessions I have been scheduling. Keaton is the handsome senior boy you see above. I traveled to brownsboro 2 years ago to take his brothers senior photos and returned a couple of weeks ago for Keaton's pics. Keaton is somewhat famous in Brownsboro for his skills on the pitcher's mound and I could see why, watching him throw the ball across home plate to deliberately hit a pole on the other side so that the ball would come right back to him. I'm not much of a sports fan, but I was definately impressed. I also got to take pics of him with his two older brothers. You gotta envy the mom who has three nearly grown boys who will get up on a saturday morning to take pictures (not sure if they were given a choice though ha ha!). Even the dogs were willing to cooperate for their pics!

Price is the sweet adorable little brother of Peyton who has always been posted all over my website. Their mom is one of the sweetest and best clients I've ever had. Not to mention she is on of my best referers too! It is no wonder her two boys are just wonderful, they have wonderful parents to take after. Price looks a lot like his brother but has many expressions that are clearly his own. The closeup above however reminded me more of Peyton than any other we took that day. Now I'm just waiting to see if he show up to his one year session with the famous "Peyton frown" or not!

I was so excited to meet sweet little william for the first time. I met his sister right before her first birthday and what a little angel she is! Abigail is just the same age that my oldest was when we brought home our second baby and I certainly don't remember my daughter adapting as well as she has. It is evident that Abigail is not the least bit jealous and dearly loves that sweet baby brother of hers. As if Abigail hadn't already won my heart with just her sweet personality, she really warmed up to me during this session and even spent part of the time in my lap while she and I took pics of her brother. I offered to just keep her forever, but her sweet parents didn't seem willing to give her up! William decided to follow in his sisters footsteps by staying awake for his entire newborn session (I didn't know abigail then, but I've heard stories!). While I typically like for my newborns to sleep, he already had such expressive eyes that I was glad to capture them. He even looked straight at me for some of his pics which is pretty rare for a 2 weeker!

Congratulations Little Blessings winners!

Sorry, I wanted to post this Sunday, but I had a little trouble tracking down a couple of the winners, and wanted to notify them first. Congratulations to grand prize winner Meredith, second place winner, Natalie, and Third place winner Aiden. I wish I could make all of the wonderful nominees winners, but unfortunately I can't. I do want to thank all of the people who nominated the children for my contest. It was truely a blessing to read the stories that were sent in.