well, i am so very backed up on posting. but being gone for most of the summer just might be the cause. and i am still gone. it is strange how fast it has all happened. this summer flew by. crazy fast.
but, i will get back to posting some photos from my favorite sessions. wait, did i say favorite? yes, i did. but you know what? each of the sessions i have done has been a favorite in some way. something sets each session apart and makes it my favorite. so, if i tell you your session was my favorite, i am being honest. seriously. i have loved all of the sessions i have done. each one is unique in it's own way. and maybe working with wonderful people is all the difference.
i can't help looking at all the faces that have come into my life and feel a strong connection to each. a very dear bond that i feel when i look at them through the camera and see just what beautiful, wonderful people they each are. you are. it is a very different feeling. i can't describe it. but it's great. awesome.
so a big thanks to each of you. each of the amazing families, couples and individuals i have worked with this past year! it has been so much fun for me, and i hope you have something you will love for years to come.
August 13, 2010
July 11, 2010
a couple more blue • family
here are just a couple more from that previous post. well, two posts ago.
July 6, 2010
July 5, 2010
July 4, 2010
blue
it is so hot here in the summer. and hot means red. orange. warm colors.
can you tell that lil' miss candy had been gathering salt and was drizzling it on the ground as if it were sand? that is what her hand is doing in that awkward position.
looking at these photos from last month makes me feel cooler. maybe it's all the blue.
i had planned on having them wear pink. bright pink. and then blue. but monkey spit black licorice out onto her pink shirt. ruined it for any sort of wear right then. so, we were left with only blue. and that's ok. maybe all blue looks ok. either way, the girls had lots of fun out there.
and here are some surprising photos. this was one of those rare occasions when i handed my camera over to the girls. and i am so happy i did.
i liked this place so much, i would love to go back and stay longer. let the kids run more. farther. and bring my boy along.
ok, one more... she came in close and i was falling over. so, i think it's funny.
(this was the photo that preceded the kissy cheek photo)
can you tell that lil' miss candy had been gathering salt and was drizzling it on the ground as if it were sand? that is what her hand is doing in that awkward position.
looking at these photos from last month makes me feel cooler. maybe it's all the blue.
i had planned on having them wear pink. bright pink. and then blue. but monkey spit black licorice out onto her pink shirt. ruined it for any sort of wear right then. so, we were left with only blue. and that's ok. maybe all blue looks ok. either way, the girls had lots of fun out there.
and here are some surprising photos. this was one of those rare occasions when i handed my camera over to the girls. and i am so happy i did.
i liked this place so much, i would love to go back and stay longer. let the kids run more. farther. and bring my boy along.
ok, one more... she came in close and i was falling over. so, i think it's funny.
(this was the photo that preceded the kissy cheek photo)
July 1, 2010
just a photo
there is no real reason for posting this photo. well, other than that. it's a photo. and i took it.
i took it while walking around bonne terre in mississippi.
and that's all i have to say about it.
maybe i am experiencing an abundant lack of vocabulary lately because of the heat. maybe it's from the late hours. maybe, just maybe, it's because of my 4 beautiful kid-batteries that seem to recharge themselves off of me. all day. every day. all summer long. they take energy from me and i can't seem to find something to take energy from myself. to replenish my supplies. i would love to run around crazy like they do, and not tire from it.
should i take up drinking red bull? or any form of caffeine?
maybe i do have something to say about this photo. it looks peaceful to me right now at this hour of night. i would love to lay on the warm ground and watch the grass sway in the breeze above me. peacefully.
peace sounds good.
i took it while walking around bonne terre in mississippi.
and that's all i have to say about it.
maybe i am experiencing an abundant lack of vocabulary lately because of the heat. maybe it's from the late hours. maybe, just maybe, it's because of my 4 beautiful kid-batteries that seem to recharge themselves off of me. all day. every day. all summer long. they take energy from me and i can't seem to find something to take energy from myself. to replenish my supplies. i would love to run around crazy like they do, and not tire from it.
should i take up drinking red bull? or any form of caffeine?
maybe i do have something to say about this photo. it looks peaceful to me right now at this hour of night. i would love to lay on the warm ground and watch the grass sway in the breeze above me. peacefully.
peace sounds good.
