Shooting Star Photography

Wow, words cannot express how amazing it is to watch a baby enter this world. Sally is extremely blessed to have such a wonderful family, and I’m so thankful they allowed me to share in their experience and joy. Mom’s water broke last night at 7:30 and Sally was here at 3:27 a.m. this morning, 04/25/09.  Both mother and baby are beautiful and healthy.

Here’s a sneak peek of their experience.  I will save some of the good ones for the slideshow, but I can tell you when Sally was born, I was so excited I shed a tear and my heart was racing!

Congratulations Moore and Sheehan families on your newest member!

Baker is almost 19 months old now and we had a great time taking these!

I even got a chance to take a shot or two of mom and dad alone!

I have adored watching Jonas and Leanna grow in the past year. I photographed them at 3 months and 6 months, and here they are turning 1 year old next week! It’s so fun to see how much they have changed and how their little personalities are developing. Jonas is standing and Leanna is close, but they both can get behind the push toy and walk all over. It won’t be long until they are running!

There are too many pictures in this sneak peek, but I can’t help it… with 2 cuties it’s too hard to narrow them down!

Oh, and can I mention how hard it is to get two mobile babies to sit still long enough side-by-side to look at the camera at the same time? They were a much more captive audience at 3 and 6 months

I had so much fun photographing 2 year old Henry and his parents! We had a beautiful day and were able to spend some time at the park together. He is so full of life and such a happy boy. I think you can just see his personality in these pictures, and I love them!

Here is Henry watching the dogs jump in the lake… which I heard was his favorite part of the day! I love his expression.

Mary Ellis is growing up before my eyes! I did her 3 and 6  month pictures too and I just can’t get over her eyes. Each time I photograph her, they just amaze me!! She’s such a gorgeous girl!

I loved the color in this picture-

Mary Ellis wasn’t so sure about her tootsies touching the grass. It was so funny because my child did the same exact thing at 9 months… I have a picture to prove it that I need to dig up!

I loved this expression! I think this picture needs a clever caption. I’m just not that clever tonight

Here’s a sweet black and white, since I know Mary Ellis’s mommy likes B&W!

Caylee is a beautiful 7 year old girl who has a wonderful family. I have photographed the Drakes a few times now, but this time it was all about Caylee… with a few family portraits and shots with little sister, Savannah.

By the end of our session, Caylee really opened up and looked like she’d been modeling all her life.

Isn’t she amazing? Here’s my favorite from the day…

I have quite a few adorable shots of Savannah that I will post later… There are so many ones I’m in love with from this session!

The shoemaker’s kids never get the shoes. And in my case, when they do, they won’t look at the camera!

I set up Easter shots for my daughter, and out of the tons of pictures I took, here are the only two where she was remotely looking at me and the camera and smiling. Luckily my smile inducing tricks work on all kids but my own. She just ignores me when I pull out the camera!

I was going to make Easter cards for her classmates and teachers at school, but my computer crashed this week so I’m a little behind on my to-do list!  I have some other sneak peeks coming this week too…!

And lastly, the shoes! My child is obsessed with shoes, and this pair was no exception. Our friends (and personal trainer) the Drake’s, gave these to Kate (along with many, many other pairs of shoes and huge bags of clothes). Kate is all set for Easter, Spring, and Summer!  Aren’t these adorable? They have little “cotton tails” on the back of each shoe!