Beautiful Sweet Family

I always feel honored when people ask me to photograph their children/family. It's like they've invited me into their world (sometimes their homes) for a little bit to witness how much they truly care about one another, and value the time they have with each other. That's really how I felt today with this family.

I've had a lot of laid back dads lately and I'm really starting to like it! He was as about as eas-going as they come. Sometimes I can tell that dads just don't want to be there and are probably thinking about mowing the grass, or catching a game on television (ahemm... my husband??!!) but this one seemed to really enjoy the time with his family... who could blame him?

A Weekend Off!

Around here, a weekend off is a rarity but I took this weekend off so that I could have a yard sale and spend some time with Madeline. I must say, despite lugging around, tagging, folding, and hanging a ton of the oodles of things we've managed to hoard in our basement, I had a great time spending two beautiful days outside with Madeline. We even both took a nap outside on Saturday. Ahhh, Spring how I love thee...

Two days and some junk free later, it's Sunday and I'm ready to start this week! I have a busy weekend coming up with some sessions and I'm looking forward to it.

And because I don't like to end without a photo, here's another beautiful shot of the lovely maternity session I had earlier in the week.

Radiant

So when I walked up to this house, right away I saw a large incredible photograph that was turned into a painting, a candid, natural photograph... and was thrilled that they had incredible taste. And then, this gorgeous and very sweet mom to be introduces herself and shows me all of the beautiful clothing she had picked out for her maternity session... and I was even more thrilled that she put so much thought into how her photographs would look. The nursery was adorable and I can not wait to come back and photograph her beautiful little girl in it. I love doing before and after shots. Needless-to-say, this session was beautiful for many reasons and the weather cooperated after having to reschedule twice@

Hands down, this is my favorite photograph of the session. If it were a photo of me, I think I'd be bragging (with every right to do so!) all over town about how beautiful I look in it!

The Perfect Pear

I had the fabulous opportunity to photograph these perfect babies on Saturday AND not only were they absolutely a dream to work with, but I also brought a long a second shooter/assistant/aspiring awesome photographer (she's going to be stiff competition for me one day!)...a girl could get used to sessions like these!

These sweet boys were just 10 days old and I was quite impressed with how well their mom and dad were adjusting to their new roles. They did it with such ease and the happiness on their faces was so easy to see. Perhaps that had something to do with how well the session went!

Thanks so much D & B... we had an amazing time with your new family and we hope you adore the photographs as much as we do!

Happy Birthday Sweet Boy!

I have been lucky enough to photograph this happy boy at 3 months...

then at 6 months...

...and now again celebrating his first birthday soon. Notice how incredibly easy he makes my job?!!! He's one of the happiest babies I've ever photographed and I'm so thankful to have been able to watch him keep getting cuter, and cuter and cuter, if that's even possible.

Happy birthday sweet boy and thank you so much D family for the privelege! You two have much to celebrate!

And a first birthday is not complete without cake. Love his unsure face here!

But that didn't last very long!

The evidence and the guilty face! "What do you expect from me, I'm gonna be 1 not 21!"

Love this family

Do you know how I booked this session? I just emailed my dear friend here and said, "You have an appointment at this time and location. Will not take any excuses, except maybe if you're on your deathbed, but only then, just maybe." Amber is the kindest and most warm-hearted person, so much so that she would never think to schedule photos with HER in them!

Sometimes life gets in the way and we think we're too busy for photos and we think, "Ah well, I take photos all the time with my good old Kodak camera, that's good enough." But, how many of them are really timeless? And how often are us moms in the photos? And those photos that we have of us as children with our parents, how many do we have that we cherish? I know I only have a handful with my parents and I old onto them tightly. I think photos are just as much for our kids one day as they are for us. Anyway, I loved doing these and I love this family. Maybe one day we can convince dad to join!

Happy Mother's Day to a wonderful mom and beautiful friend!

This photo makes my heart sing! The matilda jane clothes, the flowers, but especially the look of geniune happiness.

Love everything about this photo too. The fishing lure in his hands, his stance with his feet together and his John Wayne hat.

She didn't want to hold the parasol so he held it for her over her head!

I actually have quite a few of her smiling into the camera but I really love this.

Beautiful everything

Somehow I've fallen a behind in my editing process so this share will be a little brief for now but.... worth it! I recently found *THE CHAIR* I've been looking for now for over a year. I love it and these beautiful girls helped me model it last weekend at the most gorgeous place on Earth, Catoctin Mountain Orchard!
No, the middle one is not the older sister!





A few more to come from this session later this week!