A Simply Adorable Session with Addison

I knew this session was going to be a heart melter when I saw little Addison come in to the studio with bouncy little curls and pink p.j.s! We quickly decided on her pink dress with matching bow for her formal portraits. We knew we were on to something great when Addison kept striking poses that required a mandatory "awww" afterward.



Keeping with our pink theme for the session we ditched the dress and grabbed Addison's ballet tutu and tee for some casual and fun shots of her in the front room, and she continued to pose like a pro and play it up for the camera. This shot is definitely one of our favorites! I think Addison's favorite bracelet she's wearing adds just a little something extra.



For our next to last look in this tiny super model's session, we decide to have some fun downstairs in the studio. Addison had no problem when we told her she had to stand on the bench instead of sit. She also seems to have a knack at coming up with the cutest poses that just seem to come naturally to her! Let me tell you, if there were a tiny tots version of America's Next Top Model, Addison would be giving all those other girls a run for their money. We had a blast and can't wait to show her mom the great stuff we did outside too!

Dinosaurs Coats and Cowboys Hats with Brynn

Any session that involves dinosaur rain gear, cowboy hats, cowboy boots and a giggly little pistol who goes by the name of Brynn has to be shared with others. As always, Brynn came in full of energy and ready to play it up for his portraits.

It was bright and sunny out, but we had fun pretending it was raining so Brynn could play in his ferocious dinosaur rain coat and bring out his matching umbrella.

He had a great time dressing up for this shoot and showed us his favorite cowboy hat that matches his favorite cowboy boots. If you didn't know any better you could easily mistake this little buck-a-roo for a bandit from the Wild West.

The Italy Session...Just a Hop, Skip, and a Block Away

Okay Okay, so we didn't exactly go to Italy for our session with the Waldrop Family. Trust me, Brad and I tried to find a way to justify the trip for one session. We did this right before the Home Show back in February, and it really is too good to not share with all of you! We knew going in to this session we wanted a far away feel, and needed one of our family's who trusted us enough to volunteer for something new and different. So many thanks to Mark, Christine, Madison and McCall for being brave and letting us use one of our new locations for their session!

The Beach Experience

We went down to visit Helen's family over Easter. I had been wanting to do a new portrait of Sydney for a wall in our basement so decided to take my equipement with us to Miami. Those of you who know me well know that I hate to carry camera equipment with me, unless it is for an assignment. Normally I use a camera on vacation that is the size of a cigarette pack. But I have been having fun using my new high resolution camera for portraits and thought it would be cool to do something different.

Helen asked what I wanted Sydney to wear I said no khakis and white. I'm bored with that look, so wanted to do something other than the typical pastels. Well as you can imagine that gave Helen an excuse to go shopping for clothes. As a lot of you know I am picky so she showed me a whole lot of clothes before I found a couple outfits that I had in mind. The evening we were to do the photograph it was storming with major thunderstorms on the beach we had selected. We went ahead and started towards the beach about an hour away by the time we arrived the sun was out and it was beautiful. Here are a few images that we captured.