baby scarlett

The "M" family has added a new member, meet little Miss Scarlett. She was a precious dolly during her shoot (do I say that about all the newborns I photograph? If so it's always true! I LOVE them and their precious newness). Lucky for me Scarlett's Mama has a fabulous sense of style so there was no end to the options for posing and backdrops around their beautiful home.

Bethany & Tyler

Bethany & Tyler were married on a cold, gray,and drizzly Saturday in January. She toughed out the weather in her sleeveless dress for some photos in the park. They turned out beautiful and I think the gray skies added a little bit of drama to the photos.

paper airplanes

Me and Karen collaborated on this fun and boyish paper airplane shoot. It is always fun to use my imagination and create something from an image I see in my mind. I am a absolute failure at making paper airplanes so luckily Karen was able to make all these:)

She also made this cute love pendant. Love Rowen's little face peeking through the v and the e...

Christmas photos 2011

My family is on the blog today! I put a little more effort than usual into our family photos this year. After I had put together our outfits (one of my favorite parts of a shoot!).We packed up the kids, grabbed my little sister to help us out and headed out in search of snow. I adjusted my camera settings and handed the camera over to my sister Melea to shoot the whole family together. I discovered I am no where near as patient and calm as I thought I would be about getting a family photo! Even though I know they ALWAYS turn out best when everyone is having fun and parents are extra patient with the kiddos...oops:)

Me and the love of my life. Let me just brag a bit about this guy. He is a full time employee, a full time student, a awesome hands on father and a loving sweet, and funny husband. He does this all with no complaining and I don't think I have ever seen him stressed out (even during finals week!)

My older sister Tristi (who designs our Christmas cards) surprised me with this beautiful scrapbook of all the photos we took as a Christmas gift! I LOVE it! Such a thoughtful gift. It made me tear up a little when I opened it.

pink...

Just finished up this pretty little shoot for Dandelion Daydreaming. I'm loving all the pink girliness!

Decorating for Christmas

Thanksgiving is over I can finally feel free to deck out my house in all things Christmas! I love it I haven't (yet) gone as overboard as previous years but there's still time. I love finding new ways to use old ornaments and decorations. My swag of white berries on the fireplace is actually a wreath (unwound) that hangs on my wall year round. Last year I revamped my ornaments by covering them in sheet music. I also went to Targets after Christmas sale and bought a ton of decorations in my new theme of gold and cream for 75% off. I had forgotten all about it until I opened up my Christmas bin to find all the new ornaments!

 I love how my mirror card hanger thingy (for lack of a better word! It is just twine strung in a zig-zag over a mirror) turned out. Especially since in the reflection you can see the back of the cards that are printed on both sides. I love double sided cards but hate how once there hung you can't see the back. By the way you should all feel bad for me that I don't have a ton of cards yet so please send me some;)

 close up of the details.

family fun

Isn't this a fun, original idea for a family shoot? Tanaisa wanted a original photo shoot that showed how they are as a family. Since they all happened to have Adidas sweatsuits and love to play together this is what she came up with. I love the action shots and the kids had a blast running around kicking soccer balls, and playing on the bleachers at the high school. I think it shows in pictures if the kids are having fun.