South Carolina

Drove to South Carolina yesterday and photographed a family. I had photographed one of the families for several years and I am always thrilled when they have me come up to there vacation. Losing my Grandma the night before made me a little more sappy then I am already. It is really neat when you see a extended family get together, it makes me think of how to cherish my own family and to get together more often then we do. Time goes so fast, they were nice enough to show me a slide show of there fifty year anniversary, you see Christmas dinner table photos, Disney world. It was really special. Thank you Betsy for including me in your family vacation, I had a great time. Here are a couple photos from yesterday, I just love this little girl, her eyes just shine.

Lucy & Brian

I had a great time this weekend photographing Lucy & Brian. They were great, Lucy was stunning, her dress was amazing. She told me she really wanted some artistic shots, when she showed me what she was looking for I immediately thought of one of my favorite photograhers Julia Margaret Cameron. She did alot of soft focus, soft edges. I thought these images really reflect that, that you can not put a date on them. Lucy & Brian made it really easy for me, Brian was into phtoography and had a great lens, and camera, I had a small amount of lens envy!

I Love the way she is looking at her dad

Grandmas

I took these yesterday, I thought the lighting was interesting in the room with the little girl. The little boy showed me his skywalker moves and he reminded me of when my brother was little and his starwars figures, he had them all lined up and ready to go.

The Grandma of this baby came in and was so proud of her cute little baby. I just loved how in love she was.It is really great when people are so excited about sharing there lives with you. Photography is really a personal thing. When I start to photograph it feels like a dance, you have to see and interact and think about composition, exposure, light, get your subjects to feel comfortable with you. If I had to name a dance it would sometimes be the waltz and sometimes the tango. I always feel right at home with my camera, it is like coming home to an old friend.

my little pig

I did not intend for this to be a blog about Alexa, but I just can not help myself. She gave me my first kiss today. The day I took these photos I just let her go to town. i am not very good about putting on a bib, so now when I try she just rips it off. SHe also is into sticking her tounge out. I just can not get enough of her.

family

It has been great the last couple of weeks, I am almost caught up! My friend Bart Young shot these of Scott, Alexa, and myself. I just love them. It was really windy out last night so I was a little bummed but we got some great images anyhow! I now know what my clients go through, I kept thinking what am I going to wear? My hair!

Cherub

this was a photo from a wedding, she was so cute!

Have a great time photograping for this childrens store. This little girl was great, and of course the cloths were great as well. I just love the energy in these photos.

alexas first sailing trip

Had a great couple days off in Florida with my family. Went sailing the fourth and saw fireworks from the boat, also a water spout started to form but went away thank goodness! Alexa was so good, such an angel on the boat. I swear this week she seems less of baby and she is understanding more and more. It makes me a little sad when she wants to do things on her own. i wish I could bottle her sweet smell and expressions.