I photographed my friend Karen's twin girls last month. You may remember them from their one year old session at the beginning of the year. It was so great to see how they've grown. I didn't think it was possible for them to get any cuter but they've done just that.
Here they are with their nanny, Destin.
I love these next four of them in their parents' laps. Adorable!
This one just cracks me up. I love it!
My favorite family shot.
I photographed this family three years ago and was so happy to meet up with them again. I took one of my favorite family pictures of them at their last session and still have it hanging it in my office. Looks like I'll have to update it with a new one now.
The fall colors were beautiful but I kind of like it in black and white too.
This is one of the sweetest things I've ever seen. Love it!
This might be my favorite shot from all of my fall sessions. Adorable!
Check out this leaf. He said it was the biggest leaf he'd ever seen. Me too!
This is another favorite. So sweet!
This picture made me remember how much fun I had playing in the leaves with my brothers.
You may remember Ashley's senior session that I did at the end of summer. She is super photogenic so I was definitely looking forward to her fall session. The weather on the weekends has been so awful, but we were blessed with an absolutely gorgeous Sunday afternoon a couple weeks ago. It was also peak time for the fall foliage, so it was a win, win situation all around. Yeah!
Oh how I love a pile of beautiful leaves.
Ashley brought her prom dress not sure if it would be warm enough for it or not. It was, and I was so happy she brought it. Beautiful!
This time Ashley's stepbrother, Brendan also came along. He was awesome too!
I love this tree!!
I LOVE this one. Personally, I like caps worn backward.
Then they posed for a few together.
Ashley and Brendan, thank you for an AMAZING session! Best of luck for your senior year!
I was thrilled to do these senior sessions for twin brothers. The best part is they wanted them done at their house. I photographed their sister's wedding back in June, so I knew there were lots of great areas at their house for pictures. I love, love, love photographing seniors in a place where they're most comfortable.
Rob is in FFA, and I have to say I was pretty excited when I saw his jacket. I am a proud former member of the FFA too. Laugh if you want. It really was the best thing I did in high school. I learned public speaking, business management, and way back then I could do a heck of a flower arrangement.
Each year the FFA officers got to go to the nation convention, which was then held in Kansas City. At that time, I'd never been that far away from home and definitely seen a city that big. We stopped in St. Louis and went to the Gateway Arch, St. Louis Zoo, Botanical Gardens and some other tourist spots. I also discovered how much I loved taking pictures. Hmmm....so maybe FFA also led me to photography in a roundabout way.
Okay, enough about the FFA (even though I can't say enough good things about the organization!). Let's see some pictures.
I grew up on a farm so I love barns and tractors.
One of my favorite senior pictures EVER! Love the tractor, the barn and the light!
Then it was Rick's turn....
Love the ones with the horses!
I've had several sessions in the past couple of weeks, so I'm busy editing all of the images. I will have lots to blog about soon but for now I wanted to share some pictures from a session I had back in September. It was a cool and windy evening but everyone did great. These little girls were absolute angels and couldn't have been any cuter.
Oh how I love this one. I can just see it as a huge canvas print!
I don't know how many times I've been past the North Fork Baptist Church in Franklin County. It's close to the Switzer Covered Bridge, which I've photographed a lot, and of course it's close to Elkhorn Creek where we canoe. It sits up on a little hill and is just the cutest little country church. I'm not sure of my fascination with it except it does remind me of the church I went to as a child. Everytime we would drive past it, I would turn to Eric and say, "I'd love to do a wedding there someday."
Well on October 10, I got my wish. I met Whitney at the Kentucky Bride Bridal Show back in January and when she told me where she was getting married I couldn't believe it. There were a ton of photographers at the show, but I was so happy she picked me.
The church.
As you will be able to tell from the pictures, Frank is a big fan of Western. I loved, loved how this was incorporated into the wedding. More with the towels later.
The guys decided to have a little fun.
