Wednesday, November 16, 2011

"I Just Can't Stay Away!" - Harlingen, Texas Newborn Photographer

     So, I just got down to Texas to spend a few months with my family while my husband is deployed.  I didn't bring any of my props or equipment with me aside from my cameras because I was 'supposed to be' taking this time off, but as you can tell I just can't seem to stay away!  I'm so thrilled with these beautiful mother/daughter shots I was able to get.  Thank you Mindy for letting me do this for you VERY last minute!  It's so amazing to see you as a mom.  It feels like just yesterday we were graduating seniors.
    






Friday, October 14, 2011

{Sisters} - Oak Harbor, Washington Children Photographer

     I just LOVE the colors in these photos! I think Mia did a WONDERFUL job with coordinating all of their outfits. This was such a fun and laid-back photo shoot and I am super thrilled I was able to do it before my big move. These girls did so well for me and absolutely loved posing for the camera. The hardest part was narrowing it down to just a few pictures for my blog! Mia, I hope you love these as much as I do! Thank you and your girls for such a fun afternoon!


And lastly, I had to post this picture of Mia!  Isn't she beautiful?



Sunday, September 25, 2011

"Thankful for a Beautiful Day!" - Oak Harbor, Washington Family Photographer

     Yay for the weather holding out for us today after having to reschedule four times and yay for me getting back into doing what I love after having my baby.  I am so beyond excited with how these came out!  Heidi, I hope you love them...  and yes, we finally got 'the shot'!






Monday, June 27, 2011

"Sneak Peek #2... because I can..." - Oak Harbor, Washington Newborn Photographer

Here is another sneak-peek of Baby Brooklynn taken today just for fun.  It's always great practice!  Now, I can't tell if I liked yesterdays or todays more.

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Sunday, June 26, 2011

"6 day old Brooklynn" - Oak Harbor, Washington Newborn Photographer

     Baby Brooklynn is finally here and she is so beautiful!  I was so excited to meet her especially after doing her mommy's maternity pictures a few weeks ago.  I have seriously been so lucky to get such good babies to work with!  Just feed this baby girl and she goes straight into a milk coma!  I am beyond thrilled with how these pictures came out and I am so glad that mom let me play with her hands and pose her as I needed.  You really have to be patient for a shoot like this so thank you mom and dad for letting me do my thing. :)  I feel like I am finally getting better at acheiving what I have set out to do.  AH!  So excited about these!

Here she is:



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Thursday, June 16, 2011

"Welcome Home!" - Oak Harbor, Washington Family Photographer

     Thank you Sarah for allowing me to experience a 'welcome home'!  What an emotional day!  No one understands what a military wife goes through except for us.  It's something that helps us relate to each other and through that we are able to lean on one another.  Whether our husbands deploy for three months, six, or a year, nothing makes it any easier, especially with kids.  I will soon be walking into a six month deployment and I don't even know where to begin with preparing my kids and myself.  These ladies will have to do at least two six month deployments in three years.  It really does take someone very strong to take on this role.  As we wait patiently for our husbands, we play the role as both mother and father to our kids while still maintaining our home.  Oh how I regret not journaling all my 'adventures' while my husband was deployed.  It seems like everything just falls apart: your dog gets sick, your kid gets sick, you get sick, something in the house breaks, you put too much oil in the mower and it wont start, you kill the weed eater, the car tire has a slow leak, his car battery dies, the pilot light in your water heater went out, you forgot to pay a bill!  The list is endless, but boy has it made us all stronger women!  I don't doubt our husbands jobs are hard, but the spouses definitely have the harder role.  My hat goes off to all these women, especially Sarah, a mother of four, Mary Kay Consultant, leader of Officers' Christian Fellowship, and part of several other organizations; she is a phenomenal woman.  

     Knowing I will soon be experiencing this for myself in a few months has made this day much harder.  A lady Sarah introduced me to had her baby while her husband was on deployment.  I had the privilege of witnessing the moment he got to hold his son for the very first time!  What a moment!  

     A special welcome to all the spouses who came home yesterday!  I am so thankful everyone made it back safe.

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Sunday, May 29, 2011

"It's a GIRL!!!" - Oak Harbor, Washington Maternity Photographer

     I am so excited to have been able to do another maternity shoot!  Fort Casey in Coupeville is such a beautiful place with large open areas and pretty flowers.  I couldn't think of a more perfect place for this shoot after speaking with Nicole about her idea for the perfect location.  Nicole was so creative in what she envisioned for her pictures that I may even steal some of her ideas for myself.  Congratulations to this beautiful family on baby girl number 2!  Here's a sneak-peek of our session today:


 
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