Giggles...

It's late and I should be in bed, but I couldn't resist posting just one, little sneak peek from today's session. If I have time tomorrow, I will try to post a few more of this cute Dutch family. Here are 2 of their girls (who are actually good friends and classmates of my own girls). They were camera-shy for about 30 seconds...and then they realized how cool it is to have your picture taken....again and again and again...Thank you for a fun time, girls!

Giving is Awesome

Remember the Give-Away I posted before Christmas? Well, with your help, I was able to find a wonderful Polish family to be the recipients of a free photo session plus $200 print package. I'm really excited to be a part of "Giving is Awesome" community, and would like to offer another, similar give-away sometime soon! Thank you all for your feedback and participation!

And, because no post is complete without a photo...

"Safe in Daddy's arms..."

Gone swimming...

...with the camera!!!

These were some of the first pictures I took with my new Olympus 1030SW that I got for Christmas. This little point-and-shoot is waterproof, freezeproof, shockproof, and dustproof...I can actually let the kids shoot with this one and just sit back and relax, cause it's not going to break! :) These were taken in an indoor pool...my kids and a few of the cousins just goofing around. It felt so weird just jumping into the pool with a camera in my hands! A first for me...I am loving this new toy!

Sisters...

These two girls reminded me so much of my sister and I when we were young. They were so giggly and had such a sweet connection. (These were also taken during the Utah photog get-together that I mentioned in an earlier post...remember the one with pictures of my nephew?) I really enjoyed photographing these girls. I didn't get to meet their mom, but I have to give her some major credit here...these girls were so well-mannered and so easy to work with. We had them tramping through the snow for more than an hour, and they never once complained. Thanks, girls, for being such great models!









I think this one is my favorite from the session:






I just love this one!

From Germany, with love...

Are you baby hungry? Warning: you might be after viewing the following images!

This little guy was born on New Year's Eve (his choice, not mom's), and here he is at 10-days old. Isn't he just sweet? I spent a few hours with his family taking pictures last week. His 2-year old brother just cracked me up! We were instant friends! I took pictures of the whole family, but I'll post mainly pictures of the baby for now since he is really the star of the show. I just love photographing newborns...









I love images that speak to me...and this one just sings!


Here is baby's big brother. This kid loves to dance...but only to Abba! Such a cutie!

Snow Day!

Meet my nephew, Matt. I've been his aunt since I was about 10 years old, and boy could I tell you some stories...but I won't (you can thank me later, Matt). While I was in Utah over the holidays, I got together with some photographer friends that I met at Skye Hardwick's workshop last summer. Matt was in need of some new headshots, so I convinced him to come along and do some modeling for us. It must have been rather intimidating, having 5 women all pointing a camera at him at the same time...but Matt was cool as a cucumber, and we ended up with some fabulous images! Thanks for the good times, Matt!

I Love Luci...

We just got back from a fabulous trip to the States for Christmas. While we were there, we were lucky enough to greet our brand new baby neice, Luci, into the world. She was born just after Chrstimas (the best gift ever), and weighed in at only 6 pounds. This tiny little peanut had us all wrapped around her little finger in no time. I was fortunate enough to have a few minutes alone with her and mama at 3-days old. Here are a few of my favorites from our photo debut: