Brooke - 7 weeks old

Brooke turned 7 weeks old today. Yesterday we had her portrait session and she was far more interested in sleeping and being left alone than letting us move her around for pictures. Typical of that age... but overall, she did really well I think. These are my favorites:

Ava's 6 month portrait session

This little sweetheart was all smiles for her mommy and daddy - we had a lot of fun with her. These are my favorites from her Monday session:

Will's 3 month portraits

Isn't he cute?! He wasn't interested in having portraits taken, but we got some cute ones thanks to his parents entertaining him. Here are some of my favorites:

Jac's 1 year portrait session

Jac was a little bit of a challenge in that he only wanted to play with his soccer ball and baseball - but other than that, he and his family did wonderfully! I think we got some adorable pictures of him. Here are some of my favorites from Saturdays session:

Kaia

This sweet little baby girl is somewhere around 3 to 4 weeks old I think. She wasn't even due to be here yet and I've had the privilege of photographing her. I am blown away by how much hair she has! Anyway, I dont usually rig a studio in someone's home, but I attached a black backdrop to their mantle and used my camera flash for the 'studio' portraits. Then we went out to their backyard for some before we lost light Monday evening. Here are the highlights:

The Daugherty Families

On Saturday I had the privilege of photographing several families that came together for a family portrait session. We'd been having decently mild weather.. until Saturday, when it got hot and muggy rather quickly. We started early and stayed in the shade appreciating the light breeze - they all did a fantastic job. Everyone was so nice and pleasant too. I decided to turn the sampling of images into a short animoto video because I didnt know which ones to feature in the blog otherwise. So.. enjoy the short clip. Oh.. and I know the song doesn't really fit too well - the chorus line does.

My Maternity Pictures

I thought since I had makeup on yesterday, I'd go ahead and get my "formal" maternity pictures out of the way. I only wanted two.. the one of me with my husband, and the one of me by myself in the same lighting. But I decided to go ahead and try the drape thing too - boy! thats hard!! I'm so sorry to all my pregnant customers who have opted to do that - I think you all did a better job than me!
I may take others later just to have them (if i have the time), but I wanted to at least get the two favorites of mine done. I am officially due September 15th so I dont have much more time. In the picture of me with my husband - I'm actually taking the picture with my toes! I had the remote trigger on the floor so that both of my hands could be on my belly with his. The other two, however, I coached my husband to take and I think he did a good job. These are the only three I have so far:

Caitlyn's 10 month portraits

Caitlyn is so sweet and gentle. She's already been walking for a few weeks which I found rather impressive. The first thing she did when she arrived was come over and hug my belly when I was sitting on the floor. So cute! I just loved taking pictures of her. Here are some of my favorites from her session yesterday:

My dad

We dont have a lot of pictures of my parents, but the day that they brought me that old picture to restore, I also had the opportunity to take a couple of pictures of my dad. He is like most people - doesn't like to see pictures of himself - but this one was my favorite and I'm sharing it: