Zay is my neighbor’s niece, Rachael’s, son.   Teresa, Shelby and Tom brought him over to get some pictures.  Generally, Ada doesn’t get to help out during sessions, but we made an exception on this one.  And I have to say, she did great.  She brought out bribes (note the plastic sea turtles) as well as some newly hatched chicks not shown here.  The third image is a behind the scenes photo that cracks me up.

By the time we’d finished the session then later that day Ada helped Zay climb the inflatable wall/slide at the Cisne Reunion, Ada was introducing Zay as her little brother.  Pretty funny.  Suffice it to say, we all thought Zay was completely adorable.

I’m behind on the blog!  I’ve posted some highlights of my last two weddings on my FB business page, but haven’t put together the blog posts for them yet.  Meanwhile, here’s the lovely Brooke, from Noble.

Casey came down from Charleston for her senior pictures.  She did such a great job in her session!   And while I have many favorites, I liked how these two images go together.  I thought I’d already posted these, but it turns out I’d posted the first picture on Facebook shortly after her session and tagged Casey in it which is my favorite way to show sneak peaks from sessions.  If you have a session with me and have a FB account remind me to friend you, so that I can share a sample from your session that much faster.

Devan is from Tampa, but stays with family in the area for a month each summer.   Debbie Phillips scheduled a session for her and after discussing Devan’s style with her in person we pushed for an urban grunge/nocturn look in many of her outdoor images, which basically means I cracked out the big box and portable studio light and was like, “Let’s play!”  Devan is only sixteen, but very confident in front of the camera and channeled a lot of moodiness and style with little effort.  Fun session.  Here are a couple of favorites.

We shot the first half of Taylor’s senior session last week.  Here is a quick diptych of her images from the flower patch chosen over her fun studio images, mostly because I seem to be obsessed with flowers lately.    The flowers will be gone soon enough, then my blog will be flower-free.    Anyway, I had a great time hanging out with Taylor, her mom, Lisa, and her friend, Katie.  Thanks to each of you for doing such a great job helping our shoot go well!

Colin is six and Alex is three and our mission during their photo session was to have fun.  I know I did.  Here are a couple of favorites from the last part of their session.   Thanks, Colin and Alex and Christina!

I got to meet the handsome and wonderful Jady Logan a couple of weeks ago.  Just looking at him makes me happy.  He has the most amazing blue eyes — just like his mother!   I got to look at his eyes a lot, since I’ve never seen a four week old fight sleep as hard as Jady.  He was so content awake that it was fine.  Such a dear sweet boy.

Here’s the front and back of their birth announcements, which I think are mailed out by now, so safe to post here.

I’m behind on the blog!  Here are a couple from Chloe’s session.   I was struck by Chloe’s modesty and grace and look forward to photographing the outside portion of her session, since it rained on us on her session day.  I enjoyed spending time with Chloe and her grandparents, up for a visit from Alabama.

Lara is the daughter of one of my classmates from North Clay, Bryan Cox, and his wife, Danette, who grew up in Dieterich.   Lara was a total trooper about the ridiculous heatwave we’ve been having.  She somehow managed to stay looking cool and collected while I walked around in the flowers wiping sweat from my eyes complaining about the heat and the bugginess.    Here’s one of my favorites from the flower patch, though it was hard to choose only one.

Here are some favorites from the first part of John Logan’s session.  Next session we’ll shoot studio and something cool with his guitar.    I wanted to get these on the blog today to wish the Cardinals baseball team (coached by John Logan’s dad, John Zink) good luck in the Sectionals.  They’re playing at Flora today at 4:00 against SCHS.  This is the first time the NC baseball team has won Regionals and advanced to Sectionals since 1994.  Good luck!