Yep, it has been a while. I have to admit, with Facebook sneak peeks and being able to share on Facebook, my poor blog gets it's fair share of neglect. That is one of my big goals! BE CURRENT WITH MY BLOG! Now with that being said, I am going to kick off to some current sessions, but I will come back and post some of my past ones, by all means though, I don't know that I will get to all of them. I am aiming for a good 1/3 of them though. 

Let's kick it off with this sweet family. Mike and  Amanda are one of the most awesome couples I know. I am not saying this to kiss up either, they really are. Doesn't hurt that they are pretty much family though. See, Manda and my little sister are BEST friends, pretty much sisters. So by default, she is pretty much my little sister too. ;) Really though, I love Amanda like she was family. 

Baby D, she is one lucky little girl to have such amazing parents. I just love how happy she always is.  

I have to giggle at this shot. It is really one of  my favorites. Momma was shooting for a kiss from Baby D and Baby D just wasn't having it. This was the shot of her pushing Momma away. The best part is that cute little scrunch to her nose. If you look close, Mom has a small one in this shot too. NO denying she had her Mom's nose. ;) Too cute! 

I love my sessions with the Szabo's. I love that even Dad likes shoots now too, where he didn't before the started doing them with me. Even if we have a flop, off session. (Yep, I will admit it, we did have a flop session. Everyone and everything felt off, but a perfect re-shoot later and couldn't love it anymore!) Aren't they adorable?!   

This session was done at a property that is just amazing, but not really a spot I can regularly shoot at. Such a secluded piece of heaven, but also the reason why the owner lives there, to keep some privacy and enjoy the nice and quiet. But of course, I was amazed at how many location requests I had for this spot. 

Here we go, my first official newborn session since deciding that I would indeed take on newborn clients. Something I haven't offered in the past to the public, keeping it to friends and family. I have to say, I owe my confidence to do these to my studio mate, Jolie West of Jolie West Photography, who specializes in Newborns. I have assisted on newborn sessions with Jolie and have learned some things along the way. If  you ever have a chance to take one of her classes or even do a one on one mentoring session with Jolie, I promise, you will not be sorry! She is good at what she does. She assisted on this shoot and I will continue to have her assist for a few months on all my newborn sessions until I am comfortable with all aspects of newborn sessions. I will only be taking a a limited number of newborns for this reason as well. I am excited to take on this next chapter in my business and can say it has been fun adding more and more newborn props to our collection between the two of us.  With that being said, let's get to the session. 

Meet Ty!

Yep, he is pretty adorable! 

Ty's mom and I go back a few years and are a very awesome case of  'It's a small world after all..'

I worked day in a day out next to Nikki, and have had some great times with her away from work as well. Then, I found out that my husband and her brother were best friends and they all grew up together! Like I said, small world.  

This little guy was a dream. He slept so sound the entire session. 

Nikki and Darren's property was so nice to shoot at. I am pretty jealous of their piece of the country life. Beautiful trees, barns

and nicely tucked away from the road. 

Look at this little guys hair, I just love it. I have to admit, I am partial to the red heads, having a red head of my own. 

I really did have so much fun photographing little Ty here! Think I can convince her to come hang with me in the studio for 6 month pictures. Nikki, you know you want to. ;) Thank you for letting me capture this time for you! You really do have a precious little guy there! Congrats to both of you and welcome to parenthood! 

Meet Mister, the oldest child in the house. ;) 

I have found that while I encourage everyone to capture these moments, capture the now, my family is just too busy to catch a session here and there. 

Yes, I snap shots here and there of the things going on, but I have found that when it comes to catching all the shots at the events and such, I am lacking. To be honest, I like to enjoy the moment and not constantly have a camera to my face trying to get the perfect shot. It was my husband and his recent profile picture experience that had me thinking, I need to put a face to the name. Let my fans meet me a little more then just the business. So, while I will still leave the camera behind on the events and give my family all my attention, I want to capture a little more of us. Show you that I am a not all business all the time. Relax a little. 

The backstory: My husband is a Beachbody Coach. A year ago, he started drinking Shakeology and began the T25 workout. At a little pudgy around the sides, he really just wanted to feel better. He did amazing, lost lots of weight and packed on lots of muscle (he is now doing Body Beast- another workout). At a recent event with local Beachbody coaches, he was talking to everyone and they couldn't put a name to his face. His profile picture for the longest time has been a RIPPED minion, (Yep, minion obessed!) So, it was decided, he needed some images of him, so that people could put a name to A FACE! So, spur of the moment, we headed out to get some shots of him. I am glad that my Mister doesn't mind the camera. Now to put it to use and capture more of us! Be a great example. In the meantime, meet my Mister. Matt Dixon- loving husband and father, best friend, biggest supporter and Beachbody Coach. 

I sure love this guy! (And his smile that reaches clear to his eyes!)