Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Blanton babies!!


Warning! Cute kiddos ahead! Meet my adorable niece and nephew. I know, I know, they are cute!! I had a hard time picking a few to post on my blog. In fact little Miss A had a whole different outfit we photographed her in, which was darling, I just ran out of room to post those pictures! I did end up adding a close up of her in her little hat though.
Remember, if you want to see the pics a litle bigger, just give them a click! Enjoy!











































Tuesday, May 19, 2009

My girl and her Puppy

After finally getting pictures of Brody the other day ( I thought I would try to get a good picture of Lilly with her constant companion "Puppy." He has been attached to her hip since she was 9 months old, and has helped her through the ER a few times.

Today, little Lilly was sick. Poor little gal must have a stomach virus of some sort. So her and Puppy hung out on the couch or in her bed all day. It was a good chance for getting pictures of what Puppy does best! Enjoy!









Friday, May 15, 2009

Brody love!!

Stop what you are doing right now, and stare in shock! Yes, that is Brody, my sweet little 2 year old. You know, the one I can never get pictures of?

I put on my brave suit and headed out with him this morning, bribing big sister with a sucker so she would stay out of the pictures. One thing about Brody, he is not a huge fan of Mommy snapping pictures of him. He will look up, down, anywhere but at me. I pulled all the tricks, and the only thing that worked was when I pretended to cry, hence the big laugh in the first image.

When I first looked at these pictures I was not thrilled. Then I was reminded that maybe my expectations of myself as a photographer, and my expectations of my newly 2 year old were a little high. I decided to step back and look at these as "Mommy" not as "the photographer" and I fell in love with the pictures shown here. So, enjoy the pictures of my sweet baby boy!










Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Jacob A. preview

This little guy came in with his big sis this week. It did not take much to get smiles out of him! Just one mention of the squirrels in the backyard, and he was ready to go! I am loving his style!














Wednesday, April 15, 2009

My crazy cousins


I promised them that if they goofed of during our session, that I would share the outtakes with the world. I hold true to my promises. Boy did they goof. Sloppy kisses, silly faces, and middle brother even answered his cell phone mid shoot! We had a great time though, and baby brother posed wonderfully throughout it all!

Quite often I do show funny outtakes to clients. Personally I love the silly pictures that capture people just being who they really are! The last few pictures here do just that!

The two older boys were my very first "subjects" when they were small. They love to tease me about making them pose shirtless in a tree (they were cute pictures OK?!?) I also have a pack of snapshots of them where apparently I made them change clothes 10 times! Sorry I have tortured you for year boys, but you sure are cute!











































































A couple head shots

Here are just a couple head shots from a Easter session with 8 year old "S." She was such a pretty little girl, and very easy to work with! Check out the new purple backdrop, I love this one!


Sunday, April 12, 2009

Tornado!

We were out, like many others taking in the damage that the recent tornado in our county has caused, and I brought along my camera to snap a few photos. Pictures #4 and 5 were actually a mobile home. The metal frame of the home was about 30 feet from where the home once was, and the rest of it was scattered out in a nearby field.

There were quite a few barns down, and major damage to other homes. Thankfully there were no serious injuries reported. I truly believe that God had his hand on the people of this county Friday afternoon. A elderly man, that is a old friend of the family, lives right in the path that the tornado decided to take. You can see the destruction where it came down a hill, over some mobile homes, damaging, and destroying them. It then headed to the mans barn and flattened it, but seemed, by surveying the destruction, to just lift up right before hitting his home. Amazing.

To those of you who have damaged property, or have lost your homes, our prayers are with you.