Month: December 2008

I hope everyone had a great Christmas. We spent time at my husband’s grandparent’s farm about an hour out of Dallas. It’s always fun to go somewhere with wide open space. The kids love the farm adventures and getting to see their relatives at the annual Christmas Eve get-together. Of course we had our trips to Walmart (we act like we’ve never seen a Walmart when we go there) and anyone that knows me knows that I despise Walmart!! Between our family and my in-laws that went we took 5 dogs (mind you, city dogs) and let them experience country life. I think most of them thought it was for the birds, Ha! Cosmo was the only spoiled one that got to stay inside where it was warm. My husband surprised me with a Wacom tablet and I can’t wait to try it out. We came back Christmas Day and then spent time with my family. My sister and brother-in-law are in town from South America so it was an especially nice Christmas this year.

Here’s a few of my favorites from photo sessions that I didn’t have time to do a sneak peek for before Christmas. I’ll add Part 2 next.

One more blog post and then I’m taking a break until after Christmas. I had to skip over some sneak peeks because I ran out of time and had to go straight to sending out proofs so everyone would still have time to order…whew! I’ll try and add some favorites after Christmas.

This little cutie did so good for her pictures and just look at some of her accessories…adorable.

I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!

I have more pictures in the field with an adorable family. Their 9-month-old was just too cute, especially when posing with his older brother (their dog Jake). I was so impressed with their dog’s manners that I got some tips on training our new puppy. I’ve tried some of this already and he’s learned so much. Most important he’s learned to sit at the doorway going to the outside without darting out. So a huge THANK YOU for those tips.

Hope you enjoy your sneak peek:)

I’m starting to feel like this field is my studio:) I sure hope no one decides to ever build on it.

This adorable family was great. Their daughter was a pretty busy little girl but loved to pose and work it for the camera and their son…well just look at him, ADORABLE!

Enjoy your sneak peek!

on the weather. It kind of rained on and off all day and was raining on my side of town. The stables are about 15 minutes away though so we thought what the heck…let’s give it a try. I’m really glad we did because we had the perfect amount of time while there. The one horse that was out cooperated (he’s always a nosy little thing) and one of the barn cats wanted to be included in the photo shoot…so cute!

I had a little challenge while there because my camera decided to stop focusing so I had to manually focus. It’s quite challenging chasing a one-year-old, changing camera settings to adjust for light, or to get the affect that you want, etc…, and then to have to manually focus. I was pretty upset on the way home thinking that now is just not a good time to have to buy a new camera (or possibly it’s the lens?) but since then it’s only done that sporadically. Any other photogs out there had this issue??

I’ll have some more sneak peeks up today if you’re waiting:)

It was great meeting up with this family because I actually knew both of them way back when. Before they were married and before kids. They have 2 adorable boys that loved being at the park exploring. We decided that they almost liked our location choice a little too much…we were having trouble getting their attention:) I hope you guys enjoy the sneak peek. It was great seeing you again:)

Poor guy…he was the only male in the group of cousins. This was another family group that had me laughing so hard! They were a riot with each other. Enjoy your sneak peek guys!

We decided to do this family photo shoot at their home which is nice because it makes the pictures more personable to their life. Their daughter loves knock-knock jokes and thinking back it cracks me up because we were coming up with some of the craziest jokes to keep her attention. They didn’t have to make sense…that’s the beauty of it because I certainly wasn’t able to change camera settings and come up with jokes that made sense at the same time.

I think she has the most gorgeous brown eyes.

I’m in love with this calendar. I had one printed just to see what it looks like in person and it’s adorable. You pick your favorite 13 pictures from your photo shoot and I’ll design the calendar and have it printed and ready to go in the frame. These are great for Christmas gifts!(Grandparents would LOVE these) Just switch out each month to a new picture in the stand-up frame or add these to a 5×7 album and give it as a gift…really cute! These sell for $50.

This nice family knew exactly what they wanted…the couch in the field. Makes it easy on me and I love that. Hope you enjoy your sneak peek!

to catch a newborn smile. We had to be really still and quiet for minutes at a time but his mom knew that as soon as he gets still and is drifting off to dreamland that he starts smiling. Isn’t he adorable??!!