M Family

I did a mini post on this family because I LOVED the compliment that mom gave me but here are a few more from their in home session!

Busy December...

Hello Everyone! Please don't think that because I haven't posted alot doesn't mean I haven't been busy! I have been slammed! Sometimes, I just totally forget to ask a family if I can blog about them and then it gets away from me, I probably have about 10 sessions that way. If we do a session and you remember and are okay with it please mention to me that you are fine with me blogging about you! I have done some really amazing sessions in home and at the Jewel Box in Forest Park and I promise when I get a minute to ask those Momma's I will be blogging about them! We are also 24 weeks pregnant! I can't even believe it! I remember 11 weeks ago just praying to get to that 12 week mark. Now here we are floating right along, its coming so quick! Last night my husband was leaning down to listen to baby because my mom swears she can hear him swishing around and I felt baby kick right at my belly button and so did my husband... right in his ear (holy runon sentence batman). I wish I had a picture of my husband's face to post because it was so cute! I have been feeling Baby for a few weeks now but it is fun for my husband to share that experience. I can't wait for him to get here to have my own little model. Although, most kids of photographers are the WORST in front of the camera because well, we have been taking their picture since day 1! If I don't get on here before the holidays, I hope everyone enjoys and I am so looking forward to whatever 2010 has to bring my way!! Please keep checking the blog, I have alot of new baby sessions coming up and I am so excited!!

My Little Man... Ok he's not really mine but I would claim him!

This is my little man CJ, who decides when we will take pictures, and what kind of mood he will be in! I started photographing him a year ago at Sears (YUCK!) and converted his mother to my style of photography! Okay, it wasn't a real tooth puller but I did steal her away! I love this little guy! He has spunk and attitude and I love that! He also is busy and really starting to come into his own little being. The other MAJOR problem is he is really really cute!! He has the best facial expressions and is starting to get to an age where he understands the only time he see's me is when I want him to smile so he really isn't going to play that game. But I did get some great shots!

Searched for and found!!

A couple of weeks ago I received and email from a mom who had searched under "Autism Photographer" and she found me! I could hardly believe it my excitement was near explosion!! On my list of dreams that is in my top 5! She had three children a 15 year old son, a 10 year old daughter and a 6 year old son, and she wanted pictures of them. In their previous experiences their littlest guy with autism was never quite in the crew with everyone else when it came to the family picture! He did amazing! He was so cute and so fun and so sweet to work with! Her older children were excellent helpers. I never know walking into a session with a special needs child what to expect, I do ALOT of praying and hope that I get something atleast a few shots! With this family I got a TON of shots and he really could not have been better. He was such a fantastic model! I look forward to working with more families with children with autism and though they won't all go as smoothly as they did with this family I know they will be successful! PS The temperature during this session was about 39 degrees, needless to say we worked quickly and kept moving!

The reason I am in this business...

Today, I received one of the best compliments of my life. A mother who I have known for a very long time told me that the reason I am in this business is because of a photograph I took of her son with autism. I could not have been pleased with her comment and it really made my year. I work so hard to provide my clients with painless and fun sessions. I want everyone to feel like family and to know that I really do take an interest in their needs, wants and desires. I want you to walk into your house every day and look at your portraits hanging on the wall and think "that is so my kid". I want your kiddo's to walk away from a session feeling loved and beautiful/handsome and to tell you they had fun. I don't want anyone to ever feel stressed or overwhelmed. I work with special needs kids because I really feel a connection with every kid I work with! I will not lie to you I am nervous the first ten minutes because not only am I meeting a kid for the first time, I am meeting a kid who is typically known not to make eye contact or to respond to strangers. But, the minute I put my camera in my hands and I get that first great shot I know that it is exactly where I am suppossed to be. I am going to share a picture from a recent session of a kiddo with autism. I am in love with it an I am going to frame it with his mom's compliment and frame it in my office. There are days I wonder if I really made the right decision when I up and quit my job and started this company and it will be an excellent reminder to myself that I did. I know that I did. This is exactly where I am suppossed to be!

AHH M turns 1!!!

I can't believe lil' M is 1!! I was so happy with how smiley and fun she was! In the past I have not been very funny in her book and Daddy had to do most of the work but this time around we played hard!! Maybe being in her own home, her own element really helped. While, I was there I learned that M was recently diagnosed with a milk and egg allergy... where are all these allergies coming from? I am allergic to peanuts, all tree nuts, bananas, apples and kiwi! But, I have been that way since I was about 7, so its old news to me. But, milk and eggs? Think about all the things you eat that have milk and eggs... I told her mom atleast she won't ever have a weight problem, she will always be a skinny mini!! None the less, she had so much personality and was absolutely the cutest thing I have ever seen! I loved playing with her! Thanks Jen and Steve!!

I photographed one of my favorite kids...

I have been busy. This baby thing is taking over my life (2 weeks from today we find out what the baby is). I have not been blogging like I should and I am going to play catch up tonight! I can not wait for baby to get here so I can blog and take pics and take pics and blog. There will be alot of blogging then! But back to what I love... my kids! The ones that I did not give birth to anyway!

T, is one my favorites I must admit it. I have watched her since she was 3 and I love the kiddo she is growing in to! I can't believe how long and thick her gorgeous blonde hair is I would give anything for that! Her brother R, man, what a little man he has grown into! I couldn't get over how tall he was or the fact that he was such a trooper! I can not wait to continue to photograph them over the next few years! I love keeping in touch with my families!