New Year, New Resolution!

Happy very belated New Years to you all! I have been so behind but had a wonderful Christmas with family and a bit of an extended vacation from photos. As much as I love, love, love what I do, it was so nice to not have deadlines to meet and to be able to just enjoy capturing my own family as they celebrated Christmas and New Years.

So a new year is a new beginning and to start this year (and my 3rd year in business) I'm making a photo resolution. I have sorely neglected this blog and my goal this year is to keep it more current with my sessions. I'm determined to get my sessions blogged in a timely fashion so that you all can keep an eye on what I'm up to.

So let's kick the year off with my first session. This was my first family snow session for this year and I loved it. There's something about being out in the snow both bundled and not :-)







And I couldn't resist including Barley in the pics!

Big Brother and Little Sister

This was Lil' Miss K back in January!




And here she is today!


I was lucky enough to photograph Lil' Miss K back in January just when she was just a little peanut. Mama asked me to come back now that she was a bit older. I love being able to see these little ones grow in their first year. So many changes!




She already knows what team to support!





And of course, we had to get some pictures of big brother!

Newborn-ish session :-)

Well, so this little guy was born back in July so he was around 2 mos old when we did the session but he was a preemie and still pretty tiny. What a cute little guy and an absolute blessing to my friend's family. Here are a few shots from our morning together...






We'll be doing a family session in a couple of weeks. Can't wait to get him and his big brother together :-)

The Little Goose :-)

I just love getting to photograph adorable, smiley girls and my cousin's little girl is one of the best. Almost 99% of the time, she is happy as can be, complete with toe wiggles. Now at 18 mos, she's on the move and enjoying being able to explore. It made perfect sense to take her to Keystone State Park so that she could explore a bit there.

So here she is :-)






And after the main session, we got to play a little with Sadie's pettiskirt and a feather boa.



Thank you Amy for letting me play with your sweet little girl!

Senior Session!!

So, I apologize. My blog has been horribly neglected lately. Between keeping up with photo sessions, editing, and my own family, not to mention trying to build and launch a new website... my head is spinning.

So here's my attempt to catch up and hopefully be able to revamp this in the near future too.

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My first senior for the class of 2011! The majority of my time is spent with models who are under 3 ft tall and while I love them, as an artist, I crave variety. So when asked to do senior pictures, I jumped at the opportunity. And I'm so happy that I did.

Despite sprinkles, clouds and a fading sun, we got some amazing images of a gorgeous girl! And she was such a sweetheart to work with.

California Dreaming

So earlier this spring while at a MOPS meeting, I had the privilege of meeting this sweet girl from California who just moved to Pittsburgh. I remember her filling us in on how they basically got off the plane right before the ridiculous 20+ inch record snowfall. Talk about a way to be introduced to Pittsburgh. I was amazed at how even being pregnant and with a 2 yr old, she seemed to just take it all in stride. Wow, what a mom!

And I'm the lucky photographer who got to shoot her maternity session and newborn pics this summer.



This little miss is an absolute doll but you have to be really quick to catch her :-)



I tried to create an illusion of the west coast.




Such a loving family and always willing to explore- here we got to watch baby ducks for a bit.





Then I was able to visit them at their home and do some family shots with their new addition. It was a fun morning and I was so happy we were able to get outside for a few shots. Baby is absolutely beautiful and her big sister was so sweet, giving kisses and "reading" stories.







Thank you DeBruyn Family!

The Little Mister

I still consider myself somewhat of a newbie to all of this. That may be because I look out there and see that there's so much more that I need to learn, not only about photography but also about business. The one thing that I've known from the start is how important word of mouth is. That's why I was so excited to be contacted by this next client. I still get such a thrill out of being contacted by new people interested in having me take their pictures- I also get very nervous (I've always been very shy around people I've never met, kind of odd that my career now relies on me meeting new people). Fortunately, the people I meet at photo sessions are almost always wonderful. This family was no exception. From the moment I entered their home, I felt like a friend and the little guy took no time at all to warm up to the camera. But the smiles were still a challenge to capture.

This little guy is quite the thinker.










An absolutely sweet family and I hope to see them again sometime!

Oh, and I did get a smile from the little guy :-)