Mission Statement

I'm a family photographer in the Memphis, TN area. I believe every family and child has a dynamic that makes them special; set apart from the rest of the world. My mission as a family and child photographer is to capture what makes your family and child unique.

Thursday, April 30, 2009

The May Family

One of the greatest things about being a photographer, is getting to watch babies grow up. I did Wilson's newborn shoot back in February, and I cannot believe how much he's changed since then!

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The Long Family

Macie's pictures were some of the first I ever did. Ever since I started my business, her mom (and my friend), Faith, has been there supporting me ever since. When she asked me to do Caleb's newborn pictures, I was MORE than eager!

Faith, as always, thank you SO much for your support and encouragement.

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The Lewis Family

I had SO much fun during this session. The girls were full of energy and so precious.

Zach and I go to church with the Lewis's and David and I are on our church's building team together, but I've never had a chance to spend some good quality time with their family. I say this SO many times, but I love that photography enables me to be able to get to know people better and form relationships.

Thank you guys! I REALLY had a good time!

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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Cleaning Up...

My hard drive is starting to get really full, causing some problems with my computer, so tonight, I'll be deleting all my shoots through February 31st off my computer. I'll still have all the edited pictures on an external hard drive in case you need pictures in the future. BUT- if you've had a photo shoot in the recent past and are wanting to place an order, try to contact me within the next six hours and I won't delete your session.

Monday, April 27, 2009

Catching Up...

I am VERY behind on blogging, so prepare yourself, this is one very long post with quite a few sessions and a LOT of pictures.

Justine and DJ's engagement session:

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The Yaun Family: (It was SO good to catch up with you, Katie!)

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The Royal Family:

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This crazy lady and I battled some severe weather to grab these shots, for a 30th birthday project she's working on:
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The Dondeville Family:

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I cannot get enough of the late afternoon sun...
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Friday, April 24, 2009

Sneak Peek

Here's a little sneak peek at what I've been up to this week. Also, I know I'm behind on blogging. My goal this weekend is to blog a lot of my past sessions.

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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Grace: Senior Pictures

Grace is insanely smart, talented, down to earth, and just plain fun to be around. She has such an amazing spirit and energy about her. We had SO much fun doing her senior pictures, laughing and talking. This girl has big things in store for her!

Grace, the others are coming soon.

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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Sneak Peek: Dondeville Family

I've got SO many sessions to blog, but I'm also trying to get caught up in editing. I'll probably do one mass blog post later, but until then, I couldn't resist posting this little shot I caught this week during a session.

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The World Through Her Eyes

I was sifting through pictures today of Sydney, as we prepare for her visit this weekend. One of Syd's favorite things to do is take pictures with my camera. For the first time today, I noticed this picture she took while we were in Missouri a few weeks ago. I'm a bit of a sap and can be insanely sentimental, but pictures like these touch me SO much, especially while she's gone. It's like, for a minute, I get to be inside her mind.

I LOVE IT. Beautiful picture, Sydney!

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Monday, April 20, 2009

New Website

I've been working on my new website for a couple of weeks now. You can use it to get pricing information, view your galleries, and hopefully much more.

There will be more changes to come with it, but for now, you can view it here.

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Sunday, April 19, 2009

Sneak Peek

Katie,

The others are coming soon, but I couldn't resist posting this little teaser.

There are many more to come...

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I've Caved

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Saturday, April 18, 2009

The Pecor Family

April has been a very busy month for me, but I'm loving every second of it. I love meeting new families with their own special stories to tell.

The Pecor Family was NO exception.

Thank you guys for allowing me to spend a few minutes inside your home. It's obvious it's filled with love.
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These wooden "LOVE" letters were above their bed, and I couldn't resist playing with them.

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Amanda loved the pictures from The Eason family- with the generations of women, so she had her mom and grandmother come over for a few pictures. I LOVED this idea. All three of these women were SO fantastic. I LOVED the colors they chose to wear.

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Dad just recently joined the Olive Branch Police Force and wanted some pictures of his new little girl with his police uniform. I LOVED this idea.
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The Gish Family

I've had the pleasure of photographing this family three times now. The first time was a maternity shoot a few hours before little Segen was born. I didn't Segen's newborn pictures and now her 6 month pictures. It's amazing to me every time I see how quickly these babies start to grow.

