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!

Senior pics! | Central KY senior photographer

Meet Sam. He is my little cousin, and my 4 year old daughters first crush. A couple months ago we saw Sam at Wal-mart and after we finished talking to him and went on our way, Lilly announced "Sam is soooo cool. I think I love him." I got a good giggle out of that coming from a 4 year old. Then Monday Sam came to have his senior pictures made, and after he left Lilly says "I am going to marry Sam because he is the one I love." So there ya go buddy, she loves you! lol.

OK, enough about silly Lilly. We could not have timed this session any better. The fall colors were at their best Monday. It is absolutely beautiful back here! Sadly, the color will fade in a few days. We had a good time letting Sam just be himself and capturing that! This is just a sample of what we shot, and I am not even done editing them yet, I just ran through a pulled out a few to post on the blog.

Enjoy, and hope you like them Aunt Wina!

Sweet little baby "O" is not a baby anymore, he is turning 1!! Happy Birthday buddy!

"O" is the son of my cousin, and although I knew he looked a lot like his Daddy, I was struck by how much he actually did when I was doing this session. Funny how when something fills the frame of your camera you really study it in a way you normally would not. It was almost like looking at a little Josh!

We are starting to see a little bit of fall color in these pictures, which reminds me....my annual fall special will be coming up. Dates for that are Sept 25th &26th and Oct 8th-11th. Packages will be available for this special only! I will also be hosting a fall special contest, and 1 lucky client will get to take home a 16x20 canvas for free. FREE! That is a $185.00 value!

Please know that I will not be choosing the winner of the contest, some fellow photographers will. Don't miss out on this great chance!

Just drop me a e-mail to book a slot for the fall session!

A touching wedding image | Lancaster KY wedding photographer

A few weeks ago I had the honor of photographing the wedding of a couple that I went to high school with. I am finishing up the editing on that wedding tonight, but I just could not wait to share this image.

Right before the ceremony I heard a older gentleman talking fondly about the bride. "I used to take her out with me when she was just this high!" he said to another man. He had such pride on his face! I could not help but to steal glances at this man during the wedding ceremony, and you could tell he was watching that little girl with such love!



After the wedding was over and the couple were standing in their receiving line, the gentleman came through and she gave him a hug! Turns out he was her grandfather! It is obvious that she is special in his eyes, and he means a lot to her. Their hug lasted long enough for me to get several shots of them together. This one was by far my fav! Brought a tiny tear to my eye! I hope you like it too!

J&K Howard wedding |Nicholsville KY wedding photograher

Just a quick litle update with a few details from the June wedding of J&K Howard. Enjoy.

tiny maternity peek | Central KY photographer

Ok, I swore I would not edit these yet, because I have some other things that need to be edited first, but...I'm a liar! Well, not technically, it''s not like I edited the whole session, just 3 little pics!

i have been begging people to let me take maternity pics. the last ones I did were over a year ago, and my work has come so far since then. Well, I finally roped my beautiful Sister in law into being my model! Yay!!

I promise I will be posting some of the more "traditional" pictures of her later, but for now the fun ones are what I will be sharing.

Just in case you are wondering, our little nephew should be here any day now!!

Time for a post! | Central KY photographer

Sheesh! Summer has been busy in this household. House work, garden, been outside playing with the kiddo as much as possible, a wedding here and there. I have hardly had time to update my blog! So enjoy a quick little update of a recent engagement session, and a brother/sister session (same pic of the gal twice, but I just could not decide B&W or color!) Stay tune for some wedding shots soon!

Blanton babies!!

Warning! Cute kiddos ahead! Meet my adorable niece and nephew. I know, I know, they are cute!! I had a hard time picking a few to post on my blog. In fact little Miss A had a whole different outfit we photographed her in, which was darling, I just ran out of room to post those pictures! I did end up adding a close up of her in her little hat though.

Remember, if you want to see the pics a litle bigger, just give them a click! Enjoy!

My girl and her Puppy | Stanford KY lifestyle photographer

After finally getting pictures of Brody the other day ( I thought I would try to get a good picture of Lilly with her constant companion "Puppy." He has been attached to her hip since she was 9 months old, and has helped her through the ER a few times.

Today, little Lilly was sick. Poor little gal must have a stomach virus of some sort. So her and Puppy hung out on the couch or in her bed all day. It was a good chance for getting pictures of what Puppy does best! Enjoy!

Brody love!!

Stop what you are doing right now, and stare in shock! Yes, that is Brody, my sweet little 2 year old. You know, the one I can never get pictures of?

I put on my brave suit and headed out with him this morning, bribing big sister with a sucker so she would stay out of the pictures. One thing about Brody, he is not a huge fan of Mommy snapping pictures of him. He will look up, down, anywhere but at me. I pulled all the tricks, and the only thing that worked was when I pretended to cry, hence the big laugh in the first image.

When I first looked at these pictures I was not thrilled. Then I was reminded that maybe my expectations of myself as a photographer, and my expectations of my newly 2 year old were a little high. I decided to step back and look at these as "Mommy" not as "the photographer" and I fell in love with the pictures shown here. So, enjoy the pictures of my sweet baby boy!

Jacob A. preview

This little guy came in with his big sis this week. It did not take much to get smiles out of him! Just one mention of the squirrels in the backyard, and he was ready to go! I am loving his style!

My crazy cousins

I promised them that if they goofed of during our session, that I would share the outtakes with the world. I hold true to my promises. Boy did they goof. Sloppy kisses, silly faces, and middle brother even answered his cell phone mid shoot! We had a great time though, and baby brother posed wonderfully throughout it all!

Quite often I do show funny outtakes to clients. Personally I love the silly pictures that capture people just being who they really are! The last few pictures here do just that!

The two older boys were my very first "subjects" when they were small. They love to tease me about making them pose shirtless in a tree (they were cute pictures OK?!?) I also have a pack of snapshots of them where apparently I made them change clothes 10 times! Sorry I have tortured you for year boys, but you sure are cute!