Julie now has a sweet baby girl (whose newborn session I’ll post soon) but before she was born we got a few picture of Julie and her boys, Emerson and Liam. And these, are a few of my favorites

Thank you Julie, for asking me to do these for you… it is always a joy

Here we go, another installment of Click of the Wild! This time, I chose our focus; Texture.

I feel like texture is everywhere you look. So one morning last week I took time to just shoot texture when I saw it. This is what I got…

This is the second shot I got. And as soon I took the picture I realized that I really loved the texture of Kennedy’s hair, and that is what I wanted to use for this focus… So I took a few. Then a few more later in the day!

And Bristol’s hair :)

When we look, texture really is everywhere! So, like I said, I snapped away












And then, back to my favorite subject for this focus. She picked these flowers for me, so I decided to include them. I like the texture of the flowers and her hair, and her leggings (in the one I ended up using)…










This is the shot I chose for Click of the Wild…

Thank you for looking! Now, click on over to Click of the Wild and see how the other girls captured “Texture”.

A group of good friends + confetti… what’s not to love?!

We did this session back in the fall. These girls impress me. They are kind and fun and beautiful and always just seem to have fun together. They jump out of their cars borrowing items of clothing or asking each others advice on what to wear, they compliment each other and they laugh. So much. I love it.

This is the second time I’ve done pictures for these girls (you can see the first session a few years ago HERE) Actually, Kaylan joined in on the fun this time, and Mackenzie was not able to make it…
From left; Liz, Amber, Brittany, Kaylan and Andrea…

Girls, Thank you again, for asking me to do these for you, and for having so much fun in front of my camera! XoXo

I was really excited about this focus. Alicia chose it and I had idea’s of a busy street – and a yellow cab, to be exact. That is how I wanted to capture street photography. But, I got busy and ended up running to the nearest town and spent all of 15 minutes wandering around getting these shots. On the last day.

I actually saw a guy with a cool orange car when I was trying to find a parking space, and I realllllly wanted to ask him if I could photograph him and his car. But by the time I found a parking space and got out he was gone.

I love the shadow of the light pole in this one…

These next few are all very similar, but I liked each one for different reasons…

Head over to Click of the Wild to see which one I used. And to see how everyone else captured street photography!

I texted my sister-in-law and asked “do you want maternity pix?” she replied “yeah I think I do!” And so, that weekend we did a quick little sesh at my parents house. While we were shooting she wondered out loud if we were doing them a little bit early (she was 31 weeks)… and then the next day her water broke and she was hospitalized. And then she had a sweet baby girl, named Isla Jane, 8 weeks early.
She and Isla are both doing great now. And we are so glad we did the maternity pictures when we did!

Kennedy came along with me that day, and I took a test shot of her before Kristen got there… my Mom made her this bunny a few years ago. And she went through a phase of taking that bunny everywhere that she went!

Thanks for looking… and Happy Monday!

Another pre-Christmas session…

Meet Silas, Canyon and Branson. Three rough and tough brothers who are totally cute

These three just gained another baby brother a few weeks ago! Which may have been part of the reason Branson (the youngest here) cried (and cried and cried….) when it came time to do this session. He only wanted his Mom, even though she was right there – he wanted to be in her arms. Or on her legs. Moms-having-another-baby anxiety at it’s best.

Finally, Stephanie just had to disappear and watch from behind a bush (not even kidding! haha) while I did my best. And let me say, I am so proud of these. Because he really was NOT having it. At all.
I am also so proud of Silas and Canyon. They hung in there like champs the entire time. Even though it took way longer than they cared to be there. They did amazing. And Branson? He came around. I had him laughing by the time we finished. Score! There I go, high-fiving myself again, ya’ll!

Canyon hugged the entire time. That was his default… adorable smile and big hug!

Here is a ’keeping-it-real’ shot… just in case you didn’t believe me!

Stephanie, thanks for trusting me to capture your kiddo’s! Maybe next time you can hang with us and not hide behind tree’s and bushes XoXo

Last week I was picking up lunch. No drive thru and 3 kids. Boo.

