My fall mini sessions were a success! I am happy to announce that I have earned enough money to pay for at least one smile for a child for the Operation Smile charity event. I will have a total soon! There is still time to order a Smile collage, but only a few more days! The offer expires on October 31st.

So here are some pictures of the Gorgeous Families that came to get their fall family portraits done. Although we did not have very much fall color, we did have some great locations to work with regardless.

Enjoy!

I was happy photograph this family again while Ruth (Grandma) was in TN from France. I got to meet Ruth when I did little Maddie’s newborn photos, since then I have just been shipping pictures over to France. She called to let me know when she would be in town again and wanted 3 generation photos done.

They are simply gorgeous! We got so many great photos, I am only sharing a few here.

This one is my favorite:

Maddie’s eyes are just sparkling here.

My first August session, and it was HOT!! I often suggest for this age we go outside for a session, since it is so difficult for them in a studio setting. I take that back, this probably applies to every month except August, LOL! We even scheduled it early to beat the heat, Ha! It has been about a year since I last photographer Alex, he was a shy boy for this session. We have a whole lot of serious shots! We ventured to the creek, that often will break a kid out of their shell! Then we saw the biggest snake I have ever seen in the wild. Jon said it looked like a Copperhead, so I googled it and sure enough it was a Copperhead! I actually had them all sitting at that very spot about 30 minutes before we saw the snake. Smack… that is the sound of me slapping myself on the forehead…. why didn’t I take a picture of that snake???

Anyway here are a few of Alex.

The Phillips family wanted to have a portrait done of the whole family. They met me at my favorite location and we had a great time. I love that their color choice matched the train! I have done photographs for this family several times and have Adaeze’s 1 year old portraits just around the corner, isn’t she cute and don’t they all look fabulous?

Friday I met up with two sisters to do pics of them for a gift for their Mom and Dad. We got some great outdoor photos even though it is winter. For anyone wanting outdoor pictures you don’t have to wait until spring, here is proof!

Here are a few from their session.

Something about the lighting on this one I love.

My fav

Having some fun.

We got a few of them individually too.

I had a wonderful outdoor session this weekend and I know that I am going to have many favorites from it, but for now I wanted to give Mark and Carrie a little sneak peek. So only two for now. I am sure you will see more from this session later.

Last weekend I had a really fun session with Keegan and his Mommy and Daddy. Keegan is 18 months old and he really had me on the move. There were a few moments when Keegan sat still for the camera, the rest of the time he was running from place to place, bringing me rocks and just exploring. He reminds me of my daughter, I am sure she will be just as active pretty soon. At the end of the session Keegan and his Mommy and Daddy waded in the creek, his Daddy even got him a stick so he could “go fishing”. Here are a few previews.