Last night I enjoyed a fun session with a mom I have known for several years. I took pregnancy pictures of her with her first; now it was time to take a couple of her pregnant with her second. She also wanted a shot of her and her daughter and then her daughter alone as she is just about to celebrate her second birthday.

I just loved how her daughter’s hair curled in the humidity. In fact I set up for this amazing shot with the sun framing the back of her head and all the curls when I started feeling this pain on my leg. I ignored it at first, but then there was more and more. I looked down only to see hundreds of ants all over my legs; they were stinging me! I had inadvertently kneeled on their nest while setting up to take the picture. Ahhhhh. . . it was a bit traumatic. Luckily mom and child were unscathed. And seeing the pictures, it was all worth it. Here is a little sneak peek:

Yesterday I had the pleasure of photographing one of my daughter’s friends and her family. Here is a sneak peek – more to come!

While driving the other day, I saw this small field with tall grasses & wildflowers. I immediately knew I needed to take photos there; last night I got my chance. The kids are growing so fast, I am thankful that I convinced them to go out on a shoot with me.

What a fun shoot! I first met Lynne when she did a maternity shoot with me and she was pregnant with her first. Now here we are years later – we each have another child. How time flies!

On this particular day her oldest was not wanting to be in any one place too long – so I tailed him for a while to get some shots. My favorite are at the fountain. His face, his eyes say it all; he was having fun!

Then his brother sat so well for a couple of shots; I just love the shot here he is peek over at me. Then shortly after he refused to leave his mom’s arms – but that didn’t mean he wasn’t a total ham. . .

Thanks Lynne for the fun morning!

Kind-of like a new book, sometimes I start editing pictures and can’t “put it down”. That’s what happened today as I looked through the 300 or so shots I took of my latest clients. The mom and her two daughters got the shoot as a surprise for the husband/dad. The mom was so beautiful – she looked like a movie star. The girls were very sweet and easy to take pictures of. Here is a peek: