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A few months ago I got to spend time with a wonderful family!  The mama of the bunch is practically family.  I can still remember listening to her laugh when she was the age of her daughters (and trying to determine if she was laughing or crying.  They were very similar, very passionate sounds.)  She […]

Back before it was one million degrees outside, I got to go meet a brand new baby and see a sweet family that I’ve known since the parents were elementary schoolers.  Stephen and Mindy had been together, either dating or married, on the day their daughter Heidi was born.  What a celebration!  Seeing them as […]

It was a really fun way to start family portrait season when my old friend Lindsay emailed about doing a session for her family.  Our dad’s have known each other since forever and Lindsay and I were friends in college.  I hadn’t met her husband or beautiful daughters though, and I was itching for a […]

I love a fast-moving process.  I got a text from a mom last Thursday afternoon and we ended up setting up the photo session for her three kids at 8 am the very next day!  She said she had bee procrastinating their portraits and had to get them done.  So we did! These two boys […]

Just before I left for my annual summer vacation, I had a flurry of portrait sessions.  I always love it when a session includes catching up with a friend.  So, Juliet’s session was a favorite since I got to visit with her wonderful mother, Annah.  You’ve all seen her beautiful daughter Claire and Juliet’s infant […]

The very day I posted info about my Christmas card sessions, I got an email from the Mason family.  I got to know them when I did an infant session with their now two-year-old.  It’s so much fun to see the same families each year.  This adorable girl has so much personality!  She didn’t complain […]

A few weeks ago I got to go play with the cutest girls in their most beautiful yard.  I met big sis when I took pictures at Covenant Day School.  It was fun to meet the rest of the girls in the family and take pictures of this busy time in their lives!This little girl […]

That crazy photography season we call fall is here!  And I got to start out the craziness with some super good friends, the Pooles.  It was a beautiful, warm football Saturday and other than Lance’s “Geaux Tigers” on the day MY team was playing LSU, it went perfectly.  Well… except for the yellow jacket sting […]

I’m a little sad to be sharing these one-year portraits with you since it means my scheduled sessions with Olivia are over!  It’s been such fun to watch her grow and to get to know her sweet mom.  This last session I was especially aware of how big she’s gotten.  Look at her walking and […]

This is little Owen.  I got to meet him 6 months ago when he was less than a week old.  How adorable is he now?  Equally adorable is his big brother Jamie.The real problem is that I’ve photographed this beautiful family so many times that they’ve become friends.  I have to make myself stop talking […]

Surely you recognize this blued-eyed beauty by now? I’ve gotten to see Olivia for the 3-month and 6-month milestones and now we’re already at 9-months.  I think she’s getting cuter and cuter and I had so much fun with her and her mom on this gorgeous spring day.  She’s at the age where crawling is […]

Several years ago I nervously drove to the home of a family from my church to photograph their new baby.  I didn’t know the couple very well and hadn’t shot many newborns, so I wasn’t sure what to expect.  A few hours later I left with captures I knew they would be happy with, that […]

An old family friend called a few months ago to get her adorable son’s one-year portrait session scheduled.  Sadly, I hadn’t met John Turner yet.  Both his mom and dad are calm, easy-going, reasonably quiet people, so I expected similar traits in him.  But no, no, no… this little man is on the move, expressive, […]

Photographers say it all the time… we don’t take pictures of our own life because we’re so busy taking pictures of others.  I did really well taking pictures at milestones, until about 10 months ago. But today, me and my girls took a trip to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens and enjoyed this spring day right […]

In the past, when you’ve seen my favorite little McCarthy family, there have been just four.  At the end of the year, though, Amy’s mom contacted me about family portraits for the WHOLE family.  That included her (Debra) and her 4 daughters, plus all their spouses and children.  As with most activities that involve that […]