Preparing for Baby...

Yesterday afternoon, I met up with Katrina & Mike for their official maternity session. Along the way, I've been taking pictures of Katrina's belly, but this is the first time that Mike has joined us. We started at their house and then we decided to do some urban maternity shots downtown.
I have to admit that it was a little weird directing my best friend and her husband around, but now I know why I did... I love their images!
Here are two from their session. I've got to finish up on a few things before moving onto their pictures, but I couldn't resist looking at a few.

Sibling Love!

Everyone who thinks that siblings are jealous and fight with one another has never met this pair. Meet Trey and his little sister, Lauren. Trey is in love with his sister... and it shows. I just love this image!
I met up with Trey, Lauren, and their parents for portraits this morning. Our original intention was to meet at Drexel Park, but after realizing that an organization was having an Easter Egg Hunt (yep, a week after Easter) we decided to make a drive over to McKey Park instead.
I'm up to my eyeballs in proofing images from the past week (I've had four sessions since last Saturday, and I've got another tomorrow) so all I have time to share is one... but there will be more, I promise!

Ethen

Thursday afternoon, I met up with Ethen in downtown. He was a little slow to warm up to me and my camera... he had more important things on his mind, like driving his Tonka truck down the steps of the courthouse. :)
Here are a few teasers from his session:

Never one to pass up arts & crafts...

... I was jumping for joy when Katrina mentioned that "Baby Girl" (the name of her child) wanted to dress up like an Easter egg this weekend! :) I just happened to have craft paint to match spring-like colors and a few paint brushes handy.
Sunday after eating our yummy feast, I painted Katrina's belly to look like an Easter egg. "Baby Girl" is going to look back in 20 years and thank her mother... I'm sure of it!







This weekend, Katrina is having her official maternity pictures done. I swear, she's getting more pictures than any other pregnant women, but it's been so awesome capturing her belly through each stage.

Easter

Easter Sunday was wonderful this year. Even though it wasn't spent with family, it was filled with friends and great food!
One of the things I love the most about Valdosta is how pretty it is. It was one of the main reasons I chose VSU as a college, and springtime still amazes me each year. Saturday (okay, technically before Easter) I photographed the following flowers:







After church on Sunday, we were in full-speed mode to get all of the food finished in time to eat. Due to a calamity of errors, we didn't end up eating until late... but we still had a lot of fun. Look at our spread!





Brett made a fantastic fried turkey, and our side dishes included country green beans, macaroni and cheese, stuffing, deviled eggs, beer bread, and a variety of desserts.


I've got more images from Easter to include, but honestly, they deserve their own post. It involves a pregnant woman and craft paint... that's all I can say!

Sister, Sister

This morning, I had so much fun with Misty, Lindsay, Whitney, and Kelly. I can't say why they had pictures taken because it's a surprise... but I will say that it was fantastic.
I used my new Canon and although I had some issues at times with focusing (hey, it's a learning process, right) I was very excited to download the images to my computer and start playing.
I've got a slew to go through, but wanted to get three images up to share.

Cuteness!

One of the things I love most about photographing children is seeing their personality come to life. Makenzye is the daughter of a good friend and I can never get enough of seeing her with her bouncy, beautiful curls. They tell so much about how lively she is! I absolutely love this image of her... and I'm hoping to have a session soon with her so that I can show her off some more. (hint, hint, Shele!)