The Wild Ones

This past weekend I had the pleasure of my first Little League session.

LOTS of learning points during this session! They were tons of fun and the weather was beautiful.

With this session I charged just for each CD and then created one CD per kid with 10 of their own shots and then all of the generic or group stuff.

Enjoy!


Had to get the good ol' "Memory Maker" in here


I LOVED this kiddo's helmet and was excited to use this effect on it


Studying the field


A collage of action shots


Each player got one of these


Nice action shot, #2!


Each player got one of these...


And this as well


We HAD to have a goofy one in here, of course!


Each player got one of these with their pose in it


A pep-talk just before the game started

Batter Up! Go Wild Ones!

A Beautiful Creature

While I'm processing the 2 sessions I did this weekend, I thought I would share this. While I was at one of them, a young lady found this beautiful creature that had a broken wing. Since it couldn't fly, I infringed upon it's rights and took some beautiful pictures of it.

Here are just 2 of them.


On Hannah's shoulders


If you click on the picture and make it a little bigger (all my pics have to be scaled to fit on this site) you can see the hairs on its back.

Pumpkin Patch Photos

I headed out (on a very dreary day) with my very own kiddos to our local pumpkin patch.

To see some of my personal favorites, you can go to my personal blog here.

But here are some of my very close seconds!


Here is my Baby Boy singing a song...


...immediately followed up by his bestest cheezer pose!


This one reminds me that my Baby Girl isn't so 'baby' anymore


Wow!


This one steals my heart. He is looking up to his Big Sister (like always) while she seems to have that protective sister look on her face.

And I LOVE this filter!


I love this shot b'c it's "them"

And of course, what would one of my posts be without...collages!





I think I'm fallin' for fall!

Beauty in the Simple Things

While I am in the process of processing (funny) yesterday's photos I thought I would put these 2 up. If you have seen any of my stuff that I have taken, I like to find beauty in the simple stuff that is around what ever photo session I'm doing at the time.

And yesterday was no exception.


I love the bumps on the gourds!


No, this photo was not in black and white. It was a very 'misty' day out and this was the water pooling on the tin roof. I ADORE this photo!

My First Newborn Session

I have 2 children so I knew going into last Saturday's session...Newborns work on their OWN terms :-) So I came prepared with lots of time to spare just in case.

I had the pleasure of taking photos of this beautiful family. I knew the Momma casually and met her Hubby and beautiful baby girl that morning. The precious girl was OH SO VERY cooperative for about the first hour. I mean, we were all so impressed. But then, we tried for some ideas I had in my head that involved lying down.

This idea had not been run by her and she objected. :-) But that's ok because I still feel we got some beautiful shots.

See for yourself.


This one takes my breath! She was mesmerized with my camera and my flash. And when it wasn't my flash, she was busy watching my very own Baby Girl dance and entertain her.

My goal when I started doing this was not just to take some pictures for folks. It was to capture "moments" that convey emotion. This picture does it for me! I absolutely love Momma's smile as she holds her precious girl.


A few more...





This one CRACKS me up! The way she is cutting her eyes at me makes me laugh so hard that I had to throw it in here as well.

And you know me...I can't leave this post without some collages.




These were just a few my favorites that I had to get up here. I'm still going thru the rest and hope to get them to "B" soon.

Kiss your babies. They grow up way too fast!

RC's Maternity Session

This sweet girl works at my Baby Boy's daycare. She is due early October, but since things are already progressing, we decided we better quickly get these pics in.

Otherwise the little guy's first session would be when he met me!

These were some of my favorites of the day.



We actually took 2 different sets of these. This one says September 2009 (just in case) and another set says October.





I left this one big so you can click on it and see the effect. Very pretty.


Probably my favorite photo.

Can't wait to meet little Billy!

A&C Mother-Daughter Session

I learned a lot during this session.

I learned I want to take every picture imaginable but time doesn't always permit that.

I learned to always carry snacks in the car when you are working with kiddos. (Already had that one under control.)

And I learned I needed to have business cards available for when people ask.

This was for a sweet mother/daughter who are very dear to me and my family. We have been talking a lot over the last few weeks about what she might want compared to some ideas I had rolling around in my head.

And we had a blast, I must say! It was very hard for me to pick from the 300+ pictures I had. Luckily I narrowed them down to 60+, but I still don't know how they will choose.

And choosing what to upload here about killed me! But, here were just some of my favorites.


Look at that face!




This woman just takes my breath. She is so beautiful and her eyes are so piercing!



This was my favorite 'urban' photo/look we were going for. I have tons taken of her with her knees together but as soon as I asked her to angle her knees...magic!



Sweet C is a dancer. You name it, she can do it. So it was only appropriate we threw in some shots with her tiara she won and her tap shoes. We took some other sentimental photographs as well that turned out GREAT!