A Surprise Session!

How beautiful are these two girls! I mean seriously! They both need to be on the cover or something!! Dollie asked me to come to their property to do a surprise session for her hubby's bday. And I couldn't have been more honored. We got all 3 of his babies in the pics (wife, daughter and tuck).
It was a fabulous morning, the sun was pe...rfect. AND as if that isn't enough....they live on an amazing property. I kept saying it was a Photographers Amusement Park! LOL. I could have been there all day! So much fun!! SO many neat things to photograph in, on and around :)

Thanks again ladies for a super fun session!
I hope your hubby was surprised!!!

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I {Heart} Faces! Photo Challenge!

This weeks Photo Challenge over at I Heart Faces is Sun Flare, something I just can not resist! :)

Happy Tuesday!

I {Heart} Faces! Fix It Friday # 83

Look at me, 2 blog posts in 7 days! That might be a new record ;)
It's Fix it Friday again over at I Heart Faces! Have you checked them out yet??? Well, you should!!

Here is the image posted SOOC (straight out of camera) as well as my 2 edits!
Happy Friday!











What did I do??
Did some curve adjustments
Did a little dogging and some slight burning
Added a Jessica Drossin Texture
Used Center Fill Light from Florabella Actions
And used Vanilla Pop (with some tweaking of my own) from Paint The Moon
And did some sharpening
Tada :)

I Heart Faces-Fix It Friday #82

In my attempt to become a more active blogger, I am have decided to take advantage and participate in all the fun over at I Heart Faces!


Today is Fix It Friday. They provide an image SOOC (straight out of the camera) and basically give you creative freedom to edit the way you like.
Today's image is of a beautiful little girl. The first thing I noticed about her were those amazing eyes! So in editing this image I wanted to get them to stand out!






Edited using CS4---on my laptop, shhhh! Don't tell on me ;)
Jessica Drossin Texture
Sarah Dee Actions---Spring Set
MCP Eye Doctor

The M Family!

So I have decided, I am no good at keeping up with this whole blog deal...but I am going to keep on trying! I have been a busy girl, and I am going to use that as my excuse :)
So time to play catch up!
Meet the M family!! They are actually very close family friends of ours, and I was honored when they asked me to do some new family photos of them! Little E {the big sis} is my 4 year olds girlfriend :) Too cute! My boys actually came a long with me to this session. Kaleb followed closely behind me with our old point and shoot camera taking photos himself. And he did very well if I do say so myself!!

i {heart} faces-Surprise!!

I have been a fan, or "liker" of I Heart Faces on FB for sometime now, but this is my first time entering in their weekly photo challenge! It is so fun to look around at other blogs and entries and get some creative inspiration!


This weeks Photo Challenge-SURPRISE!

Princess {P} 6 Months!

I have been capturing this adorable family since baby Paige was still in mommys belly! It is so rewarding to me to get to watch her grown and capture such monumental milestones for them! I can not believe she is already 6months old!

Summer Time Photo Contest!!!!

What I have been up to!

Bad Alix

Wow, so I have totally neglected my blog :( Exactly what I said I wasn't going to do! Oops! Time just gets away from you so quickly! But I am working on some new fun stuff and will get all the updates posted ASAP!

*I hope I win, I hope I win......and good luck to you to*

Epiphanie is having one of the best give-a-ways ever! A 5D Mark II!! I will literally fall over if I win!! Be sure to enter for yourself!!!

Good Luck!

*I hope I win, I hope I win, I hope I win....

Gotta love the outtakes!

So, I already have been horrible at keeping up with my blog!! Boo me!!! But the reason for that is because I have been so busy! So that is great news :) Voting is up and going for my cutest kids contest, and I am very pleased at how well it is going!! Anywho, I wanted to share this awesome outtake from last nights session! I actually didn't even realize I had captured the moment till uploaded the session to my computer!! Here it is...and just another reason I love my job, NEVER a dull moment!!!

Who doesn't like free stuff??

One of my fellow photographer friends is having a awesome giveaway!! Check it out!!

Just a tip!

Sneaky Momma Blog Design just made a post with a great tutorial from Clover Lane on how to make a FREE header with Picasa!
-I think that is enough plugs for one blog post ;)

Such a nice compliment!

Meet {T} and her family!! They came to me as a referral from my latest newborn session! I LOVE getting referrals, that is really one of the greatest compliments a client can give me! Knowing they loved their session so much that they are confident in sending family and friends my way!...anyways, I am losing focus....
When {T} called me to set up her family session she informed me that she and her family had recently gone to Target Studios for pictures and said "I wish I would have just come to you in the first place." And that right there is another GREAT compliment. I am sorry to those who go to the run of the mill chain studios and walk away unhappy. And believe me, I understand why people go there. The prices are so low it's hard not to pass it up. Before becoming a "Professional" myself we went to Target Studios a few times. I just want people to understand that while my prices are higher than those cheap chain studios, with me (or most any other professional photographer) you get an experience. You get a bond, and you get MY full attention. I want all my clients to walk away happy. I want them all to feel comfortable with me, and I don't want them to feel rushed. If you are booked with me, you are my ONLY session that day. I do that so that I don't have to rush you out the door to get more clients in. I do that because I care. I take my time in editing photos and adding my personal touch that make them unique and beautiful....Ok, I am rambling again....
Thank you {T} for the compliment you probably didn't even know you gave me :)

I call this one, what is in my toes?? LOL

My most challenging clients...

are my own kids!! And I think most photographers will agree with this! I love photographing my kids, but my goodness do they test my limits.
Don't let those baby blues fool you! Once I switch my camera on, the little horns come out! There is usually a fight, some tears, lots of silly faces and blank stares but after some bribery I can usually get one or two keepers!
Here is what we got today, out-takes and all! I got this pretty dark gray background a couple weeks ago and have been dying to use it. So this afternoon I decided to rock the boys out and give it a go.