Fun Session...

I photographed a really fun family the other day. The child, Madelyn, is a beautiful 13 month old with striking blue eyes. She has an incredible personality and is quite the adept crawler and not too far away from walking. She's probably so quick from having to make some distance between herself and their three large dogs... It was hard for me to determine who she resembled more, her mother or father, but she couldn't go wrong in either direction as her folks made an attractive couple. Her father is a home builder and although the market is currently down, hopefully it will be brief. One thing is certain, he is an artist as their home was absolutely gorgeous. I really enjoyed meeting and photographing this family as they were so down to earth with a great outlook on life. So here is a quick selection of sample images...

Beautiful Rain...

I saw more Rain yesterday in a couple of hours than I have seen in a year! Everyone must think I'm crazy, but that is a very accurate statement albeit a tad misleading. Actually I photographed the one year portraits of the beautiful Rain J as seen above. It is so awesome to see how a child grows and changes in a year. I originally had the pleasure of creating portraits of her while she was about two weeks old (see above). She has gorgeous Auburn colored hair and was so cute as she was bouncing her head side to side while listening to her father sing a song. Although her Dad's singing was quite pitiful, I think he was attempting to sing a classic tune from The Band. Actually his singing wasn't too bad, I just like giving him a hard time... As for Rain, she was incredible and was very well behaved and happy; a testament to her folks. I hope you enjoy the samples!

Love this time of year...

I absolutely love this time of year. The weather is extremely comfortable, the colors are gorgeous and life is good. The only thing I don't care for is the shorter days, but what can you do? I photographed another beautiful family earlier this week and had a great time. Madison was quite cute and seemed to be having a good time. She really seemed to love the train/slide and I thought we may have problems getting her to leave that area, but she was incredible. She started to run out of steam about the time we started to lose the light. Her parents were great and it's always fun to watch and capture the interaction between the child/children and Mom and Dad. As always, I've included a few samples from the session above.

Another Fun Family with an Added Glow...

I had the pleasure earlier in the week to photograph another really fun family. They have a beautiful little girl in Isabel, and as it turns out, another child on the way. Mom definitely had that "glow" about her and it was fun to see. The day was stunning and we opted to photograph outside first because of Daylight Savings and it really worked out quite well. We managed to get to a couple of locations in time to catch the lowering sun and then head back to their house for some of the formal portraits. What a good looking natural family! It is really going to be a difficult edit as we created some really beautiful portraits regardless of how biased I may be...I certainly hope you agree.

Intimate Wedding on the Square...

I normally only photograph weddings for family or close friends as it is just not my favorite thing to do. Many photographers love to photograph weddings and that is fine. I simply prefer to not do them. Please don't misunderstand me as I enjoy creating beautiful images, I just don't care for the extra drama that can sometimes be associated with all the many family members and friends. Thankfully the wedding I did this past weekend was a joy to do. It was a small, brief and intimate affair on an absolutely beautiful Sunday afternoon. The bride and groom made an extremely attractive couple and it was truly a pleasure to photograph their wedding. I hope you enjoy the few images I posted above.

Family time...

I first have to apologize for not properly keeping up with my blog, but I have been feeling overwhelmed the past month and struggling to keep on top of things. Unfortunately its the blog that suffers. Not that I'm writing any life changing thoughts or ideas... Yet I'm still much happier when I'm able to keep things properly updated and provide everyone a glimpse into their session and my thoughts on how things went. Anyway now that my apologies are out of the way, lets move on...

I had the opportunity to photograph a great family over the weekend with two bright, adventurous boys. This was early Saturday morning following Halloween. There may have been a little residual effect from the previous night's activities, but all in all the boys were awesome. Andrew and Ryan are very close to my own children's ages minus a few months each. I noticed many similar toys and tendencies which is always interesting to see. We did some customary inside portraits first and let it warm up a bit and then by the time we went outside, it was simply gorgeous. The parents were preparing to entertain later in the day for the Georgia/Florida game and I'm hoping that the pain of that loss has finally eased. I do hope you like the above "teaser" images from the session. This was quite a fun family and I really enjoyed the session.

The Streak Continues...

Yet another beautiful family to photograph! It seems like the streak is one continuous stream. That not even counting the portraits that I haven't had a chance to post yet! Now there was ONE hiccup in the above family; the father. Thank the Lord for his surrounding wife and daughters because he's a piece of work; not only visually but generally. Yikes!! Just kidding folks. Actually his name is Andy and he is a very good friend of mine. He not only appreciates a good dose of abuse, he dishes it out with the best of them. And honestly my heart goes out to the man as he has one stunning daughter who is at the dating age and another fast approaching. I'm thankful that my daughter is only four as I don't want to be dealing with those situations yet. At least his wife, Monica, can keep things on an even keel because he must be numb to the whole idea. Anyway I was thankful to see them again and create some portraits of the family. I hope you enjoy!