Frank's dad performed the ceremony, which I thought made for a really special day.
Whitney--what a beautiful bride. I think this is one of my favorite bride shots of the year.
Also love this one.
I couldn't resist adding some color to this one in black and white. Her roses were beautiful!
You could tell Whitney and her mom were really close. I'm not sure what was said here, but I don't think I've ever seen a bride and her mom give each other high five.
Whitney found a company that made flowergirl dresses with dolls wearing the same dress. What a cool idea and a perfect gift for the flowergirl.
This little guy was too cute and loved riding in the wagon.
Here comes the bride.
Whitney and Frank wrote their own vows.
Married!
The Western fight song played and the guys waved their towels as they exited the church. Fun!
One of my favorite group shots EVER!!
I loved all of the ones of Whitney and Frank under the tree so I have to include them all.
First dance.
I'm finished with weddings for the year and am now in the middle of fall sessions. I booked up really fast this year, which was awesome. However, the weather wasn't very cooperative for my sessions on Saturday. The weather did clear late in the day, so my mom and I decided to drive up to Cave Run Lake and take a look at the trees. I took several shots but these were some of my favorites. You have to love fall in the Bluegrass!
Stephanie and Rogie were married on October 3 at the First Christian Church in Owingsville, Kentucky (my hometown!). So far they definitely had the best weather for a wedding in October. It was a little windy, too windy to do Stephanie's pictures outside before the ceremony, but it was still nice.
You might remember their engagement session and the story of how they met. They have a great story! I've been really excited to blog about this wedding, so here goes....
As soon as I saw their invitation, I knew the ribbon on it would make the perfect ring shot.
Rogie...
Love this one of Rogie with his mom.
Stephanie is gorgeous and it's easy to see why. Her mom was her matron of honor--how sweet is that?! Their dog, Lily, was also in the wedding party--adorable!
Lilly was probably the most well behaved dog I've ever seen. I didn't hear her bark one time all day. I'm serious, not one single time.
Love this one of Stephanie.
Definitely one of my favorites.
And another favorite.
I have a lot of favorites but I really do love this one. Honestly, Stephanie couldn't take a bad picture if she tried.
Stephanie got stuck on a vent in the floor as she came down the aisle. After tugging a little and trying to continue, she laughed and said, "I'm stuck." She finally got free and made it down the aisle.
Rogie went for a dip and a kiss!
The reception was at the Clay Community Center in Mt. Sterling. The cake and centerpieces were beautiful.
The cake cutting got a little crazy.
This was not your ordinary reception. Some of the guys took Stephanie on a tour of the room via her chair.
Dancing with dad.
Dancing with mom.
Stephanie being seranaded by her sorority sisters.
They ended the night by wearing their boots.
Thank you Stephanie and Rogie for having me photograph your wedding. It was a wonderful day!
I had blocked September 26 on my calendar just in case we got tickets to the UK-Florida football game. We didn't get tickets, but I was so glad to have a Saturday off. Eric and I have been wanting to check out some of the local wineries so this was the perfect day to do just that. Even though it was raining most of the day I managed to take a few pictures.
Grapes at Jean Farris Winery. I love the raindrops on them!
The next one is at Chrisman Mill Winery. Even on a dreary day, I thought this shot was kind of cool.
I was excited to try the blackberry wine but didnt' like it quite as much as I thought I would.
We also went to Talon Winery but it was raining pretty hard while we were there so no pictures. But I'm super excited about photographing a reception there next year though!
I had an awesome engagement session with Devin and Lincoln at the end of September at Keeneland. I know I use the word "awesome" a lot (it's probably my favorite word), but Devin and Lincoln were awesome with a capital A. I mean even their names are awesome. The only bad thing is that I have to wait till next year to do their wedding, which I'm sure will be...awesome! View more of their pictures in this video.
This is one of my favorite engagement pictures EVER!
Thanks Devin and Lincoln for a great engagement session. Can't wait till your wedding next year!
