One of my Favorite Families...

I photographed one of my favorite families again recently and the occasion was their daughter, Maggie, 18 month portraits. I know I've said this before but I absolutely love to see how the children are growing and changing between sessions. Its sometimes difficult to visibly see the changes in your own children from day to day, but step away for a period of time and the changes seem huge. Maggie certainly is no different. The last time I photographed her she was crawling at an enormous rate of speed and was only days away from walking. Her crawling speed has definitely transferred to her feet. She was blazing! Unfortunately she was also cutting some teeth and wasn't in the best of moods. So in between tears we did what we could to capture her personality. Her parents, Melody and Todd, are great folks who I have a tremendous amount of respect and affection for.

What a Fun Session...

I had the opportunity to photograph a very personable young man the other day. Grant is 15 months old and absolutely full of energy. Although ultimately the joke was on me, it was quite fun watching his Mother do her best to contain him so that I could create some portraits. I was confident all along that we were getting some strong images, yet it seemed as though every time his Mom would place on the background Grant would be gone in a flash. Yes another child doubting my reflexes and sports photography background. He seemed to do far better when we opted to loose the formal background and just let him be within his own environment. I thoroughly enjoyed the session as well as the resulting images. Here are just a few samples from the group...

Egad, I'm behind...

I'm quite embarrassed to say this considering that its now February 10th, but Happy New Year! That shows you just how far behind I have gotten in the first month plus. I truly hope everyone is having a great start to their New Year and pray for health and prosperity for all of you in this crazy economy. The economy has already affected one of our dear friends and vendors, Karen, of Polka Dot Kids Boutique in Marietta. Unfortunately due to slow sales, she was forced to close her doors. Obviously we wish her the best and I know that we'll keep in touch. I'll be posting some information here on some work she'll be doing that I think many folks will be interested to hear.

On a positive front I'm going to be collaborating with a relatively new and local children's clothing designer, Elisa Gollatz. She started her company, KKnoodles, in Charleston, SC and moved to Marietta with her husband and three children almost a year ago. She has really adorable designs that truly allows kids to be kids. The initial photo shoot that I did is actually for her 2009 Fall Line. A brief sampling of some of those outfits and images can be seen below. I'll do my best to get things back on track blog-wise in the coming days...