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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!)

School play head shots | Stanford Ky family photographer

Our local middle school is putting on "Alice in Wonderland" I did some head shots of "Alice" a few weeks ago for the play program. Then I got to do the head shots for this guy! He is either "Tweedle Dee" or "Tweedle Dum" (forgive me for not remembering Josh!)

While they were here we decided to take a few shots of little sister too!

Good luck to the cast of "Alice in Wonderland" we will be enjoying your performance with our 4 year old, and maybe our 3 year old.... if we decide to be brave!

Cutest 4.5 month old ever! | Central Ky photographer

OK, so she's mine! But she is a cutie!! I love this stage when babies grab their little toes all the time! So here is just one quick share of my little Darcy Kate chillin on my new, wild set-up. More to come later!

Dance baby dance! {Stanford Ky photographer}

I made a slide show for Steppin' Out Dance studio, and it was shown before the girls spring recital. Basically I went in one afternoon and took some shots of the girls as they practiced. Want to challenge yourself as a photographer? Give this a try!

The dance studio is very nice, but pretty small, especially considering I was working with a 50mm lens and there was not much natural light. So, making the best of a not so ideal situation, (lighting wise) I used what natural light I had, and bounced my flash for the rest.



I will say I really enjoyed the experience of getting to photograph so many darling little girls, and some very talented older girls! It took me a back a couple (cough) years to hang out with the groups of older teens and listen to their chit chat! I also enjoyed my little peak behind the scenes of what goes on at practices, and this was what I tried to capture for the slide show, the things we as parents, don't really get to see! Not portraits, but just this little moment in the lives of our girls!

So I have decided to share just a couple pictures from the slide show, and of course one, never before seen, studio picture of my own little ballerina. Go ahead, tell me she's cute! :) Enjoy!

Mommy and Me mini sessions!! {Central Ky photographer}

Moms are so important in the lives of our children, yet so often we get left out of the photographs! Treat yourself, or the special "Moms" in your life this Mothers Day! Gift Certificates also make wonderful Mother's Day gifts, (*hint hint* Dad's) and are available for any amount! E-mail or call to schedule your Mommy and Me session or to purchase a gift certificate!

A daughter comes home | Central KY photographer

I won't share the whole story that goes with these pictures, but basically our friends fell in love with this little girl while they were on a mission trip at a orphanage in Hatti. It was obvious by talking to our friends that they were crazy about her! Then came the horrible quake. And our friends started looking into bringing this sweet little girl home.

Another couple from the same church got to bring home a different little girl from the same orphanage a few weeks ago, but our friends were not able to bring heir own sweet girl back, instead her new Daddy had to come back home empty handed. I can only imagine how hard that must have been, not only on our friends, but on Kesna.

Well, another trip, a few weeks, and many many prayers later, they were able to bring her to her new home! I was so glad to be able to be at their homecoming party at their church, and to have the opportunity to capture this special time for them!

How precious these two little girls are! How lucky they are to have such wonderful and loving parents, and how blessed those parents are to have them!!

It warmed my heart to read this on the new, proud Momma's facebook tonight "when we got home she was so excited to see HER room and HER clothes. She rolled around in the bed and contiued to say in Creole "Praise the Lord!!" then she sat down on the couch and said "Kesna American!"

I agree Kesna! Praise the Lord, and welcome to America!

Enjoy the photos!