It had not been the best of mornings… the girls were fighting over every toy we have, crying to me every two seconds, not listening, and in general just un-happy. When nap-time came around (I am lucky they both go to sleep at the same time…even if Bristol does not sleep as long as Kennedy…) I did a happy dance then I pulled out my camera, an old wood bowl my Uncle made, and a bunch of pretty grapes from the fridge. Then I went to work in my living room creating this: (Kenny Chesney’s song ‘Reality’ came to mind…since I did feel like I was escaping reality for awhile…lame as that might sound!)

I think that one (above) is my favorite, but these are a couple of others that I got…

Honestly, I don’t do this type of thing often, and I should, because I loved it! It is different from what I normally shoot and I liked just hunkering down on my living room floor messing with it till I got what I wanted. Who knows, maybe I’ll do a few more ‘food’ pictures and hang them in my kitchen

(disclaimer; if you shoot food please do not judge these shots! I know food is not easy to shoot and I have a loooong ways to go!)

Happy Monday ya’ll!

A week ago today my sister had a little girl. And we are totally smitten I come from a large family, I am the oldest of 6 kids (3 boys, 3 girls) and both my parents families are large too. I have lots of cousins, Aunts and Uncles. But, when we have a new baby, you’d think it was the first baby we’d ever had! We camp out in hospital waiting rooms waiting for the good news. And while we wait we eat Krispie Kreme donuts, and all guess the gender and weight of the baby. Each person that guesses gives $1 and then we give the money to the new baby for his/her Piggy bank
Anyway, Mya Nicole was born just before midnight on her due date (how often does that happen?!) and we all gathered around to “oohhh” and “ahhhh” over her. I snapped a few pictures, but honestly, I was too busy soaking in the moment. I mean, it was my sisters first baby, I had to soak that in! And I figured I’d be back to see her the next morning and get some shots in the ‘good’ morning light coming in through the windows anyway. But, when I walked in the next morning, she had just been taken to the Special Needs Nursery due to a couple of reasons, and I haven’t been able to see her since then BUT, she is doing great and is coming home today. (Yes, that called for THREE smiley faces!)

Here she is the night she was born… and some of us holding her for the first time…

I will of course have to get some ‘good’ pictures of this sweet girl, which I’ll share with you

In other news, Happy Birthday to my Mom!! I hope your day is fabulous Mom…we all love you!

Six kids, 2 parents, and a couple of hours in front of the camera…they totally rocked it! Meet Jonathan, Amanda, Maddox, Hudson, Landry, Gannon, Hayden and Asher Glyn….

Love the movement and happy feeling of these next two images

 Thanks Amanda, for asking me to do these for you guys

I am doing a quickie post today just to announce the winner of the Giveaway for the free photoshoot

Thank you to each and every one of you who commented, I loved reading your comments and appreciate your support of my work and my blog. So without further ado, random.org picked …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
……………………………………………………………………………………………..Drumroll please …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

#30…. Amy! She said: I would love to win. I have been trying to get my family together to do this with no luck. I also love the stick figure art.

Amy, get your family together because now you have a free photoshoot! I’ll send you an email soon

Loved, loved, loved having this family in front of my camera! They are a large family; eight kids, plus a boyfriend and a girlfriend thrown in the mix, so get ready for a large post!

First up is sweet Kate…

I loved this one in both color and sepia, so I am going to share both…

The picture on the left was totally un-planned and I loooove it!

The youngest member of the family…

On the left, Sarah and her boyfriend Dan..on the right, brother Robbie.

Robbie and his girlfriend Ashton…

The whole family… (loving those fall colors!)

Thank you all for asking me to do these for you

Some Monday randomness….

I am….

Loving: All the Valentines day stuff popping up on Pinterest right now. Bring out the red, pink and white construction paper, scissors and glue, and lets get crafty making some homemade Valentines!

Craving: Chips Ahoy cookies. Ah, pregnancy cravings, never know what it will be! True story: When I was pregnant with our first, Kennedy, I craved fresh pineapple all the time. On the way home from work one day I called my husband and told him I had to have some, and I was going to make a detour to the store to get it. He offered to stop on his way home because he would be going right by a store. I went home, and while waiting for him to get there I could literally taste it. I wanted it so bad, had to have it. (if you’ve ever been preggo, this should make sense and not sound like I am crazy!) Anyway, he walks in with…get this…a can of pineapple. Yes. A can. Not fresh. I reacted in typical pregnancy fashion. I cried. My poor husband was seriously annoyed and at that point probably just wondered what in the world had happened to his wife!

Hoping for: More of the gorgeous weather we had on Saturday. Oh my goodness it was so pretty (and in the 60′s) I didn’t want to come inside! Now it is cold and rainy. I guess that is North Carolina weather for ya!

This weekend: We saw Courageous. Wow. Loved it. If you haven’t seen it already, make sure you do!

This Post: is #485 for me! Wow. That is a lots of posts! Thanks to all of you who pop in and read and look.

