Save the Date- Loop in Motion Art Walk

Save the Date!

Friday, October 2 and Saturday October 3 is the Loop in Motion Art Walk in University City. I will have prints and canvasses for sale in my display near Racanelli's. So come grab a delicious bite to eat and stroll through the booths, displays, art openings, and various exhibitions. Be sure to stop by my table and say hello (as well as purchase some fine art for your home).

If you did not get a chance to see what I had on display at Crave coffeehouse over the summer, come see me here as I have those projects as well as some more prints from Europe.

pass on the word. mark your calendars. save the date.

Behind the Scenes

I realized that my little (BIG) boy has managed to come along on many of my shoots this summer. I manage to snap a few of him here and there... I just plucked out a couple to share, because I love my son, and I hear y'all love looking at him.

The approach of a baby kiss.... EWWW!!



He said he wanted twins... This is what it would have been like. :)


My best man with his best man.


Cashed out.

Chattin' buddies.

Birthday Pictures, Part 2

Today, I finished up the birthday pictures from the rain-out of the weekend. We had high hopes of taking pictures in our neighborhood (these are some of my neighbors), and I'd scoped out this awesome fence at a daycare down the road from our homes. I'd contacted the daycare in person and on the phone to ask the owner about taking pictures on the property since it's near kids. I never heard back so we were nervous... but our hopes were not dashed. They weren't sure why were camping out in their "front yard," but they let us stay. And we got some super cute shots!

I wasn't intentionally taking matching mommy and daddy shots, since these were at opposite ends of the shoot, but I love how similar they are.

If I had a flower girl, this would be her

My husband and I have some dear friends who were our best man and matron of honor in our wedding. We LOVE them! If we had chosen to have kiddos in our wedding, their oldest, Kaitlynn, would have been our flower girl. When I was first starting out as a photographer, way back in high school, they saw my potential and were some of my first clients. I took Kaitlynn's pictures as a baby, and now she's a big sister! Time for pictures of the four of them.

We live 4 hours apart, so we met in the middle- Columbia, MO. None of us know the town, so we got there about 1/2 hour early and found a few spots. We rarely get to see each other, so we went all out. It was a day-long affair. Due to the fact that it was a mondo-photoshoot, I had a hard time narrowing down my favorites. Kaitlynn knows how to "work it" and Natalie is just a doll!

Check out this awesome spot we found!




The girl's faces are just what I wanted here: "... uh, mom... dad... cut it out."


I was playing around with some vignetting the other day and brought it out for this one. Isn't it fun and reminiscent of days gone by? I did some photo restoration for my mom as a gift a few years back and this has a similar feel.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Anrazel!

This morning, I photographed a double-birthday-doozy! It was a photoshoot for the first birthday of BBZ (his awesome blogger name), but it was actually on his mom's birthday! What a fun birthday weekend.

It has been raining for hours, so our shoot was cut short. We stuck to the house for today, and we'll venture out into the neighborhood in a few days. Stay tuned later this week for the second half of our adventure.

Here are a few of my favorites from the morning.




He is simply a flurry of activity, rushing from one thing to the next. This shows his personality so well!

Gearing up...

I am looking forward to a few family shoots with babies this weekend, as I've had a few weeks of resting. It's time to get back in the game!

This morning, I wanted to show my family around the world the little (HUGE) guy in his cousin's old jammies, lookin' super cute. So to the friendly, free Skype world we went (as we go most days), and nuts... no one was home. In order to show off the cuteness and gear up for the weekend, while ensuring the camera that is NOT getting repaired way off in California is in top working order, we did a mini shoot in the hallway.

I love my son.

Stay tuned for some fun posts of my weekend shoots and upcoming sales. Happy Holidays! (Labor day, that is).

Odds & Ends

This past weekend, as I was working with Janele to coordinate the City Lights Church Free Clothing and Food Day, my second shooter did a shoot for me for The Bridge. They were having a VIP luncheon.


Apparently I like pictures of fruit, as seen above from the luncheon and of my pictures for sale at Crave and here.

Speaking of my pictures for sale... there is just one more week left before that gallery will no longer be graced by pictures I took in Europe or of fruit. Be sure to check it out!

One of my cameras is broken! Thank goodness for backups. Anyhow, today I'm off to the post office to let Nikon fix it for me.

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