The Kids are a growing...

I have been inundated with requests for some updated images of my two children, Amelia and Justin. These guys keep me grounded and absolutely amaze me every day. Its funny that when I was younger, thinner around the waist and much crazier (ie: when I was single), the thoughts of children rarely if ever crossed my mind. And when they did it was always in amazement and somewhat terror. I would always watch my married friends with their kids or my oldest brother and his wife juggle their lives around my niece and nephews schedules and be completely in awe as well as exhausted just as an outsider. It made me really contemplate if kids were in my future when I was to get married.

Now having two of my own, I cannot think of life without them. They are in the "sponge" years and latch on to just about everything whether I want them to or not. I truly love to document their changes and how they are growing because it happens at such a mind blowing rate that I don't want to have those regrets when they (and I) are older. This is why I love what I do and really enjoy documenting my clients children and families and do my absolute best to provide artwork for them that they will cherish for a lifetime. I feel like I am entrusted with capturing the personality and stage of life at that moment and I view it as an incredible responsibility. All of that may sound stiff and stressful but it is exactly the opposite as the sessions are always a blast and really stress-free. Anyway, I've rambled a bit too much for now but just wanted to provide a little glimpse of why I do what I do. Hope you enjoy the above pix of my kids...

Upcoming Promo for Professionals...

I'm taking a break from my regular post to mention an upcoming special I'm running for professional's in the area who are looking to "revamp" or update their look for the New Year. I'll be running this for two different weeks during the second and fourth weeks in February. I did something similar last year and it was pretty successful so I thought I would bring it back and "tweak" it just a bit.

This is perfect for Professional's/Executives, Musician's, Real Estate Agents or anyone who needs to have their image for use in their business or marketing. The details of the promotion are included above but some highlights are: Brief sessions on location either utilizing a background or your own surroundings, images fully retouched and set up for Web use and/or print, fully licensed and released. Please call or contact me for specific questions or to make a reservation.

Aleksandr...

I did a session recently of one of my favorite clients, or more specifically of her son, Aleksandr. They had moved out of town a little over a year ago but I'm happy to say that they have decided to move back. We ended up doing this session at Centennial Olympic Park and had pretty much the run of the park to ourselves. Alek was running all over and was really having a good time playing with what remaining leaves he could find. He is a great kid and it has been fun watching him grow up these past couple of years...

HS Senior Session...

I had the chance recently to photograph a young man who will be graduating in a matter of months. I've had the pleasure of knowing Scott for a few years now and also was fortunate enough to photograph his brother a couple of years ago. Scott is a sharp guy who is bound for greatness. He has a number of school options awaiting him after graduation and I'm confident that whatever he chooses, success will follow...Good Luck Scott!

Family on the Square...

In my continuing effort to get some recent work up on my blog, today's post is of one of my favorite clients, not too mention some dear friends. They are an incredibly fun family. Their children, Ruby and Wilder, definitely keep their parents in check but all in a good way. It doesn't matter wherever we end up doing the session, we always get great images and end up having a blast doing so. For this session we simply roamed the Square in Marietta and thankfully were blessed with some awesome light. Here is a small selection of those images...

Sweet Lyla...

For anyone who happened to view the recent (as in before my 1st surgery) maternity session I did for some good friends of mine, the fruit of their labor can be seen above. Miss Lyla Ann arrived on December 6th and she is absolutely stunning. I am so happy for both Jim and Beth Ann and I know that they are going to enjoy all the varying aspects of parenthood, or lets just say most of them. So without further delay, here are a few images from our session...

Catching up is hard to do...

Since I have been out of commission during the past couple of months I have not had the time nor the energy to stay on top of my blog. Shame on me. Well it is still important to me to get some images online to let you all know what I have been up to. So over the next few days I plan on doing just that...

Let me first start with some recognition that I received recently from the Around Town Magazine publication. I first was selected several months ago to be the Pathfinder of the month which recognizes various charity work that I do in the community. That was a huge honor for me, but they also chose me as Pathfinder of the Year which certainly trumped the monthly award. Above you will find a copy the article.