Smash Time

Remember baby Ryan? One whole year ago I did his newborn session, and here he is at one year old. He came over a few weeks ago so we could have a proper cake smash session as well as some one year portraits. I think he enjoyed the green cupcake!

Belly Dancer

I had the pleasure of photographing Jennifer and John last weekend. They are expecting their first born baby very soon now. She also is a belly dancer and wanted some pictures in her costume, which was unique and fun. It was pretty hard to take a bad photo, as she looks beautiful pregnant. Can't wait to see the baby you two!

Happy New Year, Happy Kids

I wanted to take some portraits of the kids, since Owen is now 3 1/2 and Kelsey is 6 months. We did portraits of Owen at 6 months at Sears, but I like to think now I can do a better job :) Happy New Year!

Time in a Bottle

Oh I wish you could freeze moments in time. Kelsey all of a sudden this weekend seemed to change. She's so much more interactive, laughing and playing. I took the opportunity of some beautiful afternoon light to take some cute pics of her playing with her feet. I took similar photos of Owen with the old point and shoot at the same age and wanted to compare. I'll post his last... Here's Owen at the same age-

And baby makes 5

I had the pleasure of photographing my friend Gretchen and her family a few weeks ago. They are expecting a new baby very soon. This was a funny shoot, as some too-friendly ducks kept getting into the shots. That was a first for me-chasing away crazy ducks. Can't wait to see the new baby Gretchen!

Hummingbird

I was visiting my grandparents recently and they have this suction cup hummingbird feeder on their window that was awesome. I brought my camera and was trying to get the little guys. They would only come to it if I was inside the house of course so I had to shoot through the window, which also meant manual focus. Try to MF with a fast hummingbird! I could only get it when it landed, but it was still pretty cool

Caught in Your Web

I was sitting out on the deck the other night after getting the kids both to bed (which is a monumental effort some days) and the sun was just about to set. I saw this spider web in the lattice on the deck and had about 2 minutes to catch it before the light went away. I am really not a fan of spiders but the webs are pretty cool.