As I parked Kennedy said “Momma I wish I could just stay in the car.” and I thought to myself “meeeee too” But, of course, I told her I could not leave her in the car. As I tried to grab my purse and hurry them out, she kept trying to reason with me. It went something like this:

Kennedy: “But Momma I will be fine!”
Me: “Kennedy, no. Someone might get you!”
Kennedy: “The doors will be closed.”
Me: “Someone might break the window.”
…then I thought “did I just say too much?!”
Kennedy: “Why would someone do that?”
Me: “There are bad people out there, honey.”
at this point, thinking, “yep. said to much.” but at the same time… I don’t know… I want them to be a little bit cautious of strangers at least!
By this time we are out of the car and walking through the parking lot. I can tell that Bristol is tossing all of this info around in her little brain. They both are. Then, suddenly Bristol says: “But Momma, God would protect us.”
Wow.
Heart melt.
How do I respond to that? She is right, He will.
But I still don’t want to leave them in the car.
And Kennedy is agreeing with Bristol and waiting to see what I have to say to that.
And then, thankfully, I came up with what I feel like was the perfect answer: “Yes, Bristol. You are right. He will protect us, always. But, He gave ya’ll to me and asked me to protect you. So that is why I don’t want to leave you in the car.”
Then I silently high-fived myself. And thanked God for that little conversation and these precious girls

Playing with their cousins….

Thanks for looking!

Oh Bristol Bee…

Our Bristol Bee turns 4 years old today!

Four years ago she came into this world crying, and crying, and crying. Whew. Those months were tough. I remember being at the pediatrician’s for a well-check once and I had been stuck in that little room bouncing and soothing and doing anything and everything I could do when the doctor walked in. She began the routine exam and then asked “Does she always cry like this?” I said “yes, she does.”
After confirming there was nothing wrong with her, she said to me “It has not been proven, but we believe that sometimes when a baby cries a lot it means that they have a big personality that they cannot yet express.”

Well, in Bristol’s case I believe that just may have been true.
She is full of personality!

She makes us laugh all of the time. She has this smile that just takes over her face and she is….she is our Bristol Bee. She is precious. We love her SO much.

Happy Happy Birthday sweet girl!

Yes, I realize the 4 is backwards… but I didn’t realize till I saw it on my computer! haha

It is hard to get a ‘real’ smile out of her these days. When I point the camera at her I get this totally fake smile, and she can’t seem to help it. Then, when I say “Hey Kennedy, don’t fake it!” She’s all “Mom! I am not! That is my best smile!”
Sigh.
So, the other day when we sat down on the couch while she told me all about her dreams she’d had the night before, I knew I could get some ‘real’ shots of her. So I grabbed my camera and took a couple while she talked….

I am happy to capture her happy – real – smile. But I love this un-smiling shot too

To be honest, I kinda just fumbled through this focus for Click of the Wild.

When Molly first told us our focus this time around. I sort of cocked my head and re-read it. Then I googled it. Yep, googled it. I figured it might help me figure out how to get it in my head better and find a way to photograph it.
I understood the phrase ‘Tried and True’. But how to capture it… I was just not sure.

Honestly, two things came to mind and I never even tried to capture either. But this is what I thought of when I thought of tried and true;

1) My grandparents holding hands.

2) Chevrolet.

Haha. Poppa, if your reading this, yes, I just put you and Chevy together - under the same category, Tried and True. I am sure you would disagree and argue Ford over Chevy, but we’ll have to agree to disagree on that one I love you!

The fact is, I didn’t get either of those shots. While they were better idea’s than what I got, I still think that Play-doh falls nicely under tried and true… It’s true, it’s my go-to activity for my girls when I need at least 20 minutes of them happily creating and playing.  It’s tried and true to make some happy play time. And a big mess. And creating pretty butterflies and people and whatever else. They love it and so do I

haha, this picture is so real. I pulled my camera out just as they were finishing up with the play-dough and Tenley is determined to act like a brat when she see’s my camera pointing in her direction these days. So she threw a little fit.

Now, head over to Click of the Wild and see the full post on how each of us captured Tried and True. And click on each image to see the other photographers blogs