from the beginning

I have been taking pictures for this family as long as I have been in business. These girls continue to become more beautiful each year. I wanted to create elegant portraits for this family and choose a formal garden as my backdrop. We decided to use the girls' grandmother's bench that adds a sweet sentimental touch.

newborn: sophia

This is baby Sophia. Can you believe all that hair? She was a perfect sleeping baby for the full three hours of her photo shoot. This is to make up for my ten hour baby shoot six months earlier! I have been wanting to try out placing a baby in a hammock for a while now. We were gifted with an 80 degree day, two trees close together and a sleeping baby.

on location: boats

These kids are so cute. I love how natural this first image is of the little girl in the boat. This is one of my favorite images I have taken for the year; or maybe even in my life as a photographer. I love that it is more than a smiling kids staring at the camera. I am so glad that her parents chose this image as their favorite of her also. The little boy showed up with his bow tie on because it was "picture day". What a lovely, warm family to work with!