Shooting Star Photography

I love seeing tiny newborn babies grow into toddlers that walk, laugh, clap and talk! It’s amazing how totally dependent infants can become little people so quick. Remember Reese’s newborn session from last August?

Since then, her parents have moved to Mississippi, but I’m fortunate enough that they wanted to come back to visit for Reese’s 1 year old session!

I said at Reese’s newborn session how strong she was and how I’d never seen a baby hold their head up like that at 1 week old. So I shouldn’t have been surprised when her parents told me she’d been walking (er, running) for a couple of months. Reese was also one of the happiest and most expressive 1 year olds I have ever seen.  Besides the heat, Reese made this session a breeze with her big smiles and adorable disposition!

It was great to see you guys, and Reese is absolutely amazing and so gorgeous! Happy Birthday, sweet girl!

Look how she’s leaning her head into her Daddy. It doesn’t get any sweeter than this!

Three generations of beautiful girls!

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!

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!

Sweet baby Samantha was the perfect little model. She was such a good sleeper for our session! Mommy and Daddy of course wish she slept so well at 3 a.m.! Samantha also has a very cool nursery. There was a ton of planning, preparation, and love that went into decorating her room while anticipating her arrival!

Such a perfect and beautiful baby girl…  see for yourself -

John Daniel and Molly Kate - born at 33 weeks and going home 4 weeks later! Such sweet babies and such proud parents. It made the time I spent with them so nice - to see such gorgeous little babies and parents who were beaming with excitement.  After I left, they were one injection away from finally being able to take their first car ride and see their home. I am so proud to have been able to share this time with them today!

John Daniel was so excited about going home, he didn’t want to sleep! I don’t blame him

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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!