Shooting Star Photography

Ms. L turned 2 last month and we had a fun session today that ended with a tea party (which my daughter crashed!).

I can’t believe how much this sweet little girl has grown in the past year! She’s talking up a storm now too and she’s hilarious!

Usually when I photograph larger families (anything more than 1 child is large to me!) where the kids are close in age, I notice that the kids don’t always get along well and they often don’t even want to be close to their siblings, much less pretend they like them. But not this family. These three kids, ages 5, 4, and 2, were PERFECT and so loving and kind to one another. I was pleasantly surprised.  It was probably surprising to me because their youngest child is the same age as my only child, and I couldn’t imagine her behaving this well for a photoshoot :).  It made this session even more fun for me. Their parents should be very proud!

I loved this session with this family! The brothers quickly opened up with me and I was able to capture their personalities and how much fun they have together.

I’ve had the joy of photographing these two gorgeous sisters for about a year and a half now. They are the sweetest girls, and I love them… and their parents. We’ve actually become great friends with this family! After our shoot, they stayed and played a while at our house. My daughter ADORES these girls and wants to be just like them. I’m totally fine with that  because they are so well mannered and behaved!

Meet Savannah, she’s a real model, and she definitely did some modeling for me during our shoot. She’s such a doll!

This is Savannah’s big sister, Caylee.  I love how even though she’s starting to look grown up, she’s still so girly and innocent!

They get along great and play very well together!

Remember me saying Savannah was a model…?

You can actually find her in the ads of your Sunday paper TODAY! Check her out holding the Easter basket!  Savannah gets her skills earnestly, her mommy is a beautiful model too in real life!

These two adorable boys are almost 3 years apart. Older brother’s 5th birthday is tomorrow, and little brother just turned 2 a little over a month ago! They were honestly the sweetest and happiest little guys. I had a great time photographing them!

I thought it would be so fun to see what a difference a year makes! Here’s Claire today, at 1 year old, and then in the same spot, same bowl and blanket, a year ago when she was just 2 weeks old!

That was fun!

Claire was so much fun and so sweet today for her photo shoot. I had such a great time catching up with her parents too :).

I loved this face!

Happy Birthday sweet girl!

I loved this in-home session today! It was supposed to POUR down rain in Atlanta today, but luckily it didn’t seem to hurt the light.  These two sisters are gorgeous and such a pleasure to photograph.

Sweet Linden is 6 months old already. It seems like yesterday I was doing her newborn pictures! Look how big she is now and such a good little sitter!

I got some sweet smiles from sister Siler too! Say that three times :).

And one of my new favorite family portraits of all time -

I’ll see you guys again for the mini-sessions in Atlanta in April!

Sally is 9 months old now… It seems like just yesterday she was born! I have adored seeing her every 3  months and watching her grow.

Isn’t she beautiful? I love her sweet face and big blue eyes!

She was modeling for me here, like she was having her glamor shots made!

I adore the rolls… They won’t last long once she starts walking

The idea of photographing another photographer is a little daunting… I think the bar is a little higher to do something different and to make sure we got lots of shots of Mom in there, since she’s always the one behind the camera!

I’ve been seeking out new locations and I found a few I love. What do you think?

Ms. A turns 4 today! Happy Birthday sweet girl!

Christy is the owner and photographer 2 Twirly Girls Photography. Can you guess where she got the inspiration for the name? Aren’t her daughters beautiful?

… will be to blog more! I have sorely neglected my blog over the past month, and for that I apologize. I won’t let it happen again. You see, it’s not that I haven’t been shooting and working, , and preparing for upcoming workshops, it’s that I’ve been busy, and busyness leads me to laziness.  I have been posting pictures on my facebook fan page during this time though, because, well, it’s just easier and quicker :).

So without further ado, let me share a fun story and some pictures with you to get me back to blogging.

My brother-in-law came to stay with us for Christmas, along with his girlfriend and his two children. He proposed to her after we opened presents on Christmas day. It was the most wonderful and heart-felt proposal. It was very moving. Luckily, I just happened to have the camera around my neck and caught the moment -

We are so excited to have April in our family!

I did a quick session for them, along with Eddie’s children right before sunset during their visit. I love the colors and how beautiful they are as a family.

The kids are very happy to have April join the family also! They love her. It’s hard not to!

It helps she’s as gorgeous on the inside as she is on the outside. I know that is so cliche, but it’s so accurate when describing her!

We love how happy they are together, and how they make each other laugh…

Congratulations April and Eddie!