Blankenship Maternity Session

What's more fun that photographing a great family? Getting to photograph them twice! A couple of years ago I had the privilege of photographing the Blankenship family. We updated their family portraits a couple summers back during an outdoor lifestyle session and I was thrilled when Angela contacted me about a month ago to inform me that a new addition to the family would soon be arriving. It's so much fun to stay in touch with the families that I get to work with!

Here are my favorite family portraits from their latest family/maternity session. You can tell that little Hannah is very excited about her baby brother coming!

She's going to be such a good Big Sister!

Angela looks great! She's one of those women that just glows when she's pregnant!

Here is my favorite individual of Angela from the day!

I think that Ben and Angie may have a UK fan in the making on the way!

This is one of my favorites from the day! Hannah showed me these name cards and I had to include them in a picture!

I think these little shoes are just precious!

I just had to get one of Hannah all by herself. She's grown so much since the last time that I photographed her! She was so very patient with this whole picture taking process. She's about the same age as my Alyssa!

And this is how we ended the session. A nice, real family moment on the couch. :)

Best Wishes to the Blankenship family. Congratulations and let me know when baby Luke arrives!

Reminder: If the Angie & Ben get 25 unique comments they'll get a free 5x7!

New Year, New Packages!

Hello Blog Friends and Followers!

I just wanted to post a quick blog to let all 2010 brides out there know that packages will be updated effective 01/01/10. If you want to lock in a package currently offered on my blog, then call me or email me prior to the new year. They will not have the same contents as they do now as of January 1st.

I have some goals (we won't call them resolutions, because I generally don't stick to those very well) for the upcoming year.
1. To become more personal in my entries on this blog. I want to share who I am and let potential clients know more about me. I feel this will help in the "getting to know you" period before your session. If we're happier and more comfortable together on your session day, then your pictures will reflect that in a positive way!
2. To take more pictures, every single day. (These could be of anything, but I want to return to my old habits of shooting something in an artistic way most days of the week.)
3. To offer new and exciting concepts and products to you! Keep your eyes open for details that will follow in coming months :)

So I've decided to post some family pictures on this blog. All blogs are better when there are pictures to look at and by posting these, I'll be making my first small step into personalizing this blog (Goal #1)..CHECK!

Meet my family. The cute, sassy 4 year old is my daughter Alyssa. The people behind her, well of course that's my amazing husband and myself!

Meet the Davis Family! (I set my camera up in my kitchen and asked my brother-in-law to snap the trigger for us. Here is our official Christmas '09 family portrait :) (BTW, this is a new backdrop for 2010! Brides if you're interested in a grey backdrop for your formals let me know!



Jeremy snapped one of me...and asked that I use it for the blog. I'm meeting my end of the bargain so he will be happy.


Alyssa is about as full of attitude as they come.


I love how they look at each other. It's sweet defined. (BTW, a photographer should have no problem photographing her own child...right? WRONG. She's as interested in all my equipment as I am and I have a terrible time getting her to focus when I try to take her picture. It doesn't happen as often as it should!) In order to distract her, I ALWAYS have to get her to hold something. Over the years I've become very creative in the props I've had to choose for her.

My favorite of Alyssa and me!

And of course a formal posed shot of the two of us.

She pouts a little.

Maybe my favorite of her from the day!

Or...maybe this one?!?!

Blogs from sessions shot in late December will be coming soon!

Happy New Year!