I did a different kind of shoot this weekend: I shot a sweet girl in her communion dress, along with her lovely family. Just wanted to share one of my favorite shots Emma:
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Well, today feels more like October than April. But what’s even odder is that last week April felt like June! And I took full advantage of that and did two quick impromptu photo shoots with Zoe and Piper. I’m sharing my favorite pictures of each of my girls.
First up, Zoe, who was actually sick when we did this, laid on the ground for me! I was so shocked! Couldn’t love this picture more:
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Next up is Piper. I saw these little purple wildflowers on a small patch in my mother’s lawn and immediately thought of the purple scarf I had and knew exactly what I wanted. And I don’t think I could love this picture more either:
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Everything is blooming right now and oh-so-pretty! Why not book a session before it gets too hot and all the pretty blossoms go away???
A few weeks ago, a friend and I took our little girls out for a fun shoot. I’m going to share some gorgeous shots of my friend’s daughter very soon, but first I really wanted to share this shot of Zoe’s feet. Right after I took it, she kicked the branch off the chair! But I was SO happy when I got this shot. So happy, in fact, that I had a 24″x36″ canvas of it made for her bedroom and it now hangs above her bed! And the colors look amazing against her purple walls.
I had just a moment. Just a moment to capture this image. Sometimes, that’s all we need for the perfect image:
On a warm October afternoon in 2011, I met Janina and her family in a local park to do a photo shot with them. On October 23rd, 2010, at age 17, Janina was diagnosed with Osteogenic Sarcoma. What they first thought to be a muscle contusion in her right thigh has turned out to be a cancerous tumor that had already spread to her lungs. By the time I met them, it was already considered Stage IV-A bone cancer. Yesterday, on the first day of spring, at age 18, Janina lost her battle with cancer. It is with a very heavy heart that I write these words. I only spent a short time with her and her family, but I fell in love with their warmth and love. I feel so honored to have taken their photos.
Janina didn’t want me to post pictures of her without her wig and even though I think those are the most beautiful pictures her, where her soul really shined through, I will honor her wishes and not post them. But trust me when I tell you that her bright pink hair she had dyed recently looked incredible against her skin and when she smiled, it lit up the world.
Janina, thank you for allowing me to photograph you. You were a beautiful and loved young woman. You will be missed.
Cancer is a terrible, terrible disease. My heart goes out to this family. I love the family portraits. I’m sure they will be cherished by so many of her friends and family for a very long time.
as I have younger siblings this breaks my heart but makes these photos so much more special to their family, prayers for her family in this hard time.
I am SO touched and saddened by such a young loss… You captured beautiful pictures for her family. I can’t imagine what her family is going through 
Such a beautiful family! My heart goes out to them.
I don’t do many newborns, but having just had my second baby and lots of friends on their seconds and third babies, I seem to be surrounded by babies lately! Newborns are not my specialty and I’m certainly not the best at this genre, but how can I resist some squishy babies? Especially when I adore his parents??? Well I can’t!
So I just wanted to share this gorgeous shot of baby Graeme:
