I ♥ Faces! Adults

My iHeartFaces adults "joy" entry is pretty evident. There is no greater joy than that of a first time mother with her new baby.

I ♥ Faces! Kids

As I was searching through my photos trying to find the perfect picture for my iHeartFaces kids "joy" entry it hit me... I don't have to have the child with the biggest grin. Joy comes in all forms. The picture below is a little girl I photographed not to long ago. Her eyes lit up as she saw her mom walking towards her. It amazes me the unconditional love and joy our children show us just because we are near! I hope you enjoy this weeks "kids" entry!

♥ Baby Haylee ♥

Nothing melts my heart more than to walk into a client's home and see a beautiful cooing baby! It's been some time since I have had a newborn session and I was instantly flooded with memories of when my own not-so-baby girl was only five weeks old.

Haylee was very alert and happy to oblige me as soon as I asked something of her. You're probably wondering why on earth I would be asking an infant to do something! :) I'll explain.

At one point I asked her if she would curl her legs back up for me and wouldn't you know.. she did it?! Sarah, aka Mommy, and I just giggled as we savored every second of watching Haylee "perform" for the camera. (Yes.. I really do know that infants don't actually follow directions.. but humor me!)

Thank you, Sarah, for allowing me the opportunity to photograph your new, precious baby girl! I can't wait to see how much she has grown in a few months! Enjoy!

The Engagement ~ Tiffany • Robert

Tiffany and Robert will be married in March, so Sunday afternoon we headed out to Pensacola for their e-session.

Put simply these two are one of the nicest and sincere couples ever and we "clicked" as I love to do with all my couples. It also helps that they were completely natural in front of the camera... being totally in love tends to make that easy!

Tiffany and Robert, I am so excited for your wedding to get here! Here are a few of my favorites for everyone to enjoy!

I ♥ Faces!

So today's blog is a highlight and entry of the new photography blog/forum iHeartFaces!

iHeartFaces was created for photographers to be able to share the art of capturing faces and the emotions that they hold. Check it out and enter your faces!

This week I decided to enter a photo for both categories, kids and adults. It goes without saying that I'm going to pick my baby girl for my first kids entry:



For the adults entry I chose my bride Julie from last summer. Julie reminded me (and everyone else I know for that matter) of a 50's movie star! She is also one of the sweetest, most soft-spoken people I've ever met.

Studio Sample Flush Mount Album

I'm so excited to show everyone my studio sample Flush Mount Album!! I've had it in since sometime in December but I've just now had the chance to put everything together to show it off.

I have so many out of state brides and there are times when they are not able to come down to meet and we do everything via phone. I've yet to find a description of these albums that does any type of justice for them. Put simpy, they are absolutely gorgeous!

I've included a few pictures as well as a slideshow at the end for you to see the full album layout.

Click the arrow below to see the album design!

Meet Alyssa

Jenni emailed me in September asking if I would take portraits of her little girl on the beach when she was home for Christmas. We set a date and time but as it approached I became increasingly worried about how cold it was going to be. I thought it might be a good idea to try somewhere other than the beach but Jenni really wanted to do the beach since they only get to visit the area these days. Of course I said several prayers and yet again God provided! Jenni's and her family were quite warm in the sweaters as it was in the high 60's and there was NO wind (seriously..NONE)! The sky was also perfectly overcast! Here are a few of my favorite shots of Alyssa. Jenni, it was wonderful meeting you and your family! Thank you for allowing me to take your family portraits!

Happy New Year!

I know.. I'm several days late wishing you a Happy New Year.

Our New Year's Eve was spent with Kaydence watching fire works and relaxing. As a matter of fact, we were blessed this year to spend our entire holiday season that way!

I have so many things to blog about.. it will take some time to get everything together. In the meantime I wanted to share a few pictures of Melissa and Nick's Day After shoot!

More on their story to follow when I post their wedding!