Nicole's Maternity Session

So, this is a really fun time in my life personally because some of my closest friends (and my sister) are expecting babies. I am so thrilled to watch them anticipate their exciting new lives with their new babies. It is such a hopeful and happy time and I LOVE being asked to capture it. Recently, I got to spend some time with my friends Nathan, Nicole and Kaylee and capture their little expanding family. I was really happy with lots of the images, but here are a few of my favorites:













I cannot wait to meet this little girl!!! (And by meet, I mean photograph like crazy)- :)

Frances' Boudior Session

Recently, I had the pleasure of shooting Frances' boudior session. We agreed that because she is also getting married, it is a great opportunity to capture her beauty and then to present an album to her fiance, Matt, as a surprise. Hopefully he is not an avid reader of my blog :). It goes without saying that Frannie is gorgeous, but she is also really easy to photograph because she is really open to my crazy ideas. I hope to continue to photograph her throughout our friendship. Check out some of my favorites from the day (all approved prior to posting, of course):





Two of my all-time favorites:

Photography Seminar

I recently had the opportunity to attend another photography seminar with the incredible Jennifer Bowen and amazing Kim Jarman. I took the workshop in November of last year and just had to go back for more. With six months more experience under my belt, I had a feeling I would hear the information differently and walk away with even more knowledge than I did the first time and I was right! They are amazing teachers with photography that, in my opinion, is unparalleled in the field. The first part of the seminar was spent more on the technical side- learning how to get the shots we want from the camera we have and how to set goals to obtain the equipment needed to get even better shots. The second part of the day was spent "in the field" taking pictures of models. First up was a cute little family:









Next, we got to photograph a "bride." Funny story- the first time I ever assisted Jennifer at a wedding, the second shooter was this model bride, Cristi Owen. She is an amazing photographer and it is easy to see why she makes such a fantastic model ANY day:




One of my favorites from the day:





The workshop was amazing and I highly recommend it to anyone in the field. If you want to learn more about workshop opportunities, click here.

Mom's Birthday- Late

One of the challenges with having sooo many things on my plate is that I have a longer turn around time for pictures- even my own personal collection. My mom's birthday was so much fun. We got together as a family and made food, ate, played games and stayed up waaaay too late. My mom really wanted some good pictures with my nieces, so here are a few we got that day:




... and one each of the nieces...




It's not just me, right?? My nieces are soooo beautiful!

Bailey's Preschool Graduation

Ok, so the thing that is so amazing is that I literally feel like Bailey was just born today, except that she graduated preschool last week. How is that possible? Her ceremony was so cute. They sang songs and told stories for the parents and family members in attendance. Bailey was part of a multi-cultural version of "I'm a little teapot" and had the part where she had to sing some of it in Spanish. She was not the least bit afraid to get up there in front of everyone and sing. What a little performer and she definitely impressed the audience!! Here is a picture of her receiving her "diploma:"


I told her this is good practice for all those times in the future when she will participate in graduation ceremonies (hint hint). Here she is with her proud Grandma:


Proud mom, dad and sister:


... Make that a VERY VERY proud sister:



I love you so much Bailey!! I'm so proud of you. I CANNOT believe you are officially a kindergartener!! Wow.

Little Kaylee

Recently I got to spend some more time with one of my favorite girls- Kaylee Grace. She is already 14 months old in this picture! It is amazing how fast the time flies! When I was at her house, she was cracking up so loud it made me laugh. I was tickling her feet with some fuzz on a touch and read book. She kept coming over laughing and pointing her foot at me and then running away laughing even harder. What a cutie pie. I wish I could see her more often. I just wanted to add an updated picture of her to the blog.

Kennedy is One Year Old!!

I had so much fun a couple of weekends ago when I got to take pictures of Kennedy and her mom and dad, Crisini and Jared!! What a beautiful family. We got to visit their neighborhood country club, which was so amazing. Although little Kennedy was almost ready for a nap by the time I arrived, we got to capture some really fun pictures. I am so excited to think of all the possible photographs we could do with her in the future as well. You can tell she is just going to be a gorgeous little girl. Look at her now!!








Thanks for having me out guys! I had a really great time!