It was that first moment… that first look and his heart was stolen away by a daughter. He will never be the same. His love for her will grow as he never thought it could. Carlie Grace…you are one lucky little girl.

I don’t know what to say about this photo other than how amazing it was to watch a couple become a family. She become a mother and it seemed effortless while he became a father and it seemed so right. How very lucky that this sweet little girl will have these two as her parents.

Remember these tiny little precious bundles of joy from just a year ago?  What a difference. Talk about two bundles of action. Their mom and dad have their hands full to say the least. I had such a great time visiting with this family. What a challenge is was to photograph two ONE year olds. They were always in motion so capturing their moments were challenging.

Gotta love em…

I had the privilege ( ok I begged ) of taking photos of Rich and Allaina’s twins. WOW- it was a lot of work. I studied other photographers to see what they were doing with poses. I looked at tips for keeping the babies warm. I kept a heating pad on low and those little girls slept most of the time. They were born 8 weeks premature. They spent 3 weeks in the hospital. They had been home just a week when these photos were taken. Everyone was adjusting to have not one but TWO newborns in the house. After spending several hours with them- I have no idea how they do it. I was exhausted by the time we were done. 

Two sets of tiny feet

A sweet sleepy smile

Sisterly love

The sweetest hug. They had to be touching each other.

Remember this beautiful mama? The twins have arrived and Sarah is a big sister! Her sisters, Allison and Megan were born about 5 weeks ago. I went out to visit her family last weekend and take some photos. She loves her sisters but they sure are taking up her Mommy and Daddy time. I wanted to make sure she had her own little photo shoot while I was there. She is quite the little poser and knows exactly how she would like her picture to be taken. We took turns requesting how the photo should be taken! Here a few from the session. Oh and I haven’t mentioned it lately but I LOVE LIGHTROOM!  I think I need to look for a new blog layout. I would like to be able to post bigger photos. Any suggestions out there?

Did I mention the twins were identical? By the end of day none of us knew who was who!

Quick note here for my fellow Lightroom addicts- Adobe is running several free seminars during April and May. You can find out more by following this link! I just watched the first one, which is going to be repeated in May, and it was very good and informative. The eseminar didn’t last more than hour and it was filled with good tips about importing and good practices. The next one I am scheduled for is about Lightroom and Photoshop. Take a look my friends, you won’t be disappointed. I PROMISE!

Oh my-Don’t you just love this photo? Rich is an amazing husband and dad. He loves his girls-no doubt about it. I love the emotion that is coming from the two of them in this photo.

This past weekend I had an opportunity to photograph this beautiful Mama. I have known Allaina for almost 9 years. I met her when she was dating one of my instructors. They were married and along came their beautiful daughter, Sara. Allaina is pregnant again and this time she is expecting twins. We were all shocked to hear the news and her husband Rich found out while he was working with me. His eyes had a state of shock look for the rest of that day. They are an incredible family and the twins are going to an amazing addition. It was a blast photographing them because Allaina was up for anything. We laughed a lot and her husband just tuned us out at one point. Due to Allaina’s situation and because she is having twins, she has been on bedrest for the last three weeks. Their friends are all counting with them, as the weeks tick by, for the safe arrival of the twins. She is 29 weeks along and hopefully has a few more weeks to go. Thanks Allaina, Rich and Sara for a great afternoon! Without further ado..Here is one hot mama!

For the Sepia toned photographs I used preset that I developed. It seems to work really well on a lot of the photos I take. If you are interested in the preset, feel free to email and I will send it to you. In case I haven’t said it lately- I LOVE LIGHTROOM!

On first day of the Me Ra Workshop, a friend of mine sent me a text that his son had arrived bright and early that Saturday morning. When I learned that he was going to become a Dad, I had asked if I could come and take photos once everything settled down. Jaxson arrived mid November and it wasn’t until this past weekend that we could coordinate all our schedules. As a mom of three grown children, I was so excited to see this little one and get some photos of Mom and Dad as well. You know I was thinking I was such a hot shot until I got home and realized that some how my Auto WB had been switched to FLASH-ACK! BUT because I shoot RAW and use Lightroom, I was able to save every photo! Yeah ME!

Mom and Dad were great and little Jaxson-oooh they are going to have their hands full. We tried to get a few shots of Jaxson on his tummy and he was having none of that. We laid him down and those arms and legs started moving and he was holding that head of his right up. Jaxson is one strong little baby!

First up-A Father and his son-how sweet is this photo?

Next- A Mother giving her son that warm soft place to lay his head-my heart just about melted when I saw this photo

Last but not least-Dad’s big hands surrounding that very tiny little head