Hayden

Meet Hayden,
I met his mom through the United Way shoot when she came in with her friends from work. What a cool family they are! Mr. Hayden was super smiley and just an awesome kid in the studio. So here are some sneak peeks for 'ya :)

Crystal's Maternity

You've seen Crystal before a couple of times before; her husband is deployed right now, you saw pictures previously of his goodbye ceromony a few months back.  Crystal is due here soon and wanted maternity pictures to show her husband.  She got professional hair and makeup done by Alexis Hanselman of Southern Charm Salon out of New Sharon, Iowa. Alexis (Allie as I call her) rocked her makeup and made Crystal look stunning!

Crystal's blue dress along with the location I chose earlier in the day rocked! I literally drove by this place and was in awe and asked Crystal if she would mind (it is quite public near a busy road) and she was a trooper and didn't mind at all. When Crystal showed me her blue dress when she showed up to the studio, I knew it was a the perfect color and location!

I will save you the pictures of what I looked like after I layed in a giant nest of cockle burs taking the second image I posted.. It was awful. LOL.  But I have to say, I was loving what I was seeing in the camera and didn't care too much!

Crystal is also one of my Maternity Spokesmodels and is trying to win a big prize based on new customer referrals, so if you know Crystal, ask her about Forever Photography!

best friends

Ahh. My muse and her BFF. I needed some inspiration and some fun and to shoot with no expectations this weekend so I asked my muse and her stuck-like-glue bff if they wanted to be models, they both jumped at the idea and were ready to go. I had a location and some things I wanted to try :) But we were crunched for time, so I just ran a curling iron through the girls' hair, put in some hair clips, and we left. The girls had a blast, as did I , I shot at a challenging time of day for me and at a challenging location. I love that some things turned out, some didn't and the pressure of the things that I wanted to turn out that didn't made me even more stubborn-I will try again for those things! And hey, I'm not ashamed to admit that not every idea I had worked out for this shoot. That's what keeps me expanding and growing as an artist.

I also tried a different editing style. Very vintage and summmery. I played with the haze of the sun and had some fun. I will tell you, I love shooting into the sun. :)

My Grace.

BFF's.

"little" Grace as I call her. Little because she is younger. Last year, when "little" Grace grew out of her clothes, she gave them to my Grace. This year, they are the same size.

BFF's. Stuck like glue.

Family....

Ashley won a contest last month on my Facebook page and won a free session. She brought her family in and it was a beautiful evening out, so we did some pictures behind the studio and then come inside for some once it started to get dark out. It was so nice to meet her and her cute little family!

Wow! what a difference a few weeks makes, it is super green out now and there are leaves growing in on the trees now..

More Glamour...

Stacey came in to the studio a few weeks back and was wanting to do a session to surprise her husband. So we did got her all made up with professional hair and makeup by Alexis Hanselman from Southern Charm Salon in New Sharon.

Stacey was a natural in front of the camera and we got some really good images to surprise her husband with.

Thanks so much, Stacey for coming in and thanks Allie for doing hair and makeup for us!

best friends

So, I just overheard a conversation between my daughter and her best friend. They were both wanting to listen to the Taylor Swift Cd but we couldn't find two sets of earphones for them to use. So my daughter's friend (who is also a Grace) offered to listen into the headphones and sing her the song so she could hear it too.

It was so touching. I had to make a scrapbook page of it so I could remember it forever.

p.s. this image was from last summer but it's one of my favorites of them together.

foggy day

Yesterday I spotted the super foggy morning and decided to road trip to a fun spot I haven't been in awhile. I am so happy I did, I was able to capture some beautiful foggy landscape images. Ahhh, it was so pretty out there!

















Have a great day and hope you enjoy these :)

James

Meet James! He was 7 days old at the time of these pictures and so so sweet. He just loved being held and I got to hold him and rock him to sleep. He was a challenge because he just didn't want to sleep at all. I think it was because he thought he would miss out on something fun if he slept. Oh well, we got him to sleep eventually and it was worth the wait!

A special thank you to Terra and Mike and his Nana Carol for making this shoot possible.


We used some marine props on a few pictures. I Love this one!

An old vintage door that I had in the studio and a new cocoon that I had made. Thank you Heather Doak!


Peacefully sleeping :)

Easter Mini Sessions

Here are the details for our Easter Mini-sessions on March 24-25. Call today before all the spaces get filled up!

United Way Day 3

So here are a few pictures from the United Way day 3.... We had another great bunch of people and had tons of fun doing these pictures. Thanks to everyone who came out!

When it was all said and done, 90+ people (and dogs) showed up for pictures!


Not gonna lie, I laughed sooo hard at this one!

Ava

Ava and her mom came into the studio this weekend and we had a great time! Ava was such a good baby, and take a look at her skin--it's perfect! I can't believe she has perfect skin-I didn't touch it in Photoshop (not bad for an 11 week old!)

I just love her blue eyes!



An Iowa Hawkeye fan


I saved the bunny hat pictures for last :)

this made me giggle. :)



thanks Lindsay and Ava for coming in to the studio!

Kelly

United Way Day 2

I am finally getting around to day 2 of the United Way images. Lots and lots of people came in for day 2 and we got some awesome variety in our images. I am so excited to see how United Way uses the images in the advertising!

Take a look at some of our awesome models!
















this one makes me giggle :) of course, only because I'm not the little dog! LOL


Again, thanks to our fantastic models for coming in!!!!