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Sweltering heat… when will it end?

admin — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 02:15:08 +0000

I can honestly say that in the 11 years I have been doing this I haven’t had to battle such a heat that made a baby sweat! We had planned to do the shoot later in the evening, but of course the day of I checked the weather and they were calling for storms in the early evening. Trying to avoid the storm we moved the time up and battled the heat. Poor baby H didn’t really know what was going on or who I was because there wasn’t time to play and let him get to know me. He did let down his guard pretty fast and started showing me a little personality. We had to get thru it fast before we all melted! Check out this little guy and his beautiful family!

More options…

admin — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 02:49:29 +0000

I have a new camera, and with a new camera comes new options!!! This Hasselblad is a classic medium-format camera. It can tell a different story thru the photos it produces.

Here is my first try at it.

All in the Family

admin — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 02:04:54 +0000

What does 90 plus degrees + two six year olds and one three year old =? Potential disaster. Thank goodness kids are resilient! I was drenched with sweat by the end of this photo shoot and these three hardly showed any signs of the heat! I had fun with this one. These three are cousins and grandma B wanted photos of her and the grandkids. I was able to capture some cute moments. The three year old is totally enamored with his big cousin. And even though it isn’t ‘cool’ to smile already at 6 years old, I caught a few moments that showed he liked the attention from his little cousin. And as for big sister, I didn’t even have to work for her. She already had poses practiced that she wanted me to capture! Too cute!

White Pickett Fence

admin — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 03:30:27 +0000

Last Saturday turned out to be beautiful. I was ok with the sun not coming out but I was hoping that it would warm up a little. I had a photo shoot in the morning, it could of been a little warmer for the little tykes that I was shooting.

The sun did come out Saturday afternoon and it lit this setting just perfectly. These photos were to celebrate big sisters birthday. We even went out for ice-cream after because they were so good!

It’s a boy!

admin — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 01:48:29 +0000

Once again she had the baby within days of our photo shoot. Baby S was born 4 days after our photo shoot and this time Baby T was born 3 days after! Want to have the baby just book your maternity shoot with me, not too early though. I don’t want to be the cause of preterm labor! I have been there myself and it is not fun!

This was a fun shoot. As you can see it was multi-generational and baby was such an easy baby! He looked like his brother with dark hair (baby S was blond as a newborn). I’ll be excited to see how he changes as he grows. If big brother is any indication he will not only be cute, he will be sweet too!

Sisters…

admin — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 01:23:21 +0000

Mom wanted photos of these two adorable girls together… just on time for Christmas. I love to see a little girl so proud to be a big sister. And the pouty lips on this baby are to die for! I can’t wait for this weekend; if it snows we are going to go take photos of them with Santa!

Boys get the long eyelashes…

admin — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 04:55:49 +0000

I have been very lucky to take photos of this family for their Christmas cards for many years. It is fun to watch these kids grow up! And can I just say, why do the boys always get the long pretty eyelashes?!?