Photo Session: Hannah Senior Pictures

I was so excited to shoot some senior pictures for Hannah.  She is a big book lover, and as a lover of books myself, and the beautiful and huge Champaign Public Library, I couldn't wait to get some pictures inside.  I couldn't be happier with how the library pictures turned out.  And Hannah was a great sport while we stood outside under some umbrella's and shot a couple of images at a local park.  Unfortunately, we couldn't stave off the rain for long.

Take a look.....

One of my favorites

Morning Moon

The other morning the moon was still out bright and beautiful, so I decided to snap some pictures real quick. Now, my large lens only goes up to 250mm, so it's not a super large zoom, but I still wanted to try to get some pics with it.

Below are a couple shots. Still slightly blurry, but not bad considering what I was working with. I love that you can see dark spots and craters. :)

Sunflowers

I don't know about you, but I love flowers!  Especially when I come home on a random day to beautiful, big sunflowers from my hubby. I love random. It makes me happy. It also makes me want to take pictures. Which is actually very convenient because my mom is redoing her bathroom with sunflower pictures. Why not have her daughter's pics displayed?!

So, here are some of the sunflower pictures I took recently.

Which one is your favorite?

Photo Session: Emily Maternity Session

I did senior pictures for Emily a couple of years ago, and had such a fun time with her.  she's super relaxed in front of the camera, and typically will go for any crazy ideas I come up with....

Lady Bug was the theme of her baby shower and nursery, and she had nails to match!!

My Favorite!!!

Emily's idea... LOVE!

Such a cute baby belly!

Our Christmas Shoot

I got a new remote for my camera for Christmas, so I figured I'd go ahead and try it out on some Christmas pictures for the hubbs and I.

Test shot that actually turned out pretty great!

This is the new tree skirt we got this year to match our stockings from Pottery Barn that we got a couple years ago.  The tree skirt is embroidered with our last name and we absolutely LOVE how it turned out.  I thought it'd be a lot of fun to use it as a "blanket" in the picture.   

Christmas Tree and Bokeh Shots

I finally was able to take some quick Christmas pictures before we decided to take down the tree.  I love the first one with the lights so bright.  It looks like I have the tree covered in lights, and guess what, it's nothing more than the usual couple of strands.  Love, love, love!! :)

My husband helped me make a homemade heart shaped lens cover out of construction paper so I was able to do some bokeh shots.  Still haven't quite perfected it, but below is one of the heart shaped Christmas tree lights.

Wedding shoes

Lazy, rainy day at home, and decided to shoot some pics of my wedding shoes with our rings, since we weren't able to get any on wedding day.  I'd say they turned out pretty nice.... :)