An adorable 13 month old!

You might recognize Lucas from some of his pictures over the past year. I can't believe he is already a year old! We missed 12 months due to the craziness of spring; but got some super cute shots for 13 months. I thought I'd post some black and whites because these just look so good in black and white! Don't worry though mom, you'll get to see them in color too. :-)

3 cute kids!

The other day we took advantage the gorgeous weather (well, it was for a few days, now it is back to RAIN) and got a special session in. Dad is out of town for a while, so mom and I are working together to surprise him with pictures of the kids. As I started going through the pictures I realized that I couldn't narrow it down to just a few for my blog. So... I'm doing 3 days of posts - one kid per post. But first, how cute are they?



Now, on to the big sister. She is a dancer and so full of life. Oh, and how sweet is she with her dog?! (I guess technically she is the middle child; but that still makes her the big sister to her little brother...)

3 pictures, 3 different black and white conversions...

I think I want to change the way I do black and white pictures. I have done them one way for a while and now I'm looking for something new. So, here I have one little girl (Maggie - isn't she adorable?), 3 different pictures, 3 different styles. Yes, I realized as I started typing this that I should have tried each conversion on the *same* picture; but I need to get to bed. So, I'll do this today and maybe later this week I'll come back and post with all the same picture. For now though, let me know which you like best. The first is more of a true black and white. The second has a bit of a warm tone to it. The third has a bit of a chocolate tone to it. I know my husband will say, "Um, I don't see a difference." But if you do see a difference let me know what you think. If you don't see a difference, let me know that too. ;-)

A trip to D.C. and a wedding

Last week we went up to D.C. for my cousin's wedding. The weather was wonderful and everyone had a great time. Here are a few (ok, a lot) of pictures from our trip.

Around D.C. - some flowers, the Washington Monument and two of my kids walking with my dad and step mom (my oldest daughter was back with me).











And some from the wedding... the dogwood tree outside the church, the stained glass window inside the church, some of the bride and groom, and then one of my youngest daughter dancing with her second cousin. I didn't get many from the wedding... I was paranoid about getting in the photographer's way.

Introducing Talia.

It looks like we got those maternity pictures done just in time. Today I got to go take pictures of 6 day old Talia. She is just as cute as her big brother! I got the special treat of photographing three generations of the women (and girl) of this sweet family.

A story board

Today I decided to put together a story board from the maternity session I did a few weeks ago. I love working on things like this! I'm not always one for selective coloring; but the mom made these booties herself for their little one to wear home from the hospital, so I thought that their special significance warranted a little special attention.

Maternity special!

I have decided to build up my maternity portfolio... so I'm going to run a maternity/newborn special. For the first five pregnant women who book a newborn session I will do a maternity session for only $25 and will even and include an 8x10 and two 4x6s from that session at no charge! Once I have 5 of these sessions booked this special will go away, so hurry and book soon. Oh... and this can not be combined with any other coupons or deals. ;-)

Here is a sweet shot from a recent session:

Not what I was trying for; but still perfect...

I wanted a picture for Valentine's Day cards. She wasn't in an agreeable mood, so wouldn't look at the camera. Little does she know that even when not looking she is cute. ;-)