A Horse Affection...

I photographed the daughter of not only great clients the other day, but also very close friends. Payton Nicole and her beautiful horse, Amy, aka "Wise Investment" have been a part of each others lives for some time now. Payton is constantly riding and competing in various Equestrian events around the area both solo and with her school team from St. Francis. But fortunately or unfortunately depending on how you look at it, Payton, her brother Mason and her folks will be moving to Big Sky Country next week. And yes her horse will be making the trek West as well. While they will be deeply missed we know that the time was right for them and we wish them the best. We certainly hope to catch up with them again in the future and check out their place in Montana. Above are just a few of the images I created with more to follow. Enjoy!!

Graduation Time!!

With graduations happening all over the area, it was a pleasure to photograph a family yesterday who is experiencing this special milestone. Family came in from all over to share in this awesome accomplishment. Dana and her family are attending Commencement as I type from Kennesaw Mountain High School. She absolutely has the world at her fingertips and I know that the future is extremely bright for her. On top of that she has the love and support of an incredible family as well. I know this has to be a mixed bag of emotions for her parents as their first born is preparing to start her own life of trials and tribulations. I'm confident that they have prepared her well to handle these challenges. Please enjoy the samples I have included above...

Exciting Anticipation...

I had the pleasure of creating some portraits of a really wonderful young couple who are eagerly awaiting the birth of their first child in June. John and Kristina are not only an attractive duo, but are also just a cool, down to earth couple. It was a really fun session in which I also was able to enjoy the company of their cat and dog, Titus and Olive, who seemed intrigued by the pop of the strobes. Poor Titus the cat was feeling a bit under the weather due to the fun activity of chasing lizards and eating grass...

For the session, both John and Kristina had a pretty good idea of what they were wanting but its always nice to suggest ideas and have the subjects be receptive to them. The ideas do not always work, yet I feel its much better to try and fail, then to have regrets later. I came away extremely pleased with the session and was also happy and honored to be a part of this important phase of their lives. I'm really happy and excited for them.

Enough of my rambling but I certainly hope you enjoy the above "teaser" images.

Incredibly Fun family Session...

As we honor all of our Mom's this weekend, it was fitting that I had a session that included two wonderful ones. One is relatively new to the game, while the other is a little more comfortable in the role. I just want to say Happy Mothers Day to all of the special Mom's out there today!

Obviously there is nothing more special than family and so its nice when parents can come in from out of town to spend time with their daughter, son in law and of course grandchild. I feel blessed to have been able to capture some of these fun family moments. I always enjoy not only creating the portraits, but simply interacting with my clients. It's that much more gratifying to also spend time with folks who make the journey from out of town because I get to discuss various shared interests as well as other topics. This may sound simplistic, yet it is one of the added benefits of my job which I truly enjoy. In any sense, I hope you some of the sample images that I have included above.

Teachers ARE Special!!!

I had the pleasure of photographing one of our children's Pre-School teachers recently, along with her husband and their two adorable daughters. We are so fortunate to have Aimee as our daughters teacher and for this we couldn't be happier. Her husband may look a bit familiar and if so it is because he is one of the local weather personalities, Brad Nitz, of WSB TV. Brad was nice enough to forecast a perfect day for us and it certainly did not disappoint! Their children are absolutely amazing and were a riot to watch. Whatever I asked of them, they were happy to oblige, whether it was climbing a tree or playing hide and go seek...All in all I was very pleased with the session and hope you'll like the above "teaser" images.

A Beautiful Day of Portraits...

I had an opportunity to photograph the children of Dalia Faupel, the Atlanta Editor of Go City Kids fame. She has two wonderful children and I absolutely had a blast not only photographing them, but just watching the interaction that they had with each other. Although the age difference is about three years, you can certainly see the the affection that they have for each other. We couldn't have asked for any better weather as it was about 70 degrees with a slight breeze. They were both full of energy which made it fun trying to keep up with them. Although I enjoy every aspect of my work and feel blessed to do this for a living, the really fun part is just documenting kids being kids. They grow up far too fast and I'm seeing it and realizing it every day with my own children. Above are a few random images from the session...

Getting back in the groove...

I hate to say it yet again, but I've been extremely tardy with my blogging as things have been quite hectic. With Easter this weekend I wanted to take a moment and put a few of my favorite Bunny portraits from our recent promotion at PLAY in Roswell. These events are quite rare for me as I don't often photograph clients in short time blocks and back to back. I just prefer to draw the personalities out of the subject and with short sessions, this isn't often possible. But with that being said, I had a blast and I couldn't have asked for a more appropriate location as the facilities at PLAY are incredible and the area where we set up worked really well. I just want to again thank Colleen from PLAY for her support. We are discussing other collaborations so please keep an eye out for future events.