Year Three | Dallas Child Photographer

My son turned two mid September and not counting his birthday celebration, I've been too busy to take any pictures of him since the special day. Now nearly a month later, as we were celebrating my mom's birthday, we got caught in a fall rain storm heading home and everything around us was quickly drenched.

I took my son out of the car and tried to hurry him inside to avoid getting wet, but being the boy that he is he took to stomping in the puddles in the parking lot. And me being the mom that I am, decided to let him enjoy a few moments of toddlerhood pleasure by playing in the puddles and splashing around.

He enjoyed every minute of it.

Fort Worth Maternity Sneak Peek

You know those sessions where you walk away thinking "I cannot wait to see how many awesome images I got!"

I had one of those on Friday. It was a lucky break all around that I was able to schedule this session but I'm so glad it worked out and I'm drooling over the thought of the newborn images come this September. I don't even know if I can properly describe how much I enjoyed myself during this session and getting to meet the three doggies and one bird. ;-) Did I mention I'm an animal lover? Bring on the slobber and the furballs!

Here's a little sneak peek so you can all see why I'm so excited.



They had the most amazing furniture I've seen. I've been drooling since I left.



And this crib. It's gorgeous. They even have the room all decorated and ready.



I finally found someone willing to use my tie! I just loved how this one turned out.



And, I must admit, this is one of my all time favorite maternity images I've ever taken.



And, of course, we couldn't leave out her first baby.



N & T thank you so much for welcoming me into your home for this session. You guys have great style and I can't wait to come back to meet your little one.

Things have been quiet.

There's always a reason why I seem to suddenly disappear. This week it was because of a death of a family friend. I was working on a photo slideshow for the funeral and a little out of reach for awhile, I'm sorry about that. Please expect to be receiving a return email or phone call from me early this next week.

The funeral was beautiful. The slideshow I managed to put together despite technology difficulties was perfect. ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tpuKKeTJmI ) And it was just a very touching service.

Sneak Peek

I spent the day with a dear old friend of many many years whom I see far too little of. It was so nice to spend time catching up and then taking a couple pictures of her wee one who is now already 3 months old (actually nearly 4 months I think) amazing. They grow up so quickly!

We weren't able to get quite as many outfits in before he was in need of a nap, but I told her I knew we manage to sneak in at least a couple keepers. Sharing a few with all of you. Enjoy!









And I had to post this last one just to show off these crib sheets. Aren't they just amazing? I was drooling over them the whole time I was there. Just love!

An Act of Love...

I was recently approved by OpLove ( OpLove.org ) to be a volunteer photographer for their program. The cliff notes version is that OpLove provides photography services to service men (women) as a thank you for their sacrifices to our country. (For more information check out the website.)

I meet with J and B after an hour of trying to find each other (seriously, how many BBQ places can you have in one city with the same name on "Main" street?) But we prevailed and finally met up for the session.

In an odd twist of fate, J contacted me about this session just three days after my application had been approved. So I was very excited to be able to do my first volunteer session with them.

Side note here, but I have to admit I really think this has been my favorite session to edit yet. Several images brought tears to my eyes when I saw them load on my computer and I couldn't tear myself away from them. They just called to me in an odd quirky artist sort of way. I am so honored to be able to share them here, with you, and I hope you will take an extra second to leave a comment and express your thanks and appreciation for all that our service volunteers do for us on a daily basis. A simple thank you is the least you can do.

And now, back to the images.

















Check back tomorrow for a slide show of the entire session!

Oh, Ah, A Senior

Last night started out disappointing. The location I originally wanted to try out for this session was just not going to work. The wind last night was so fierce it felt like we were going to be toppled over. Luckily, we decided to try some photos down town Fort Worth again and ended up with amazing results. I'm so excited to share a couple of these.





We stopped by Barnes and Noble for a little catching up on our Best Sellers.



And then walked by this awesome motorcycle.













And one of my all time favorites, taken inside the parking garage,

It's Edgy

My amazing friend Alex who modeled for me this past summer hired me to do her senior portraits. She wanted something "edgy" and different and totally non traditional. So we spent the evening downtown playing with the lights and shadows. Posting a sneak peek for her.

We had an accident.

Every mommy has the moment where, for the first time, she understands how quickly things can go from "Kiss & all better" to "Let's go to visit the ER again".





Today was one of those days.





Thankfully we're all OK, just a sliced finger where no band aid is able to stay put so mommy, being the clever mommy she is, decided to tape a sock over his hand in oder to ensure the band aid is not removed mid-night.

Sneak Peek

I wish I had the energy to say how fantastic of a time I had on Saturday with K&B but I'm just plain tuckered out right now and in need of some good, deep sleep.

Enjoy this little sneak peek! Baby is coming in April and I can't wait to meet her!