Stacey and Michael's Wedding, a teaser

I have a beautiful wedding to share coming up here soon! I just wanted to leave you with one of my favorite portraits of Stacey taken in her hotel room at the Westin on Harbour Island in Tampa. I also wanted to mention that I had the pleasure of working with Beth from Flawless Occasions. No matter how much work you want to be involved with during your wedding, hiring a wedding coordinator is some of the best money spent, besides your photographer :) They help the day run smoother! 

I love the elegance of Stacey's look in this image!


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Emma Hartman and Clayton's photo shoot!

We had a great shoot with little Emma Hartman and her little brother Clayton right before Christmas at Aldridge Gardens in Birmingham. It was a little rainy, but we had a great time nonetheless. Here's some of my favorite photos of these two adorable kids!

This was one of my favorites because of the whimsical feel of it.









Emma Hartman is truly going to be the actor of the family.









Grandparents :)



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Sharon's Venture!

Here's a portrait shoot I did while in Tampa last month. I'll be in Tampa several times in March and April so let me know if you'd like to set up a shoot. Sharon is working on a series of essays to be published on her new website she's starting. I can't share the site now, but check back and I'll let you know when it launches. We wandered around the University of Tampa to take these beautiful portraits. Doesn't her haircut just look adorable? She had it long for years and finally had it cut.

I love Sharon's smile in this one!















I have to share a fab photo of my lovely assistant Joanna!!! She's the best :)



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Boudoir!

I had my first boudoir shoot in August for a client who is getting married soon. I promised her anonymity so I'm not going to write her name on here. She doesn't want her future husband to know until their wedding day when she plans on presenting him with a custom made album of her images. I can't wait to design the album for her! Here are the images...her body is killer. I think she's awesome to show it off like this in such a tasteful way!





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Alley, Clark, and Greiwe

Last week before I headed out of town, I did a shoot for an attorney group called Alley, Clark, and Greiwe. We did some professional headshots and a nice group portrait. The images haven't been posted to their site yet, but you can check out their website here.



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A Great Read!

A client of mine, Monique Fields, recently wrote an article entitled "Black Like Mommy, White Like Me" for an online publication, The Root. Monique's article is about raising children in an interracial family and what that experience is like. It's a wonderful article, and very eye opening to the experience of Monique's daughter, Simone, and what lies ahead for Nadia, her younger daughter. 

Monique is such a gifted writer and such a wonderful mother. We met while working together eight years ago working for the St. Petersburg Times, and when Monique started having children, she hired me for their family portraits. I took the portrait used in the article during our last session before her family moved to Alabama. Congrats Monique!!!

 

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Ellie and Maddie's Family Shoot

Last weekend I had the pleasure of photographing my friend Flip and his wife Jen and their two beautiful children, Ellie and Maddie. What a great family! We met at Philippe Park in Safety Harbor which is one of my absolute favorite places to photograph in. I even brought along my handy assistant Hank, who is the absolute best person to keep children's attention during portraits. 

We saw some dolphins and manatees during the shoot. Maybe they wanted their portraits too :)











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Pregnancy Shoot with Megan and James

In addition to photographing a wedding this weekend, I'm going to be hosting a baby shower for my good friend Megan. To prepare for the shower, we did a short photo session at Megan's house and at the lake down the street. When we were talking about the shoot, all Megan mentioned was that she wanted to do some yoga poses in front of the camera. I was happy to oblige. Right after the shoot, Megan donated most of her hair to Locks of Love. Soo cool, I did it last year and loved it. But we'll definitely have to shoot more after Ian's born cause she's gonna look completely different.  

Here's some fun photos from the shoot. You can really see why I love Megan and James and think they're such great friends!



This is perhaps my favorite photo of the entire shoot. Greta just jumped up on the couch to join in on all the fun.



Greta's favorite thing to do is to lick. Guess you could of guessed that in the last photo! In this photo, she's secretly eyeing me to see if I'll get close enough for her to lick my lens.











This is Stan, of the duo Greta and Stan. I absolutely love those two dachsunds. We always talk about introducing our dogs but we're afraid they might not get along. Oh well, someday.

















I had to add this photo in of my fabulous husband entertaining everybody. If I didn't have a camera, I'd be climbing a tree too!



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