712 Dance Crew: New Dancers!

I had a blast this afternoon with the members of the 712 Dance Crew. This is a dance crew started by a young man by the name of Brandon Washington. He spent the last 5 years on the Jump Team with Second Baptist, and danced for years before that. He graduated high school in the spring, and started moving forward with establishing his own dance crew.

These are the original members:

Brandon:

Ali:

Alex:

Auditions were held in August - and the auditions were tough. I went for 2 hours, while they learned a dance from an amazing choreographer, and then danced for the judges - hoping to make the crew.

Today, I had the pleasure of photographing the new members of the 712 Dance Crew:

Colleen:

Melissa:

Olivia:

Ashley:

Sarah:

Lily:

Samantha:

These are the craziest shoes....

Brandon is getting a bit outnumbered with girls at this point... he and Alex need some more male dancers!

This is the NEW 712 Dance Crew:

Check them out at www.712dancecrew.com!

OpLove Session: The M Family

I had the pleasure of spending my Saturday mid-day with the M Family. They brought their gorgeous 5 month old daughter with them - and oh, we had such fun!

I realized something - somewhere between the beginning and the end of their session - which really isn't as eye opening as you might believe - but I absolutely LOVE being a photographer. I love it. I love meeting new people... and spending time with them getting those perfect images... it's just outright fun!

So without further delay - here is the M Family! Okay... just the littlest member of the M Family. This is Ms. Mikayla. And we had fun today!

Okay - I need some help. I love this photo. LOVE this photo. In fact... I can't decide... do you like it like this....

or like this? I like the color version... but oh... look at those soulful little eyes! This one needs to be BIG!

Mr. & Mrs. M - he had a gorgeous set of dress blues that he was wonderful enough to bring with him. They make a gorgeous couple!

Mikayla likes dog tags. I mean - REALLY likes dog tags. She made us work to get this one image of her holding them... and looking at me... *grin* But it was worth it!

Isn't mom gorgeous!

I've got to divulge a photographer's trick for you mom's out there - find the most obnoxious sounding squeaky toy and use it sparingly. I have a chicken that - quite seriously - sounds like you are strangling it. It's horrid - but kids (some kids!!) absolutely LOVE it! Mikayla was one of those kids.

Well - as usual - I went over my '3 or 4' image preview - but hey... it was a great session... and I'll let Mikayla tell you guys bye bye!

The adorable Lizotte kids!

I had a wonderful afternoon with mom and these two gorgeous kids this week. I had the pleasure of doing mom's maternity portraits a while back:

She was so adorable pregnant!



So she brought the newest addition by, with his big sister, and we had fun! We had to work a bit for this one... but I think it was worth it!

He was checking stuff out!

But once you got him smiling!! Ain't he adorable?

I love overalls on kids.... if I put overalls on 'my' little girl... she looks like a boy. But Ms. C has gorgeous long hair... so she could pull it off quite nicely!

My favorite.... I love this one! She was having fun... amazingly enough. But this look was so 'right' for the 'I'm out of here' image I was going for...

Sara - thank you for bringing your gorgeous little ones by to allow me the pleasure of taking their photo! I hope you enjoy these!

OpLove Session: The K Family

I had a wonderful evening with the K family - I absolutely LOVE people who are just down to earth. I got a couple bonuses with this family... they have a gorgeous brand new 2 week old daughter.... and a gorgeous 16 year old daughter.

The thing that amazed me most was their eyes. They all have these seriously intense blue eyes... that were just gorgeous!

So - without further delay:

They are a gorgeous family!

She is so tiny... and she kept posing for me... it was so adorable. She also did an amazing job of keeping all the 'baby poop' in her diaper... *grin* She was AWESOME!

Must show off the dog tags... when she's 5... dad's going to look at this photo and look at her... and be amazed at how much she's grown in such a small time...

She smiled for me... isn't she adorable?




I've got several 'serious' images with him... but this one, seriously, was my favorite. That smile... it was real... and perfect... and I am the photographer, so I get to post my favorites! *grin*

This young lady is 16... and does she have gorgeous hair and eyes or what? She was just as sweet as she is pretty. She was wonderful helping her mom with the little one. Absolutely awesome!

I had a wonderful time with the K family tonight! Thank you guys for coming and spending time with me... and enjoying it (or at least laughing often enough I 'think' you did!). I hope these photos do the beauty of your family justice!

The Seeton Family

I spent the afternoon with one of my favorite couples.... Jeff & Sara Seeton. They brought along some family members... and we had fun at Molly Pryor Orchard.

This is my favorite one of the session...

I love this shot!

Mom and Dad! They were hilarious!

Giving kisses to my little sister... (hey, it kept her from crying!)

This is great grandma.... and she's so elegant!

Isn't she adorable?

Sometimes... you think behavior like this... it's a unique thing...

And then you realize... it's genetic!

Okay... I like this one too... !

I had a wonderful afternoon with this family. They are a close knit bunch... and it's always good to see that!

The Marcolino Family - Maternity Shoot

This gorgeous couple came over this morning and spent time with me. Mom is around the 34th week (I believe!) and is ALL baby. And wow - is she gorgeous.

I swear - I've read in books how 'pregnant women' are just gorgeous. I know when I was pregnant - I didn't spend a lot of that 9 months thinking - oh wow - I'm gorgeous. Mainly I felt fat... and tired. But there is just something about a pregnant woman... I try to capture that beauty... and when I get pretty momma's like this one... I really enjoy it!

Just to warn you... before you scroll down... there is one seriously hot image of the soon to be mom and dad... *grin*

This pink background just complimented her skin so much!

Apparently she looks good no matter what she's in... loved the purple though...

Simple...

For some reason I keep thinking 'madonna' when I see this... but not 'Madonna'... she just looks gorgeous!

And my absolute favorite...