Category: Families

  • The N Family

    A couple of memorable things from this photo shoot. First, when we got to the location we heard an alarm off in the distance. I thought an ambulance was going to drive by but I realized that the sound never got closer. After it had been going for a while I asked them if they thought we had set off an alarm. Surely not because it sounded like it was at a building down and on the other side. And it went off the entire time we were there. But…..as soon as we moved way down the street it stopped! So much for that alarm being any good because no one ever showed up to check out what had set it off.

    The next thing, and graceful I am not, was when my shoe caught on a small fence that we had to step over and I ate it. It happened pretty fast but I can remember all the things I was thinking as it happened….catch your balance, pull your shoe free, it’s only a little fence, it would be so embarrassing to fall, why can’t I just lean the other way so I don’t fall backwards…but there I went! And they were so kind asking if I was okay and helping me up.

    Thank you N family for a wonderful and adventurous shoot:) Hope you enjoy your peek.

  • Family of 3

    I’m so glad that it worked out for pictures for this family. They are a military family currently serving in South Korea and were home for a short time to visit. We met up the evening before they left and they mainly played while I snapped lots of lifestyle pictures. Thanks for letting me document your family….you guys were a blast. Hope you enjoy the peek:)

  • Little Man of Many Faces & His Family

    I got the sweetest email from this mom when she decided to book for this spring (Thanks!). Her oldest reminded me so much of my 5-year-old at picture time. He had about ten thousand expressions for me and I was cracking up going through the pictures. I should have done a little collection of all his silly faces. His younger brother had his own agenda and was on. the. move! He also liked to throw whatever prop we gave to keep him busy and I must say he has a future as a quarterback or pitcher. Hope you like your sneak peek:)

  • Absolutely…

    no fun was had on this session at all. Can you tell? It started with meeting up with this great family and having their little girl run up and give me a hug. We had never even met and she had me at hello:) Then we proceeded to be silly and have fun pretty much the entire time. She was adorable and loves life. Mom is a teacher at the elementary school that my 2 younger ones go to. I love working with teachers or other professionals outside of their profession. You get to see them in a whole different light than how you “know” them. It was great meeting you guys and I hope you enjoy your sneak peek!

  • Little Cowboy and His Cousins

    Growing up I always wished that I had more cousins my age. I was born later for my parents…my sister and brother were already teenagers and most of my cousins were their age also. So, when I met up with Mr. K and his cousins I couldn’t help but feel excited for them. They’re all under six and live pretty close to each other.

    Mr. K took a huge liking to the little green chair and once he did then he didn’t want any pictures without it (as you can see below…even in the group pic). He had been so good for his newborn shoot and then the one before Christmas and I was hoping that he was just as agreeable and happy for this one. And he was! His smile lights up his eyes and makes him the perfect little model. It was a pleasure seeing you again Mr. K and thanks for bringing your cousins along:)

  • One Year

    This little guy has changed a lot since I saw him for his newborn pictures. While I went through his pictures one thing that I noticed was that this boy has a lot of different smiles. He had a closed mouth smile, a cute little smirky smile, a big open mouth smile, a scrunched up nose smile and a super adorable smile that showed his bottom teeth. He’s too cute!

  • Brothers, Green Grass and Football

    This is one of my favorite locations in the winter because there is a large section of green (and I mean GREEN) grass. It’s so green that I actually have to tone it down on the computer because most viewers would think “Wow, she really over-saturated that green grass”! This family was wonderful! The boys were so good natured for photos and we even played around with their football at the end. I loved seeing their playful brotherly love and rivalry over their parents and the ball! Hope you enjoy your sneak peek:)

  • R.P.

    Reverse psychology. I figured out pretty quickly that this little guy would do just about anything if I told him not to. I’d say “Don’t you dare go sit in my green chair” and he would immediately go do just that. It worked the entire time. Well, the entire time except when he was running like a little football player. He was fast and had his parents running after him quite a few times.

    He loved playing with his dad.

    And he loved snuggling up to his mom.

    And throwing leaves at his dad AND me. The more I told him not to the more excited he became:)

    Try and catch me.

    Can’t get me.

    Starting to get worn out so it was time to snuggle with mom again.

  • Parking Lot Troubles

    I know to allow extra time to find parking when I go to this location. BUT I figured (and here’s where I went wrong) that it had poured the day before, it was going to be a mud pit, and it was getting late in the day….surely, it wouldn’t be a problem to find parking. In fact, I figured that I could get close parking. WRONG! I got there a few minutes early only to find herds and herds of cars circling to find parking. I tried to call the client to let her know I was looking for parking and she didn’t answer. I was getting panicky. After 15 minutes I finally had a spot (and this was only because someone walked to their car that was right where I was stuck in an unmoving line. I ran up to where we were meeting but I didn’t see anyone that looked like they were there for a photo shoot. Then the mother of the client that had been putting this together came up to me. She said that there were 3 cars of people in the family that were all circling the parking lot for spaces! It was crazy. We started about 35 minutes later than we had planned but ended up having just enough time to get all the pictures done. Whew!! You know what they say about assuming. That will teach me!

    This little guy tried to act shy and non-cooperative but he had lots of smiles and play in him once he warmed up.

  • Rainy Day Shoot

    We were going to do a little bit inside and then a lot outside but it got really dark and rained so it ended up being the other way around. Gorgeous kids…I loved their eyes!