The {M} Family

While I was in Arizona, I had the opportunity to do 3 photo sessions. What an honor it is to have wonderful clients in Oklahoma and "back home" in the Phoenix area!



The first session I did was for the {M} family. Melissa has been a friend of my husband's since they were in school! Melissa contacted me about doing a mini-session for her parent. What a wonderful gift!!! Of course, she was there too and I had to get her in a few pics as well =)




This was the first time I had met Melissa or her parents and let me just say how absolutely wonderful and charming they all were! I can't wait to get back to AZ and see them again =)

The {S} Family

I LOVED this session, everything about it. The {S} family was one of the very first families we met when we moved to Oklahoma. Vicki and I became fast friends and during one of our long conversations, she gave me the push I needed to venture out into the photography business! Their family was out of the state for a while and I was SO thrilled when they returned that she asked for a family session with a special little twist of doing some pictures for Sophia's 3rd birthday!!!

There were SO many images that I LOVED from this session that I couldn't choose so you're going to see a lot of them! Even Titus, the dog was included =)

Enjoy, I know I did!!!






Super silly girl with her daddy!




I don't remember why they were laughing, but I love this shot!
Titus looking so regal! Granted it was 105 degrees outside!


I LOVED this blue parasol and it matched perfectly with her dress and little tutu from her birthday party!


Does it get better than a pink tutu with cowgirl boots and a splash of attitude?!?




This was literally the last picture I took. I LOVE everything about it =)

What a memorable session. I just don't know how they are going to choose a favorite ;)

What To Wear Wednesday

For August's installment of What To Wear Wednesday we have a colorful & casual summer family look!


LOVE those colors! They are sure to POP in photos!

Edit Me Week 13

Wow, what an amazing image we have to edit this week!!! Thanks Amber!
I knew that I was going to enjoy playing with this image and boy did I, but strangely I though I might end up doing more than I actually did. Take a look:

Here's the before image:


My edit:



In ACR I knew I wanted to bring out the gorgeous blues of the water and sky. So, I cooled the image (increasing the blues on the temperature slider) and I thought that had a GREAT effect to the overall image! After getting the color I was looking for I just amped it up a bit by increasing the exposure, blacks, contrast, vibrance and saturation. Then once I brought it over to PSE7 I only added text. Now, I'm not one to usually add any kind of text to my image, but this one just screamed out for a powerful quote! I began thinking of one that would fit.....search the Internet for a few minutes, then realized- HELLO, my Pinterest quotes board! And bingo, I found the one I had been looking for. I hope you find it as powerful as I do. I'm totally in love with this entire image. =)

Stop by Branson's Edit Me Challenge to see more amazing edits!

The {B} Family

This was such a fun and easy session! The kids were absolutely wonderful and I loved when Joanna told me that she likes to smile and have happy family pictures. I totally agree with that!!!








Everyone looks pretty happy to me! LOVE IT!

Sweet Baby {C}

I've been waiting a long time to meet this sweet little girl. 9 1/2 months to be exact! ;) We are great friends with her Mommy, Daddy and big brother and they are definitely some of my best and most loyal clients!!!



I was out of town when {C} was born so this was the first time I was able to meet her! She must have been so excited that she decided not to sleep....at all! It was quite the challenge in patience, but I'm so thrilled with the images we were able to capture for this wonderful family!

The {F} Family

Wow, was this a crazy photo session. It was crazy windy!!! So windy that we weren't sure how many photos we were acutally going to be able to use! Thankfully, everything worked out and we got some really wonderful images for the {F} family!








This family of 4 is soon going to be a family of 5! I can't wait to meet the newest little boy in this family and add him into some new photos!!!