He can dance, and cutie pies.

  I had no idea my son Noah was a dancer at school, and why he's dancing at school is beyond me, but his teacher listed his great dancing as something that she was thankful for on Thanksgiving.  I am proud... After all, we all know where he got his mad skillz (or as the kids would say scales).   Nevermind that he's an expressive reader, home boy can dance!   Here's proof, along with a few cuties from a portrait session.   I shot this session at their beautiful home on the lake.   Their daughter was adorable and let us play dress up with her for an hour, and then two of her besties came over to join in on the fun.

Fall Family Sessions

Sunny , 70's and pretty leaves.  It's perfect this November, and perfect for pictures.    It went from being so cold that I wondered where fall went....to this.    I'm loving it, but before it gets too cold I've gotta get my own kids out for some pictures in their new outfits (family pics in mind).  Abby's is purple, and we're all gonna match her.   It's pretty much all about the princess anyway.    Speaking of princesses check out this sweetie in her pink tutu!  Her mom made it, and if anyone wants one just leave me a comment and I'll get you in touch with her, she made the hat too!  

Cute Kids Session

It was rainy and cold, and we ALMOST had to cancel this session.   But the clouds parted and the sun came out a little, and we went for it!   I'm so glad we did.   We had some fun in the back yard, and then when it got too cold we went inside for some shots on the red couch.   I scooted the love seat over to the foyer and opened the front door so I'd have enough light and it gave their eyes a nice sparkle.

It's a new week (and although my heart is still heavy from losing my grandmother) pictures like these make me happy, and they remind me of my own family too.   I smiled a lot while editing these, they are so cute!

















Oh and for fun, we made faces!

dog breath

We tried getting the baby and the dogs together in a picture. My brilliant idea was to put the dog bone treat inside the blanket by the baby...this is what happened! I love it!

Newborn Portrait Session

All good things come together for good to those who love God and are called according to his purposes Romans 8:28. After months and months of praying and waiting God has united this family. I am blessed to have them be a part of my family too, my church family that is. I look forward to seeing this sweet baby grow and change and become a "big" girl. What an exciting time!

I just have to say WOW to how patient this little darling was with me. She was ready for a nap, but she hung on like a trooper while I snapped away. She wanted to sleep, but not in the hot fuzzy blanket and basket I put her in, and yet she still barely cried the whole time I was shooting. She's just so sweet!

My heart went pitter patter....

when I saw these 2 images. If someone were to ask me what my ideal portrait would look like it would be something like this first one. This father is having so much fun with his boys, and you can almost feel how much he loves them by the smile on his face and how he's leaning into his youngest. It makes me smile.




This little cutie's eyes make me melt. I just love his brown eyes, so I had to share. I think we were discussing the sounds that animals make when I shot this.

Happy Birthday Abby!

5 years ago on May 26,2004 I gave birth to this beautiful little angel! Our sweet daughter is 5, and will soon be going to kindergarten. She loves to have fun, she's adventurous and laughs all the time! She loves to shop and do ballet, and knows the names of every single Star Wars character. She loves to play with her big brother and her baby brother. Happy Birthday to our sweet girl! We love you so much!

Vintage action

Just trying out a new vintage action I found. This photo was a little bright from being in direct sun, and I thought I'd give it a try. To me, it works. I think it looks great. It helped tone down the highlights and gave it an old school feeling which works well with this photo because he's wearing his Dad's outfit from when he was 1. I love finding new ways to process photos, it is so fun!

Bigger Blogs pics and yoga people

Here are more photos from the session in Sandy Springs. I decided to start posting the pics a little bigger...I think it's better, you? So everything went great on Saturday, great couple, gorgeous baby boy, and a huge class of yoga people (I guess that's what they were doing). They came in right at the beginning of the session....couldn't believe it. And wouldn't you know that they layed down their mats and had their class right in the middle of the cute little park. I had to try not to disrupt them with my barking dog imitation, and hope to not get them in any of the shots...but in the end it all turned out just great! And sweet little big boy Aiden was awesome!

1 year old session_sneak peak

I had a session at a new location in Sandy Springs this past weekend. This cutie pie just turned one and his mom contacted me for his 1 year old portraits. His father was photographed in this same sailor outfit when he was one. Isn't that sweet? Happy 1st Birthday!

Family and Newborn Session-Gwinnett County Photographer

Here are some of the photos from a session that I had this week. The little girls are adorable! After speaking with the mom I was thrilled to find out that she wanted to keep everything as casual as possible, and just pretend like I just came and hung out and took pictures! Of course there are some pictures that you try really hard to get, but usually I find that the best pictures are always the ones where everyone is relaxed and just enjoying eachother. Thank you to the family for allowing me to document this special time of having a newborn in the home!