My Sunshine....

This little brown eyed boy will have my heart forever!

When my daughter was born I would sing "my baby love" by the Supremes to her and to this day she loves it.  My son was given the song "you are my sunshine" (You tube of original song, sung in 1939)  Enzo just smiles and stares at me with those big brown eyes of his while I sing him this song!

He is FOUR now and I just can't imagine life without him or how he got so big so fast!

You will hear many photographers say that taking pictures of your own kids is the most difficult thing to do.  The same is true for photographers kids too.  I did two different sessions to capture Enzo's personality in a natural setting and a more '4 year old boy' setting!  The results are perfect!

He is our spunky, silly, smart, clever, little boy and I hope that never changes. 

10 years and counting....

TEN years of photo sessions with this family!

I can't believe it's been that long?! 

Always easy, Always fun, Always memories to be made!

We decided upon Elm Creek because it's usually loaded with fall colors and close to home for the both of us.  It didn't disappoint with bright red vines and beautiful orange and yellow trees.  Riley their dog came along just for some exercise and a spontaneous pet shoot arose at the end.

These two couldn't be more cute if they tried....OK well I have a feeling they will try again next year.

Golf Course First.....

The art of photography is ever changing and keeping up is expensive and time consuming.  I've been shooting professionally for over 10 years now and I'm always learning.  Learning new angles, new settings, new lenses, new ways to edit, etc.

  This session was a first for me....shooting a family session on a golf course.  I've shot a senior on a golf course but we stayed close to the club house.  This was 3 kids and 2 adults driving around in a couple of golf carts and finding the best angels and staying out of peoples way as they T'd up!  LOL 

The other thing I learned was to NOT wear a sequence top during a session.  Reflections all over the place!  WHY didn't I think of this before hand?!  The family probably didn't notice ....until now, when they read this blog.....but I made it work and will never again wear sequence to a session!

It turned out to be a quirky, spunky, sun flare filled, awesome shadows kinda session!

Hugs and Kisses X3....

It's always fun. It's always easy. It always screams THEM. 

This session took place on a very hot and humid day.

We added popsicles at the end to cool down.

I loved the addition of frogs and dogs to session as well! 

We were quick and swift due to the heat but the kids kept stopping for hugs and kisses! 

I felt so special and they must have known I needed those hugs. 

I was struggling with grief earlier in the day, as it comes and goes in waves. 

Thank you Nelson family for your love and support!

My First Born....

My oldest child turned 8 this year!!  I'm quite sad that she keeps getting older.  When she was four I told her to stop but she didn't listen to me :(  Now it's been four more years and I'm really not sure where the time went.  She is such a good person.  Never wants anyone to feel sad or hurt.  She doesn't understand when others are mean and is just my sensitive, goofy little bug!  She also loves to talk and tell stories (sometimes to the embarrassment of her mother). She is into art, science and writing.  We have typed a few of her stories out as they are pretty darn good for an eight year old! Maybe someday I'll share them with you all.  

This session was done at sunset and in a ditch of a new housing development (if you can believe it).  An awesome friend let me in on this cool location which wasn't too far from my house...bonus! 

We had fun and we were both glad that the mosquito's stayed away this night! 

AND because she is my own child there are LOTS of pictures to share with you! 

ENJOY!