Moving...

Announcing an end, and also a beginning.

An end: I will no longer be posting here on this blog... it is officially being 'retired.'

But it's a good thing!

A beginning: From now on, you can find me here, and here.

I've got lots of fun things to post, so please follow me to my new spot!

Working On...

Baby On The Way...

Last week I had the absolute pleasure of taking maternity pictures for this wonderful mama-to-be... It was a gorgeous afternoon and just the perfect day for getting some photos! It was pretty sweet, too, that dad-to-be and big brother-to-be were willing to hang out with us, too. They're going to be such a great family!





I had seen the 'heart on the belly'-type pictures before and didn't know that I'd ever want to do one myself, but when we gave it a try I actually loved how it turned out!















We actually did the session at the house of the grandparents-to-be, so this picture is especially neat because the window that you can see is the bedroom where mama-to-be grew up...





This one? Melts my heart, I just think they look so sweet...





This one is fun with the contrasting patterns and colors...



Thank you soooo much, Liz, for such a fun session! I loved having the opportunity to take pictures for you guys and I'm so excited to meet your new little one in a few months!!

The Sweetest Family

I've been pretty lucky to take pictures for some really great families in the past year... the family I had a session with a couple weeks ago was no exception. In fact, they were just the sweetest family and I can't say enough nice things about them! They're a beautiful family of five, soon to be six... I had so much fun at their session and even though they've very recently moved out of town, I'm hoping they'll be back on my blog after their baby girl arrives!

A Quick Share

I just have to share a few pictures of these two from a session in May...







... such handsome little men!!

Have a nice weekend!!

Heartbreaker

Look out 3-year-old girls, this little guy is going to be a definite heartbreaker!



And so are his two brothers... will show them off soon!!

So Many Good Images

Okay, so there is a photographer I know of who posts pictures from sessions on his/her blog and always, always, ALWAYS says "There were so many good images, I just couldn't choose which photos to post!!" It has kind of always made me wrinkle my nose because he/she says it EVERY time, and I guess to me it has always come off kind of funny, like "I take so many good pictures, I'm just amazing!" I'm sure he/she means something more along the lines of, "This kiddo was soooo cute, she just looks beautiful in every single picture and I can't decide which ones I like best to post!" But... that isn't how it sounds! I swear! So, I've always promised myself I wouldn't say that on one of my blog posts.

Well... I'm breaking that promise!! {Sort of.}

The little girl from this session is just soooo adorable (and I'm not just saying that because she's the daughter of my husband's cousin)! I'm serious, she just looks so precious in every picture... I was going through and trying to choose which ones to post on my blog (of course choosing mostly, if not all headshots because that's usually what I do!), and I'm serious... THERE WERE SO MANY GOOD IMAGES, I JUST COULDN'T CHOOSE WHICH PHOTOS TO POST!!!

HA! There, I said it. But, I can assure you I do not mean "I take so many good pictures, I'm just amazing!" I just mean, "Wow, this kiddo is soooo cute, she just looks beautiful in every single picture and I can't decide which ones I like best to post!"

So I'm posting a bunch of them :)

Lucky Me

This is one of the sessions I'm working on right now~ another totally adorable little girl...!

Feeling pretty lucky to have such fun projects!



Can't wait to share some more of her pictures...!

Kikibeans

Here is little miss Kikibeans!! She is just beautiful, and so much fun...







And here she is with her pretty mama...







Can you believe her eyelashes?!? Oh my goodness...





Okay, so here's a fun fact about photos, "Kristen Olson-style"~ When I take pictures, I find myself taking mostly close-ups... I often have to remind myself mid-shoot to take a few steps back and get more than just head shots (as you'll see very clearly in an upcoming post~ totally just head shots!). I guess face shots are just "my thing"... Even when I was going through Kikibeans pictures to pick which ones to post on the blog~ I picked all head shots (did you notice that?). Those are totally the ones I gravitate towards!! Well, I noticed it and so I spent a little bit of time before I posted this looking through the rest of the pictures and started to pick out a few that were more wide-angle shots just to show a little variety (and something more than just her adorable head and shoulders)... but truthfully? These are my favorite and I guess that's okay with me... I like what I like.

And she has such a pretty little head, doesn't she?!?