the Hoopers - preview

Last weekend I shot the Hoopers - my friend Jessica from high school, with her 4 boys.... well, 5, including their Corgie.  Such a beautiful family.  Baby George has to be one of the most adorable babies I've ever seen in my life!

Here is a quick preview of some of my faves, with a story & more pics to come soon....

Meet Finn

This past Tuesday, I met Abby, Chris, and their 2-month-old baby, Finn, at Cox Farms in Centerville on a gorgeous day to record some special moments of Chris & Abby together with their new son.  Here are a few of my favorites from the day.

baby finn

doesn't that smile look just like his daddy's in this picture?

Lifestyle Portraiture at Cox Farms

Lifestyle portraiture (aka picture playdate) - Everyone has fun!

Last Thursday, Adobe, Phoenix, Takoda Din & I went to Cox Farms out in Centerville with some of our homeschool posse and had a blast (as usual).  And, as usual, I took alot of pics.  One of the other mommas, Wendy, also shot some pics on my 50mm during the hayride (nice work Wendy!).  I had fun with different editing effects, and here they are!  Enjoy!



If you were with us there, visit the gallery to see the images full-size, and write me for the download password if I haven't sent it to you yet. 

the Kelly Family

This weekend I shot the lovely Kelly family. Tom's parents were visiting for the weekend from Connecticut, and they wanted to get some pictures of the family all together. The little munchkins, Jack, 5, Bridgette, 3, and Sean, 1, were adorable. Here's a preview from our session.

Sean

Bridgette

Sean

the Kelly Family

Melia & Ryan got married during the summer of 2011 in the gorgeous Grand Teton National Park by Moulton Barn, just north of Jackson Hole Wyoming. Adam & I were honored to document this momentous occasion.

After Melia & Ryan's amazingly beautiful wedding near Moulton Barn in Grand Teton National Park, just north of Jackson Hole WY, we did group portraits and then stayed on-site for some bride-n-groom portraits before heading over to Schwabacker's Landing for more....

At the end of the session, Melia & Ryan practiced their tango they were performing at their reception.  This made for some lovely additional shots....

Revel in the afterglow....

These are some of my faves from the group portraits session after Melia & Ryan's wedding.

melia & ryan's wedding

I haven't posted here for a long while for two reasons.

For one, since taking pics of cute little baby James, I birthed my own adorable little man, just under a year later, on March 7.  I have still been shooting in the past year, but my time's been more limited.  Second, I have my other sites and blog that I maintain as well when I have time, on top of my full-time job as mom and wife, my news work, my development stuff, etc, and well, I guess that makes my photo blog take a back seat.  I thought about shutting it off altogether, but figured I'll keep it open and post from time to time.

For today I'd like to share some images from Melia & Ryan's beautiful wedding this summer in the Grand Teton National Park, near Jackson Hole WY.  Melia is a dear sweet friend I've known since 2nd grade!  Atom worked with me, and as usual, we proved to be a great team, complimenting one another.  I edited the images in Lightroom.  Enjoy!