It seems like my friends and I just started having kids, and now, one of them has already turned One year old! Wow!

I took my camera to Holdyn’s birthday party but it stayed in the bag most of the time. I know, shameful. But here are a few I grabbed…..

Brittany (his Mom) made this cake, isn’t it adorable?!

I did get some pictures of the best part of the party… him digging into his cake! At first he went at it with his hands…

Then he decided to just go face first! hahaha!

Kennedy loved Holdyn’s swing…

and this is a sneak peek of a shoot I did over the weekend… I’ll be blogging it soon!

Happy Monday! (well, the day is pretty much over… Happy Monday night!)

My cousin, Justin, got married last weekend. I was not the photographer, but, I did take my camera along for a few pictures! I didn’t get a whole lot because I didn’t want to get in the ‘real’ photographers way and I didn’t want to use my flash once it got dark. But, here are a few I did get….

I love this one of Poppa, I really can’t tell you why. I just do.


The groom…

his best man…

I could not get a great picture of the bride coming down the aisle, or of the groom seeing her for the first time (due to people behind and in front of me) and I figured the photographers would get both of those shots. So, I opted to shoot Connie, Katies Mom, seeing her daughter walk down the aisle… and I am glad I did! I love the ‘feeling’ of these…

Connie looking back at Justin to see his reaction:

I did get one of Justin looking at Katie for the first time… But you have to look through my Uncle’s arm! haha!

Love the way Justin is looking at her here!…

A few details…. (click image to enlarge)

I love this little dance series…. This is the brides sister, Jessie, dancing with their grandfather… (click to enlarge)

It’s a Mother-son shoot; a gift for Dad. Maybe we’ll get him in here next time around!

As I took this picture I couldn’t help but think of the saying When they are young they step on your toes and when they are grown they step on your heart…

He fell sound asleep while we were shooting!

Ah! He is adorable!!

We took a few with his monkey…

Autumn, Thanks for driving so far. Your little boy is precious! Can’t wait to see you again!!

Family pictures of Brittany, Mark and Holdyn…. Warning: these pictures have a cute little boy with spiked hair in them! And, he is one year old today! Happy Birthday Holdyn!

he is constantly on the move!

Haha! the way he is holding his mouth here is hysterical! (you may have to click the image to enlarge to really see what I am talking about…)

Feeding his Dad some ‘greens’!

Well, well, well, it has been awhile since Miss Kennedy made an appearance on the blog! (It has been more than a whole week! gasp! haha!) And since I know you all are missing her terribly, here are a few pictures for ya!

These are a few from one of her weekly shoots…

These are some miscellaneous pictures… the first one is her taking a nap, and I just LOVE it!

I love the ‘golden hour’ light in these next two…

and this picture was taken in the exact same spot as the two above only minutes later! Totally different color huh? But I love it just as much!

For those of you who have asked “does she ever cry?” the answer is “yes!” and here is your proof:

Most families, including my own, do not make a point to get a family picture made. I am talking about grandparents, kids, wives, husbands and grandkids… the whole family! And I think that it is so important!

So, when Carol called me awhile back and said that her Mother-in-law wanted to get some family pictures while they were all together (some of them live in TN) I was excited, but nervous… I always get nervous when I am shooting big groups! But, I think we got some great pictures! (of course, it didn’t hurt that I had a great looking family to work with!) Thanks again you all!

Seriously, I think Claire is just to cute for words!

I love this picture!

and this one too!

I had not met Nikki and Ryan before our shoot, and one of the first things Nikki told me was that she had been watching America’s Next Top Model since she had booked me and that she knew how to strike a pose! And boy did she ever! She was fabulous in front of the camera! But I am not so sure it was just the show, Nikki is confident, fun and just comfortable in her skin and I happen to think that is what made her so easy to shoot. I liked her immediately. Ryan was just as easy, so together they are great!

Thanks Nikki and Ryan for the opportunity to shoot you, I was glad to hear that you “had a slight problem with your pictures — not being able to decide which ones to print!” I like to hear about those kinds of problems! Thanks again!

At one point I asked Ryan and Nikki to “jump up in the air” I had no idea they’d do this! LOVE it!

Several times they acted as if I was not even around… which I loved! In this next little series I had walked off and turned around to find Nikki standing on the curb falling on Ryan.. When I turned back and saw it I just started snapping away! (click to see a bigger picture)

Here, I had walked across the street and when I turned around they were dancing… love it!

I am behind. Way behind. But I am not complaining because I have had work! Yay! But my computer got sick, so that put me even more behind…. But now that I have it back I wanted to share a little sneak peek of a super fun couple I recently shot. I hope to have more of them up soon. Very soon. Like maybe tomorrow soon!

I knew this was going to be a great shoot when Rachel suggested a location that I have wanted to shoot at for a long time! She wanted some 8 month maternity pictures, and I was happy to do them for her. (Yes, that’s right, EIGHT months pregnant, she is tiny isn’t’ she?!) We had so much fun and she was up for anything that I suggested!
me: can you go sit on that rotten stump? Rachel: sure!
me: how about getting in the water and splashing around? Rachel: no problem!
I love it when people trust me and just do whatever for the shot!

She definitely has that ‘glow’….

My cousin, Jillian, asked me to take her pictures before her Jr. Prom Saturday…. and it poured down rain! But, we managed to get a few good shots, and even got some of her friends too…