As I Said....

I said that I was going to post some shots from some recent sessions and now I finally have a spare moment to do it.....so here are some shots of some GORGEOUS sisters as promised.
Seriously, these girls look wayyy older than they are. Each one of them are beautiful!!

I'm Loving This Awesome Weather...

Well finally spring has sprung and I couldn't be happier!! I love the warm weather and can not wait for all of the flowers to bloom and for everything to be green again.
I have been pretty busy and it seems like I have been neglecting the blog. I promise I will post some resent sessions soon. It seems like I don't have a free minute between potty-training, dance, soccer, and watching my sister's girls. I did manage to grab my camera this afternoon and get this shot of Ava though....did I mention I love this weather!?!?!?

Some Cool New Changes....

I must have spring fever because I have decided to make changes to almost everything to do with my business. I decided things needed some sprucing up so I have been one busy bee trying to get new materials designed along with collections up and running and my new products launched and a new jewelry vendor. Along with all of these things I have a fresh new site in the works too. I hope to have everything complete with in the next couple of weeks....more details coming soon!

Now Offering Session Albums And Collections...

I am now offering session albums and collections.
The session album with be included in my collections and will be complimentary to those with a print order that reaches a certain amount.
I have a few different size and style albums that I am offering. These are beautiful albums and I do have studio samples for anyone who wants to see them.
Here is a little information about the collections. I have 3 new collections that I will be offering. The first will be the *ADORABLE* collection. This collections is $500.00 and will include a $400.00 print credit and an accordion album with (12) 4x6 prints from your session. This collection is valued at $700.00
Next is the *PRECIOUS* collections. This collection is $750.00 and includes a $650.00 print credit and an accordion album or a 4x5 album with (12) images from your session. This collection is valued at $950.00
The last collections is the *UNFORGETTABLE* collection. This collections is $1000.00 and includes a $900.00 print credit and a 5x7 album with 20 images from your session. This collection is valued at $1375.00.
Collections sessions need to have half down when booking your session and the rest at the time of ordering.

This Is Why I LOVE What I Do...

As a photographer we all strive for those rare perfect moments when all the stars a-line and children are in great moods and actually want to be photographed....well guess what??? It happened!!! I could not be more thrilled! I have wanted to get "the right shot" of Chunk for a really long time. Well tonight it happened! He was in a great mood so I took him out and he was so good. I have been waiting for that perfect shot for canvas and I think I may have it. I have (2) 24x40 canvases. One of Holden and one of Ava and I feel like I'm playing favorites for not having one of Chunk but like I said I was waiting for the "one". I love these....now to decide which one :)
I think I'm leaning toward the first 2. I would love to hear any opinions.

My Little Chunk...

He is getting so big. It goes by wayyy too fast. You blink and all "babyness" is gone.
His hair is getting so long, you should see it wet. He loves his "curls" though!

My Gorgeous Nieces...

I was a little bored so I decided to take the girls into the studio tonight. I haven't taken any pics of them since Christmas.
It is so funny looking at them....they look nothing alike, (you would never know they are sisters) They act NOTHING alike either, as you can probably tell from the pictures. Ivy is more reserved, shy and I guess you could say somewhat "snooty" My sister always says that she acts just like me and should have been my daughter. Eve on the other hand is "Miss Congeniality" She is far from shy.....actually a little too friendly at times, and always has a smile on her face. 2 beautiful girls with very different personalities and I LOVE them both to pieces!!!
The one that I can't get over is the one of Ava and Ivy together. My mom and I were talking about the shot and it is crazy comparing the 2 girls. They have such different features. Ava has HUGE round eyes and Ivy's eyes are small and somewhat narrow. And the lips... Ava has a huge wide mouth with thin lips and Ivy has this little petite mouth with nice plump lips.
Now the funny thing is my sister's youngest (the little girl with brown eyes) and my youngest little guy look quite a bit a like. Man the gene pool is a strange but fascinating thing isn't it!??!?

and compare their features.....wow so different!

Perfection Pure and Simple....

I can not look at these shots from a recent newborn session without thinking how pure and perfect newborns are. Each time I photograph a newborn I just stare at them and think......my gosh how amazing it is that we are blessed with perfect pure children.
Honestly I feel so honored that parents trust and choose me to photograph their precious babies. I truly love each minute of it. Even the not so glamorous ones, and believe me with an average newborn session running 3 hours there are many minutes that are not so perfect. Every time I look at the final images of a newborn session I just think boy....... I bet people don't realize how many times I got pooped or peed on and sat there with a mini heater held over the baby to get that one shot! Let me tell ya there are many of those times but it is soooo worth it, especially when I see those perfect images. But best of all is when mom sees them.....now those are the moments!

The Essence Of Childhood!

I love me some good ole' fashion snapshots every once in a while.
Check out these 2 goof balls. Chunk has a little devil smile on his face while Boo is flashing the peace sign. He is just like his father.
I just love how this image represents true happiness!

It Doesn't Get Much Better Than This!

Oh I just love this one! Those big gorgeous eyes and wide smile just melt me.
I find that the images that I love are always the up close "in your face" shots. They just really say something. It doesn't matter what session it is I always have a favorite and 99% of the time it is the extreme close up.

Happy St. Patty's Day!

I meant to post this yesterday but forgot to.

Just a few st patty's day shots of Fiona.

Such A Little Sweetie!

This little one was so sweet and full of expression. Just the way I like them :)
Happy 1st Birthday!