After the hustle and bustle of fall portrait and Christmas card season, this photographer is taking a much needed vacation.  Starting Monday, December 21st- January 4th, I will be out of the office.  I want to spend the rest of this week concentrating on my family and what this coming holiday means to me and our family.  After Christmas we are going on a highly anticipation family vacation and will be away from the computer.  I do have access to my email if something is incredible urgent but won’t be available at all times, even through email.
I want to take this time to again thank all of my amazing clients this year.  It has been an incredible year;  full of learning experiences, tons of laughs, millions of silly noises (by me, to get those sweet children to smile!!) and I thank you for following me on my journey.  I pray that you and your family have a blessed Christmas; delighting in what it means to be a family, the miracle of His birth and the beauty of it all.   Happy New Year, I’m excited for what 2010 brings and the changes it brings in your children as I get to capture them growing!
And fittingly… a little bit of love shown by my own sweet children:

Summer

So this session was just MEANT to be.  Mom and I both wanted an outdoor session for little Mr H for his one year session.  His first birthday, however, is in the middle of December.  We all know that we have mild winters here in TN (no matter how  many times we pray for a White Christmas!!) but today was an EXCEPTION.  Today was crazy warm and even the thick clouds gave away to beautiful sun!  Just wow!  So we had a great session walking around the square of Franklin, TN.  We had some GREAT store owners who very gracious in allowing us to use their benches (Thank you Ivey and Prim and Paper)!  Put it all together and we had a super fun session.  To top it ALL off, this is my last session of 2009.  What a great way to end an AMAZING year.  Thank you to all my clients from the past year! To celebrate that, Mr H’s mommy gets a larger than usual sneak peek… enjoy!

To start it off… some amazing connections here.  This momma and daddy LOVE their son and you can just FEEL it, being around them!

She slept for us! There isn’t much sweeter than a sweet little newborn who is content and sleepy, curls up and ahhhh… beauty!  Enjoy!

Oh man, oh man, oh man!  I had a newborn session tonight and this little guy was just sooo sooo sweet.  We had some GOOD laughs (hope mom is all cleaned up now!).   After a bottle and some swaddling, though, we were good to go and got some super sweet images of this precious little boy.  Enjoy!

Summer

This time of year, I’m blessed with clients who want ME to capture their family.  They might get Christmas cards to send to all their friends and family or they might be buying portraits for gifts.   Or maybe its just for themselves.  This time of year, people in MY family also want some of those portraits.  You’ve seen my sister’s children and now you get to see my husband’s side.  Every year, my mother in law, likes to get some shots of her with my father in law plus all the grandkids.  Originally we had planned a full session but instead ended up looking for just one good shots for the Christmas cards.  Here it is!   You’ll recognize my beautiful girls here and the little boys are my nephews.   Enjoy!

Summer

I’ve photographed these sweet children THREE times now.  I have loved watching little M grow and getting to see big M turn into a little lady.   This time it was little M’s FIRST birthday session, yay!  At the last minute we decided to use the last few warmish days of this fall for an outdoor session.  We used the lovely Oakland’s Mansion area and had a fun time.  We have plans to still do a mini session for little M’s cake smash, so look forward to that!  Enjoy!

Summer

I can honestly say that I like all of my clients.  I enjoy my job, enjoy photographing children and enjoy meeting new people.  But every once in a while I get to photograph someone(s) that aren’t just clients.  This time, its my own niece and nephew.  So not only do I like these clients, I love ‘em!  Alot of times photographing children that KNOW you well is more difficult than photographing children that don’t know you.  This time last year, these sweet little ones were some of my first few clients.  Although they are beautiful (then and now), my nephew gave me a run for my money last year… and did NOT want to be photographed.  This year I can 100% say that this was one of the easiest sessions I’ve had all year.  They did great and we got done quickly.  Which was good because today was pretty dang cold and the clouds just kept rolling in, thicker and thicker!  Without further ado: some good looking kids that I have a little claim on! Enjoy!

Summer