June 20, 2010
natural
i love photos like this.
where the family is just being together. unposed. natural.
yes, there are a few people not looking at the camera. ok, only jayden is looking. and yes, brennon is sticking his tongue out at his mom. but i think this is such a cute, fun photo. maybe it is the mood i am in tonight, but i like this one.
a lot.
it just feels like "them" to me.
where the family is just being together. unposed. natural.
yes, there are a few people not looking at the camera. ok, only jayden is looking. and yes, brennon is sticking his tongue out at his mom. but i think this is such a cute, fun photo. maybe it is the mood i am in tonight, but i like this one.
a lot.
it just feels like "them" to me.
June 18, 2010
just one
i just can't help posting this one photo from a session today. it was so hot, humid and muggy that nothing was dry. and it was only 9 in the morning. it was 86°, but the humidity makes it feel 10 degrees hotter. no joke. that's what weather.com said.
but this sweet girl looked and acted like it was a pleasant 72° outside.
but this sweet girl looked and acted like it was a pleasant 72° outside.
June 15, 2010
behind
yes, i am so far behind. we got home last night after a wonderful vacation. it was great getting back to be with family for a few weeks. we don't get to do that often enough. we all know how busy life gets, right?
but, anyway, i am behind, but hoping to catch up soon on everything i've done the past few months. i have two maternity sessions, two family sessions, two newborn sessions, and our vacation to post. pfew. better get started.
have a wonderful summer, everyone!
but, anyway, i am behind, but hoping to catch up soon on everything i've done the past few months. i have two maternity sessions, two family sessions, two newborn sessions, and our vacation to post. pfew. better get started.
have a wonderful summer, everyone!
May 27, 2010
emory and aspen • twins
these twin girls are SO cute! i loved working with them. i had never worked with twins before, and their mom was so nice to let me try.
aspen was a bit more feisty at first, so we took some photos of emory by herself.
and then emory was the spunky one. so, it was aspen's turn.
(for some reason their individual shots didn't post. yet. i will get to them when i get back.)
i knew it would be hard to keep two babies satisfied and sleepy, but they were really good. i found it funny, however, that when one was out, the other wanted to play. without fail. it made me want to laugh. but that would have awakened both babies.
right at the end of our session they both wanted to sleep.
one more of aspen.
and one more of emory.
i will confess that at first i was embarrassed to admit that i was, in fact, going for a heart shape in this next photo, because i thought i had failed. but after a few people told me it looked like a heart, without me asking, i am now ok with admitting that, yes, i was trying to make them look like a heart.
a natural heart.
aspen was a bit more feisty at first, so we took some photos of emory by herself.
and then emory was the spunky one. so, it was aspen's turn.
(for some reason their individual shots didn't post. yet. i will get to them when i get back.)
i knew it would be hard to keep two babies satisfied and sleepy, but they were really good. i found it funny, however, that when one was out, the other wanted to play. without fail. it made me want to laugh. but that would have awakened both babies.
right at the end of our session they both wanted to sleep.
one more of aspen.
and one more of emory.
i will confess that at first i was embarrassed to admit that i was, in fact, going for a heart shape in this next photo, because i thought i had failed. but after a few people told me it looked like a heart, without me asking, i am now ok with admitting that, yes, i was trying to make them look like a heart.
a natural heart.
May 25, 2010
school photos
aspen, ani & noah's mom wasn't super excited about the photos these three had taken at school last fall. so, we decided to head up to a building i knew about, that had a background similar in color to school photos, and try our own.
i will definitely be doing this for my kids this fall. and i wonder if maybe i should invite others to join me?
i will definitely be doing this for my kids this fall. and i wonder if maybe i should invite others to join me?
