Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone. Thank you to my clients for all your love, encouragement and support this year. You all feel like family to me. Please enjoy the video from some photographs of the year and sit back and enjoy the simpler things.
Enjoy:)
I can already plan my New Year’s Resolution NOW…drum roll, please:) I need to update my blog more regularly. And, that’s a fact for sure!!! The positive side to all of this is that I’ve been busy busy. Amidst all the changes in our family, I have to say that I’m still in an adjustment period, but, I know in all-too-short of time, I’ll be right in the swing with the new way of life – photography & mommy mode:) Two great combinations.
For years now, I’ve been in marketing full-time, while doing my photography passion on the side. I have to admit that I loved my marketing career, but life just got a bit too hectic with work, hobby, family, church, school, etc – that I gave a big ‘Adios’ to the marketing gig. I’m certain I’ll miss my paycheck and extra spending, but the amount of time I hope to gain raising our daughter should well make up for it.
Cheers to everyone & Happy Friday in 2 more hours:)
I knew immediately when I began talking with this Mom that she “truly’ knew what she was looking for upon hiring me. Her kindness, excitement and genuine love for her family completely reminded me what everything I do is all about. Once our conversation ended, I knew that our session was going to be incredible because our goals were united. And, these are just a few of the emotional captures we got from the day.
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I remember my first blog all about ‘mommy & kids stuff’. I truly don’t know why I ever stopped writing about my mommy loves. Below was what it might have been like. Only in short form:) I’ve really been missing out - talking about the latest clothing or skincare / product find for kids…so, I think I’ll start writing about that again, while posting my photography.
(1) This one is my all time FAV. Still using it at 5 years old because I refuse to abuse her skin:)
(2) Sunscreens – Check out the two below. I have to thank my cousin, Lins for the Alba recommendation. Cheaper, than the one below that I’ve been using since my daughter’s birth. California Baby… has never irritated my daughter’s eyes, so I’m sold on this one:)
A while back I started conversing with the youngest sibling in the P Family. She’s in California, her sister is in Arizona, and if my memory serves me well, her brother, sister-in-law and niece are new residents of Alabama. Why are they here, you ask? Their parents are new residents of the lovely Columbia, South Carolina. Just in time for Christmas.
We all met up at the Horseshoe in Downtown Columbia on a brisk, winter’s day. And, lucky for us, the sun was bright and shiny…giving us that much needed warmth ever-so-often:) We made sure to capture moment’s of all the family together and then some of each individual family – but, I have to say that Miss M definitely reigns as Queen.
Here’s one of my favorite images.
Meeting up with these precious girls was such a blessing:) They were oh so sweet, and, oh so beautiful. The girls seemed to have an awesome time playing with the leaves, running and jumping and I was just hanging out trying to keep up:) Here’s a quick sneak peak from the session for the sweet family!
Enjoy!
How appropriate the post title is for this little youngster. He was so full of energy & life that it just made the session as fun as ever! His smile could light up the whole park & with no effort at all! His mama has definitely done hime right because he certainly loves anything & everything. I could have played with him forever. My most favorite time of all was when we ended up in an area with water & he found a stick and role played like he was fishing in a pond. Before I knew it he’d spotted goldfish which made his make-shift fishing pole oh-so-appropriate! While I was taking these photographs it reminded me of why I do this, anyway. Because these moments don’t last forever…
Here are a couple of my favorites. Enjoy and Happy Thanksgiving to All!
The title of this post comes from the sincere love between a little boy and his mother. I see those same moments between my daughter and her daddy, and the bond reminds me of how important it is for our children to have their mommy and daddy together to create those bonds that so naturally occur.
When we first started our session Little E was clingy to his mother and after a while it just turned out to make the session oh, so beautiful! There will come a time when we won’t have photographs of such emotional times, and to capture those moments for a parent to appreciate twenty years from now makes me very Thankful!
Here are two photographs for this sweet Mommy to see as a quick sneak-peek. I hope you enjoy and Happy Thanksgiving!
I’ve had the pleasure of working with this little one since he was about a year old. And, ever since then he’s always had these special little ways that he lights up the camera. Here’s just one of them.
