The Maxwell Family

Memorial Day was a hot one this year. The unofficial start of summer felt a bit more like mid-August! I spent the afternoon with the Maxwell family, capturing some fun moments of their family reunion. Needless to say, there was a lot of water play for the kids, a lot of food on the grill, and lots of laughter!

The Hurd Family

It's always exciting to arrive at a photo shoot to the sounds of cannons firing.
What a surprise to meet with the Hurd family and find that Sharon Woods was holding their annual Civil War reenactment the same day as our shoot! Trying to work around the hordes of people made our time together that much more interesting (especially when the hordes were in period dress). In addition to the feeling we that we had time traveled, we encountered numerous snakes, a family of geese, and the boom of the cannons didn't make anyone fall into the creek. It was an altogether adventurous, and successful, afternoon!

Stephanie

It's better late than never for Senior portraits! A few weeks before graduation, I got together with Stephanie and her family for her portrait session. It was fun getting to know Stephanie and her "sister", international student Ye-Rim. What a neat relationship, and a very special family! Here are a few to share:

Addie and Brinley

Last Friday I had the immense pleasure of photographing these two adorable, energetic sisters! When I say energetic, I mean I was literally running across the park to keep up with these two adventurers as they discovered flowers, hiding places, and went on pretend bear hunts. I don't think they stopped moving the whole time! It was so much fun, and I think they had fun, too. Here are a few shots to share.

Getting Married? Check this out!

If you or someone you know is getting married, they MUST check out this awesome giveaway put together by some dear friends of mine!

I went to art school with Amy and Aaron. They now own a brand new company:

To give their new business venture a kick-start, they have put together a giveaway: they are giving away a wedding. An entire wedding. For free. Dresses, tuxes, food, photography, makeup, hair- you name it. Every element of the wedding done for free from top-notch vendors. It's incredible. Makes me wish I wasn't already married just so I could enter!!

A couple would be crazy not to go for this. Seriously!

Click the image below for the lowdown on how to enter. Entries will be accepted from February 14 (aww, Valentine's Day. Romantic, right guys? "Happy Valentine's Day, dear. I entered us to win the wedding of our dreams for free." Do it.) through March 6, 2012. That's only a few weeks, so don't dilly dally!




Explore their websites. They are seriously talented folks, my friends! And an adorable family, to boot.

Let me know if you enter, so I can vote for you!!!

Kathy Ann and Gage

Something I love about my job, is being able to see kids grow and change from one year to the next! It was my pleasure to photograph Kathy Ann and Gage for their annual family portrait again (you can see last year's here).
Here are some of my favorites from our session. I especially love the ones with the dogs!

Meet the Goettke Family

November has been a long month... No, on second thought, the month has flown past (at a faster pace than other months this year)! Anyway, this is a long overdue blog post of images from my shoot on the 6th with the Goettke family.
I love this family (I thank my aunt Ginger for marrying into it so I could get to know them)! Such a fun, loving, and outgoing group of people. I always enjoy the chance to work with them and spend time with them.
Here are a few of my favorite shots from a beautiful autumn day in the park: