It has been quite a while since I last posted. I was out of the country visiting my husband's family in France. I wanted to post these pictures of my son that I took shortly after he turned three. I love them as a sequence. They need to be black & white so that you can't see that he is actually in front of a hot pink background! (He snuck in during a session with my daughter!!!) Anyway, I have been getting a lot of complaints that I don't share pics of my own kids anymore, so without further ado, here he is...

Here are some pictures from a recent session. These sisters were fun to chase around. We met up at their home and used their neighborhood as the backdrop. The older sister was very happy to sit and pose for some photos, while it was a bit harder to give direction to her younger sister. As I have mentioned in previous posts - 2 year-olds are tough! The weather was beautiful that evening if you didn't think about how hot and humid it was!!

These are pictures from a session in May with my nephew and my nieces. I'm thrilled with how they turned out. My youngest niece wasn't too interested in doing pictures, but she finally came around. The photo of her with the flower is one of my favorites.

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Here is a shot of my daughter at about 10 months. There are so many things about this photo that I love: it's my baby girl, it shows our home in the background, her expression says so much about this time in her life, it captures her latest development, and did I mention that it's my baby girl! I have been criticized for not posting pictures of my own children (by my family, of course!), so here is a recent personal favorite. 

Here are a few more from another recent session.

Here are a few more of those adorable twins...

Here is a photo from another recent session. This little girl was so much fun. I was pleasantly surprised when I arrived at the session and saw the beautiful mural on her bedroom wall. I love to include a child's home or surroundings in their photos. This mural proved to be a great backdrop - and now her parents will have it captured right along with memories of their little girl at this age.

These twins were so sweet!!! This is just one image from a recent session. These girls were identical. It was so neat to watch them when they were next to each other. When they finally dozed off to sleep (we weren't planning on sleeping shots, but they had naps on their mind! lol), they were in almost the exact same position. I am so thankful to their parents for letting me hang around for most of the morning. More pictures coming soon...

I have been so excited to build up my business. I have met so many wonderful families and have been lucky to photograph such sweet little ones. I am hoping to update my official website soon with photos from those sessions. The portfolio building special will be coming to an end soon -- book your session with me soon to qualify for the free session.

Here are a few more pictures from a recent session with my niece. I adore the storyboard of her with my daughter. They are only a few months apart in age - it will be interesting to see them as they grow. I hope that they will always be close. I love the hat she is wearing in the second two photos. I had so much fun during this session. My sister-in-law was so willing to let me try some of my ideas out and I truly appreciated that!

This is the sweetest little baby girl. She just loved to get her picture taken. We had so much fun watching her play dress-up for the first time.

Things have been very busy around here! These are a few pictures from a session in May. These brothers were fun to photograph, although it was quite difficult to get a picture of them together. We'll be trying again for that one. That is the thing with kids around age 2 - they are very independent. They want to do things on their time and their way. Big brother wasn't at all interested in doing pictures. I was glad when he decided he was ready for some photos. His little brother, on the other hand, was happy to pose and smile for lots of pictures. Here are a few from the session...

This little boy loves his cars. I don't think he put them down for more than a minute or two during our session. I really enjoyed watching him play with his cars and chasing him around to take his photos. He is a typical toddler - always on the move! His mom was particularly interested in a collage, so I decided to include one in this post. I think that it really shows who he is at this age. Happy 2nd birthday little man!

Here are some photos from a recent session. It was much warmer than we thought it would be and the kids weren't really in the mood to get pictures, but we made the best of it! They both just had their birthdays in April. The first picture is one of my favorites.

Here she is! This is the little sis of the boy in my last post. What a sweetie. She was a very happy little girl. And yes ... those are her eyes (no saturation added)!!! The window light was awesome in her nursery. 

This little boy was not interested at all in getting his picture taken. Everything that his mom asked him to do was answered with a very matter of fact response - "no mommy." I was happy that I was able to get these photos towards the end of our session. He recently became a big brother. Pictures of baby sister coming soon.