April 30, 2010
freckles
it's beginning to look a lot like summer!!!
bring on the freckles!
i LOVE freckles, and i love it that all of my kids have them. even monkey has a few now. but my kids were doomed. maybe i should say "destined" instead. destined to have freckles. having two parents with copious amounts of freckles, they had no way around it. blue eyes and freckles. they'll learn to love them. i always did. (right mom?)
i figured that since i don't have any photos of myself up here, i might as well post one from rapunzel's school assignment today. why? i don't know. it's late/early and i don't think i am thinking straight. or thinking at all. i may regret this in the morning...
bring on the freckles!
i LOVE freckles, and i love it that all of my kids have them. even monkey has a few now. but my kids were doomed. maybe i should say "destined" instead. destined to have freckles. having two parents with copious amounts of freckles, they had no way around it. blue eyes and freckles. they'll learn to love them. i always did. (right mom?)
i figured that since i don't have any photos of myself up here, i might as well post one from rapunzel's school assignment today. why? i don't know. it's late/early and i don't think i am thinking straight. or thinking at all. i may regret this in the morning...
April 20, 2010
announcements
i am posting these "just because". i designed the first two announcements with the mom's of these two cuties i photographed recently.
but it was also fun making these. the next announcements are from a friend's baby who doesn't live nearby anymore, my daughter,
and my niece who also doesn't live close. so we made these together via email.
it is so fun to create something and see it in print. these are all 4x6 and i think we all printed them at costco.
but it was also fun making these. the next announcements are from a friend's baby who doesn't live nearby anymore, my daughter,
and my niece who also doesn't live close. so we made these together via email.
it is so fun to create something and see it in print. these are all 4x6 and i think we all printed them at costco.
April 8, 2010
micaela & joe's family
again, just a few from the session. why does this keep happening to me? why do i keep getting these awesome people letting me take their photos and making it so, so, so hard for me to choose. why? can't i just have some awful clients? just once? so i wouldn't have such a tough time deciding?
no, not really. i really do love everyone i have taken photos for. so much. i really have been blessed that way. they have all made it easy on me. and i am so grateful to ALL of them. but when it comes to choosing just a few photos to put up here, it is so hard.
this beautiful family took me to the botanical gardens. i was excited. in the almost 4 years i have lived here, i have never, not once, been to the botanical gardens. strange and hard to believe, right? well, i haven't. so i was so happy to get to go there with them. and it was so beautiful. we only went to a small portion of the gardens and i was amazed.
the photo of mr. brennon is so cute big. his tongue is sticking out just a little. like he is trying really hard to reach those blossoms.
i was told miss jayden is an expert climber. i have known this sweet girl for almost 3 years now. and she just gets sweeter and more beautiful every time i see her.
i love her face! she is just adorable. cute. darling. sweet.
50 cute toes. and i love miss jayden's girly bend in her leg. even feet can show personality.
in posting this i realize i don't have much of the gorgeous mom. i need to fix that.
no, not really. i really do love everyone i have taken photos for. so much. i really have been blessed that way. they have all made it easy on me. and i am so grateful to ALL of them. but when it comes to choosing just a few photos to put up here, it is so hard.
this beautiful family took me to the botanical gardens. i was excited. in the almost 4 years i have lived here, i have never, not once, been to the botanical gardens. strange and hard to believe, right? well, i haven't. so i was so happy to get to go there with them. and it was so beautiful. we only went to a small portion of the gardens and i was amazed.
the photo of mr. brennon is so cute big. his tongue is sticking out just a little. like he is trying really hard to reach those blossoms.
i was told miss jayden is an expert climber. i have known this sweet girl for almost 3 years now. and she just gets sweeter and more beautiful every time i see her.
i love her face! she is just adorable. cute. darling. sweet.
50 cute toes. and i love miss jayden's girly bend in her leg. even feet can show personality.
in posting this i realize i don't have much of the gorgeous mom. i need to fix that.
April 7, 2010
sneaky
this is just a tiny sneak peak of the session i did of this darling girl's family.
the botanical gardens were blooming with cherry blossoms the day we were there. so beautiful. i only wish the blossoms lasted longer. cause i'd love to go back and see them again.
the botanical gardens were blooming with cherry blossoms the day we were there. so beautiful. i only wish the blossoms lasted longer. cause i'd love to go back and see them again.
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