Meet my dear friends, the Kings… We have known the Kings almost as long as Ken & I have known each other I think. The boys were certainly not this grown up when we first met & there was not even a Lizzy & Trey existing yet… whew how time flies! And Lisa & Jeff… …
A little change from my norm these days, I had the privilege of being asked to capture the memories of Ray & Judy’s 50th Anniversary celebration in August. My presence was a surprise from their guests for Judy, in particular, who loves & treasures photos (how awesome & thoughtful is that?!). Ray & Judy had …
What better way to start off this years sessions & warm up the winter months than with celebrating two wonderful people becoming parents and the arrival of their very special lil’ fella?! In February & March, we did both a couples & an individual maternity session, even a newborn session to celebrate this precious dream …
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The final scheduled session of 2014 & I couldn’t have dreamed of a more perfect way to finish off the year than with a special holiday session! Oh my… where do I even start with all the ways that I love & adore this one?!?!!! Beyond the fact that I smile & get mushy every …
Capturing memories for this Raleigh family was definitely my idea of a fun fall afternoon! We set it up as a mini lifestyle like session, unsure of how well the son would do or not… and it quickly became a fully loaded variety packed session. Turned out, we had absolutely nothing to worry about with …
What a treat it is to capture the same family again & again… to see their delightful children grow & change! And oh, how I adore this family in particular… who, as a matter of fact after their first session last November are the very ones that told me about the home which is now …
Time for a personal share :)… So, my sweet baby, my Trey-man, asked me the other week for the very 1st time: “Mama, Can you take another picture of me?” Any of my photog friends, in particular, will totally get what a momentous occasion this is! See, our kids have this thing we call ‘photographers …
I’m so excited to announce that I have 2 Mini Session days coming up! Not just regular mini session days, but a family event both for fall & for holiday… here at my home, with my family! With finding my specialty in Women’s photography & moving my focus full steam ahead into it, I knew …
Here we are… Fall 2014… a year & a half since I did my 1st round of sessions after formally forming my business, not even out of my corporate ‘day job’ yet. A year & a half since… I first met this delightful family! If you’ve been following me for a while, you may recall …
Travel to Wilmington to capture a wedding along the historic downtown riverside? ABSOLUTELY!! Even better… for the wedding of Jess & Chad? Without a doubt, YES!! You may remember Jess & Chad from their Engagement & Bridal sessions earlier this year… they’re a couple that I simply adore to pieces! I was quite honored that …
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Have you ever seen a pair of sweeter baby dolls?!?! I have to say, the friends we’ve made through my daughter’s dance classes these past 3 years are amazing! In addition to being such sweet friends, several have also found interest in my work, becoming awesome clients as well and here we have another! We …
You may remember these precious sweetie pies from their family mini session back in the fall. Well… this young fella is 1 already!! To celebrate, I marched my camera up the street (a whole 3 houses 😉 ) to their home & great back yard to capture a bit of this special time in his …
Beautiful new faces to finish out the mini session season on a great note! I’ve known this sweet Mama & lil’ Miss for a while now from our kids gymnastics classes and thoroughly enjoyed getting to see & capture the whole family together! Their session was also held at the JC Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh, …
Another loyal family… just amazing to be able to capture this family from pregnancy to newborn to now almost 9 months old!! And… OMGosh… are they growing up so adorably or what?!! It was a significantly chilly & even worse, windy morning but given the opportunity to reschedule, they asked to go forward anyway… what …
Happy Thanksgiving to this sweet family!! How wonderful it is to get to work with them again… you may recall them from the beginning of the year – my very VERY first session that wasn’t for an already known friend or family member. Since then I’ve worked on several things with Mom for the Ronald …
Wow… how absolutely fabulously precious as she can be is this little sweetie pie?!! Lil’ Miss Cailyn was a warm bundle of pink in our fall mini session posted recently, but here you can finally see all her sweetness at home… from her fabulously wild hair & stunning blue eyes to her ten lil’ piggies …
What a pleasure it was to meet this sweet, sweet family!! We met at Joyner Park in Wake Forest to start out our day with a Fall Mini Session (which would later be followed by a precious newborn session at their home… stay tuned for much more on that soon! 😀 ). When this very …
What a chilly but otherwise beautiful morning we had for my 1st ever ‘Mini Session’, also 1st session at Yates Mill, here in Raleigh. To make it even better… gotta love loyal clients!! You may remember this absolutely adorable red head & her Mama from their spring session of images for Father’s Day. This time, …
Oh my… do we love & adore this family!! I met Mama, Jen, at work… goodness – I don’t even know how many years ago now & immediately liked her! Not really sure how anyone could not – one of the kindest & sweetest friends a person could have! Over the years our friendship has …
Both of my lil’ ones have spent the majority of their weekly gymnastics lessons over the last 2+ years with the wonderful ‘Miss Melanie’ (LOL – even Trey-man was going to Lizzy’s lessons in the carrying pouch at a few months old until he started at 1 himself 😉 ). She has always been a …
