A photo from my extended family!

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I've got so many "sneak peeks" and "pre-views" that I saved for showing on the blog, only to get so busy that I got the full sessions up for viewing before I could get them on the blog. Look for their images on the updated website in January. Yes, I'm going to finally get all those empty spots filled, and all the galleries updated with images from this year.

But, here's one of my extended family (mainly my boys, my nephews, and my brother) that we did for my Mom's Christmas cards. Yes, we're silly like this quite a bit of the time.



The last day for orders that will make it back by Christmas is fast approaching! If you were wanting images for gifts, then please order soon or I may not be able to get them to you. For those procrastinators out there (like myself), that day is December 12th, and that is even cutting it close.

M & S you are just BEAUTIFUL!

These girls were so much fun at their recent session. In the rush to get their gallery online for viewing, I forgot to add this one in. Why? Because I had pre-edited it and intended in showing them on the blog. So Mom, here's the one missing from your gallery that I just loved. I hope you love your portraits!

Aren't these ladies just gorgeous?

I met this family up on Monte Sano Mountain very early in the morning recently, and as you know it has been COLD! They were troopers though, and shrugged off their nice warm coats for a few portraits. I am not sure how they did it, as I was trying very hard not to have my teeth chatter. As you see, I did let them keep their coats on for some portraits.

I had a great time despite the cold. I hope they did as well.

I wonder what he was thinking?

Just one of many out-takes from a session with my own children.

tis the Season!

I was excited when this family contacted me because I was curious how much they have changed since their last session. It is so fun to see the kids grow each year, and this was no exception. B and M are the sweetest kids, and participated so well. This was one of the mini-sessions I have been offering that is basically only to get that Christmas card photo to mail out.

Having fun with families this fall!

Having the honor to meet so many families and get a glimpse into the lives of those families is one of the perks of my job. Sometimes during a session I capture an outtake, something funny that happened, or something that happened by accident. This session, I was photographing a family (Grandparents down to the little granddaughter), and toward the end of the session I had the Aunt and Uncle of the little girl off posing romantically. The little girl was eating a snack, and I happened to see her through the lens and focused on her with the Aunt and Uncle out of focus in the background. The expression I captured, was total accident, but to me it looks like little A is saying "Uh-OH look what I saw them doing!"

So here's the "romatically posed Aunt and Uncle" and A's "Uh-oh" expression. Enjoy! Yes, I proofed the one of A solely to share with you on this blog!




But perhaps, little A's expression should have been when she caught her Aunt and Uncle acting up. Yes, she was watching intently as well (but she was concerned for her beloved Aunt mostly).