I got a call from L asking about newborn images of her new daughter C. I happen to LOVE working with newborns! Since newborns are only “new” for so long, I have to work them in where I can. And I was so happy to be able to do it, too!! Now, newborns take a lot of time to work with. And princess C was no exception. We needed to have her with a full belly and really warm. It took a bit of time, but we finally did it!!!

You can totally tell how much she loves her Daddy and how much she loves snuggling in to her mommy too. It’s so nice to see families that are so in love with each other. Kind of gives you that warm fuzzy feeling, ya know?

We were even able to get a few shots in with C’s big brother R, but those are reserved for the family first! I’ll post those soon enough to the Frameable Faces group on Facebook.

So, in a quickie nutshell, I loved loved LOVED working with C. She’s a total sweetheart and I totally enjoyed the time we spent together. She was a total love and let me hold her and squish on her for like 4 hours. It almost made me want another baby! Almost!!!

Until next time,
Ally

because they were so much FUN! Seriously, I don’t love shooting on Sundays simply because I like to hang out with my own family. But if shooting families like this one makes it a lot easier and so much fun! From the second they opened up their minivan door, I felt like I’ve known them for a very long time. H and A were a complete pleasure to work with. They were more like adults than kids. Very respectful and well mannered…exactly how we’d like our kids to be when they’re 12 and 14.

Lucky, the wonder dog, was a fun addition to the session as well. He kept us on our toes for the whole 2 hours we worked together and was such a good sport. M’s parents were in from out of town and they, too, were like old friends. Seriously, we had such a great time working with everyone during this session that when we left, I wanted to hang out with them some more! It was just that great!

I could go on and on about M and T, and their daughter and her sweet baby, too! We played some geography games to try to figure out if we knew each other from way back when, but came up a bit short. I bet if we had a little bit more time, we would’ve figured it out!

So, I’d be happy to write more about how much I liked this session and all the people involved, but that would take up so much room and I’d feel like I was gushing. So, just suffice it to say that we were able to capture some amazing images in our 2 hours together. I’d be so happy to work with these guys again! Just sayin’!

Until next time,
Ally

That’s what these three were. L, J and H came in on Saturday and we had such a great time even though they’re football rivals! 🙂

L was a little ham and was all personality. He had me laughing as he was telling me that he was going to put ketchup, mustard and pepper on his toes so I wouldn’t eat them. He was cracking me up! J was so sweet and you could tell that he really looked up to his big brother. He was so stinkin’ cute and was just so easy going. Such a pleasure!

And then there was H. I don’t think we got one bad image of her. She was smiling throughout the whole session and was just so “picture perfect!” Her little eyes just sparkled and her little smile was simply brilliant.

I can’t wait to design their holiday card! That’s really what this session was about. Getting that one special image of the three of them together. I think we got it! And then some!!!

Until next time,
Ally

So, I know I’m way behind in blogging my sessions, but I’ve just been so busy! It’s a good problem to have but I hate being so late with it!

Anyways, I recently had the pleasure of photographing 4 generations of this amazing family. How special! Plus, they were incredibly cool and everyone was VERY well behaved. I love when families like this come in! They were all so nice and fun and we just had the very greatest time!

M contacted me on Facebook asking about a generational photograph and I was so happy to oblige! Especially when the family is like this one. Of course, I didn’t know this when they booked but it was a very pleasant surprise! 🙂

Ok…so enjoy the sneak peak! I loved this family!!!!

Until next time,
Ally

I loved working with these guys! They were all cracking me up, and even though they’re all beautiful, each one of them had something extraordinarily gorgeous about themselves. “S” showed how much he was completely and totally in love with his wife and their family. It was the sweetest thing! “E” is just totally innately a stunning lady. Everything about her is pretty. Her smile, her eyes, her skin, her smile….EVERYTHING!!!

It’s no wonder that from these two parent’s they got three of the most amazing children! “A” is an awesome brother. He was up for anything and was such an awesome model for me! What a cutie – Watch out ladies!!! 🙂 “H” is a very smart young lady! We had a really great conversation about art and paintings…even told her I’d bring in some signed prints from a friend of mine who’s an amazing artist. Plus, “H” has the prettiest eyes! Her eye color is just exquisite. And she’s such a little ham, too! I have a few of her hamming it up for the camera!

