Averie

Little Averie came in to see me at the studio this weekend, I have photographed her and her family before, but never got much of a smile from her because it takes her a little while to warm up to me. However, this time--we got smiles! I was so excited to upload my card and see what I got this time! Boy was I suprised, she did awesome and I was able to capture a lot of her personality--I am so excited!

my favorite!


I am finally getting to use this backdrop I bought forever ago. :)


She is trying to escape and has her eyes on her escape route ! LOL.

Winegar Family

The Winegar family came to the studio this weekend for pictures. They are so much fun. :) It is so neat to see such a large family get along so well. First we did pictures of each child, which was awesome, but then I broke out the silly booth stuff and it was so much fun to watch them play together. Silly string was a blast to do :)


We did do some serious stuff.. :)


And now to the fun stuff..

a few photobooth fun images.

Post silly string and fun. :) Look at all the silly string on the floor.

Thanks for coming in guys, can't wait to see you Wednesday.

Kelly

So here are some fun images !

Sam

Sam came into the studio today and had his pictures done, he was so awesome! As all almost two year olds are, he was super busy playing with the entire animal kingdom I have here in the studio including the elephant, frog, and horse. LOL. Who knew that elephant that was given to me for free would be so popular!

Jen, thanks for coming all the way from IA City to do pictures, I really do appreciate it!

He's going to be 2 in a few weeks !

Sam loves Thomas the Tank Engine. Thank goodness I was schooled on Thomas by 2 little boys of my own.



Kelly

Preston 2 yr

Preston came back to visit me for the first time at the new studio this weekend, he is growing up so darn fast. Now he's running around at full speed, telling me what he wants to do (or doesn't want to do), but what I love is that he has such a personality and a kind heart. He went through my toy box and played with all of my animals and even gave my elephant a drink while he was here (twice!) The hit of the day was the frog though, he stayed in the toy box until we got smiles! I was super stoked that we got to use my new borrowed vintage sled and my new sock monkey hat. Preston was perfect for this gig :)

My favorite? Perhaps. :)


one word for this.. ornery.. okay, maybe 2--adorable!

this was a fun one-Preston wanted to ride the elephant and sit with the frog at the same time :) He is an expert negotiator.

He had a blast outside with the sled!

Kevin

Kevin is a senior at Chariton High School. Kevin and his mom and dad came down and we hit some great places for pictures. We scheduled pictures after school so we'd get the best light, but boy did it get cold fast. Kevin was a trooper though and we got some great stuff! We hit Lake Keomah for the pretty fall color and we also hit some alleys uptown. I love all the textures and colors we found.


Love me some grainy black and whites.









Thanks guys for coming up here for pictures. It was great to see you again ! :)

Couch in a Field Extravaganza II

Couch in a Field this year was interesting.. So we had 93 degree temps on Saturday, which gave me a sunburn during my first session the sun was so strong.. And the poor people that showed up in sweaters--they were troopers though! Sunday wasn't quite so warm, but in the high 80's. Didn't feel like fall at all, but it looked like it which was all we needed!

The Webb family came all the way from Ankeny. Mom's a photographer and we are going to swap services this fall so I can get some pictures of my kids!



Jennifer, Glen, and Cookie came.. I work with Jennifer. She is awesome! And Cookie even smiled for this picture :)

Felicia, Jessy, and the kids came...


Brent, Tiffanie, and Ronin came...


My neighbors Kelli, Doug, Douglas, Jason, Stef, and Grace came... They haven't had a family picture in 25 years.


The DeGeest family came.. Here's one of their girls. Adorable!



April brought her family; Nathan, Brayden, and Jackson.



Thanks for coming out guys, I really appreciate it. It was so good to see everyone. I can't wait until the next bunch of Couch sessions planned in a few weeks.!!!

So....... I promised pictures of the Couch in a Field event and here they are!!

Couch in a Field Extravaganza II

I've been really really bad about blogging lately, but I just wanted to tell everyone that I am super crazy stoked about this year's Couch in a Field Extravaganza. It will be tons of fun and I can't wait to use my super cool red vintage looking couches this weeekend. These couches have taken up residence on my deck aka Margarita Lounge and they are super comfy and uber cool looking. This event is several months in the making and I think we found the perfect location to do pictures. The trees and fall foliage are beautiful too, making it the perfect storm for this great event.!

This year we have 7 families participating!

I promise promise promise, I will post pictures of the event!