outside family photos

I was able to go visit my dear college friend up in North Carolina last month and meet her 9 month old baby boy for the first time.  It was so fun, he was such a little ham! So as much as I love Florida and the beaches, I have to say the state of NC is quite lovely!  I really enjoyed my time up there and was able to take their family portraits in their own backyard.  Yes, I know what you are thinking, you'd like to rent out their backyard for your family portraits...well that can be arranged! Haha :) And to the 'S' family...love and miss you all! Love baby feet!!!!


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I love this family!!!  Not only are they wonderful and sweet friends, but they are quite stylish and a blast to photograph!  And it was the first shoot in a long time where I didn't have to dance around and act like a clown trying to get youngsters attention, haha. ;) I told them I want to use their portraits as a great example of what you can wear.  While not being too matchy-matchy, they coordinated well, each with their own personal style.  Love it!  Some food for thought as you start planning your holiday portrait session.  Call me and we can discuss!


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Here's Rachel and Willie...or should I say Barbie and Ken? Such a beautiful couple, we had so much fun in downtown Fort Myers capturing these images. I loved the props Rachel brought too...since her husband is a baseball player it seemed appropriate to include some baseball gloves and ball.  And the frame with there special dates...I love this idea whether you include it in a photo or not!  She told me she saw the idea on Pinterest. Mind you I have been holding out for a long time on not joining Pinterest only because everyone tells me that they spend hours on there...I don't have hours to do that! ...


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I have to post a few of these!  My niece, who should be the easiest subject for me to photograph, always makes me work the hardest!  When she was here for her last visit I begged her to let me take a few photos in her owl hat she got for Christmas.  I also bought her the fur vest, but she politely declined the gift! Haha...I guess we don't have the exact same taste!  At least I got her to wear it for a few photos (and yes, I did try to squeeze myself into the vest because I LOVE IT, it didn't work though...).  She's also been losing her teeth, so we naturally had to capture a few toothless...


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These two adorable sisters are surprising their mom with some mother day photos.  Their lovely grandparents live at South Seas and despite the unusual rainy day, we were still able to capture some beautiful portraits of the lovely ladies!


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Here we are again at Koreshan State Park, a great location for photos!  And once again, what a sweet family!  One really great thing about location sessions is the freedom the kids have to run around and explore, giving me tons of opportunity to snap away :-) They loved climbing the tree, running around, sitting by the water...and on top of it they didn't mind shooting a few smiles my way to capture! And to the dear Cook family - I loved photographing you all, you are such a sweet family!


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Lillian is now 6 months old! I love the 6-8 month ages, they are so cute and chubby! :-) Here are a few of my favorite photos from the shoot. We chose to do it at my studio along with a few outside locations close by. I have to add that Lillian's mother made the adorable flower hat as well as a few other outfits...she's so creative! This photo cracks me up...what an expression!


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Melissa called me to let me know her family was going to be on vacation at South Seas Resort on Capitva Island.  She wanted to get some family portraits taken while they were there.  We planned an early morning shoot there on the beach and what a gorgeous morning! The kids had fun walking around the beach, exploring, looking for shells and dodging waves! I absolutely love being at the beach and I'm rarely there early in the morning, so this was fun to play with sunrise and early morning lighting in addition to photographing such a lovely family! As you plan your family holiday portraits, and your...


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What a fun couple! They had me laughing the entire shoot, except when I stepped in a fire ant pile (yikes!).  Jenna's sister-in-law and mom did a great job keeping everyone cool thanks to their handy dandy fan-misters (I'll check and see if these two lovely ladies are up for hire for your shoot!).  I'm looking forward to Jenna and Kyle's wedding coming up this June! Congratulations!


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So far we've done Lillian's newborn, 1 month and now here are her 3 month photos.  She is such a doll and it is fun to see how much she has grow in 3 months! We are already planning her 6 month photo session...enjoy these, more to come in a few months!


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