Oh the faces he makes! | Ky on location photographer

This little 1 year old birthday boy was the cutest! I love all his little facial expressions! I usually share a lot of b&w but the colors outside are already turning and I had to share them!

We tried a little cake smash at the end of his session, but 1 little taste was all he wanted! I thought about sitting down and eating cake with him, but I wasn't sure how well that would go over! ;)

Happy Birthday big boy!

I do have just a few dates left for Oct fall sessions, and some left for Nov. e-mail at katie@katielousphotography.com to book to take advantage of the awesome fall colors. Remember fall /holiday mini session are on Oct 15th, and I have a couple of those left. They are geared towards getting you some awesome images that you can use as gifts and cards! I will also be taking the itty bitty mini, Halloween costume shots on that same date. Happy fall!

Life's dilemma | Central Ky photographer

One of life's biggest questions.... Color, or black and white? Sometimes I sit, ready to blog, and debate back and forth. "Color! Nah black and white. Nope color for sure! Or maybe...." Oh the dilemma! So of course, I decided to just blog already and share both! ;)

How cute is this little sweetie pie? She was just darling dancing around in her first tutu!! She was a angel at our session, and she may have spoilt me for my next 2 year old session!

Playtime at the Park | Lancaster KY children's photographer

I had the pleasure of meeting these cute little gals last week. Their Mom won a 30 minute mini session and some print credit! I love seeing the different personalities of little ones, and little Miss A. here cracked me up! She just keep hopping around, and falling off the couch! (on purpose) She has some really cute facial expressions too! Big Sister M. is just a sweetie pie, and she didn't seem to mind poseing for the camera at all!

I hope you enjoyed your prize April!

6 month old farm gal | Ky on location photographer

I think I could have blogged every single picture from this session! The 6 month old sweetie here was a champ! It was not to long a ago that I photographed her older sister in the same overalls!

The location on her family's farm was awesome! Loved it so much I'm going to take my boy there soon! ;) Of course we have some more rufflebutt shots, which you all know I love! Another shout out to Rufflebutts!!

I've done some different processing on some of these, and I enjoyed the outcome, hope you enjoy it too!

Super Hero!! | Ky photographer

I sat out to capture my sweet boy the other day, just as he is! This is the true Brody! On the run, in his undies, and with his blankie close by. These just scream "boy" to me, and I love his facial expressions in them! He and his blankie can take on anything! Enjoy!(some of Lilly to come later!)

Kirkpatrick sneak peek | Central KY family photographer

What a cute family! This is the 3rd time I have photographed little AG (2 years old) but the first time her big brother and little sister have been in front of my camera. I think they all look so much alike! Enjoy!

Family photos-Stanford KY

A quick peek at a session with 3 of my little cousins. Enjoy!

Tonight I realized I am a true photographer | Central KY lifestyle photographer

and not just some chick that like to take pictures and hopefully make a little money along the way. Story behind the pics, my son Brody just turned 3. I adore this little fellow. I will be honest and say sometimes he can be quite a hand full. No he is not a bad kid, he is a smart little thing. He knows how to push my buttons. He knows what he wants and he will fight till the bitter end to get it. Not really a bad quality to have, but it sure does wear a Momma out!

Now, for the past week or so he has been resisting nap time and bedtime with all he has. I am talking BIG TIME. Because of this struggling, and the fact that I also have two other children to get down for naps, and dance practice to get to on time, he missed his nap today. Which anyone with young children knows, makes matters even worse. I finally just gave up after two hours.

Tonight at bedtime his Daddy and I had a HUGE talk with him. Then my husband was off to play ball with some friends (he is so in trouble when he gets home lol) I made sure he went potty. Gave him his blankie, a book, that the hall light was on, his favorite nighttime CD in, ect. And lovingly tucked him into bed with kisses and cuddles. And silently told God that I was good on the patience thing and that *I* did not need any practice. Obviously God thought different.

Before I was even out of his room, he got up. And so the night goes. I took away his book, his toy, and put him back to bed 26 times. Yes, I counted. He screamed, he cried, but finally the 26th time was the charm. And after 10 minutes of silence I tiptoed back to his room to check on him, and there he was cuddled up with his blankie and making those little sobs (you know, the ones that break your heart) in his sleep.

So after all that work, I risked waking him up by grabbing my camera and my speedlight, and taking several shots of my sweet baby boy sleeping. That is it, that is the moment I knew I was a REAL photographer, a crazy one. Crazy enough to take a chance on waking him up, just to capture the memories of tonight's bedtime struggle. And now, for the pics.

Sleepy sweetie | Central KY photographer

The sunlight was streaming through my kitchen door today. I walked by it and thought to myself "Man, that is some great light." but I resisted the urge to grab little Miss Darcy Kate and do some pics because she was getting pretty sleepy.

Then I walked by it again....these were the result! My very own sweetie pie on a antique quilt. As a lover of old quilts, and obviously a lover of babies, I really liked the result of our quick shoot! Darcy did not mind either. She feel asleep mid shoot!

"Kid tested, mother approved!" | Central KY photographer

First of all, happy 3rd birthday to my big boy! He turned 3 on the 23rd. Crazy!

As I was browsing the cereal aisle the other day the box of Kix cereal caught my eye. As most of us allergy Mom's do, I picked it up, turned it over, and began reading the ingredient label. There are a few cereals by GM that my kiddos can eat, and cross contaimation with GM has not been a issue for us, so I thought it was worth a peak. Guess what? Top 8 free according to the box.
So this morning my kiddos had Kix and rice milk for breakfast. Brody LOVED them! I swear he carried the box around all day long!

Now, I know my food allergy buddies can relate to the joy of finding a new safe food! Enjoy Brody's joy captured in pics!

B Johnson sneak peek | Katie Lou's Photography

Happy 1st Birthday to this little guy! He is such a cutie pie, that I had a really hard time just adding a few pictures of this session to the blog. Cute kid + awesome fall colors= delighted photographer! I am telling you, I am going to be so sad when all the leaves fall off the trees and everything turns brown. But my guess is the crazy winds out there are going to take the majority of leaves off tonight. Sigh.

Mom and Dad played a big part in trying to get their son to look at the camera. I made them promise not to tell anyone what a goof I am when trying to get the attention of a child, so I won't tell you how silly they were dancing and singing...oops!

Enjoy!