Davis Kids

This baby girl would not smile for us, but isn’t this shot just the cutest!!  Enjoy the sneal peek!

Dunmire Kids

These boys were too cute with their little sister!  I can’t say much, but I just wanted to get a few sneak peeks up!  Enjoy…

 

David & Nina: E-Session Sneek Peak!

Wow, the last two days have been extremely HOT!  We do not have A/C, so I have been trying to keep my house cool as a cave.  Closed windows, with all of my backdrops acting as extra curtains blocking the sun!  iT’S BEEN PRETTY BAD.  But, today was a great escape to go over to the Oregon coast where it will be perfect! 

David and Nina are getting married July 12, 2008.  They are first to start the back-to-back weekend wedding season!  I enjoyed doing this shoot, we just did whatever came to our minds.  They are SUPER sweet together, and I could just tell that they are totally in love!  AND they were great kissers!  Just look at this first shot…

Cheers!

What a stud.

I saw some really cool drift wood while we were out, I could do a whole shoot on cool stuff at the beach!

 

McNamee Clan

These were taken around bedtime for these guys yesterday.  Fortunately, they still had some good energy for us to capture on film!  The last time I took pictures of these kiddos was when the youngest boy was 9 months I think!  Now, they have a baby sister Catelin.  (She’s that super tiny baby sitting up in the wild flowers.  I ADORE this shot.

We did the lolipops with these guys too, and there are some great smiles, but I love how this picture feels

 

Luke & Keller: Double Trouble

We had two photo shoots yesterday, the first was for these two litttle guys.  They were oh so cute, and fun to play with (once we got past the uncomfortable “I-will-refuse-to-smile-for-this-stranger-because-I-am-two” phase!)  We also saved the best for Last…LOLIPOPS!

This first picturte was his peace offering!  (We had Mom hide ’cause it seemed to keep them from thinking she would save them.  Imagine little toddler tears and chubby arms reaching out to their mother for sanctuary!)  As soon as he realized it was just him and me, I was surprised by his super sweet, smiling gesture.  You can still see his tears…

And this is Luke, I loved this little expression…one of MANY!

Now we’re smiling…

 

Spencer Boys: Sneak Peek

These boys were all brothers (5 boys!  Amazing!), and they were so much fun to shoot!  No offense, but I’d been stressing all day about shooting five boys at once, because, I mean, how crazy could it get if things got a little out of hand?  It was a complete unknown to me, so I was bracing myself for a totally new experience.  Well, I can’t say enough about how good these kids were.  They were so cooperative, and well behaved.  I came home thinking, “okay, I have a lot of work to do!”  My boys better be good too!! ;P

Thank you to you guys for such a great experience, and always a shout out to kymberly, who I know is going to see this, for being here for me this month!

 

Ivy: 2 Years Old!

Well, Ivy is the first children’s session during this beautiful month!  The sun is shining, and the trees are blooming.  Kymberly (Ivy’s mom) and I have known eachother for two years now, and I’ve been playing with her kids and pictures for as long as I’ve known her!  The first time I took pictures of Ivy was when she was six months old, I believe.  NOW she’s two years old with a super sweet personality.  I enjoyed the one-on-one time I had to spend with her and try to capture her little soul in a photograph.  Boy, was I pleased!

 

Jason & Karina: Sneak Peek

Yeay, Spring is finally shining! Although the weather has still been just a little unpredictable. As I was driving to meet these guys in dowtown Salem, it started pouring! I was tempted to call and cancel, but I just said to myself, “wait, you never know what’ll happen…” Sure enough, it was beautiful. I’ve had it happen too many times when I’ve cancelled a shoot and as soon as we would’ve started, the clouds part and the sun shines through, with angels singing…”Ooohh, yeeeeee of little faaaiiith…”
Enough fun, Here is a sneak peek for Jason and Karina. We had a lot of fun and got some amazing pictures! They were both naturals, and seemed truely comfortable in front of the camera. Jason was also okay with taking some shots with Karina’s second love, cute shoes and purses!

Thomas & Amber: E-Session Sneak Peek!

Today I had the joy of shooting this happy couple!  It really saved my day too.  I was really having a crummy day and I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to get my game on and rock it, but as soon as we started, I new that everything was going to be great!  I loved everything about this shoot, and they are both super photogenic.  Amber, you are so cute.  Thank you for saving my weekend:)

Thomas was tossing a blossom up in the air for Bailey (the cute dog!) to catch in her mouth!

Jordan & Rachel: E-Session

So, my family and I woke up this moring feeling the sore throat-grogy head thing that’s been going around.  With some quick thinking, my husband calls his Mother who came up and helped us out!  It was fabulous…lemme tell ya.

Thanks to her, I was able to sleep a bunch, and gather enough energy to shoot Jordan and Rachel’s engagement pictures!  We had a blast, and speaking of counting your blessings, the clouds opened a little and stopped raining just enough to let us do it in the first place.  So, it was meant to be.  Jordan and Rachel were naturals when I just let them be.  Rachel is just a great person with a great family, and Jordan is very real and a down to earth guy.  Come to find out, I took art classes at the same community college that he had, so we got to share a little gossip about our good ‘ol Instructors (I really did enjoy all of my art teachers!!).

So, this is just a sneak peek. I tried some fun new places out here in Monmouth/Independence, and I’m also trying some new digital effects, even a little texture on one.  Let me know what you think!