Love, Me Blog

It’s official … I have baby fever!  How could I not?  Look how handsome this little guy is.  I was so excited when Holly called wanting pictures of her new little guy.  I had all these grand plans, but Reid had a different agenda   After several hours he officially won the fight so I had to improvise.  I must say, I think little Reid knew what he was doing the whole time   I love what he gave us!

Enjoy.

His coloring reminds me SO much of Mia Grace when she was born, which adds to the wanting a little boy!!Who can resist little baby yawns.  I can’t   I love this next shot.  Holly and Ben prayed so much for this little guy and he came at the perfect time … God’s time.Holly wanted some family pictures too.  Family photos are pretty difficult with a newborn because they are so darn tiny, but since families are kind of my niche, I really wanted to try something different.  I love the mirror on their bed so we went with it.  I’m all about natural looking family shots.  Look at those faces … do they scream “proud parent” or what?

This next one is so different from my normal stuff, so it called for a unique crop and unique processing.  It’s actually a favorite image now. I love when images tell a story … from new mommy guiding new daddy through holding someone so teeny tiny to the bible over there in the corner.  love.This image just had a vintage feel to me, so again, I tried some new things.  You have to let me know your thoughts?  I still love vibrant color, but these sweet images just really needed something unique and special.  I must admit I dont have tons of newborn experience, so I’m finding my niche with these shoots.  I really love the natural environment type images as I get to be more invloved in the shoot and all my normal wacky angles.  Have I mentioned lately how much I love my job? Ben and Holly, thank you so very much for letting me into your home for SO long and trusting me with your precious little boy.  He is so so so beautiful.  I must have said that a million times.  Seriously, what an amazing testament to the faithfulness of God and how humbled and honored  I am to be a part of such a magnificent journey. It was such a pleasure meeting you!  I hope these teasers hold you over.

Here are the crazy Fowler boys!  Said affectionately … they are family!  I just happened to love all these images in black and white.  Who says I can’t make an entire post bw?  Well, I just did. Christine, these are LONG overdo.  Would you believe this was my LAST session to catch up on from before the holidays??  Um, huge lesson learned this year about how many sessions to take.

John, Christopher, and Talon … love you guys.  Sorry we didn’t ride dirt bikes and climb on tractors this time.  We’ll ride horses next time

Meet John.

and Christopher.

It’s crazy what asking a 5 year old about his girlfriend will do …

and sweet Talon.

As you can see, I had quite the challenge of getting Mr. Talon to make an appearance with his brothers …

and one of Mommy and her baby boy.

Hope you enjoy these!!

I strongly hinted in my last post of these two, that I really wanted to do another “real” engagement shoot.  Well, I got my way !  As I often do I suppose.  I love these pictures SO much more.  They are natural and so them.  We decided to head out to the lake to do something different and I’m so glad we did.  It was a really cloudy and windy evening with thunderstorms rolling in, but we all took a chance and I love the results. I love these two so very much.  They are such amazing friends to Mike and I and we can’t wait to see them get married in 25 DAYS!

Oh, and in case you don’t recognize my cousin, Kelsie, I told you she had the curliest hair EVER.  I guess she took my hint to heart and kept her hair all natural for our second shoot.  Funny side note: when Kels was in High School, I was her Young Life leader and we went to Georgia for camp one summer.  While we were waiting to go to club, a few girls were standing behind her and talking about her hair. When Kelsie turned around they asked if they could touch it.  She said, “sure”.  Then this one girl goes, “What is it?” and Kels looked at me like, “Crys, what is she asking?”  and I realized they wanted to know how she got hair like that.  So, Kelsie goes “ohhh, its natural”.  And that girl looks at her friend and says … “Oh, Natural, I need to get me some of that!”  LOL.

They apparently thought “Natural” was something you could order up at the Beauty Salon.  Priceless.  That story never gets old. So here is Kelsie with her crown of glory

This image is special because Matt gave Kelsie his grandmothers ring.  They were extremely close and she gave it to Matt just before she passed away.  She told him to give it to his bride and to tell her she’d been praying for her for a long time.  If that doesn’t make you weepy, I dont know what will.  Isn’t is gorgeous?

Something a little different.  I definietly DON’T have the whole sunset thing down, but since sunsets are one of Kelsie’s favorite things I had to at least try.  (Kels, now all we need are dolphins jumping in the water in the background, lol :: wink)

At the end I hinted yet again that she should pull her hair back because of the wind.  Secretly, I just love her hair in a pony tail, which she sports on a daily basis.  I guess I got my way … yet again.  Just call me spoiled.  I do love the results.  I wish I looked this beautiful with my hair pulled back.  Instead I look like a half 12 year old half mouse. eww.

LOVE both of these.  This black and white is my favorite I think.

