2010 is looking to be a fabulous year, and as the bookings line up and my time becomes less and less available I wanted to provide a way for families who prefer a quick, miniature session of their kiddos this year, to do just that.  =)

Here are the details!  Space is limited, so don’t hesitate to contact me early!

Sorry for the slight delay…I’m learning I really shouldn’t promise anything on this blog because my life seems to get away from me at times!  At the moment, I’m painting my kitchen cabinets (endless amounts of cabinets) and it is sucking the life right out of me!  ;)  Actually, I’m quite enjoying most of it but it is so. very. time. consuming.  I had planned to take January and February off from work and then….well, I created a whole new variety of work for myself.  =)  I’m getting the itch to start taking sessions again though, so hopefully I will finish this project sooner rather than later!!

As for sessions for new and returning clients, I will be posting some new specials and things (in addition to the current special) and will start booking mid February!  Keep an eye out for those!

If you are interested in a spring session, get on the books now as I typically book 6-8 weeks in advance.   I have some new collections and offerings this year that I think will be a huge hit; I’m getting very excited for a new year!!

Speaking of New Year, here is the second part of my 2009 Year-In-Review:

I truly have the most amazing clients!!  I am so blessed!  This sweet lady was one of my first sessions of 2009 and was so much fun to work with!And she had one very cute little man, I might add:

This next family is one of my most treasured clients - I absolutely adore them!  We met early in the year to photograph this handsome little guy:And several months later, he’d grown up a little more and was about to become a big brother:And then his baby sis arrived and my camera absolutely loved her!:This next set is of one of my very favorite clients - I’ve had the pleasure of working with them for years and have enjoyed seeing their girls grow and getting to know their sweet mom:And new clients that I feel so lucky to have met:And another sweet baby girl I got to photograph; love those first few days and weeks (this first one has always cracked me up…it’s like she’s trying hard to answer a question!):Okay, I’m realizing this is way harder than I ever thought possible!!!  Picking just a few from each session feels like torture.  ;)  Okay, here we go.  Keep going.  =)

Onto one of my most memorable sessions of the entire year; I seriously fell in love with this family!

Well, seeing that I have another slew of client folders to get through, I will stop for today.  More to come…and hopefully within the week!  LOL.  I’m off to put my painting clothes back on!  =)

Have a happy weekend!

Although it’s now into the second week of January, I’ve recently been reflecting on all my wonderful clients this year and wanted to say a huge

THANK YOU

to each and every one of them!  I truly had the best year ever, and I only have my valued and incredible clients to thank for that!!  From awesome engagement and boudoir sessions (click both words to view more sensitive images), to family and newborn sessions, my time spent with each client was so rewarding and fulfilling!  I feel incredibly blessed to work with such fun people, make such great friendships throughout the process, and do what I love most!

2009 in Review: (Part 2 and 3 coming over the weekend!)

Thanks for looking, and I’ll be back in a day or so with even more favorites from this past year!

This little bundle of love arrived on my doorstep this afternoon - but he wasn’t left for us, unfortunately, but brought by his sweet mama!  =)  I had the pleasure of photographing him a little over a month ago still tucked away in his mama’s tummy, and unfortunately missed his birth as he decided to come in record time while I was driving to the hospital!  But this can officially be his debut.  =)  He was truly the strongest, most alert and UNSLEEPY baby I’ve ever been around for just over a week old.  The kid is ready to crawl!

So his mom and I enjoyed spending our afternoon attempting to get him to doze off into sweet baby land, while he defied all sleeping odds entirely.  I snapped off about 5 pictures of him actually sleeping before my 2-year-old began banging on a “drum” and woke him up.  Mind you, I normally do not have my children around, but my husband was home and her two older boys were here as well.  And so we had one big happy family!  =)

I just want to congratulate this sweet family on the arrival of their third boy - he’s precious to say the least!

Have a great weekend everyone!  I will be back soon with some pictures from our Thanksgiving holiday weekend: think 6 kids under the age of 7!!!  =)

Nothing is more exciting and monumental than welcoming a new life into the world; and having those beautiful and fleeting memories captured on film can make it that much sweeter.  I’ve recently had the privilege of being invited to photograph the birth experience for two special clients, but as luck would have it, neither one worked out at the very last moment.  Last night one of my clients welcomed her precious babe in record time as I was driving to the hospital!  =) 

What does birth photography entail?  I will come to you, whether you are having a home birth or a hospital birth and capture this incredible time in a creative, documentary and sensitive way.  I will be documenting the interactions between your spouse and children, some of the laboring experience, and of course the welcoming of the new baby!  My style is entirely unobtrusive and documentary in nature so that you can labor peacefully with me in the background; in fact, you may not even know I’m there.  ;)  

And so, because this is an avenue I’ve been wanting to pursue for a very long time, I am running a special! I am now taking bookings for February (and beyond), and the first 2 ladies to book a maternity and/or newborn session with me will receive FREE birth photography (as well as a complimentary brag book of the event)!

Book now to take advantage of this offer!  I can’t wait to meet you and your sweet babe(s)!

As promised, here are a few more of the beautiful little girlie from yesterday!  My husband keeps telling me I’m only allowed to do these sessions as long as my baby fever doesn’t overwhelm me and cause me to start asking for more babies.  ;)  We’ll see.  Who knows, but it’s pretty hard not to get a wave of “baby fever” when perfect little people like this show up at your front door.  ;)

I couldn’t decide on this one between color and bw…
As an artist it’s always fun to hear which image happens to be the favorite, so let me know which one YOU like in the comments below!  Either that, or just leave a little blog love for this sweet family!!!  I hope everyone is having a great weekend!!

I wanted to also say thank you to this family - this was their third session this year, and it’s been so much fun watching your family grow and change!!  =)

This is the Beauty I was lucky enough to spend my morning with!  Her mama and I tested out the light in my new house and chatted while the little Miss fought hard against going to sleep.  She decided sleep was overrated and instead, much preferred to eat her morning away.  Who doesn’t prefer that?  ;)  And so, we waited patiently.  Until the very end when we got this:

I have a million and one images to get through, but this one kind of jumped out at me and I wanted to share really quickly.  Stay tuned for many more to come in the next few days!  I have a maternity session in an hour, so I need to get ready for that.  It’s going to be a full weekend with a senior session on Sunday, but that’s fine by me.  ;)  Just grateful to be busy and given the opportunity to do what I love.  Have a happy weekend!!

I wanted to share a *few* more from this session; as you can tell, I had a hard time choosing from more than enough images filled with beautiful light, adorable smiles, bright blue eyes and quite a few giggles.  I do love my job!  Proofing these has been a respite from the pounding of hardwood installation, painting and numerous other renovations being completed at our new house.  It’s insanity, but I’m getting really excited to finally have progress!   Thanks to this family for such a fun afternoon!

This little girlie was so beautiful and so sweet.  And might I mention, wide awake for the majority of our little session.  =)  We waited ever-so-patiently for these sleeping shots, but when I asked her who she thought was the cutest baby, she seemed to think she had the answer:

But she did finally nod off, and I just adored her pouty little lips…

Loved this.