Windy Day

I recently started working at the pre-school thats part of the Christian school at our church. It works out nicely for our youngest to attend Kindergarten their while I spend the morning in the pre-1 class. That 14-16 2.5-almost 4 year olds! And boy am I tired when I get home! So, that explains the lack of recent posts....but I have a lot of senior sessions coming up over the next few weeks so stay tuned!! ;)
This session was done a few weeks ago on a hot, but windy day. We met at my clients home and wandered around their beautiful yard to get some of these great shots. I loved how well Jane had thought out the locations we could shoot. She has a great eye and a natural grace for portraits. She needed almost no posing or prompting but would quickly just have a great pose for me to snap a shot! (Love those sessions!)

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Stutzman Family

I got to meet with a sweet family last weekend...there were three kids and not one of them threw a fit! ;) We got some really cute pictures of mom and dad...as well as the kids. Although they claimed to be a somewhat serious family, I think they have fun together and we were able to get some fun poses!

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Sweet Little Miss

This sweet little girl is so much fun! I had such a good time getting down on her level. Its always fun to capture a few shots while a little one is just being themselves.

The sun was so gorgeous! And gave this little sweetheart gorgeous color!

She loves beads and I handed her my necklace to play with for awhile.

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Taking a Chance....

Wow....could I get any cornier? Oh wait, you don't know that! Well lets just say that my title to this post is a play on this families name. I met with Dani and her family last week to take some portraits of them. I think they all turned out pretty sweet. It was hard to choose my favorites and the only thing that helped me was the fact that the overcast sky was so bright that day that I had to pull out the pictures with squint-y eyes. Here are a few...

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Engagement Session

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My beautiful cousin and her cute son...

I got to take pictures of my baby cousin last week. I can't believe that her son is 12! Isn't he just adorable?

It was good to see her and so fun to take some portraits of the two of them.

Ethan has totally grown up and I can't believe he is 12! Seriously Rachel, when did that happen?

Anyway, they were both perfect models for me and gave me some gorgeous shots! I love all of them so far and can't wait to keep editing some more!

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Family Session ~Oregon Family Photographer~

I had lots of fun with Erika and her kidlets last Friday...it's always fun when I get to bring my own kids along and since they are friends they got to come along. They loved to run around and explore the field while we were taking pictures.
Erika is such a sweet mom, person and friend. She is the type of person who makes you think "her life is perfect!" but I think what makes her so sweet is that she would be the first one to tell you she isn't! It isn't any wonder that her kids are just as sweet as she is. This photo session was a father's day surprise for her husband (who was out of the country on a mission trip to Uganda). I just love this family and I really enjoyed shooting them! (I just love saying that!)

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5 Month Old Cutie Pie & Company

Spent some time with this cutie and his aunts last week. We got some awesome pictures with a great urban feel that I just love! I am having a LOT of fun editing these!

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Happy Birthday Little One

I love the chance to see some of my littlest clients as they grow up. I was excited when I got an e-mail from this cutie-pies mom. (Another post here.) We set up a session for Saturday and got some amazing shots.

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Sweet Julia

We had some friends over for dinner and held an impromptu photo session with their little girl. She is growing up so fast...but she is such a sweetie. I loved holding her getting some smiles out of her. But as soon as her daddy was on the scene she was ALL smiles for him.