Brandon at One

I can't believe it's been a year since I did this little guy's newborn portraits.  It seems like only a few months ago.  Now he's one, and I was so excited when they asked me to do another session to capture him in all his 1-year-old glory.  We were lucky enough to get a 70 degree day in February (that's pretty rare in Indianapolis) so we headed down town to the White River State Park.  I love the architecture and textures down there.   Brandon was busy crawling and cruising, which kept this 38 weeks pregnant photographer on the move, but I didn't mind.  1-year-old portraits are so fun.

The Chapman Family

 Oh man, even at 8 in the morning, family portraits in Indians in July can be a dangerous move.  You just don't know what you're going to get, and as luck would have it, we got hot and humid.  At least it wasn't raining.  (The downpour literally started as we parted ways at the end of the session.)  This adorable family was full of troupers though, and we had fun shooting some family portraits down by the river and on the playground at Hummel Park.

Happy Birthday, Arabella!

 I got to do a fun, 1st Birthday photography session for little miss Arabella this last weekend.  She was a doll.  We even had a smash cake for her which she delicately explored and enjoyed. Very lady-like.  It's called a SMASHCAKE, Bella!  She was quite content with her steady finger-full of frosting.   She was darling and her big sister was all giggles (and just as clean and delicate).  So much fun with these two little girls.

Mornings, right?

I just love this little girl with her bed head and her cereal bowl.  This is my little Jane in the mornings.  I love photographing my kids just doing their thing and when they are both strapped into their high-chairs, well, then I have a captive photography subject.  Here's one of my son working on some Mac 'n' cheese for lunch.  I kind of love this stage of messy eating... or at least I would if I didn't have to clean it up.

The Elikers

These three little sisters make me smile.  They just radiate cuteness.  I had so much fun photographing the Eliker family being just happy and adorable in the autumn leaves.  Indiana is so gorgeous in the fall and we had the most incredible weather that day.  The leaves were all crunchy and just begging to be thrown and played in.  It was magical to capture this incredible family playing, laughing, and loving each other, which quite frankly is the best part of being a photographer.

My little 2 year old

My daughter Jane, turned two this last week.  I can't believe she's getting so big.  She certainly adds a lot of excitement to my life.  I don't know what I would do without her.