Hi friends! Just a quick post of some images that I did recently using a friend’s home studio. She was gracious enough to have myself and kids over to do some practice shots with her studio lighting. We had fun. I promise that I won’t be giving up on natural light because it is truly my favorite but there is value in learning some techniques with lights and flashes when certain times call for it! I must sign off and get some work done during the kiddos naptime. Have a great one!

Gotta work this one into a Valentine card somehow. Oh, and did you notice the new pettiskirt? Can’t wait for some sweet, little girl clients to use it!

I am so thrilled because I had yet another fun opportunity to hit the streets of downtown Raleigh for an urban senior session – woohoo! Meet Miss M – and everyone, I want you to know how awesome she did in our brutally cold conditions during our session – she was an amazing trooper through it all!! I had a great time despite cold fingers and numbness and I think she did too. Hope you enjoy your sneak peek and can’t wait for you to see the rest!

Don’t you just love all the vivid colors?!

I just LOVE her eyes!

One of the things that I’m actively working on are custom albums – here’s a mockup of a two-page spread that could easily be placed in an album. (Stay tuned to my blog for more details of these custom albums).

And can you believe this absolutely breathtaking sunset that we had as we finished up our session??!!

Have a great day!

Yippee! I got to hit the streets of downtown Raleigh once again for a fabulous and fun urban session with Miss A! She was great fun and we had an amazing day to work in – full of warmth & sunshine. I’m loving the images from this session – the hardest part has been to pick which ones to edit because there are so many that I like. Thanks for letting me be part of this special time in your life & capturing these memories through images.

And can you believe it – we had a beautiful forsythia bush in full bloom in the middle of January on a sidewalk downtown!?! Yay God!

Happy new year, folks! It’s been a little quieter on the home front for me these last couple of weeks and it’s been actually a really nice break after so much to do during the busy holiday season. I just wanted to drop a note to say thank you again everyone for your encouragement and support in 2008! It was really such a  fun year. I am really looking forward to 2009! And I am actively working on a couple of new products and trying to get samples pulled together to show folks – stayed tuned.

I’m currently booked for January and have one opening available in February. If you are hoping to secure an appointment by March, now is not too early to give me a call or drop an email for us to get something lined up on the books.

I’ve been playing around with some old images that I never edited as well as playing with some of my new images using some new toys. Here’s a couple of shots that I’ve been working on processing this week. Have a great one!

And a couple of old images that I never edited until now. I have a couple of senior sessions coming up and cannot wait to go back to this door!