Kelly and the girls

Last Saturday I had the pleasure of spending a Saturday afternoon with not one but 10 lovely ladies...I know, you're jealous already- just wait until you see the pictures! I was so nervous going in to this shoot, I've never photographed more than 3 people at once. These ladies were perfect for my first time and treated me so well.


It did help that I knew most of them beforehand, namely my dear friend Kelly that I have recently reconnected with...Kelly is such a huge fan of mine that you will be seeing a lot of her shortly- and I do thank her for that! Anyway....here's how my Saturday went...more Kelly to come.

Baby Easton

My first newborn shoot….

Meet baby Easton, the handsome little son belonging to my long time friend’s niece, Amanda. Isn’t he just perfect? It just amazes me how beautiful newborns are. Could there be anything any more perfect ever created?

I took these photos about 45 minutes before I had to catch a flight back home from my Disney vacation. Needless to say things were rushed  but in the end I think you can see what an amazing mom Amanda will be and what a handful Easton will be….apparently the shot held a bit too much excitement for Easton and he decided to wet all over his mom.

Trash the Dress with Courtney

Last weekend I had the pleasure of working with one of my very favorite models, Courtney and her handsome husband Jay. I somehow (with very little effort on my part) coerced her into participating in a Trash the Dress shoot. I have always wanted to shoot one of these sessions and told anyone who would listen all about it. As I rambled on endlessly I noticed I was getting one of two responses; "What the He** is a Trash the Dress Session??" which was inevitably followed up with "Why would ANYONE want to ruin a perfectly good wedding dress??"

To those that do not know, Trash the Dress is when you [sometimes] squeeze back in to your beloved dress of white and roll around on the ground, swim or even sit in mud puddles in very liberating fun and or sexy poses. It's a fantastic experience for both parties.

 The hardest part of the entire shoot was trying to figure out what on earth to do with said trashed dress when the shoot was over. Our answer: men's bathroom trash can at First Landing State Park. Afterwards we joked about the fact the next hiker that came in to use the facilities might call the police. For all he knew there was a naked bride running around the park fearing for her life after finding a muddy beat up wedding gown in the trash can. I watched the news over the next few days and alas...nothing...maybe that's not an out of the ordinary find in a men's public restroom.