Shooting Star Photography

I had an awesome time with all these families this year, and it was icing on the cake that we had perfect weather!  Here are some favorites. Check out my facebook fan page (become a fan!) to see more from each session! www.shootstarphoto.com/fanpage

Did you realize it’s already November!!??

It came as quite a shock to me too… but I got used to the idea really fast with some fun Santa mini-sessions today! It was an absolutely BEAUTIFUL day with perfect weather!

Most of the kids loved Santa and enjoyed visiting with him…

Some even felt comfortable enough to share their catalog wish-lists with him!

While others were more curious about his authenticity… and once convinced, posed sweetly with their siblings!

So you better be good -

Or not… Of course my child decided to be the most difficult of the day!

Later that evening, all we heard was, “Where’s Santa Claus?”  So funny!

Special thanks to Andy Easterling of  Grandview Financial for organizing this event. I’d say it was a huge success and I hope to do it again next year!

Oh, Owen! I adore his red hair. Can you tell who he got it from?

I have to keep this post short and sweet because the moving truck is coming at 8 a.m. in the morning, but since I may be a few days without internet access, and I’ve been packing like a mad woman today, I at least wanted to put a few pictures up from my shoots in Atlanta this past weekend!

First up is the Webb Family. I shot them about this same time last year and it’s amazing to see how much Nathan (almost 4) and Jessie (2) have grown in the past year!

Last time, Jessie was barely walking, but this year she gave me a good workout I had so much fun during their session and am going to have a heck of a time narrowing these down!

Next up was Owen, who is almost 2! I photographed Owen the weekend before I moved last year, and I shot him the weekend before I moved this year. Hmm…. what a coincidence :). Owen was in my daughter’s daycare class back in Atlanta, and I was amazed to see how tall he is now! I adore his red hair and his awesome parents!

Sawyer is so full of personality and we had such a fun time playing at the park, I think we all forgot that we were there to take his 3 year pictures!

I hope you have a happy birthday this week Sawyer!

I will post real sneak peeks later this week, but for now, check out what I did this past weekend. It was a busy one!

As soon as I got to Atlanta I met up with the fabulous Jody of Jodylynn Photography and her family for lunch.

Then it was off to Grace’s christening-

Followed by a reception and and a quick session with Grace and her family-

Yesterday was jam-packed. I began the morning with Natalie-

MJ-

and Naim-

Then it was off to baby Linden and big sister Siler’s house for newborn pictures. Linden had been in the hospital for a few days with a fever, but luckily made it home and was feeling great in time for our session!

I wrapped up the weekend with Sawyer! He will turn 3 in two weeks. We had a blast at the park-

Whew, that wears me out to think about it all over again, but it sure was fun! Stay tuned for more this week…

I finished Amelia’s session and I had to come back and share a few more because I found a few more favorites of this beautiful girl I wanted to share!

I LOVE this family picture. I’d have this one on a big canvas in my house for sure!

Hello, big beautiful eyes!

Happy Birthday Amelia! She turned one on Monday of this week.

Ah, William! What a lucky boy! He was born into the most wonderful and loving family!

I photographed his sister as a newborn about about 11 months and 2 weeks ago, so I was thrilled not only to meet sweet baby William, but to see this beautiful family grow even more in the past year. I have a whole post about Elizabeth’s 1 year portraits which we caught also on Sunday, but you’ll have to wait a little bit more for those because this post is mostly about William!

First of all, how amazing is this bed??? My best friend’s father, Larry Sligh, custom made this bed for me. If any of my photography connections happen to be interested in your own version of this bed, let me know and I’ll get you his contact information. He’s an amazing carpenter, and I’m so thankful for him!

Elizabeth loved the bed too, so you’ll see some cute pictures of her with the bed on her own, but I couldn’t resist these two of her and her baby brother and the sweet love she showed him while I was there -

Of course I couldn’t help but show this perfect family portrait-

And then you have these two, which made me want to pack William up and take him home with me!

Congratulations on this newest addition to your family! He’s absolutely adorable and I  look forward to watching Elizabeth and William grow up!

I have been taking portraits of Mary Ellis at 3, 6, and 9 months and tomorrow she will be one! For her one year photoshoot, we wanted to include the whole family.

It’s amazing how much she’s grown and how beautiful she and her sister, Carson are!

I had a great time hanging out at their house this morning. Happy Birthday Mary Ellis-

Mary Ellis has the most amazing blue eyes. They look just like her mommy’s!

I adore this one of mommy and her girls!

We can’t forget big sister, Carson who wanted to model for me today also!!!

And of course, this one just melts my heart - I think I’ve mentioned many times here my weakness for daddy-daughter(s) portraits!

I love Savannah! She has the best personality of any 3 year old I’ve ever met and she is absolutely gorgeous. It doesn’t hurt that she has beautiful parents who are awesome too!

My goal for this sneak peek was to showcase Savannah’s personality. She’s fun, she’s happy, she’s sweet,  and extremely loving.  If you can see that in these pictures than I did my job!

I’m loving the bokeh in this picture. It almost reminds me of a watercolor painting. What do you think?

And last but not least - this one cracks me up!

I hope you enjoy your sneak peek, Drake family!

P.S.- if you are in the Birmingham area, you should check out Drake Fitness.  If you happen to listen to Rick and Bubba, you have probably heard Kevin, Savannah’s father, as a guest on the show to talk about health, fitness and Arien’s football camp.