The Youmans Family

If you follow my blog, you might remember this post about Asher.  Well he now has a baby sister and the family came to me for some new photos! I always have fun with this crew, but Mom Cara and I go back to college days! Enjoy this preview!

Sweet Baby Jackson-Central GA Newborn Photography

I met little Jackson and his parents this week, and it was lots of fun! He was more interested in seeing what was going on during our session than wanting to snuggle up and sleep.  From the get-go, his mama said he did not enjoy being naked-and he proved her right in the end! Jackson did what Jackson wanted, but all in all-I am very pleased with the outcome of this session! Here is a little sneak-peak for his parents & Ga-Ga (hope I spelled that right!)!! Have a great weekend everyone!

The Bailey Families

The Bailey families came to me for Christmas pictures about a week ago.  Once we got past the cold, the rain, and the door that wouldn't open, we got some pretty good family shots!  You probably recognize half of this crew, and the other half are cousins.  Enjoy the preview!

Another Fun Family Shoot!

I had the pleasure of photographing another one of my coworkers and her family this weekend! It was a fun shoot looking for birds and dinosaurs with the boys, and it never fails to amaze me how small a world it really is!  M Family-your house and property are gorgeous! Enjoy the previews :-)

Cale's 1st Cake Smash!!

I cannot believe that my little old man is already a year old! Technically, Cale is my husband's cousin's son-but to keep things simple, I call him my nephew.  Cale has my heart (so does his sister) and it has been so much fun seeing him learn and grow over the past year.  He has probably quadrupled in size (see him as a newborn here).  We got together the other evening for his 1st birthday dinner & cake smash! Enjoy a few photos of him and his tasty cake :-)

Not sure if he should go for it.


Making sure Brit-Brit doesn't mind him touching the cake!


SO much fun!!


Stuffing his face with all the cake goodness


Just a little excited!


I love this little guy!

New Goodies!

If you have recently had a session or you just know me well enough, you know that I have been wanting to seriously throw my computer out the window, against a wall, in the pool, or anywhere else that would allow me to get some frustration out! Instead of breaking what was my lifeline, I kept trucking on with it, silently calling it mean names. By this past weekend, I had had enough-it was time to give the computer a break. Of course, I couldn't very well go without one, so instead I price searched, bargained, told associates what they didn't know, and came home with an amazing 23 inch monitor and 750gb hard drive! {insert HUGE sigh of relief} It is a beauty, and I am tickled to use it for editing and the likes!

In the spirit of excitement and exploration, I decided to try my hand at designing my very own christmas cards. Many photographers purchase templates from others for the season, and I can honestly say I don't blame them. Creating your own is tricky, time-consuming, and takes a LOT of creativity. Anyways, I made a few and am pretty proud of them. I think I might try again another day too! The pictures I used are some of my old favorites. If you want to schedule your Holiday Card sessions, I am booking up! Schedule today :-)

Enjoy my attempt at being digitally creative.

Meet the Beautiful Baby Ivey

Meet Ivey, an adorable 2 month old little princess. She is the apple of her mommy's, daddy's, and Nana's eyes! I had the pleasure of capturing her funny little faces this morning while she worked on holding her head up and telling us all that she did NOT want to lay on her back. She is so strong for such a little girl, and I can tell she is going to bring so much joy and happiness to Mommy & Daddy! She was so well behaved during our session, and we were all amazed at how quickly she fell asleep towards the end of our shoot...it seriously took her less than 5 seconds from crying to knocked out! I wanted to get a sneak peak up for the family tonight-I can't wait for them to see all the pictures of their beauty. Enjoy!

Savannah & Cale

It's been a while since my last post...life has been full of ups and downs. Kirk's grandfather passed away last week, and family has been in town since then. While at the visitation Friday, we got to see Mr. Larry and Mrs. Gina! They have been following my blog (guess that's 2 people that actually check it out!), but suggested I put more names to the pictures I post. I will be sure to do better with names, and want to say a huge THANK YOU to you both for checking out the blog!

During the down time this past weekend (and the not-so-down-time too) I kept an eye on my favorite little kids, Savannah, Laramie, and Cale. I could not resist capturing a few shots of the cuties--they grow up so fast! Enjoy!

Bailey: Party of Four

S0 you have seen pictures of Cale with his daddy, mama, and sister-but all separately. This time around-its all four together, mixed with some individual shots too! I have really grown fond of playgrounds over the past few weeks...it really brings out the fun and true smiles in kids, while also bringing out the child in mom and dad! I truly believe that family portraits should reflect their own personalities, instead of all being posed and sitting the same way as everyone else. As I grow as a photographer, I really enjoy discovering new tricks for getting those 'oh so hard to capture' genuine smiles! Enjoy :-)

Serious, yet so very sweet at the same time.

You can't go to a playground for a photo shoot without playing! I love this photos. She was crawling up the slide saying "hold me Daddy! Pull me up Daddy!" As I looked up to get a picture of her climbing, Daddy poked his head in and reached for his daughter. LOVE the result.

Happiness is being a Mommy...or so I'm told...I haven't felt that except for with all our animals, but this picture definitely exudes the love of a mother and daughter!