Oh, nevermind.  This next one is …

Love you two.  I can’t wait to see you committ your lives to one another.  Seriously, I can’t wait.  But, I am even more excited about our first vacations together ….  hmmm, will Kels and I still get to sleep in our OWN tent?  Maybe we all four can pile in one now.  YES!  [insert double fist pump here]

Perfect clothes, beautiful girl, sunset at a favorite location … I could photograph her all. day. long.  Thanks for giving me the chance to take your photos yet again   Ellen, it was SO wonderful to finally meet you.    Who would have guessed we would have so much in common??  Ellen is a backpacker and we both figured out we have spent lots of time in the same valley in southwest Colorado.  Although, Ellen is in MUCH better “backpacker” shape than me, which is sad for me to admit and a little ridiculous.

So, here are my favorites.  Here’s to the Weminuche

Oh, I just love this next one.  Natural smile, sun flare, golden light = yummy for me.

Oh, I forgot about this next one.  It’s my favorite favorite.  I think I want to get a model to dress in all 1970s attire so I can take vintage inspired pictures.  Love the windblown hair and that golden light again.  I love my job

Hope you enjoy the teasers!!!

Today I drove up to the house while the Fed Ex truck was blocking my driveway! I was so excited I nearly tackled the poor guy. For those that don’t think I understand what its like to wait on your pictures, oh how wrong you are Rachel takes care of orders and packaging, so my “Christmas” days are few and far between. Here’s why I am so giddy today! Please excuse these snapshots.  The lighting in my home is just terrible.  That is my number one priority *if* we ever move … I need some natural light!!

I LOVE CANVAS. Everyone should buy canvas. Here is a 30×30 of the circle collage I did of Mia Grace’s 2nd birthday pictures.

and just so you can see the enormity of it, here is an 11×17 I ordered too.

The coolest part about the canvas is the word wrap I did!  Around the edges are all of Mia Grace’s nicknames wrapped perfectly.  It turned out cuter than I could have imagined

Here are my nicknames for her.

and Daddy’s

and a combo of other ones we’ve given her together …

Maybe I’ll share some pictures of her new big girl room when we finally finish it!  Complete with 30×30 canvas on the wall!!

Oh, and ask us about Canvas at your ordering session and even word wraps so you can get your very own

Some of you may remember my crazy daughter post HERE and her super cute birthday outfit!  I know you remember, because many of you asked me where you could shop for something similar.  I must admit, the selfish side of me didn’t want to share … BUT that side lost bigtime because these clothes are just TOO awesome to not share!  There is nothing better than finding other entrepeneur moms out there who love what they do as much as I do.  We just couldn’t get enough of Courtney’s designs, so we teamed up!  I think Mia Grace likes this partnership because she actually likes photoshoots in Courtney’s designs.  Courtney Chu is the artist behind CourtneyCourtney , one of kind wearable outfits for kids.  They are funky, bright, fun, unique and SO comfortable AND they do up so well after washing.  If you are like me and have a hard time finding wearable clothes that fit your child’s personality, you really need to head on over to courtneycourtney’s website like, NOW.  They are affordable too, which is the best part.

I really can’t say enough about her designs … and her customer service rocks too.  She is already making a name for herself with the title “Cool Mom’s Pick of the YEAR”.

Below, Mia Grace is modeling her recycled t-shirt tunic, (in two unique one-of-a-kind desigsn) which looks super cute with jeans or even stockings and boots.  The crazy daughter post, she was wearing a the t-shirt “twirl” style.  Stay tuned for more styles from CourtneyCourtney. And when you go get your own, make sure to tell her who sent you!

Meet Wani, David, Kendall, Masen, and Hayden.  These girls are as cute as their names!  I had such a great time during their session yesterday.  It was so laid back and just easy.  I was warned beforehand that little Hayden had a mind of her own, but would you believe she was absolutely perfect!  Now, why can’t I have that same effect on my own daughter.  David is seriously one lucky guy.  His girls are just gorgeous and have the sweetest spirits.  This is the kind of family I could hang out with and photograph ALL DAY … but luckily for you David, you already had plans.  Oh, and don’t you all think he scored major brownie points by agreeing to shoot during the Super Bowl!

Here are my favorites from their shoot.  I MADE myself cut back on the sharing … otherwise there will be no surprises.  I could have shared about 10 more easily from their session.

Oh, and dont ask me how I get the most beautiful families ever!!! It’s a secret.  Just kidding … I’m just blessed that way.

HaydenMasen : the coolest name EVER.  I love it!  We are planning to name our next one if its a boy (Mason) and this is the first time I’ve heard it used for a girl and I am really in love.  I may have to ask Miss Masen for permission to use her name if we have another girl … I will be thinking of really great bribery gifts!

Kendall : Hello Anthropologie model??!!  and would you believe she is a freshman … at my alma mater nontheless!

and my favorite … aren’t they beautiful …

at the end I snapped a few of Hayden and her “lovie”.  Apparently, the last time they had family photos, “blue” made it in all the pics   She just lit up when she snuggled him.  It was the cutest thing.

Thank you Wani for rockin outfits!  I LOVE color and I love how you all went together without matching!!  Perfect.  It was a pleasure meeting you and I hope you enjoy your teasers …