Christmas Card Pictures 2011

Happy Holidays from our house to yours!

1 of 20 pictures I took of Jake.  This is the ONLY one where he was actually looking.

Photo Session: Ben and Emily Engagement

My brother-in-law and his fiance contacted me to do their engagement session after having a horrible experience with a previous photographer.  I was super excited to head out to a new location, Lake of the Woods, in Mahomet.  I found a waterfall there while exploring and knew it would be a PERFECT location for them.

Photo Session: Jenni and Mark Anniversary Session

A couple months ago, I took family pictures for Jenni and she asked if I would come back to Indy to do some Anniversary photos of her and Mark.  I LOVE their tradition of taking anniversary pictures each October.  They're so cute!!!  I just love them to pieces!  And Mark was being so ornery during the day and I actually got a couple of really cute ones of him.

Congrats on 5 years of marriage you guys!!  Thanks for allowing me to be a part of this memory!!  Hope you like the pics.  

  

I love how the sun shines on this one!!!!  Gorgeous!!

This is in Downtown Indianapolis by the canal.  Such a beautiful area!

Who knew waterfalls existed in a downtown city setting?!?!

My FAVORITE from the day!  Their face are adorable!  You can FEEL the love!! :))

Second Favorite ;)

They look absolutely freezing in this one!  Did I really torture you guys that much?! :)

 

 

 

 

See... ornery!!

Why I LOVE Photography

When I was driving home today from work, I was thinking about all my upcoming photo shoots and got super excited!

I think a lot of the excitement is because I just LOVE, LOVE, LOVE photography!  It's always been a lot of fun for me, and if you really enjoy something, it never makes it feel like work.  Plus, I've always had a good eye for photos... it was just a matter of getting the right camera to go along with my skills.  I'm doing photography for ME and for those who want lasting memories. 

I love the idea of capturing special moments.  Times that are easily forgotten without a picture memory.  It's the newborn photo session that really reminds us of how tiny that newborn baby truly was.  It's the smile on a bride's face that reminds an elderly couple how they felt as newlyweds.  It's remembering the feeling and never forgetting.  After all, a picture is worth a thousand words. 

Here's to pictures, to fall, to pumpkins and to gorgeous fall pictures with pumpkins!!!!! :))

Photo Session: Engel-Osmond Family Pics, Indy

I went to visit one of my best friends, Jenni, in Indy for the day and she asked if I would shoot a few pictures of her new "family".  They all just moved into a new house and wanted to send out some postcards with new house and address and thought this would be a perfect opportunity to get some pictures.  We decided we needed to get some other pictures around the neighborhood though, and not just the house.

Below are some of my favorites from the shoot.

Finally found the perfect opportunity to do a "Just Legs" picture.  LOVE!!

Photo Session: Emily's Senior Pictures, Allerton Park and Kaufman Lake

I was contacted by Emily's mom, Kim, to do Emily's senior pictures.  After seeing some previous pictures at Allerton Park, she chose it for all her pictures.  I thew in Kaufman Lake at the end because of the graffiti wall I found when I was out there previously.  It's a perfect location for Emily based on her personality and the outfits chosen that day.

It was a hot, HOT day and Emily suffered through it with me.  I'm so glad these turned out so well and they were super happy with how they turned out.

Below are some of my favorites from the day.   

Love how ornery she looks in this picture.  

I told Emily to sit like a model.  LOVE this pose!

The Converse really make this photo, I think.

*Rockstar pose* :)