Pictures for a Dad Overseas

I was asked by a friend of mine to take photos of her kids to send to her husband, who is serving overseas in the military. What an honor for me!

This was a challenge for me since this was the youngest group of kids I had photographed yet. What energy! We went to a local park that had some great colorful mosaic pillars and benches and some nice large open spaces.






Amber, thank you for the wonderful opportunity.

New Baby Photos

Remember the maternity photos I took? Here are the baby pics! 9 days after Meradith was born along came this little guy. He is super cute and I had a ton of fun photographing him.








Thanks Jen for inviting me into your home to take pics of your littlest one.

Family Christmas Photos

Last Saturday I had the opportunity to photograph the family of one of Brian's best friends.

How cute are they?!




Brooke (the mom) brought along this great black and white chair...



She brought along her mom too.

Toward the end of the shoot the kids were starting to be done. Very done. But I squeezed out one last shot. I think it turned out quite adorable.


Thanks for allowing me to capture your family! What a privilege.

Maternity Photos

I'm trying new types of photography to see what I like the best and what I am good at. This morning a friend of mine graciously let me take some maternity photos of her. She is due in a few short weeks. I can't wait to meet the little one soon (her third boy)!

Maternity photography is totally new to me - having never been pregnant myself. I feel totally unprepared to take maternity photos, but I jumped in anyway. That's the only way to learn, right?

I'm not sure that I will specialize in maternity photos, but I feel like I learned quite a bit today.

Thanks Jen!

Jen wanted most of her photos in sepia.

She was so easy to work with.

The baby is due right around Christmas, so naturally ...

She had these plantation blinds that gave a great shadow effect...

First Shoot

Today I did my first official photo shoot for someone other than family. Whoo Hoo! I'm still only semi satisfied with the results, but I'm learning.

My biggest frustration is that I'm usually slightly off with my framing, so I'm cropping some at home. Since my camera is a few years old I don't want to crop any more than I have to (so I keep the resolution as high as possible).

I won't keep you in suspense. Here are a few of the shots I liked the best from today...

These kids were seriously fun to work with. I might get lulled into thinking that I want to continue to work with kids!

You can tell with this group that they really love each other. It's so nice to see siblings that get along well. Since I know their mom, I know that they don't ALWAYS get along. But you can just tell with some siblings that they are really bonded.

The original hope was that a few shots would turn out that were worthy of Christmas cards.

This is probably my favorite of the day...

I also really like this one. Somehow you can see these kids as young adults. It's like getting a glimpse into the future.




The daughter was not very shy with the camera, so I took a few of just her...



Then I took a few for the artist side of me...



What do you think?

Thanks