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I have a bucket list, a photographic bucket list that is. This is one of those times I actually got to check something off of it! A covered bridge + during fall + on a lake = pretty amazing stuff to work with! These kiddos were so excited about exploring the area! I hope I didn’t cramp their style too much with the photos ;-) The more I do this the more I realize all of my favorites are the candid moments when everyone isn’t looking at me, but just enjoying the moment and each other. It is the stuff memories are made of!!!
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Oh how I love working with kids!!! There is something truly beautiful about how their eyes are totally honest and true. This is not the first time I have worked with Anna and each time I just can’t get over her eyes. They are the most cristal blue and to be honest I don’t know that photos do them justice.
I have been dying to do a photo session in a cotton field ever since last year! Anna’s mini session was a perfect opportunity and it didn’t hurt that her mom said “I trust you” when I asked her if she had a location in mind, music to a photographers ears!!! Around here we call it Alabama snow. I love it!!!
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She wanted a “castle cake”!!! She has been talking about it for MONTHS!!!
When we asked her what she wanted for her birthday the ONLY answer she would give was “new slippers” (her old set were MUCH too small but she had still been cramming in her little piggies)
Her Great Grandma was the one who bought her the last slippers and she was the one who bought them for her this year as well. They were by far her favorite present ;-)
I am such a sucker for Matilda Jane dresses! Don’t get me wrong, she loves them too (because they are good for “spinning”) so between the two of us I end up splurging a couple times a year ;-)
And of course she had to go outside and try it out! (I LOVE having a girl)
As I looked through all of these all I could think of was that she was dancing with the sunlight… I know I am her mom, but I just think she is GORGEOUS!
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Oh my goodness! I absolutely loved this session :-) It helps to have fantastic clients with the most gorgeous daughter!!! Her eyes are simply amazing and her personality shines through. Melissa and Randall are over the moon for her and I absolutely love being able to make intangible moments last forever! I hope you enjoy looking at these memories as much as I enjoyed capturing them!
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Every Sunday after church we drive an hour so we can spend the afternoon with my husbands Grandparents and extended family. There is just something wonderful and grounding about spending time with family on a regular basis.
Out the back door of their house there is a little passage way (I have always thought it looked like an entrance to the secret garden :-) )
Once you emerge on the other side, there is a wide open field perfect for running.
Then there is this little pond that borders pasture with horses. It is simply beautiful :-)
Leave it to a boy to find something to play in the water with!
I can still see the little boy in him, but I can see the big boy too :-). Yesterday he didn’t want to hold my hand when we walked in to the store together (he wanted to on the way out though :-) ) He is changing and growing. I know these images will be even more precious to me the older he gets…