Good times with Miss K

I’ve been photographing this cutie since she was two days old and I have to say . . . I’ll never get bored! She is a beauty and full of laughter. Mom and I were a tad worried about the overcast day but these images turned out wonderful. There were a couple that as soon as I saw them I thought to myself, “Yes, that’s definitely her!” I love it when I feel I’ve captured my subject’s true personality.

And I couldn’t resist posting one with Mama. They’re such good buddies.

Thanks for having me along for a great photoshoot Miss K, or as I like to call you, Shorty. My favorite part of the session was when I kissed your little hand goodbye and you looked at me said, “I love you”. I thought I heard right but wanted to make sure and Mama confirmed the translation. 

Man, I sure do love my job!

Livin’ Part of Life . . . down on the farm

I’m excited to post photos of some of my favorite little photography subjects. I’ve photographed them for quite some time now and I’m thrilled their Mama trusts such an important job to me! I had to incorporate an Eric Church song in the title as it’s one of her favorite country artists. As does the owner of the beautiful farm where had our photoshoot! Stacy suggested we take photos out at her friends home and I couldn’t have been more thrilled. TONS of prime photo taking spots! We got lots of great ones from this session. 

You can see we definitely enjoyed the “livin’ part of life” on this day. A big thanks to Shannon for being such a wonderful hostess and letting us have fun at her place. I really enjoyed lunch at the “Sour Mash” afterwards!

Stacy thanks for being patient as I proofed these photos. Since there were so many great ones you have a larger than average proofing gallery that I’ll have posted by this evening!

Family Session

This family was so much fun to work with! Take that back, it wasn’t work . . . it was play. These girls were absolutely darling and such good sisters to each other. They played and shared and held hands just like mama asked them to.

We started off in the back yard and then went over to the lake for some more scenic shots. I’m glad they had as much fun as I did. These are the sessions when I realize how happy I am to be doing what I’m doing. These are the type of photos I want to capture everyday! We got photos of them loving each other, laughing, hugging . . . being together.

Happy birthday to my good friend Amanda aka “mama”

My buddy Amanda celebrated her birthday a couple weekends ago and she asked me to come down and take pictures of her and the boys at the zoo. Well the weather didn’t really cooperate that day so we ended up at the Lincoln Children’s Museum instead. Wow, what a fun, colorful place! I wanted to be a little kid again so I could play on all the cool exhibits.

I thought it was so special that Amanda wanted to celebrate her birthday by taking her boys out and enjoying time with them. She is really a wonderful, loving mama. I always have a good time with her little guys. Amanda has even referred to me as "Aunt Cara". Even though I’m not actually related she sure makes me feel like it and I love it!

So thanks for letting me spend the day with your family Amanda. I’ve got more pictures where these came from but I wanted to get a couple posted as a "sneek peek".
Can’t wait to see you and the boys next time!

The Secret Workshop

I realized I’ve never posted about the fabulous workshop I attended a couple weeks ago. I can’t say enough about the ladies that put this on, Cheryl Muhr and Jodie Otte. They were so willing to share not only photography tips but what they’ve learned running their successful businesses. I was SO inspired on the plane ride home. I have all these ideas about new things to offer my clients, new places to do photoshoots, etc. I’ve had to start a notebook with my ideas so I don’t forget them all! I keep it next to my bed and more than once I’ve awoken in the middle of the night to jot something down.

One of the things I’ve been working on lately is a new website! I’m so excited to share it with you all once it’s just right. Designing is a lot of fun but also very time consuming. I’ll be sure to announce when the official launching day is!

In the meantime here’s some photos I took at the workshop. We were so lucky to get to work with such talented, adorable models! Not only did we have great kids to work with but the surroundings were incredible. The windows in the studio and the urban surroundings outside were wonderful to work with. I’m on the lookout for a place like this close to where I live now!