Cousins

One of my cousins on my dad's side had me to his family's X-Mas photos and cards this past year. In previous years, he and the gang had loaded up in the car, gone to a studio, and had a few generic photos taken.

Well this year, I had the privilege to get them all over to my house and favorite park nearby for some AWESOME shots! I think I have convinced them that they can skip the studio appointments and just head straight for my house. :)

I look forward to doing their 2009 images and holiday cards!

Here are just a few of my favorites from the day. Such cute kids...of course they ARE relatives of mine. ;)

Enjoy!

Wonderful Family...Too Cute!

Back in October of last year I photographed this absolutely ADORABLE family of 4 at my favorite park.

They are friends of friends and I was sooo glad to meet and photograph them. After not having much luck at the "regular" photo studios, they decided to try their luck with me! And by the length of this post and all the photos I'm posting...I think it was their lucky day!

The kids were absolutely hilarious and so much fun. Him and his missing teeth...and her with her little grin. And you could tell that they loved each other so much! Such a great big brother! So enjoy my favorites from the day. This has to be one of my all-time favorite shoots to date! Great subjects, great location, great lighting, and LOTS OF GIGGLES! :) You just don't get shots of these at a portrait studio....

Newborn Shoot

I had the privilege of meeting a new friend through our own respective blogs. She's local and just moved (last fall) to a new house about 2 miles away from me. And of course they moved right around the time their little baby Claire was born. (I shudder to think what they went through having a new baby and moving!!!!)

After reading her blog and getting to know her through e-mails and messages, I was THRILLED when I got to photograph their new little baby girl.

Now with newborn shoots, I usually ALWAYS hold 2-3 hours for the actual shoot. Babies will do what they darn-well please (eat, poop, sleep, cry, be grumpy, etc.) whenever they darn-well please! Well, this shoot was shorter due to time commitments but I have to say...I think the few that I took turned out pretty darn well.

She's a cutie, and their little family is so wonderful and happy. Hopefully I'll be their photographer for the next babies that come their way....and get to watch and photograph them all through their lives.

Enjoy some of my favorites! Starting with my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE shot of the day. I just love taking pictures of nursing babies. Not the graphic ones or the ones nobody wants to look at. But this image is so beautiful. You know what's happening, you know it's beautiful, and it's just so PEACEFUL!

Nothing indecent about it. I always try to assure my new moms that if you nurse, let's try and get a shot of this moment. I wish there was a picture of me feeding G-Man ....because I miss it so much with him. By far one of the best things about having a baby (in my own opinion)...the nursing and bonding that comes with it.

I want the moms to be comfortable, so if they are uneasy about it, I assure them that I'm not going to get anything graphic on there (stretch marks, fat rolls, back fat, nipple shots) and I'll show the images to them on my camera after I take them. If they hate them and don't want them...I delete them from the camera right then. I usually leave the room and let them get situated (babies latched on, stomach covered, no exposure of anything you don't want photographed, etc.) and then come back and start capturing the moment. ANYTHING TO MAKE MOM FEEL COMFORTABLE.

BECAUSE TRUST ME....nobody wants an image of themselves looking gross (in their eyes) or to be sitting stiff and uncomfortable worried what your photographer is taking pictures of. But this image is gorgeous, so I think they know what I'm trying to get here. :)

Senior Gal

Okay, I'm finally getting back into the swing of things here on the old photography blog. I have sooo many shoots to blog about and share my favorite images of from the fall, that I'm just going to slowly go through them and show you my favorites.

I'm really looking forward to Spring and getting back into my business that I have missed these last few months. However, I was pretty glad to have the break. Especially with the holidays, hibernation and sickness going around and not to mention the morning/noon/night sickness I had for a while there.

So, without further adieu...here are some of my favorite images from a great senior gal I had the opportunity to "shoot" in October of last year.

I'm also going to include a few favorites of mine that I took of her, her sister and her mother. They reminded me of my sister and mom and the bond they share. Single mom raising 2 teenage girls...just like me and my sister with our mother.

I just wish there would have been someone around to take pictures of us like I captured with these 2. Definitely something Mom will cherish forever.

Enjoy!!!!