Nadine and Steven

My wedding season officially kicked of at the begining of June and of course it was AMAZING! Yes it was hot, yes it was stormy and yes we did not have air anywhere we went. With all of these conditions we still managed to create beautiful imagery. I have knocked on wood and will say I have yet to this day have had rain ruin pictures!
Nadine and Steven wowed their guests with beautiful details everywhere. Stunning colors and beautiful flowers. There was laughter and smiles throughout the day. I could not have asked for a better bride and groom.  Did I mention that we met up the following Monday for a bridal session?!

Congrats Nadine and Steven!

GRAND OPENING THIS FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brody's Birthday

I remember 3 months ago I started planning Brody's party. It started off simple and then dreams started. Circus tent, cotton candy machine, popcorn machine, costumes and lots of guests! Within that first week or maybe two my dreams came to a complete halt! Yep my family brought me back down to ground. Have you ever tried planning a studio opening and first birthday within a week of each other?! Yikes what was I thinking?! So I did a major scale back and decided there were certain things that were most important for his party. Number 1 was cake and you know I LOVE cake. Then came the other little details to bring it together. Tissue flowers to hang, vintage toys, and PICTURES. Had to have pictures of my little guy everywhere.

Thank you to all of our family who came and ate cake. We have tons left but I am NOT sharing.

Happy June!

June is here already! Yikes!!! I am horribly behind on posting. So hopefully I can catch up after the Grand Opening June 18th. For now here are a few bridal sessions I worked on a few weeks ago. Thank you to Nancy Dye for hair and Mary Hammer for makeup!

Happy Birthday Brody!

This past year has been a whirlwind. I keep looking back through my archives thinking "really he is ONE, no this can't be?!" It seems like just yesterday I was checking into the hospital for my quick delivery, bringing him home, waking up in the middle of the  night, watching him roll over, his first smile, andall of those other amazing firsts. My little baby  no longer resembles a baby but he will forever be my little one. my youngest, my love. I was very curious what his personality would develop into as he has grown. He is such a relaxed curious little guy.  He giggles when his brother and sister walk into the room and chuckles when daddy gets him in the neck. He now walks with that mummy stumble which always  gets a laugh out of everyone.  One day I will pull out all of his pictures from his first year and show them to him. He will probably think I am crazy for the thousands of pictures I have of him or appreciate that I captured him in a different way everyday. I am one very lucky mommy to have a healthy beautiful child!

Happy birthday to my Brody!!

Brides Galore!

Several weeks ago myself and fellow photographer friend Danielle Neil team up to start working on off camera flash. I am personally gearing up for my weddings this season and working on my new lighting to offer to my clients. Something more dramatic.  I also was lucky enough to have my friend and hairstylist Nancy come in to do hair. I think we will all remember that evening well with the chill in the air and the crazy crazy winds. All 3 brides really worked it out and we came home with some awesome images. Here are just a few!

Hard Work Pays Off

Handwashing the floors!

Moving props from one side to the other...What a mess!

Trying to beat a 2 second timer....this should tell the story.

Friday evening was spent with 4 wonderful ladies who volunteered their time to help me in the studio. We spent 4 hours washing 700 sq ft of floors, touching up paint and most important staging the studio for the upcoming Grand Opening. Hard work really pays off! I hope to see many of you at the studio Friday June 18th between 6-10pm.