Talk about Blue Eyes...

I have been so blessed recently to be meeting and photographing some incredible families. I had a family session over the weekend and had an absolutely great time. And talk about a photogenic family; they are like a Hallmark card! The two daughters, Katelyn and Shelby, had the most stunning blue eyes. They were such well behaved sweet girls and as far as their parents, I felt like I had known them for years. I know the editing on this session is going to be difficult as we created a ton of great images and I wouldn't want to overload the family. I hope you enjoy the above sample images!

A Beautiful New Addition to a Fun Family...

I just had the opportunity to meet and photograph a really fun family. They were welcoming a brand new addition. Jennifer and Adam who were visiting from Chicago recently adopted the beautiful baby girl, Maya, and she was getting the warm Southern welcome while meeting her Grandparents and sister's family.

I think her cousin's, Eli and Asher, will end up being quite protective of her. Eli has an infectious, yet sometimes mischievous smile and is quite the comedian. His younger brother Asher was amazing me with his ball catching and throwing abilities for his age. It certainly would be nice to have a eye in the back of your head as their mother could attest as balls were flying from all directions...

All in all I had a great time meeting and photographing everyone and they made me feel right at home. Above are a small sampling of some of the images we created.

A Wonderful Family and Beautiful 1 Year Old...

I recently photographed the the first year portraits of a beautiful little girl who I've had a chance to document most of this past year. I've watched her go from the rolling stages to sitting up and now just days away from walking. Maggie's incredible personality is right on par with her adorable looks. In addition to Maggie being so sweet is that I've really grown close to her parents, Melody and Todd. They are very special people themselves and I feel so very fortunate to have met them and been able to create portraits of them this past year. In addition they have a difficult situation they have been dealing with recently so if you can keep them in your prayers, they and I would appreciate it. Above are a few images from the session...

Dodging the Showers...

I did a family and children's session on Saturday and had a great time with a fun family and extended family. We ended up having to dodge a few drops of rain but all in all the overcast and cloudy conditions were quite welcome to me. Anyone who receives my newsletters will quickly recognize that overcast conditions are some of my favorite type of light. Not only that, but it helped keep the temperatures more bearable as well. We did the session at the East Cobb Park which is where I originally met the mom, Kim, at the Ultimate Play Date a few months ago where I had a table set up.

The family was great and their nearly two year old daughter was absolutely precious. I got the feeling she has her Dad wrapped around her finger which is quite understandable. I certainly know my daughter gets some preferential treatment at times... Also along for the session was the father's (Josh) sister, Casey, and her daughter Ashely. They were great fun and added to the enjoyment of the session. Above are just a few of the many portraits we created. Enjoy!

Incredibly Fun Family...

I had a really fun session Saturday with a great family who are fairly new to the area. They have two absolutely beautiful little girls, Ally and Kaitlyn. These two were fearless! Apparently this fearlessness has led to them excelling in gymnastics which does not surprise me in the least. They were climbing trees, playing on the biggest slides in the playground and also feeding the sometimes aggressive acting ducks of the pond. They were such a fun and good looking family and it was really nice watching them interact with one another while capturing their expressions.
Thankfully the weather cooperated for us and the clouds help to keep the temperatures fairly moderate for the majority of the session.

So above is just a few of the promised "teaser" images from the session. I cannot wait to get together to show them the rest...

Fun Family Session...

This morning I had a fun and exciting family session with a young family of four. They have seven month old Sebastian and a two and a half year old boy named Everest whose name is derived from the World's Highest Mountain. And he is doing his part to live up to that name as he is a tall, striking young boy. He is probably as tall as my soon to be four year old girl. Anyway, we all had an interesting time keeping the boys attention and I got the distinct impression that their parents, Patricia and Stephen weren't counting on many successful images. As I mentioned in a recent entry, this is a fairly normal response from parents during a session because their focus is their children. I try to sneak between all the squirms and frowns to capture those fractions of seconds where I see an expression that is memorable. Above is a few of those moments. I told Patricia and Stephen that I would do my best to post a few images prior to leaving town (which is now about T-minus 6 hrs and counting), so here they are. I have quite a few more that I know they'll really enjoy; until then...

Bloggin Misbehaving...

Pardon me for being a bit slack with my bloggin', but its been awfully hectic and I'm doing my best to get a couple posts in before splitting town for a Corporate job in D.C.

I did want to get several images up that I had promised to one of my favorite clients, Maggie and Jack. Maggie gave birth in June to another beautiful girl, Bailey Josephine, to accompany their other daughter, Sophia who recently turned two. So we did some portraits of Bailey and then did our best to get images of the two girls alone. That proved more of a challenge than we had hoped. In photographing Bailey, she did start to cry after a few minutes and of course I kept clicking away. For anyone who will listen, one of my favorite images that I have done of children was done last year of Bailey's sister Sophia. Her mom was wanting to change outfits and she was having none of it and in turn started crying. Of course it could have been she was scared of the photographer, but whatever the reason she was crying. Since I had images of Sophia crying, it was natural for me to photograph Bailey crying as seen above. To me its just part of a child's many moods. Perhaps we only display our children's portraits with smiles on their faces, yet I still am moved by my children crying and sometimes will document it before consoling them.

Back to the session. Sophia didn't seem too interested in the session for quite some time until finally coming around toward the end. It may have been me, the weather or she could have been just sleepy. But in the end she came around and for that I was thankful. All in all I was very happy with the results of the combined session and have thus displayed some random "teaser" images above. Enjoy!