And since I always like to post pictures here; I’ll share a few from this morning. The girls often come get in bed with me as soon as they wake up in the morning. And we just snuggle and talk and basically get the day started off right. I love it. Honestly, Bristol is much to busy for snuggling, but she is learning to do it in 15 second intervals She basically just climbs all over the place and makes Kennedy and I laugh. They always come with a lot of stuff. This morning we had two blankies, two pillow pets, a bunny, Minnie Mouse, and their Fisher Price Ipod Player.

Yes, they look adorable… and they are. But let me assure you, they are normal kids. They also fight…I just don’t take pictures of that! In fact, I had to stop in the middle of this post to break up a fight over a toy But they are again happily playing together now. Sisterly love.

Thanks go ALL who have entered my Giveaway thus far! I love reading all of your comments, there have been more than a few that I have read and thought “ah, I hope they win!” So it is a good thing I don’t have to choose, because I am not sure I could! If you want to get your name in the drawing, head over HERE and leave a comment on that post…or just scroll down!

Happy Monday Everyone!

It is time for another Giveaway here at Bobbie Brown Photography! Last year I kicked off the New Year by giving away a photoshoot, and I want to do the same thing again this year

So, lets get right down to the details.

What: A photoshoot with me

Includes: session fee and disc of images

How to enter: Simply leave a comment in the comment box! (yes, I could come up with all kinds of fun stuff, or ask you to do something in order to enter, but just leave a comment this time to get your name in the drawing…maybe next Giveaway I will do something more creative!)

Deadline: I will count all comments on THIS post till midnight Friday, January 13th, 2012. So you have exactly one week to get your comment on here

Fine print:
Anyone can enter. If you choose to do a family shoot, only you and your immediate family are included. Weddings excluded. However, I will do engagement shoots, bridals or Day After shoots. Shoot must be done before September 1, 2012. One entry per person please. Winner will be chosen by random.org.

Please feel free to spread the word about this Giveaway, I’d appreciate it! And remember, you don’t have to have a reason to get your pictures taken. We can do an anytime shoot, a family shoot, a shoot with your kids, a couples shoot, a shoot for your boyfriend/girlfriend, a shoot just for you! Whatever it is, we’ll have fun with it and capture your moment on camera

Good luck! And have a fabulous weekend!

Stick figure art by Julie you can check her blog out HERE.

There a few perks to shooting your little sister. (I use ‘little’ lightly since she is taller than me now and all grown up, but I will always think of her as my little sister I guess ) One being that I can take her to a cool field I happened to see while driving down the road. There were no houses around so I didn’t ask permission, and we just pulled off the road right onto the edge of the field…then almost got stuck trying to get out! I wouldn’t do that with a client because, well, it is unproffesional and what if we got run off? Then we would have to find another location to shoot at..but with my sister I don’t worry about it because I’ll just do her’s again later if that happens I also love trying out things that may or may not work, and just seeing what happens with it. Tressa Ann is always a good sport and we always have fun.

As soon as we got to our location she made the comment that she felt like Peter Pan in her outfit. She has since regretted her outfit choice, but considering she didn’t have a change of clothes with her, we just went with it…and I love these!

Happy Humpday everyone!

Hello friends, Hello 2012!  I hope you all had a fabulous New Year weekend. I honestly can’t say I made any resolutions, I don’t normally make any ‘official’ ones anyway, but I would like to see myself get it together and get back to a better blogging schedule now that the Holiday rush is over. But obviously, I am not there yet (seeing how it is Monday afternoon and I am just getting this posted). And by the looks of my laundry room, I don’t have that together yet either!

This morning I woke up to one of the sweetest moments. I heard my bedroom door creak, forced my eyes open to see Kennedy and Bristol at the door, hovering in the hall. I propped up on an elbow and said “Hey girls, what are ya’ll doing?” Kennedy informed me that they had ‘made me breakfast’ and pointed to the nightstand where a plate of play food was sitting, along with a few pictures they had found in her room that they had drawn sometime last week. Then Bristol walks up holding a bowl full of little wooden chocolates and hands them to me! Seriously, I couldn’t think of a better way to be woke up   And, I hope that they will still want to make me breakfast in bed when they are old enough to use real food!

I’ll get my stuff together and get some shoots blogged…till then, I’ll share these silly shots from a shoot I did with my Sister awhile back (I am loving the smiley faces today aren’t I?!)

More from this shoot coming up. AND a GIVEWAY! (may be this week…or next week!)

Happy Monday!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! We sure did, in fact, I wish it wasn’t over… And in a way, it is not over for us yet, since we will be celebrating with out-of-town family this weekend   Meanwhile, we have been taking it easy, shopping for cheap wrapping paper and playing with all the things Santa brought us

But, in an effort to not be totally lazy on blogging, I wanted to get a quick post up… I had this sweet new baby in front of my camera this morning, so I’ll share a little sneak peek of his eight day old sweetness…. Meet Sullivan:

Have a safe and Happy New Year!