Holiday Special

For the month of December only, any past, present or very soon to be future client who decides to purchase any collection this month will receive all of their edited digital files at full resolution (otherwise known as negatives) for free. Please call or email me if you have any questions!
And because I can't post without a picture(s) - here are some of my family from our summer trip to Utah. All taken right after a long hot sweaty day of horseback riding (there is nothing bar none that I would rather be doing at any given time). So we weren't exactly pretty, but the light was beautiful! Can you tell from pictures who has to be bribed to be in front of the camera and who loves it?

Siggard Family

Well, my awesome brother "B" and his tres chic wife "S" and their gorgeous baby "X" snagged my second mini session at the beach. This was "X's" first trip to the beach, and I think he was not too sure about it at first, but then I think it grew on him. He was all cool with it until I tried to put him in my sissy girly baby buggy. Then it was all over. But there was such an awesome sunset in the background that I just couldn't help sharing just one of those. It was "S'" very cool idea to do the "shoe shot." I quite liked it. And have you ever seen a baby with such beautiful blue eyes! Hope you like the pictures guys...





I had to include this one cause I thought the parents might get a laugh from his expression!









They've got this cool frame picked out for the shots with the beanies...

Wedding Day

Just a few I snagged for a sneak peak... Jess and Mindie have been waiting patiently to see something from their wedding day, so here goes. More to come - promise!

My Own...

There is a story behind these pics, but I will have to share it later - I've a wedding I just have to get finished editing. But since it has been a while since I posted, I thought I would throw a few of these up here. More to come later...

School Days

It's an annual ritual. The first day of school. We spend days picking out the perfect outfit. Get up early, have a nice breakfast, curl hair. Pack an extra special snack. The kids are chomping at the bit, ready to get out the door and on their way... off to new adventures. And then comes the moment that mom lives for and the kids dread: picture time. It only takes a few moments, honest. But you would think I was asking for the world. They will be glad some day, when they have kids of their own and they want to look back on their lives. They will want to remember what they looked like on their first day of 1st and 2nd grade... won't they?



This is the look I usually get from Kate when I say, "Picture time." But then she warms up and loves the camera.

This is the typical reaction I get from my son, who just can't fathom why, after taking a picture like this, can't understand why I might possibly want to get "one more" shot, with a "normal smile."
"You already took a picture mom."
"But you were rolling your eyes at me - I can't use that one."
"Why not?"
"Just look at the camera and smile, ok? Then we can go to school."
So much for just capturing real life as it happens, and not asking kids to "look at the camera and smile," and all that stuff I like to preach. So easy when it's not my own kids.

I got the chance to subject my daughter's best school friend (and next door neighbor) to the same torture. Fortunately she hasn't been photographed within an inch of her life (although she is getting there, living next door to me), and still loves to pose for the camera.



OK, in case you hadn't noticed, this picture is actually from another day (yesterday, to be exact), but I just really liked it so I thought I would throw it in...