Sweet little Brandon

I love doing newborn photo shoots, especially when you get a subject like this little man.  I just love those big eyes and sweet smiles.   It makes being a photographer pretty fun.

Love and Marriage

My brother got married in Arizona this last weekend, and although I spent most of my time chasing around an over-tired one year old, I managed to take a few photos of the reception.  It was so wonderful to see family and reconnect with all my siblings.  Weddings are such a vivid reminder of how important marriage and family really is.  I felt truly blessed to be there.

Tiny Dancer

About a month ago, Jane decided she wanted to dress like a ballerina. I did my best to piece together a frilly pink outfit for her, but I decided right there it was time to make my little girl a decent tutu. She was more than pleased and for once, obliged me a photo shoot. Well, I also gave her a lollipop. That helped.

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.

Sweet little Christian

I got to photograph this beautiful new boy yesterday.  It was so fun to do a newborn photo shoot. Christian slept pretty well for a little while and then we got to see those big blue eyes!  He was just so tiny and perfect, it almost made me want another one... then I remembered my 10 month old is finally sleeping all night, so I'm good for a bit.  I'll just have to keep photographing other people's babies for now.  

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 View

Sometimes my view includes some pretty gnarly dirty diapers.  Sometimes it's piles of laundry or toys strewn everywhere (today it was garbage from the kitchen trashcan).  Sometimes I can't even open my eyes because it's 3 IN THE MORNING, for crying out loud.   But every day, he crawls over and stands up against my legs and I get this view.  Easily worth it, wouldn't you say?