"Let's Make a Memory..."

Devon Ware - Collins Hill Senior

I first met Devon when his family came in last year for a family portrait to give as Christmas presents. Such a nice family they are, and very photogenic. When I first met with Devon about his portraits I had asked him to bring things he liked to do or things he enjoyed. I found him to not be your typical teenager which is a compliment. He arrived with big bag of books. His Parents said he reads all the time...at least 2 books a week. I find this to be very intelligent on his part. He also enjoys swimming so we gave him a good soaking at the end of the shoot!! I  am proud to capture the personality and intelligence of such a promising young man.

Baby Reese

Baby Reese is very special because she was a little premature so even at 3 months I felt like I was photographing a newborn which I love to do!!. She is doing great and did a fantastic job for her first photo shoot. Baby Reese is also in my baby plan. Her daddy played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at one point in his life so we had some fun at the end of the shoot as you can see. It helped that mom and dad were as avid football fanatics as I am.

The Hackett's

Michael and Pam were delightful friendly people to work with. They came to me to document the special occasion of their 25th wedding anniversary. They said it had been a long time since they had photos made and what a perfect time to do it but on a 25th anniversary. Just last year I did the same for a couple celebrating 40 years. I personally think this might be even more important than the wedding photos. You just don't hear of too many marriages making it 25 years or even 15 or 20 for that matter. I could tell Michael and Pam had a special connection and really worked at their marriage. If you have a special anniversary coming up and would like to document it then tell me you saw this posting on my blog and I will give you a 10% discount your total order.

Maternity Photos....

I have always enjoyed doing maternity photo shoots. What a more precious thing to be involved in but the beginning of a new life and especially when it's a couple's first... It always brings me back to delivering my own little Charlee and she is 3 1/2 now... how time flies. It was one of the highlights of my life so I try my best to document some special memories for their little bundle to be because time does go by so very fast.

Hannah, Winston, and Gracie...

Hannah brought in her 2 precious children  - Winston and Gracie. It was real important to take Winston's picture in his Indiana Jones hat with the "diamond", and Gracie wanted to be a princess in her pink pretty dress. Mom just wanted some great black and whites. We had a lot of fun. I was just a bit worried when they arrived and Winston kept hiding behind his mom and would not let me see his face - but once I got him in the camera room by myself and started talking to him about Indiana he was a ham....

SMASH CAKE !!!!!!!

I have never had so much fun as when I did my first smash cake session. Little Kyla turned1 in October and mom wanted a smash cake session in addition to some other professional shots. We laughed and laughed and loved every minute of this... I hope to do many more!! What great memories!! We did some with her step sister Alley before we smashed the cake!!!

The Gentner's

I Found the Gentner's to be most interesting people to be around. Larry and Beth are newly married and Phyllis, Larry's mother was quite a unique lady still driving and in her 80's. I found out her love for painting and according to her son she is quite good. Larry and I shared a love for the history of camera's and photography, and of course Beth and I hit it off with our love of scrapbooking and making special memories for people in our lives. Beth has spent the last year fighting cancer and is winning the battle right now. Larry now is having the challenge of cancer and my prayers are with him and Beth dailey. They came in for a black and white "relationship" photo session. Everyone including me were very happy with the results ( I am a perfectionist!!)........

Baby Bailey Gillis

I have fell in love with this little precious girl. She is in my baby plan and this is some photos from her 3rd session. She is always so happy and smiley.. and such fun to photograph. Of course, she has been constrained to one spot up to now... her 1 year session I am sure she will have me running all over the studio!!!

Mourning the Loss....

I would like to express my sincere sympathy to the John's Family. I first met this family in October of 2007. Their images were posted previously on this blog. Dana, the mother called me to say how much she wanted a family portrait after being diagnosed for the second time with a brain tumor. Dana was a trooper and such a giving person. She even did a television commercial for me in which a portion of the sales went to cancer research. They were a great family to work with and the kids obviously loved their mom so much. Dana lost her battle with cancer this past June, and is now healed in heaven. I am glad I had a chance to be a part of the families lives and document their special memories.

The Gilliams !!

Since coming back to work since my surgery I have really had some great sessions and would like to share them with you. I so love what I do, but even more love to get to know the people I come into contact with and create the images for.

The Gilliams came in for Karlie's senior pix and also did a family picture at the same time. I encourage this because it is a life changeing time for the family as a family member is leaving the house and new changes are being made.