Life as Art

Hadassah & Savannah - The Castle

Sweet Hadassah is ONE year old!!  It just amazes me how the time flies by!  Sister Savannah was an integral part of this session - and we had a great time.  Terri had the concept for this shoot and had these gorgeous costumes custom made - I LOVED it!!! 

Also along for the shoot was the amazing Ashley - she and Hadassah share the same birthday - and they also obviously adore each other.  Some sisters we are born with and some sisters are gifts from life.  Both are blessings!

 

 

 

 

 

Hadassah with birthday sister Ashley...

 
 
 
 
 
 

Brooke K. - ONE YEAR! | Middle Tennessee Lifestyle Baby Photographer

I can NOT believe it!  How can a year go by SO fast?  This child is so precious and so fun - I will miss seeing her every three months so much!  But her she is in all her one year old glory...

In case you missed the stylin shoes in the last shot...

My Daddy will pull me anywhere!

Fountains are Fun!

This is one bumble bee I wouldn't mind hanging out with - if you can catch her that is! :)

The Ware Crew | Middle Tennessee Family Photographer

When I head out for a session with a new family - I have high hopes.  Hope that we'll ALL have fun. Hope that I'll be meeting a new friend.  Hope that I'll capture just a little bit of who they are on film.  This session met all my expectations! : )

I could write pages about these boys - how handsome they are - how much they love their Mom - what kind of brothers they are.  But I'd rather show you...

Um..some body got a little tired of all the picture taking ...I think he wanted to go toy shopping.... :)

So...his brothers helped him out...

Collins Family

Here are a few from my FUN session with the Collins Family!  Courtlyn & Carrigan are two of the cutest cuties in town!  Kirk and Tara obviously adore them and the feeling is mutual.  Hope you enjoy a glimpse of this awesome family! : )

Sweet Carrigan - Hasn't she GROWN?!

Leyton Turns 2

It's hard to believe that the first time I photographed this child (almost two years ago) he slept though most of the session.  I can still see him with his head on Leslie's shoulder. :)   He's NOT sleeping Now!!  LOL! Leyton has grown CURLS and a mind of his own with a sweet mischievous smile.  He is SO  MUCH FUN!!  He's going to be a big brother soon and I know he will be a great one! :)  

Beautiful Brooklyn

Sweet Brooklyn came along to be part of her Mom's engagement session - Couldn't resist posting these!  What a beauty!! :)

I think I know where she gets those looks! 

The Norris Family

Here is a summer session with the Norris Family!  It's Eamon's premiere - but I believe Adie may have had her picture taken once...or twice...or three times before! LOL!  She is so much fun; we had a great time on this shoot just coming up with new stuff to get her to try.  Then we'd have to chase her to get the shot! LOL!  Eamon took a little snack and nap break during the session and still managed to give us some great stuff - Can't wait to see what the two of them do when he's older!!! :)

 

How NOT to wear a cowboy hat...

So...Gracie was assisting me on a shoot. She was already carrying a bag, an extra camera and a reflector and then I kind of handed her a cowboy hat from behind as I was trying to take a shot.  When I turned around this is what I saw!  LOL! She wore it like this till we got back to the car - what a clown! :)

The many faces of Emme...

I just love this girl!  She came up tonight at a school play and gave me a big ol' hug.  She always has the sweetest smile - well except when her flip flop is floating down the river.  or when she has to walk in the squishy mucky gooey stuff back to the bank. or when she's thinking of throwing more grass on her mom. LOL!  

BUT MOST of the time you can count on a smile from Emme and there's no way you can't have a better day after that!   Here are a few from her birthday session.  We even managed to get a couple with mom Paddi - who is totally stunning. 

Baby Gage - 1 year

This session was a gift from my sweet friend/client Mary Beth Laxson who had also received a session as a gift. :)  Pretty awesome - in my book- especially since I'm the gift!  The reason Mary Beth wanted to do something special is the love and generosity Leanne Nokes has shown - for being who she is.  It reminds me to show appreciation for those special people in my life. 

It took us forever to decide WHEN to do this, we finally settled on a date close to Gage's one year birthday. He was sound asleep at the beginning of the session - and being only one - he never really figured out exactly why I was there bugging him and pointing that big black box at him.  All he really wanted was to snuggle with Mommy. But I think we still managed to catch him in all his "oneness" :)

Here's a little friend he brought along...