3 week old beauty queen

... Introducing precious baby Emma! What a beautiful baby, and momma too! Baby Emma made a very gorgeous model, but she really made me work for these shots. Poor thing had a tummy ache and didn't want to be bothered. But after some mylicon drops and a nice warm place to sleep, she did great!








Here is the sweet candy cane princess modeling her tutu made by our mutual friend, Hailey Barton. She was so precious with her matching bow!



Just had to share this precious image of her cutie patooty monogrammed booty. I can't wait to have a little girl of my own to dress up!



And lastly, I couldn't help but show off my newest prop from from www.bluebirdsboutique.com Her stuff is absolutely amazing. And, I even caught a sweet little smile!

The hardest part of being a photographer...

is taking portraits of my own children. Tyler will usually cooperate with minimal bribery, but Caiden, not a chance. He rips into my backdrops and then laughs hysterically, which would be good except that he is facing the backdrop that he just ripped down! I have learned that most toddlers do better in their natural environment, which is why I love going on location. I just follow the child's lead and capture their natural expresions.






For our Christmas pictures, we decided we would try the beach park. Caiden sat just about long enough for me to take off the lens cap, then off he went! Here is a sneak peak at our family portraits!

The fundamental job of a toddler...

...is to rule the universe. Well, that is exactly what my little man plans to do. And he has started with his own family! These are Caiden's 18 month portraits.






He is such a busy baby it is really hard to slow him down, but he did take a break from all of his craziness to look for fish.




He even made his "fish face" for us. Too cute. I love my little man.

Pascagoula project

Most of you know that I come from a large, close knit family. But now as we have become adults, we have all gone our seperate ways, some farther than others. With siblings spread from NY to KS and everywhere in between, we aren't able to get together as often as we'd like. My oldest sister, who is now in Memphis, TN, had asked me to capture images of Pascagoula that would represent our childhood memories as well as the history of the city. After much thought and a lot of work, I am really close to unveiling my "Pascagoula Project!" I can't wait to share it with you all as well.

The Vann clan

This past weekend I had the pleasure of photographing the Vann family. What a beautiful family and sweet too! I had a wonderful time taking your family portraits and meeting sweet baby Aiden.





I love this grip of love. I am always amazed at the strength newborns have in their tiny grips and how they instinctively reach for their mommy and daddy!



Aiden was such a good model. Even though he was already a month old, he actually went to sleep and let me move him around! What a great baby!