Donovan and Eli Turn TWO!

Two year old birthday parties can be great fun or great stress, but two of my local friends decided to team up and have the birthdays together at Walter Byron Park two weeks ago! It was perfect - they borrowed a bounce house from a friend, bought the boys these great No. 2 T-shirts, and it was a great time for everyone! And the mess was all outside, not at anyone's house!

Both Donovan and Eli have been great portrait clients the last two years, but this party was really a great opportunity to catch everyone in action! As you can see.

View the full slideshow here....

Thanks for the opportunity to get so many fun candid shots!

Adorable Little Girls.... Meet Ashley and Kylie!

I have had the pleasure of photographing Ashley and Kaeily every summer for three years, although they live on the East Coast, they come to visit grandma often, and I'm the lucky photographer! These tutus were bought at
and Mom always brings some surprises for the photos! We really had a terrific time getting the photos.....

Full slideshow here......










Last year's portraits can be viewed at this link!

Tenley turns 2!

Tenley had just turned two when she came in for portaits last month. I think she is just stunningly beautiful - those eyes and the eyelashes and the dimples! And when she giggles, they just all come together in the cutest way!

Being 2, Tenley didn't always like staying on the backdrop, so we got a few playing the piano & a few outdoors playing basketball - a typical 2 year old thing - why would they want to stay where we say when they have two little legs that LOVE to run! and jump!

View Tenley's full slideshow here....

Jacob Turns One!

Jacob turned one last week & most of the neighborhood came to his birthday party! We tried for one photo with his whole family including two cats and a dog, and this is the best we could get! But Jacob himself is pretty good at smiling at the camera! Especially with some helpers behind me! Thanks Cait & Heather!

View Jacob's Birthday Slideshow Here!

Happy Birthday Jacob!











"Thanks for helping me celebrate my party," says Jacob (if he could say more than mama, dada, dog, cat, etc.!)

More 2 Year Old Portraits!

Tavian has always been fond of the camera - and his two year old portraits really show that! I just love some of his expressions and his personality! What a beautiful little boy!

Katie turned 2 on Valentines Day!

Katie has been coming to get her portraits taken since she was 6 months old and she is always a joy to photograph! There are always such a variety of emotions and expressions, I think we could do a photo essay on all the different toddler emotions with each of Katie's photo shoots!

Katie's birthday is on Valentines Day and as you can see she was in a beautiful birthday/valentines dress and was obviously enjoying the day!

To view the whole slideshow CLICK HERE!

And Katie has her own website to sell some of her favorite things, including the beautiful clothes she's wearing in these. Check out Katie's Favs!

Katie Turns 21 months!

Actually Katie turned 21 months before Christmas, but her portraits and a big canvas print were a surprise Christmas present for her dad! So I couldn't share them here!

As most toddlers, Katie is starting to like her freedom, and I can't always get her to stay on the backdrop with the lights....so I've started following toddlers around my house trying to catch them in action wherever it happens! Below are some of my favorite shots. This first one of Katie & Mom was printed as a large canvas!

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This last one with the wild hair was from a supply of balloons I had in the studio and Katie loved playing with them - this is the only challenge with those balloons! Crazy hair!