one of the sweetest little faces i have ever seen.
A happy day with the Reed Family…
i heart this family. before their shoot, shauna (the mama) had sent me her favorite photograph of her mother that was taken before she passed away. it was of her in the middle of a wonderfully big laugh… the kind of laugh that spread across her face, squinted her eyes and just felt like home. that photo is how she loves to remember her mother and it was exactly the way i knew i wanted to photograph shauna. if you look at the photos below you will see that she has that same smile and i can also attest to the face that her laugh is very much contagious and has spilled out into the lives of her children and her husband that she loves to kiss oh so much. we started our shoot at my favorite little cupcake shop (cupcakery!) followed by a very fun little picnic (how adorable is shauna’s handmade “oh happy day!” banner!?) followed by some hugging in a field at sunset. and OH, what a HAPPY DAY is was. 
Rowan.
sneak peek from a very fun family shoot coming soon to the blog! i have many more to share but there was something about this one image of rowan that had me captivated. she has such sweet innocence in her eyes overflowing with intense wonder. just feels like magic to me.
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Sugar & spice…
and everything nice. that’s what this little girl is made of. her mommy was very excited to have finally gotten her girl so we were going for a very feminine, soft feel to the images. they just feel peaceful to me. welcome to the world, sweet leila…
Bobby & Rochelle’s Wedding!
most fun wedding EVER. these two are very near and dear to my heart. you may remember rochelle and bobby from their engagement shoot (see it HERE). rochelle is the jack of all trades for our household… assistant, nanny, organizer extraordinaire and friend. i had the honor of not only photographing their big day, but also styling it and coming up with all of the decor! AWESOME. :) rochelle and bobby were planning their wedding in a very short amount of time and the goal was for it to be fun, creative, personal, handmade, inexpensive and a theme based upon all things childlike (because of their passion for children and the way they met)! they also firmly believed that it should be a day celebrating their love for God and their childlike joy in waiting on His timing in bringing the two of them together. here were just a few of the creative touches in their day: pinwheels made out of children’s book pages, paper chains, painted cardboard clouds, quilts hanging as backdrops, hundreds of old time candies, paper flowers, chalkboard artwork, cupcakes topped with fruit loops, gummy worms and sprinkles, a dinner catered by in & out burger, a cotton candy machine, multicolored paper crowns, handmade boutonierres with kites colored by my gracie, paper “leaves” cut from an old cinderella storybook and a lollypop, 20 pairs of converse sneakers and one fantastic swingset. also, one of my favorite things we did was use antique trucks as centerpieces with little love letters and flowers put under their windshield wipers (inspired by the many, many notes and flowers bobby would leave on rochelle’s truck when they were dating)! a sweet moment of the day for me was being tackled by my little brandon as he ran straight past the flower girls and into my arms as i was photographing the ceremony. he was so joyful and in the moment, which felt so perfect for the kind of wedding that this was… perfectly imperfect. during the reception as the sun went down, all the guests danced, played with slinkies and jacks, drew with sidewalk chalk, laughed in the photo booth, filled up on burgers and popcorn and talked about the adorableness of bobby and rochelle. it was a fantastic day celebrating two of the most humble, honest, selfless and ridiculously fun people i have ever had the honor to call friends. xoxo
daddy’s girl.
it’s monday. the house is a disaster, the dishes are about to overflow onto the counters, i haven’t washed my hair in longer than you want to know, my eyes are tired from editing until the wee hours of the morning, my head is pounding from the mickey mouse clubhouse blaring from somewhere in the house, the only thing to eat in the fridge is leftover chinese from last thursday and it isn’t even noon yet. BUT, walking out into the livingroom to see my little gracie girl step onto her daddy’s feet for an improptu dance made cleaning up the mess seem not so important anymore. i have been a crazy busy working lunatic lately and my sweet husband has been having to pick up the slack. all i have to say is, i sure married a good one. i know i have been behind on blogging but this week is catch up week so stay tuned. xoxo
The Spruill Family
such a fun evening with this sweet family! these images just feel like summertime to me… warm and happy.
Featured on Design Aglow!
my images are now featured on design aglow products! i am so honored! if you are not familiar with design aglow, they are an incredibly awesome online resource for products directed at professional portrait and wedding photographers… they put out a digital magazine, templates, actions, marketing ideas, interviews, and inspiration highlighting the best images that the portrait and wedding photography industry has to offer. i’m a huge fan of them (i have used their holiday card templates for my clients the past few years) so it is even more of an honor to see my images featured as samples on their new “vintage greetings” cards! i will be using these templates this year (in addition to a few other designs) so check them out below for a little sneak peek! congrats to the “model” families that were selected by design aglow to be featured! :) top to bottom… lynnette & james’ up! engagement shoot, the nicholl family – princess & the pea, the leblanc family in austin, texas and then the sweet gracie & zeke!
The Franich Family
i have known the mama & daddy in this shoot since middle school! we were all part of the same group of friends but we lost touch over the years… so what fun it was to see two of those sweet friends all grown up and in love with two little ones in tow! to add to the excitement, they had packed their car FULL of fantastic props for their shoot. i was almost drooling as they pulled out boxes and boxes of records, instruments, outfits, paints and canvases (all wonderful things that they felt represented them as a family). it was hard to narrow all the photos down for the blog but this should give you a little idea of all the fun…
by Joy
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