The Blackwoods - Sneak Peek.

I just want to start off by saying I LOVE THIS FAMILY.  They are some of our dearest friends. You will never meet more genuine, kind, caring people than Tim and Shannon.  I am so glad that their family is a part of our family's life.

Tim and Shannon are also one of my favorite couples to photograph.  Is there any question why? For those of you who don't know Tim and Shannon , but think you recognize them it is probably because their photos are all over my website.  They are so comfortable together and in front of the camera.

They have three beautiful daughters. Katie is a freshman in college. She is a drama student and is a very talented actress.

Miss Carson is a 4th grader. This girl always makes me smile. She and my Elizabeth love playing together.

Sweet Emma Bee as her mom calls her. She is a sweetie.  Dont' let her size full you though.  She can hang in there with the best of them!

Shannon had a location in mind, but when she revisited it it wasn't as she had hoped.  She searched for another location, but we ended up doing the shoot at their home.  I don't think we could have found a more perfect place.

Shannon and Tim are two very kind-hearted people.  They have given a home to several dogs. It is obvious that the dogs love them because we had to move them out of the frame after every other shot. I love this next photo.  I love all the real smiles and laughs here.  What you don't see is their basset hound, Annie, running figure 8's around me as I am lying flat on my stomach. Who new being a photographer was such a dangerous profession?!

Guy, just like always I had the best time with y'all.  It was so much fun haging out with my dear friends on a Sunday afternoon.  Love you! 

Madison and Owen.

Madison and Owen's mom contacted me about fall photo of her two kiddos. She had seen some that I had taken in the woods behind our house and liked them. They came over one afternoon during Madison's (Maddy's) fall break from school, and we headed into the woods for a little walk.

Maddy is a football cheerleader and shared a little secret with me.  She has two boyfriends! I can see why!

It had rained the morning before their session that afternoon, and we almost rescheduled. I am glad that we didn't because it turned out to be a gorgeous afternoon! After taking some in the woods, we drove on down into our hayfield. We did some slipping and sliding, and I was thankful for my 4WD.  It was worth a little mud to get these shots.

Owen is such a cutie with that cotton top of his.

As I was loading up for our session, I grabbed this pumpkin that one of my kids had gotten on a field trip.  Just a thought as I was packing up, and I'm glad I brought it. Owen really like it. He liked my yellow chair, too!

Something about this next one just makes me smile. :-)

 Hope you like the preview, Erin.  There are many more to come!

When family comes together.

When a family gets together it is a time to celebrate. Sunday afternoon I got to be part of such a celebration. The Jean family celebrated all of their family being together for a few days.

Their family reminded me in so many ways of my own family. A large southern family with lots of love for each other and lots of fun to be around.

Grandma Ruth has 5 children, 12 grandchildren, and 19 great-grandchildren. This is Grandma Ruth with her five children.

Kevin  has been in Iraq for the past several months was home for a few days and they thought this would be a great time to come together as a family for family portraits.

Kevin and his beautiful wife, Julie.  I admire Kevin, but I also have an incredible admiration for Julie. She also makes great sacrifices being separated from her husband for months at a time and also taking care of their home and two sons.

We gathered together at Michele and BJ's home. 

You might just have thought that I put them in the middle of the road because that's what I like to do sometimes. I do love to use country roads, but this spot has special meaning to this family.  See that tree in the background? That is the home place of where Grandma Ruth lived with her parents when she married Mr. Lawrence. He passed away a few years ago, but this family is a result of Mrs. Ruth and Mr. Lawrence falling in love so many years ago.

  

They are blessed with so many little ones. 

I could just keep posting and posting.  It was a beautiful afternoon.  Thankfully, the rain stopped the day before and it warmed up for us a little bit.  I was so glad to spend the afternoon with old friends and making some new ones. Thanks to Michele and Brittany for organizing everything! I need to hire the two of you as assistants! ;-)

Small town on a Sunday afternoon.

I recently met my longtime friend Kim and her girls in town on a Sunday afternoon for a little photo shoot of the four of them together. Kim (like many of my other clients)and I went to high school together. That is one good thing about living in a small town.  You still see many of your friends from high school almost twenty years later. has it really been that long?! After having three girls, Kim went back to college and is now an ER nurse.

We went for a walk around town, catching up and just having fun.

I would introduce the girls, but I think this next one does it for me. ;-)

We had fun hanging and being a little silly.

There wasn't much traffic that day, but I think they could have stopped traffic. Don't you?

Then we were off again. I love the bit of flare in this one.

We made our way back to my favorite alley, and the light was perfect.  Love the shadows we were able to get!

Kim, I hope these were worth the wait! There are many, many, many more! Your girls are beautiful, and I am so proud of you!