And, of course, it is always nice to see this little man.

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The Groves Family

These two boys had me laughing for a solid hour. They were filled with SO much energy and excitement. I enjoyed every second of it.

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The Green Family

I LOVE these kids.

This was my second time to photograph this family, but this time with a new addition. For the second time this year, I was amazed at how much these kids love each other. I love it!
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

The Eason Family

I absolutely ADORED this family. Maybe it was because the mom's name was Elizabeth, or the fact that the mom was super artsy and creative, or maybe because this sweet little baby was SO darn precious! Yep, I think that was it!

Thank you guys SO much... for everything. ;)

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The grandparents came for the last 30 minutes of the shoot. I loved how Beth wanted to capture all the generations.

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JP: 3 Months

I spent most of my day on Saturday with some of the most precious babies you've ever seen... beginning with Mr. JP.

JP was in from out of town and his Grandma wanted some pictures with the family. He was SO calm and SO sweet.

Thanks, Leigh and Connie. Your family is SO beautiful.

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Saturday, April 11, 2009

Happy Easter!

Much more from this session and others from this weekend are still to come...

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Thursday, April 9, 2009

Kristen: Just Because

I LOVE a good "JUST BECAUSE" shoot. Kristen contacted me a few months back, saying it had been high school since she had any professional photographs taken and wanted some updated pictures. All week long, the forecast called for severe thunderstorms on Sunday afternoon. Kristen and I talked back and forth throughout the week, trying to come up with a plan in case it stormed.

When I woke up that morning, there was a 70 percent chance of storms. Two hours before our shoot, I checked the forecast again. "0% chance of rain, 100% chance of strong winds." Well, I instantly got excited about the absence of rain and completely ignored the wind part.

When the forecast called for strong winds, they meant STRONG WINDS. At one point, Kristen looked at me and yelled over the harsh wind, "I tried to take a step forward and the wind literally pushed me back." We were blowing all over the place. It was THAT strong.

She was such a good sport. We spent most of the photo shoot laughing at how insane we were for battling the high winds for the shoot. I told her we'd work hard to use the wind to her advantage... and I must say, I think it worked perfectly.

You would never know from these gorgeous pictures what we were up against.

That's the tough life of a great model, right Kristen? Thanks girl! I had a blast!

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Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Sweet Harper: 6 Months

I've been looking forward to this shoot for 6 months now! Lea and I grew up together and SO many significant parts of my life involve her. When Harper was born, I was EAGER to capture them together. These two are SO in love. Lea is such an amazing mom and you can tell Harper knows it. He loves to kiss on her, laugh with her, and love on her.

Lea's mom also came along for the shoot. They are such a sweet family.
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Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Freeman Family

I had SO much fun with this family. This little cutie made me WORK for a smile, and wouldn't give one up easily. By the end of the shoot, she was finally starting to come around. Her mom told me she has NEVER liked having her picture taken.

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During the shoot, I got to get a picture of these cousins together. SO sweet.
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The Johnson Family

I had SO much fun with this family... especially with this little cutie. Isn't she absolutely adorable??

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Sunday, April 5, 2009

Sneek Peeks

I've had a busy weekend, filled with SO many fun people. Here's a sneak peek from my four weekend sessions. You'll see much more of these coming up in the next few days.

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Friday, April 3, 2009

PARIS ANNOUNCEMENT

PARIS OFFER

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Paris Announcement is Coming...

Paris Ladies,

Spread the word and mark your calendars for July 11. That will be my next visit to Paris, TN. I've had SO many people interested in photo shoots, and it seems like I'm never able to get everyone in, so I will be doing something a little different this visit.

The details of this announcement are coming TOMORROW!!

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Jones Family: Part 2

More from this incredible family...

Thank you guys SO much!
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Email Problems

I just realized that SEVERAL of my emails are going into my spam folder. I've NEVER checked that folder since I created the account and those messages automatically delete after a few days, SO if you've sent me an email and have been waiting for a reply, will you PLEASE email me back? I'll be checking that folder regularly from now on!

Thanks and sorry for the inconvenience!