Jackson & Bayleigh are 2 :: Indianapolis Children's Photographer

I fell in love with this family a year ago. They are growing so fast! I met this warrior mama at The Northside Twins and Multiples Group while I was giving a talk on photography. I love talking to mama groups of ANY kind...it feels like home to me :o)

We both wanted to go outside for this session. It just happened to warm up for us this day! Wahooo! These two made me work for a smiley picture (what 2 year old doesn't?!). Luckily they both loved looking ALL THE WAY into my camera...as close as they could. My 16-35mm ended up winning that battle.

Bayleigh had on the CUTEST dress in the world. Quick funny story (quick & story is kinda an oxymoron with me...but whatev...). The dress was made by Kim, a mama of twins. She was actually at one of my photography workshops! Crazy! You MUST check out her etsy shop HERE. Too cute!

I love the way that this mama enjoys her children. It's hard, it's tiring, it's heartbreaking, it's the daily routines that I believe create moms of young kiddos to be in a bad mood every once in a while (or if your name is Kiera possibly more than once in a while :o) So it was refreshing to watch her just enjoy and laugh. It made me breathe a bit deeper and think about my own kiddies and their awesomeness.

Here are just a few of my favorites. I hope you enjoy the pictures, and your kids!

Does a smirk count as a smile? I think so!

Gorgeous. That's all.

This pose lasted for about 1.4 second. YESSSS!!!

I feel like this is taken on a movie set or something!



Yummy backlighting :o)


He was about 2 inches from my lens at this point :o)







What kid doesn't love zerberts from their mommy while being suspended in air?

Fav

Workshops 3 & 4 :: Indianapolis Photographer

My last winter workshops were amazing. I had such a great time. I added an extra hour for some model shooting time. I think it worked out perfectly! My buddy Jeff came to help out on Feb. 27th and I went solo on March 13th. I just love meeting new people and seeing friends. Our first model was sweet Penny. You may remember her from her newborn session with me. LOVE her and her parents :o) For our March model, we had my oldest, Kylie. She was pretty shy at first (there were 9 people photographing her :o) but then I think she quite liked it (see pics below).

If I have any more interest in another Basics Class, I'd love to do another one. I'm in the process of putting together a Part 2 for those you who enjoyed the first one and are ready to move on. I have also done quite a few one-on-one sessions this year as well. If you're more interested in that, please shoot me an email and we can find a time to meet :o)

Thanks so much for all of your encouraging words as I venture into a new area of photography. You rock!

Workshop Goodies. You HAVE to goodies at a workshop!

...and they must be colorful :o)

Have I mentioned that my hubby's office has an ENTIRE wall as a dry erase board. Every teachers dream :o)




Okay, every picture of me in mid sentence is actually quite terrifying. This was the only one that didn't make me cringe too much!


Helping Sneha :o)






Fav...thanks for taking all of these Jeff!


Our set up for sweet Penny




Going over things we just discussed and putting them into practice.


All cameras were on the M-word...manual :o)

Sweet Penny as our model

sad bunny...fav

The March workshop with Ky. I was loving the garage lighting in here!

Papa... papa...paparazzi!

Note: Girly skirts are super fun during a photo session!

Posing it up!

I even had time to take some headshots during the last workshop. You're gorgeous ladies!

My Xavier Turns 4 :: Indianapolis Photographer

Ahhh...my birthday...always with a homemade cake (chili bowl optional :o)


What's one of my best birthday gifts of all time? Xavier Patrick. Yup. He stole my birth-date. It took me a few years to get over the fact that I may never have another birthday again. But...now I'm over it :o)

He's pretty amazing. He's a little engineer. We thought it would be a good idea to get him some "real" tools for Christmas (highly recommended at Lowes). However, we included flash lights in this category. Let just say I didn't know a flashlight had so many parts! He loves taking them apart. So, recently, I've been going to Goodwill to buy him old clocks, keyboards, cd players, cameras etc. to take apart. He LOVES it. I'm hoping one day he'll enjoy putting things back together ;o)

He's athletic. He is wicked fast. He also rode a two wheeler at the age of 2 and now he's doing "tricks" on it. As a mother of boys, I've learned that white knuckles and looking the other way are just parts of the job.

He's sensitive. Ahhhh...I love it. Not the...man-up-and-stop-being-a-whimp kind, but a one-day-he'll-make-a-great-husband kind. He was not a big cuddler as a baby which worried me (I'm a BIG hugger!). But as he's gotten older he loves to steal kisses and hugs. He even plays with my hair when we are sitting together. Melt my heart!

I daydream about what he will look like one day, what grand adventures he'll go on, and how he will love well. So, even though today is my birthday, I love sharing it with my Xavier. He's pretty awesome.

A day in the life of my little man. There's never a dull moment :o)

Sweet Sisters :: Indianapolis Children's Photographer

I met this mama during one of my workshops last month :o) Her girls just had birthdays, so we had to document this precious time in their lives. I loved walking around their house. It was filled with pictures! Andrea knew how to use the space in her home perfectly. I had a great time getting to know these sweeties. Below are just a few of my favorites. Enjoy!

The "real" smile comes out :o)



I love this one. I think it's the simplicity.








love this.



I couldn't get enough of their eyes and eyelashes!



Relaxing during tea time :o)







Special time with Mama...





Andrea got these balloons for props. LOVE THEM!!!