"W" Family

Getting to take pics of one of your favorite friends and her family is pretty darn awesome... Knowing you've contributed to a piece of something that will be looked at by her grandkids and her great grandkids makes you feel really great! Jenna and I have been friends since high school. We were in each others' weddings, pregnant together (2 of my 3 times), and now we're watching our families grow and swapping stories about our crazy lives! She and I love and appreciate all things creative and we have so much fun sharing ideas with each other so getting to do her family pictures was an absolute blast for me!!

Thanks Jenna and Scott for letting me do this!

We're Both Grinning From Ear To Ear

 I'm right in the middle of editing this session and my heart is about to burst out of my chest right now all because of the little girl in this picture. How could I dare not share this with you all?!


Here's Chayse.... I've known her for a couple years. She's sweet as pie and believe it or not... She's super shy! Usually if I see her, she'll tuck her sweet little face down and slightly look at me out of the corner of her eye. But in this picture, I got her. She's as comfortable as can be, she's being super silly, she's smiling from ear to ear and it all makes me feel so warm and fuzzy. I love the expression on her face and how the colors in her dress and on the door are popping.

For some many reasons, this is one of my favorite pictures of all time.
Thank you Chayse for making my day!

I'll share more pics from this session later. For now, I think she deserves her very own post. ;)

****Post Edit 8/25****

It is due time that I share some more photos from this sweet family's session:

*Capturing a moment like this between a mom and her little girl is absolutely the priceless!

Round 4

I had the pleasure of doing my 4th session for this family last month. This time we did their phots in the comfort of their AMAZING home! It was so neat getting to snap casual shots of them in their favorite place. And even better... Their daughter was in town from England! What's a better way to remember her trip than family pictures??!!  :)
As always... THEY.MADE.ME.LAUGH and we had way too much fun! Thanks "B" Family! It's always a pleasure getting to play around with your family!!

Meet Max {Before and After}

Well since I've been so behind on my blog, I figured this would be a great time to finally show off some more of the photos from this BEAUTIFUL couple's maternity session as well as show their end result.  :)

And here he is... Almost 2 months premature and healthy as can be... What a blessing!! I absolutely love this cute family! I've known the mom since we were sassy little teenagers and it's been so much fun wathching her blossom into such a natural mama. I couldn't be happier for them and I'm so excited to share precious little Max with you all.

Blog.... What Blog?

I know... I've been terrible at blogging. When I spend so much time staring at my computer editing photos, the last thing I feel like doing is getting on to work on my blog. But I'm finally catching up on life and I am very excited to share a couple sessions with you. Here's one from April that was a real challenge due to the amount of people (and the amount of kids) and we got a late start so we lost our light.  :( The easy part was that the ENTIRE group was beautiful. Seriously.... They could all grace the cover of any magazine! These girls are so much fun and I was so excited to get to capture their awesome bond in a photograph.

My Fun Photog Friend

This sweet girl is a photographer and I was truly delighted when she asked if I would take their maternity photos. We love to get together and bounce ideas off of each other so this shoot was an absolute blast to plan. During their shoot I could just totally see how excited each of them are for "Baby Stewy" to arrive. The second photo says it all. They were sitting down getting situated when she felt the baby move. Her husband immediately feels her tummy and got so extremely excited. It's moments like these that make me really love this little part time gig I have going. Congrats JoJo and Skyler.... I can't wait to meet your little man!

Congrats Jojo and Skyler! I can't wait to meet your little man!

Intense

Boy was this shoot intense...Their love completely radiates and is truly amazing!! Going through their gallery makes me emotional. This engaged couple hadn't seen each other in months due to this young man's deployment for the Army. I was honored to get to spend some time with the two of them and I greatly admire the sacrifice they are both making for our country.

A Tease

I'm bursting at the seams and just have to share these photos...

I'm having so much fun editing this gorgeous couple's shoot!

 I'll share more when I'm done! Trust me... You'll want to see these.

Gianna- Class of 2011

Doing senior pictures for this girl was such a treat. She's a friend of a friend and she's one of the sweetest teenagers I've ever met. As a mom to little kids, it can be a little scary looking out in the world through TV etc and seeing what the teenagers are up to these days. I know... That makes me sound so old and prude, doesn't it? I DID just turn 30, ya know?!!?  ;)  Anywhooooooooo....  All the seniors I know have made me so happy and have given me hope for our future. Yes, these girls are beautiful (ok GORGEOUS) on the outside but believe it or not, they're actually prettier on the inside. Their parents should be proud!