Baby Liam: 18 days old

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Oh my goodness, what a cutie-pie to christen my new blog! I spent a sunny Sunday afternoon with Liam and his parents, a cool mountain breeze blowing in through the screen door, a new baby in his first home, and a mommy and daddy completely in love with their little family.

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It’s safe to say that Liam has some photo-worthy hair…a little “rocker ‘do.”

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See, he already rocks!

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Liam’s nursery…

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Some babies are delivered by the stork; Liam arrived via FedEx…

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OK, I will give credit where credit is due! My photographer friend Tim Brown suggested a similar shot, and I jumped on it because Liam’s dad works at FedEx…PERFECT! (Thanks Tim!)

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I love to show Liam’s size in relation to his parents’ size. Over the years, this is a photo we can re-create to show how much he’s grown.

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In their “Coming Soon…Liam” post, I mentioned that Kristen and Mitchell have quite the love story. This is a picture of them when they began dating…when they were 13 years old! Loooove it!

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NOTE: To view Liam’s full session, click HERE. The password is the family’s last name.

Don’t forget to “show me (and Liam!) some love!” I love to know you’ve been here looking and to hear your thoughts. And how about finally having humongous photos on the blog?? Wooohoo! 😉

Coming [really] Soon…Rossi

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It seems that through nearly every phase of my life, I’ve had a good friend named Amy. Over the past couple of years, Amy and Matt have become such great friends of mine, and of course we always wreak havoc and cause confusion when we’re together and someone says “Hey Amy…”. Um, which one? The similarities don’t end there–Amy is a photographer in Greenwood, and we often shoot together. I always tell people at weddings, “If you need a photo, just find an Amy.”

Matt and Amy’s first child together, Rossi, is coming really, really soon. I was actually a little concerned that I wouldn’t get these maternity photos posted before he was born, so I’m glad he’s running a day or two off schedule! (Sorry Amy.) 🙂 Rossi is a bit of a “miracle baby,” and we are all excited to meet him!





I’m so loving shadows and reflections these days!




This crazy old building was full of cool textures and colors…



This last series completely rocks my face off. Hello, fierce.


See? Total rock stars.


Really. My face has been officially rocked off. These last two are my faves.

Amy and Matt–y’all are such wonderful friends, and I had so much fun with you shooting these photos. Not a single “Chandler face” to be found. 😉 I’m so happy for you guys, and now that I’ve finally gotten these posted, I can’t wait for Rossi to get here! (hehe)

Don’t forget to click below to “show me (and Amy & Matt) some love!” I love to know who’s been looking and what you’re thinking!

Contest: Charlie’s Snow Day!

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SNOW DAY!! Very few phrases strike such excitement–and such panic–into the hearts of Southerners. If you are reading the blog from anywhere besides the south, I must explain that everything (schools, businesses, major interstates) shuts down for even a dusting of “the white stuff,” and the entire southern population empties the grocery stores of all bread and milk. (Apparently bread and milk are all you need for sustenance if you are trapped indoors during a blizzard.) So anyway, the 1st day of March came in like a lion, with big puffy flakes of snow, and 2 days out of school. It was the best-kind-of-snow that sticks to each tree branch and twig like tufts of cotton and packs the perfect snowball.

By early afternoon, however, I was a little stir-crazy and lonely in the house all by myself, so I announced a FREE contest on facebook! (If you are a blog reader but you aren’t my friend yet on fb, please send me a request!) Little Charlie, via his facebooking mom, was the lucky winner of a frosty cold snow session. They braved the cold, and we traipsed around my backyard for some frikkin adorable photos of Charlie’s Snow Day…

I think this photo of Charlie and Jennifer is simply magical!

I love the happiness on Jennifer’s face here…

By the way, Charlie’s newborn portraits were one of my very first posts on the blog, and now I’m nearing my 50th post. It won’t be long at all before we move over to the new blog and site…I’ll keep you updated!

Now I’m off to eat my bread and milk….  😉

(Don’t forget to “show me–and Charlie–some love” by clicking below!)

Holly & Mark–Contest Winners!

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Holly and Mark were my cute and sassy contest winners who hadn’t had portraits taken since their wedding 15 years ago. Um, why?? They are adorable and completely rocked it for the camera, in spite of being cold and Mark being a little nervous at first. 🙂 By looking at these photos, you could never tell either of those things! I love their gorgeous eyes and totally real laughter and expressions….so sweet.

Loooove this one…seems like I just stumbled into such a personal moment between these two.

I love this series–the yummy backlight is fabulous!

Too cute! I love it when a couple gets comfortable enough with me that I can capture the expressions that define them….in this case a mix of sweetness, eye rolling, and giggles.

H-O-T-Tness!

And, just a little clue as to why I hosted this contest and what we’ll be doing with these photos on the new website (which IS coming soon!)…

FYI for any photographers out there, I edited this entirely in Lightroom2…only opened PS to add my logo. Craig and Lindsey–yay, I have my life back. Thank you!! 🙂

Don’t forget to “show me (and Holly & Mark!) some love!”

Holly & Mark–Contest Winners!

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Holly and Mark were my cute and sassy contest winners who hadn’t had portraits taken since their wedding 15 years ago. Um, why?? They are adorable and completely rocked it for the camera, in spite of being cold and Mark being a little nervous at first. 🙂 By looking at these photos, you could never tell either of those things! I love their gorgeous eyes and totally real laughter and expressions….so sweet.

Loooove this one…seems like I just stumbled into such a personal moment between these two.

I love this series–the yummy backlight is fabulous!

Too cute! I love it when a couple gets comfortable enough with me that I can capture the expressions that define them….in this case a mix of sweetness, eye rolling, and giggles.


H-O-T-Tness!


And, just a little clue as to why I hosted this contest and what we’ll be doing with these photos on the new website (which IS coming soon!)…

FYI for any photographers out there, I edited this entirely in Lightroom2…only opened PS to add my logo. Craig and Lindsey–yay, I have my life back. Thank you!! 🙂
Don’t forget to “show me (and Holly & Mark!) some love!”