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I’m quite excited to announce my very 1st Mini Sessions! I had planned on waiting another season or so to give Mini’s a try… but thanks to interest of several wonderful clients, I’ve put together a couple days THIS season!! I have a morning in South Raleigh, an evening in Wake Forest and had originally …
What a fabulous session with the Clark Family at the NC Museum of Art! This was truly a treat… a beautiful family inside & out and to top it off – what a great location they asked for! And… oh my, check out how perfectly they dressed for the setting! Love the black & white …
Lil’ Miss C & her mom are another pair of our friends from our 1st year of dance class in “Carolina Tots” (mommy & me)… when the girls were only 1.5! Now they’ve doubled in age, finishing up their a whole year of dance class on their own & celebrating 3rd birthday’s already!! Lizzy & …
What a beautiful day for Mary & Nick! Their love radiates and oh my goodness do they keep each other happy… I can’t even tell you how many images I have of them giggling & laughing & just simply enjoying each other… not posed that way for my camera but so purely & naturally! It …
OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS!!! I hope y’all are sitting down & are prepared for all the cuteness that is about to come your way!! Meet sweet lil’ Miss Amelia… daughter of my long time friend, Geri and just the most adorable little red head you could ever find. These photos were done in preparation for …
Meet the Avent Family… I was contacted by Stephanie to do this session for her mother-in-law, Brenda’s (aka “Mimi” by her precious grand-babies 🙂 ) Mother’s Day present. We met at Brenda’s house… a family home that her children had grown up in, surrounded by gorgeous lush landscaping & a beautiful sunny day!! I’ll be …
Wishing a very, VERY happy, relaxing & joyful Mother’s Day to all my Mama’s so far! Thank you for believing in my work and trusting your precious families with me, especially in these early stages of my business. I have been delighted to be a part of capturing your memories & am so glad to …
Here’s sweet lil’ Mr Logan!! Isn’t he adorable?!! And as sweet as he looks too! He did make us all work for his smiles that morning but boy were they worth it! As were the moments between the smiles… check out these great expressions & the quiet moments too… ah, precious little boy-ness!! These were …
As any of you that have ‘liked’ my facebook page probably know already… I was quite thrilled to have the honor to capture the memories of the Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill’s 25th Anniversary Gala last month! Supporting this organization had extra special meaning to me as my family was recipients of the kind …
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I was asked by my good mom friend from Lizzy’s dance class, Carolyn, to cover her neighborhood’s Pet Parade & Event. They had all sorts of things going on for this event – the parade, snacks, presentations, give aways, my portraits & more. What a great community & fun neighborhood they have to put something …
Meet Caroline & her mom, Leighann… We lucked out with quite the beautiful day at Pullen Park and Caroline was just as sweet as she could be through the entire session! I just have to say… she’s just the most adorable little baby doll!! And check out the hair… and the eyes… and the flawless …
Meet adorable 3 weeks new, Amelia & Alex… and the family of love they are surrounded by! They were my very 1st newborn session… As you can see, Amelia took right to the camera and couldn’t have been any sweeter or more cooperative. As twins often do, they were in opposite moods that day and …
Meet Finn… our dear friends, Tara & Jamie’s adorable Sheltie! He apparently has model in his genes… he couldn’t have been more well behaved, poised or photogenic! Isn’t he a cutie?!! We did this session at Joyner Park in Wake Forest on a gorgeous early spring morning… adding to the already wonderful session thanks to …
Meet Samantha & Brandon… my next door neighbor’s ADORABLE grand-kiddos! From the moment I walked into their house before our session & the kids (who had never met me before) jumped out from around the corner to surprise me, I KNEW this was going to be a super fun session!! These sweet kiddos were not …
Time to meet sweet lil’ Miss Gracie… but prepare yourself… for some super sweet & happy cuteness!!! Gracie was quite the sweet, well behaved & cooperative little lady… with an adorable smile & gorgeous eyes to go with it! No surprise as her parents were equally as sweet & I couldn’t have enjoyed my time …
OOH MY!!! Is this little sweetie pie not the cutest thing?! This is sweet Charlotte & her adorable parent. I admit… it has been a bit of a challenging, hard & stressful week around here while still juggling both jobs (among other things) BUT working on lil’ Miss Charlotte’s pics the last few days has …
Ah my sweet lil’ buddy, Davis… turning 2 is not a time for dealing with new ladies with a black box in front of your face – too much to explore, discover & learn! As a mom to a 2yr old myself, I know this all too well & simply tried to capture this stage …
Oh my goodness gracious!! What a sweet lil’ man JJ is… he’s walking & exploring & boy did he enjoy his balloons!! And check out those blue eyes… Click HERE to see a slideshow of even more images of Sweet JJ!
This is my absolutely ADORABLE niece, Kendalyn, whom I LOVE to pieces… always have, always will!!! Look at that smile – how could you not?! 😀 Earlier this month she celebrated her 5th Birthday!! (WOW… I can’t believe she’s that old already!!) She’s growing into such a sweet little lady & has always been full …
Lizzy & I met Gracie & her mama, Jess, at the beginning of “Carolina Tots” (mommy & me) Dance Class when Lizzy was only 16 months old. The 1st couple months of that year, there were weeks when we were the only two mommy/daughters there and kinda quietly bonded over the year. Two other Mom’s/Daughters …
We all have ‘forever friends’ & to say that the Field’s are our forever friends is a blessing we are SO lucky to have! They have been friends with Ken since he lived in their cul-de-sac with his now ex-wife (yup! 😉 ). She got the house & he got the friends! And boy did …