Crazy weekend

Relatives & parents were in town, surprise newborn session, and a VERY lavish Indian wedding with all of my high school buddies. I'm still recovering from all of the excitement.

I promise to post more in the next few days. Here's one of me and Kyu gettin' it down to Indian techno music on Saturday!

Jacob

Jacob and his mom flew all the way up from Miami to spend a morning with me in a park for his 1 year photos. Amazing how this little boy has grown up before my eyes.

Just one.

This has been a crazy week (and it gets crazier the later half), but I wanted to share a favorite from my shoot yesterday in Columbus. This is Knox. He has the most addictive laugh.

I love profile pictures because they're so subtle, but speak words.

All of the little things...

...that make a little girl.

It's the books you read her, the toys she plays with, the friends she sleeps with at night, and the SCC team you insist she have monogrammed on her bloomers and everything else she owns, that shapes her and makes her your very own.

I love shooting the details parents spend exuberant amounts of time surrounding their children with.

Ellen's room:



She will be a Tennessee Volunteer for sure.

Race Day

Kyu and his friends of 15+ years competed in Calloway Garden's Sprint Triathlon over the weekend, and lucky for them - I brought my camera along to document all of it. =) I was so proud of each of them! The camaraderie, sportsmanship & friendly competitiveness came out in each of them. But I would not expect less, because they all finished so strong.

The race:



A quick before shot:



And after the race:



Each of them in their element:

Such cool parents

Aiden's dad is going to kill me for publishing this image - but seriously, how cool is he?! He knows exactly how to get Aiden to smile & laugh!

The power of a sprinkler

For an 18 month old on a very hot day, a sprinkler can be Godsend. I just loved Ryan's expressions in these.

Took these with my 85 1.2 - yup, I did get soaked as well :)

Not feeling so great today...

Poor Crawford was running a fever this afternoon, so we'll continue our session in a week or so. But I just had to share this one. A favorite of mine for sure.

TJ, Ethan + Emma

This weekend, I went to visit a very special family. I photographed these 3 munchkins in 2006 when I was starting to build my portfolio and make sample folio books to market. It was a very scary time in our business, and I am so grateful that this family trusted me and allowed an unknown photographer to come into their home and document their family.

A spread from their book over 2 years ago:

Now, each of them have grown into 3 very different and beautiful little people, and it was such a treat for me to revisit! TJ (the oldest) is the leader of the pack. Whatever he does, Ethan & Emma follow. Ethan is into his scooter and Thomas the Train. I remember when that was TJ's most favorite toy when he was Ethan's age. Emma is just....so beautiful and so sweet. In the midst of all of our crazy session fun, she looks at me with her big brown eyes and my heart melts.

A Must See

Loved it!