i met up with hailey and her amazing friend and cousin a few weekends ago. it was so fun to get to play and photograph little girls who are my own Mikayla’s age…dress up and tutu’s and all that fun girl stuff! sigh…i just love having girls so much and this session was just a joy to my heart and soul!

daily mantra:

“For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.”

{audrey.hepburn}

love always. me.

…

it’s not what you wear that is important to your session….it’s not your shoes….your make up. it’s you. fabulous, wonderful, perfect in non-perfect form…you.

that is expecting a lot though, isn’t it? being you?

i find children facinating because they are comfortable in their own self. that is what led me most to photographing children. their honesty. if they are sad, you know. if they are happy, you know. if they want a piece of cake, you know.

i know i ask a lot of adults when they come to me and i tell them to show their love in front of the camera. it IS difficult to forget those inhibitions that are painted on like layers as we move through our lives. i have them too. actually, i have them all. haha.

but maybe, just maybe, if you know what inspires me most in the whole wide world is YOU, that will make it a bit easier.

{and yes, if being you is wearing your old pair of roller skates and barreling through the Old Port, that is completely okay}

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and this is good stuff…you should watch it.

“people ask me when they walk into the shop which artist is the best and most well known…i tell them, the most popular artist is the one YOU love the most…”

{mexican.art.gallery.host}

my welcome home present….this beautiful canvas of Brian and Melissa custom wrapped by Roxanne and Company at Pixel 2 Canvas. after trying several canvas companies, i have finally found my home at Pixel 2 Canvas, a company that caters exclusively to professional photographers and just creates the most magical printed canvas i have ever seen.  my advice to clients wanting a canvas… GO BIG!! this is a true investment in your personal history that will last a lifetime. Brian and Mel chose the 20 x 30….and honestly it has inspired me to think bigger for my own home gallery.

a little over a week ago {yes, i am terribly behind on editing AND blogging…i am catching up though} i met up with another one of my first clients EVER. i feel continually blessed to watch my famlies grow and evolve…its hard to believe that so much can happen in a years time for us all!

it was a chilly day, but we braved the corn maze and pumpkin patches to grasp onto some of Fall’s last breaths.

daily mantra: life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can. {danny.kaye}

as soon as forever is through, i’ll be over you…{unknown}

I had a wonderful session this past weekend with this adorable little bundle of love and his sweet parents. He was a perfect sleeping prince for almost the whole time, and I was just amazed at how wonderfully relaxed he was during the entire shoot. This is how I wish every newborn session unfolded. He was so heavenly I had all I could do to not pack him up in the car with the rest of my stuff. Newborns are definetly a job hazard in this industry…every time I photograph one now, I think that perhaps its possible for me to handle just ONE more.

daily mantra….children reinvent the world for you…{susan.surandon}

{anne.lammot}

Daily Mantra:

“Dancing is like dreaming with your feet.”

{constanze}

Daily Mantra:

{james.taylor}

Goodnight you moonlight ladies
Rockabye sweet baby James
Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose
Wont you let me go down in my dreams
And rockabye sweet baby James.

There are few things more exciting in life that bringing home a new little one.

Little James actually belongs to one my very first clients ever, so it was a homecoming of sorts too.

I am sure you remember this sweet girl with the beautiful red hair…Miss Sophie.

…she truly is embracing becoming a big sister.

Its a hard job.

Babies are a pure art…even if they do make you get up in the middle of the night.

There is so much connection in this family…so much fun and love, and it comes across in every photograph.