Sneak Peek! B. Family...

I had the honor of photographing my high school friends' kids this week. They were up visiting from South Carolina and while it looks like we're not going to be able to get together for drinks and reminiscing with the old group of girls, I got to meet her kiddos! The kids are adorable, spunky, full of energy and a dash of attitude- wonder where they get that???? LOL. Love ya Barb!
I had a great time, your kids are beautiful and I miss you, move home!
Enjoy your sneek peek- it's a bit of a random selection, I have a ton of images that I love from your session... hope this holds you over till I can finish them!

Horses!

Life has a tendancy to get away from me... tell me it happens to the rest of the world too, right? I'm not the only one? There have been many shocks and changes around here, some rather upsetting things, to put it lightly, from my hubby getting laid off along with over 700 of his co-workers, to the loss of my sister and her familys' house in a fire last week, it has been a not so good July. I think we are going to skip July from now on. Yup, not a good month for our family. SO- in the midst of all the stress, saddness, confusion and fear- I was SO happy and blessed to go up and take pictures of my sisters' horses. I had forgotten how incredible these animals are and how they can make you feel. I don't think I stopped smiling the whole time I was up there. They're just so beautiful and calming. I remember feeling so centered when I was younger and used to ride. Just being around them can make you feel better- it's no wonder there are so many therapy programs that involve horses. It's no wonder to me that my sister has such love for her horses- for her babies. She glows when she's with them, she's so amazing the way she handles them, the way they respond to her. SO today, I am going to share just a couple of the "artsy" images I was able to get up there (unfortunately I ran out of space on my cards, so I didn't get to do too many artsy shots, but that's ok, I'll go back again, I'm sure!)
One of the babies- they're so dang cute and spunky!


Mama-



That's all for now- I have to get the kids to swimming now! Summer is always a busy time for us- just call me "Taxi Mom!"

Clowning around... engagement session

This is the END of the monster engagement session I did for my sister in law Katrina and her adorable fiance Ryan... I saved the funny ones for last. I love that you can get a peek at their fun side in these. Now they're not all goofy, but the first one, well it sais it all, don't ya think?
"Haaaay"

Newborn to Senior

I'm wrapping up some loose ends, finnishing some editing, building a blogsite that has bigger images (because frankly I'm sick of my horizontal images getting cut off no matter how small I size them and I'm sick of tiny pictures that don't fill the screen.) I've been couped up indoors for two days and my social skills are hurting from it. I'm done with the rain and cold tempatures. Though I am thankful we havne't turned on the AC yet, though I'm sure NYSEG is bumming.

So- the loose ends, I finally got around to making this sweet collage of newborn pictures from miss H's session. I'm in love with the perfect little lips and soft skin.



And now for the Senior stuff- a couple more favorites from the Trash the Prom Dress session I did this week...









I simply LOVE her eyes- I bet she's got her Daddy wrapped around her little finger with eyes like that...

Trash the Prom Dress!!!

It's prom season, well, the end of prom season anyway. After all the coursages have wilted and died, the music has been played, the up-do's have been replaced with ponytails and the dress you chose to fit perfectly hangs in the closet- or sits on the floor in the general area of the closet. All that's left is graduation and fading memories. But what to do with the dress??? Wear it again? Hang it in the closet so you can find it 20 years later when mom and dad finally make you "take all your old stuff or they'll throw it out!"... Nahhh, where's the fun in that???

Trash It!!!

This beautiful girl is blessed with many a formal dress that she'll never wear again- which makes for a fantastic wardrobe of options... Enjoy these, and I'll get a few more up as I wade through them all!

Seriously... beautiful

I have shared this couple before, in fact these are from the same session, but as I edit the remaining gazillion images, I keep falling in love with them more. So I just might dedicate more than the typical one "sneak peek". Since I have SO many images to edit from that session, they were such good sports about doing all kinds of nutty things, and it's taking a bit longer than normal, I'll give them a few extra sneaks- and everyone else gets to see more of the session! Win on all angles.

SO- without further adieu here's the happy couple:






oh- She's beautiful in B&W, but those eyes deserve the color, seriously...

Can't help myself...

I already posted the sneak peek for the S family, but I finished editing the rest of the session and I just HAVE to share this one too.



That's all.


Oh- PS- hopefully sometime next week I'll be posting pictures of a different kind of Baby!!! Congrats to my amazing sister on her TWO new babies!!! I can't wait to see them and take their pictures... I almost came over today, only it'll be easier without Isabelle, just DON'T tell her!