Family Photography-Sarasota, FL

This is a family originally from Wisconsin, and the daughters are now in Ohio and Louisiana. While on their family holiday trip to Sarasota, I had the pleasure to meet up with them to take family photographs. One of the daughters is a colleague of mine that I met in Pittsburgh, and I was honored that she asked me to be their photographer. Although we had beautiful sun, it was windy and quite chilly for the beach. Thanks for keeping the smiles going in the cold! We also had a run-in with burrs in the beach grass. Ouch! We were picking burrs the entire time and even when I got home. Happy New Year and Best Wishes for 2010 to this family! More photographs are available on my facebook page.

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Child Photography-Pittsburgh, PA

Merry Christmas to my daughter, K, and her niece, A. It is always fun to get them together for pictures. Of course, my daughter, at 2, gives me goofy smiles and won't sit still. She has got so much personality. Luckily, I have time to take a lot of pictures to get a few classic and sweet. My niece is too cute. All you have to do is call her name and you'll get a great smile with those beautiful blue eyes. More pictures are posted on my facebook page. Please take a peek!

Family Photographer-Tampa, FL

Through a family I know in Pittsburgh, I was introduced to the T family below. Although overcast weather is not a typical problem here in Tampa, we had to reschedule this session due to bad weather. We finally met last weekend and had sunlight working with us and a great location close to the downtown area of Tampa. Thanks to the T family for this location suggestion. I'll definitely use it again. This was a lovely family to photograph. Merry Christmas T family! More proofs of the T family are available to view on my facebook page.

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Child Photography-Pittsburgh, PA

While home in Pittsburgh, I photographed Miss O again. She is the newborn from September. Babies grow so quickly and it was great to see all the changes in O. We got cute smiles and other expressions from this baby. She is too sweet in these bright colors and I wanted to keep her hood on during our shoot together. This time we had big sister, G, and big brother, N, to photograph with their sister. Merry Christmas to this family, who are close friends of our family. More photographs are posted on my facebook page.

Child Photography-Pittsburgh, PA

Here are the W sisters again from September in Pittburgh. Little sister, E, was in a better photographing state this time and we got some great expressions and close ups of this sweet girl. Of course, big sister, A, was distracted by the nearby toys (my 2 year old is always distracted when I try to photograph her) and we had to talk her into sticking around with mom and I to get photographs. These fun winter colors in their outfits were a perfect pick. Merry Christmas A & E! More pictures can be seen on my facebook page.

Pet Photography-Pittsburgh, PA

Our family was back in Pittsburgh for Thanksgiving and a 10 day break with family & friends. Upon my arrival, I received a fun request to photograph the two dogs below. The small pup, T, was a perfect model for me, although we expected this one to be tough to catch with the camera. It was as if she was posing for the camera the entire time. The tall pup, B, posted first below, was camera shy. She kept running away from the camera and would turn her head and eyes away from me. After an hour of trying to photograph her, she gave up and let me photograph a few of her in the house. She even looked at me! Thanks B! More photographs of these pets are posted on my facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/). Please become a fan by using the link to the left of my blog.

Child Photography-Atlanta, GA

Happy 1st Birthday to little man, N! While on a trip to Atlanta for a conference, I was able to spend time with one of my closest friends and be there for her son's first birthday party. It has been a special honor to me to have taken pictures of this little guy over his first year (3 mo, 6mo, and now 1 yr). N is sweet and bright. He was into every box that mom opened during the party...he is quite a hoot! It warmed my heart that he gave me hugs! Please become a fan and visit my Facebook page for more pictures of N.

Senior Portraits-Orlando, FL

Last weekend, we traveled again to Orlando to spend Saturday at Disney. This time around I was able to spend time with my cousin, K, on Sunday and photograph her Senior portraits. The challenges we had were LOTS of wind and a festival taking place at one of the locations we wanted. K is one of my dearest cousins and I can't believe she is a Senior. My husband and I recently celebrated our 5 year anniversary and one of the most special moments on my video is K reciting a poem to us at the reception. Congratulations to K on all her accomplishments so far and I wish her all the fun and the best this Senior year. I've also posted more proofs to view on my facebook page. Please become a fan by going to the facebook link in the left hand column of my blogger.

Child Photography-Tampa, FL

My little girl, who was a fairy princess for Halloween, wanted nothing to do with dressing up in anything else on October 31st except her costume. She loved waving her wand and saying "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo."

Family Photography-Orlando, FL

This is my last Orlando session. These siblings, C and P, are also friends with my Orlando family. I saw P a few times over the weekend hanging out with my cousin. P has popping blue eyes, which I loved editing here in the first photograph. C is not a fan of posing for photographs but he was a lovely model for me. His fun nature shows right through in the photographs. This was also an evening session and I had to keep changing my camera settings to keep the photographs bright as we were losing sun.

Family Photography-Orlando, FL

While in Orlando, I met a few siblings too. M and A are a cute sibling pair and close friends with my cousins in Orlando. M's eyes are so striking! And, A has some crazy fun hair. However, those bangs can be troublesome. I had my cousins on "bang duty" pushing back the hair in order that Mom and Dad get to see those eyes clearly.

Senior Portraits-Orlando, FL

Most of my sessions have been in the morning light. However, this Senior session, which was close to sunset, has me LOVING evening light. All I can say is WOW! This Senior, C, wore gorgeous jewelry that adds the right touch to these photographs. We were rushing at the end to stay ahead of the sunset.