The H Family

Another year older.  These kids have changed so much from the last time I took their pictures.  Such cute kids!  I got to watch these kids this summer and they became my girl's surrogate siblings.  I just love the personality of these four! 

Family Photos

I was getting a little jealous of all the family photos.  So, I asked my good friend Erin if we could borrow her blank, neutral walls and if she wouldn't mind being on the other side of the camera.  Luckily she was willing and she did a fabulous job!  We will, of course, have to do family portraits after the baby is born, but I really wanted something to be able to send as a Christmas card.  I love how they turned out!

The R Family

The R family are some of our newest friends.  We spend a lot of time together.  They were really fun to work with.  Baby S is so smiley it was really an easy job.  We tried some new things at a location that I haven't used much and the weather was just perfect.  And I learned some new tricks during editing, not that they needed much.

The S Family

The S family are good friends.  I have been watching their two girls with each other since I found out I was having another girl and it's made me excited.  With their recent addition it doesn't seem to matter which you end up with.  These girls really love their brother.  They were so fun to work with and Rishelle was pretty brave to do family portraits 2 weeks after having a baby.  The backdrop was their living room and we got really great light.  I am jotting down ideas for my house someday, where I can do portraits inside.

The K Family

The holidays are upon us and so it is time to update family portraits.    I've been able to spend some time with and photograph some of my favorite families.  This is the K family.  My family always seems to be playing catch-up with them, but since they started with twins, it is a little more difficult.  They were wonderful.  I hope this gives them a little preview.  I just had to edit some.  I had a hard time narrowing it down.

Check out these beautiful blues!

Handsome boys!

From our recent trip to the circus.

I was hoping this one would turn out more like an old poster.

Still learning.

Baby Scarlett

Taking baby pictures is so fun!

Especially when they cooperate as well as this one.

I had a great time

and love the personality that came out of

 this sweet little girl.

I Heart Faces - "Smile" Entry

This is my all time favorite picture I've taken of my daughter!

It turned out just like I dreamed.

I'm finally getting around to posting this to my blog almost a year later.

Oh, well. I still love it.

I am also entering it in the I heart Faces contest for this week if I can get it all figured out.

Wish me luck!

Baby A*

This is one of my new favorite photos!

I can't believe how adorable she is.

So beautiful.

So much personality.

I love it.

I love the expression in both of these. Thanks for letting me take pictures, Thi!

To see collages of baby A*, visit my project blog here.

Weekend Getaway

The Zoo.

I'm a very big fan of taking pictures in the zoo.

Probably because I'm a very big chicken and fences make me feel safer.

However, I try not to make it look like the animals are in the zoo, which is hard with all the concrete and faux stone.



This is quite possibly one of my favorite animal shots I've ever taken.
I am never going to get this shot again.
And I think it's funny.

The Japanese Gardens

Downtown.