genuine

I had a session yesterday morning and boy was it cold!

Lisa and I had scheduled her family in a long time ago but had to re-schedule and only on sunday did I get to thinking..."hmmm...that is kind of early and it is kind of stormy and cold!".

yep.

it was pretty cold.

But they were troopers and we managed to grab some nice shots of the whole family.

Ben and Lisa are lovely, as is their little girl Emma.

I really like these ones of Emma with both mom and dad.



We got some great family shots and I am so happy about that because I know how much Lisa was hoping for some!

Love this one of Emma and the sky.

A very genuine and kind couple.

And sweet Emma girl giving a smile even though she was freezing! :)

Thanks guys for the great session!

You were so enjoyable to be around and I really appreciate you braving that chilly morning with me!

I hope you like what we got.

Now I am off to do some last minute shopping.

yikes!

a whole new world

my sessions last week had to be cancelled because of the rain, so it felt kind of weird not to have anything to work through!

that might have been part of the reason i was so excited for the session i had yesterday.

that and the fact that it was in essence my very first maternity shoot!

i talked with audra last month and we had set up our session and i have totally been looking forward to our time together.

and let me just tell you.

i *seriously* love taking maternity pictures.

and i was so happy that this session was with audra because pretty much anyone could take pictures of her and they would be beautiful, i am just happy it was me!

she is unbelievably gorgeous and is so comfortable in front of a camera.

i have known about this location for a long time. the first time i scoped it out was like 4 years ago. it is a very beautiful place with lots of wonderful photo ops.

while we were there, we walked past like 5 photographers and some that were shooting wedding parties.

i was really happy with what it offered us and i thought it would be a great place for a belly shoot!

i am seriously falling in love with the images we got.
audra had some fun ideas and it was so easy because i could just guide her to a certain spot and then she would just be her beautiful self and the captures were great!


this one of her with the tree is one of my most favorite because of all the crazy color.
i love it so much.



and i'm crazy about this one too.

both she and her husband are super easy going and fun, so it was a very comfortable session.

i love some of the moments we caught with the two of them.

i had a lot of fun playing with this love statue.
isn't it great?


i love the colors in this one too!

this time of year is so amazing here because there are a few trees that are changing and still a LOT of green.

she's having a little girl!

so beautiful.

I just had such a great time with these two (or three!) and I couldn't be happier with what we walked away with. I really love them.

Thank you so much Audra and Darrell for such a wonderful experience!

I am so excited for you guys and I really hope that you are happy with what we got!

sibling fun

whew.

i'm getting myself caught up after a busy weekend!

i got to hang out with these kiddos last week for a session together and they were a lot of fun.

not to mention that they had some seriously stylin' clothes and colors for the shoot...i loved it!

Bailey:

Brody:

And Bella:

I keep looking over what we got and I feel so happy with the outcome.

I really, really feel good about what we captured.

A few of the moments I wanted to share:

It is always a little more difficult to grab shots of three children all looking at the camera...at the SAME time.

It actually occurred more than I realized during this session!

woooohooo.

A couple of Bella and her fancy shmancy skirt.

Isn't she a sweetie?

LA-HUV this one of big brother Bailey and Bella.

Love it.
Thanks so much you guys for hanging out with me and my camera!

Shalina, I hope these make you smile!

how could i forget this one?

~perfect~

love.love.love

i loved this session so much!

everything about veronica and her little guy preston is just wonderful.

simply put!

i am so happy to have met them and to have had the chance to capture some of their small moments.

what an amazing little family!

(and what amazing hair she has, right?...love it)

Thank you so much Veronica for our time together.

I hope that you and Preston enjoy them!

inspiration

Take a look at this sweet fam! I loved spending a morning with them, they were seriously great. And what was even better is that Kristin picked a location that I have been wanting to shoot for so long.

So I was one happy girl!

Of course, what makes the sessions so wonderful is that I get to look at faces like this:

Isn't he a charmer? This here is one of the most pleasant little guys around. His name is Grayson and I enjoyed him so very much.

The area offered quite a bit for fun photos. I always get new energy when I am at a location I have never done before. I get inspired and I love looking back at the pictures.

I absolutely love this one of Grayson, he is just perfect!

They even got festive with the santa hats.

So fun!

I really enjoyed this location and I loved that this family was so up for anything. They were so very great!

I had a wonderful morning with you Brandon, Kristin and Grayson!

Thanks for checking this place out with me and being so much fun to work with!

I hope your happy with the images...I certainly am!