And then we get to Miss “A”….This little girl had me cracking up almost the entire session. She was doing all sorts of little things to get everyone laughing. And not just the bunny ears behind everyone’s heads. She’s a really funny kid! I worked with her and “H” for dance pictures and A was cracking me up even then!!

So, I had another great day with some great clients. Families like these makes me really really appreciate my job! Did I mention recently that I LOVE MY JOB???

Until next time,
Ally

That’s what people are going to say about this princess when she gets older. She is a BEAUTIFUL baby! And what a sweetheart, too. I think I fell in love with her the second I saw her. She was cuddled up on her daddy’s shoulder and gave me a coy little smile when she first got here. That was it! She stole my heart!

She was a bit tired because we ended up shooting right in the middle of naptime, so since they were a “basic plus” session, we were able to split the session. So she’ll be back on Wednesday. I can’t wait!!

OH!! One more cute “A” anecdote, I was bouncing her on my knees and she was cracking up, no naturally, I gave her a little smushin’. Would you believe that sweet little baby reached up and grabbed my face and pulled me closer! OMG!!! She’s so freakin’ sweet!!!!

Ok, that’s it for now! Be on the look out later on this week for more from the sweet little princess “A”!

Until next time,
Ally

So, I had to cut off my last blog post about K’s senior session. I promised that I’d post one of the “awesome” ones from her session. So…true to my word, here’s one of the coolest shots from K’s session. Whatcha think???

Until next time,
Ally

To say that I was beyond excited to do C’s session today would be a serious understatement. First off, he’s a football player. Anyone who knows me, knows that I LOVE football players. I love the physique of football players, I love the competitiveness of football players, I love watching football players…Heck, I MARRIED a football player! So when C’s sister came in to sell us an ad for the high school yearbook and told us that she’d send her brother, who’s a football player, in to do his senior session, I was super excited!

Add to that the new idea that I had to try out. I lit him on fire! Well, not him personally, but I lit his football on fire and his helmet on fire! I think I officially became a pyromaniac due to C’s session! 🙂

He came in with his whole family, too, which made us really happy, as well. How cool is it to be that tight knit of a family that you’d want to be there for your siblings photo session or to want your family to be there, too. We all instantly bonded. It was a great day!

Even though C hardly muttered a word to me, I still think he had a pretty good time. I was glad that he was up for our pyrotechnics and I was thrilled with how this session turned out.

These three images are among my favorites, but my new favorite of all favorite image is the long skinny image. What do you think? Which one is yours?

Until next time (which will be very VERY soon, as we’re really busy this week!!),
Ally

So today, I was able to work with a young woman who called about how to use her camera. It was pretty cool, if I don’t say so myself! And pretty refreshing to have someone who wanted to know how to REALLY use her camera. She has a little point and shoot from Canon and wanted to know how to use it in manual! How cool is that??? Someone who’s actually interested in how the camera works instead of just putting it in auto and going from there.

We talked all about aperture and how to use it to control the depth of field, and how to use the shutter speed to control motion, too. We also played around a bit with the two live models I brought in for her. Thank goodness for my own two muses! 🙂 They totally rocked it out!

So, all in all, we only worked together today for about an hour or so, but she learned a lot of information that she didn’t know before. That made me super happy! So happy, in fact, that I’m seriously considering doing some more classes like this. Let me know if you or anyone else you know would be interested.

Until next time,
Ally

As you already know, J is one of my senior ambassadors. We’ve already had one session and this was the one for his yearbook – his TRUE senior session.

We went to one of my all time favorite spots – an old barn on a working farm. Very cool! When we first pulled up, we had a visitor named Lucy. Lucy is a goose (and her name or his name for that matter, probably isn’t really Lucy! Just changed the name to protect the innocent!!) and she was guarding the farm. She was pretty protective too, if I don’t say so myself!! I’ll try to post a picture of Lucy Goosey later on. This blog will be an ammended blog post for J!!

So after our discussion with Lucy, we made our way to the barn. I never realized how many very cool places around the barn there were! SO many!! J and I chose a few and started shooting! We got some absolutely amazing images together and these are just three of those.

We ended up shooting for three hours even though people have told me that there is no way that a guy will end up or last for three hours. Well, peeps, I beg to differ with ya! Even after three hours, J was still lookin’ good!

Enjoy J’s sneak peak! And make sure you check him out as the drum major for one of the local high schools. He’s awesome!!

Until next time,
Ally