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Saturday I was very blessed with Sammy as my first senior portrait. She did an amazing job. I was so excited & anxious to actually shoot a senior who would be posing for me. It was so thrilling to work with her. She was creative, and was a natural in front of the camera. . I can’t explain the rush it was for me to be able to take her photos, try new angles and try to make her look great. It’s funny as a photographer I always try to get to know my clients as I photograph them. The reason is as a photographer you aren’t just taking someone’s photos you are capturing their soul their spirit. You are taking capturing their emotions at that time in their life. I love to to get to know all about who the people as I photograph them.

As the session went on Sammy relaxed and had fun with it. By the end of the session Sammy and I were coming up with really fun and creative poses. She is gorgeous and very photogenic. I personally think she should model. She has that “look”, check her out.

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I took a few months off to rest up for our new precious little arrival. She came in the middle of March. I was only in labor for 8 hours and pushed for 15 minutes. What a blessing to have a birth like this.
She has made our lives so much more wonderful then we could ever imagine. What a sweet precious little baby girl. I always wanted boys (because I was a tomboy my whole life) until my darling little niece came into the world and I totally changed my mind. My heart was in love with little girls. They are so sweet their beautiful dresses and bows etc. Thank heaven for little girls!

Poor baby has colic for weeks now. It's really hard on the parents because you can't take the pain away. I have been trying everything!!! I am breastfeeding so I gave up all the things that could be causing it. God willing it may help. This next Saturday I have my first portrait session and she isn't taking the bottle well, we have been working with her everyday. I am so thrilled and excited to go back to work. But I am nervous leaving her long since she is only 7 weeks old. I am taking less work at the beginning so I can spend more time with her because she will only be this small once. My editing is very time consuming.

Please help us welcome our beautiful little girl.

Thank you everyone for checking out all my newest photo sessions.
I met Alisa and her husband a few weeks ago for her maternity session. We photographed these photos in their neighborhood. It turned out to be a beautiful location. The sad thing is I won’t be able to do her newborn session since I am taking maternity leave. But I can do photos of their baby after I come back. This couple was a lot of fun. They are such a beautiful couple together. I loved taking their photos because they were up for anything really and they were super nice. I enjoyed talking to them. Alisa is a design major and works in marketing so by the end of the shoot she was helping to come up with more ideas. I know their little baby is going to be beautiful!! Anyways, here are some images that we were able to capture.

I have been slowly adding to my props collection lately. I just recently bought some newborn handmade hats. The ones above. The green hat was bought from Cricket Creations on Etsy.
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Check out these hats below. I love them and addicted to this site. I can't believe how sweet these handmade items are. My Mom and I always made crafts so anything handmade to me is so much more beautiful because someone took the time and made them. This is the site that has tons of handmade items. You can find tons of things.

http://www.etsy.com

There are so many to choose from and good prices too. If you are wanting to get a newborn session, I highly recommend picking one and having it made. The prices range from $13-$30. The one I bought only took like a week or 2 to be sent to me. These are some I was thinking about getting someday. They are all so cute, I just can't decide. I linked some of them in case anyone wants to purchase these. I don't make any money from it. Just like to help others to enjoy getting their photos taken and other photographers. Click on the photo it will bring you to those sellers item.
(this is not my photography, I am using this photo as an example)