The Latch Family

Well, some of them have grown up and married, but Latch will always be in their blood! We tempted threatening weather to get these portraits for their Dad's Christmas gift, but he figured it out too soom! Nonetheless, he had to wait until Christmas to see the actual image. So without further adue...here are the Latch siblings.

I ruff you

This year I gave each of my siblings a collage of Pascagoula for Christmas, but since Angela already had those images in her wall display, I had to come up with something else just as special for her. I decided to take portraits of her baby dog, Sailor. Sailor is a very fearful pup, so this was not nearly as easy as it looks, but I am pleased with how they turned out. Here is Ms Sailor.

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.