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2010-04-14T06:31:00.001-05:00

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Seeing Double!

2010-04-05T13:47:00.002-05:00

I finally has the opportunity to photograph newborn twins! Okay, they're six weeks old and not all curled up like a newborn, but I pretended. There was so much I was hoping to do but these two gals would NOT go to sleep, therefore, I couldn't achieve what I wanted. Thats okay - you dont know until you try. Here are the highlights from Hailey and Hannah's session last Friday. Enjoy!

Lovin' the Sunshine!

2010-04-01T09:52:00.002-05:00

Here are some more of my sweetie that I took yesterday morning. I am loving the sunny warm days we are finally having. Enjoy!

And the black and white versions.. sometimes I can't decide if I like color or black and white more.

March Giveaway Winner!

2010-04-01T09:46:00.000-05:00

Thank you for all the entries! I enjoyed reading your nominations. I have picked a winner for March, her name is Tracy. To respect privacy, I am not going to tell you the information given to me in the nomination until I have talked with Tracy herself and find out what she would like me to share with the public.

For the rest of you ... don't despair. The contest continues and all entries submitted in March still move forward to compete against the nominations that come in for April.

I'll post again once I talk with March's winner and give you her story.

Just playin' around

2010-03-29T20:18:00.001-05:00

CONTEST

2010-03-25T09:36:00.000-05:00

CONTEST: Nominate a friend who has not used my services to win a $40 gift certificate. That would give your friend a free weekday studio session, or a $10 Saturday studio session, or $40 off an on location session! Not bad, right?
Email me with why you think your friend deserves/needs/wants this session. I will choose from the different stories which one I think should have the session.. for whatever reason! It could be that they just haven't had a family picture taken in ten years, or that their anniversary is coming up, or all of their family is out of state and never gets to see the kids.. use your imagination, just be honest.

BONUS: If your friend wins - you also get a $10 gift certificate for yourself!

Send an email to Shutterbelle@hotmail.com with the subject line "Nomination". You don't have to include your friend's contact information if you dont want to. I will contact you to let you know they have won and find out then how to get in touch with them.

Andrew's 6 month session

2010-03-19T19:41:00.003-05:00

I went against my own usual advice and tried to take pictures of him when it was close to his nap time. The timing worked for me... just not for him! He wasn't his usual excited, happy, laughing, smiley self. I was disappointed and I dont particularly love any of these, but he's still cute. Here are the highlights of my brief attempt:

Will 9 months

2010-03-19T19:26:00.001-05:00

Okay so this session was actually almost two weeks ago and I barely remember doing it now! Will is always a doll. In this session, he wore outfits that each of his parents wore as infants.. that is pretty neat! I didn't have time to do real editing to most of these, but here are some highlights of his session:

Gianna

2010-03-08T15:51:00.002-06:00

I had the pleasure of meeting and photographing Gianna's family on Saturday. They were so sweet - and I appreciate their patience as my camera had a mind of its own just during their session. It worked fine for the next session so I dont know what that was about - sorry guys! Anyway, I think we got some lovely images to share. Here are my favorites (you can click on them to see them a little bigger):

Andrew

2010-03-06T21:01:00.000-06:00

He's 5 1/2 months old now. Today we had nice weather. Although the breeze was brisk, the sun was shining and it was somewhere around 60 degrees. I put this new hat on him and a jacket and went to test out his sitting up skills. Here are my favorites from our short quick session:

Ava is 1

2010-03-04T16:59:00.002-06:00

Miss Ava is a year old already. We couldn't get a lot of smiles out of her yesterday evening, but she still has a doll face when she is not smiling. Here are my favorites:

Bella

2010-03-01T20:39:00.001-06:00

Bella is only 4 weeks old and I had the privilege of being her photographer last Saturday. I just love new babies. Her four year old big sister was great too! Here are my favorites from the session:

And one of big sister Breanna. They let me use her as my first test model for my new floor prop:

And then I spent quite a while creating a picture of their feet together. We couldn't seem to get a good one during the session, so I looked through the images and found two I could photoshop together. Below are the two original files followed by the result.

Grace - 9 months

2010-03-01T20:09:00.000-06:00

Grace is such a cutie. She is 9 months old now and not remotely interested in sitting still. She did a good job though, thanks to her parents diligent efforts to entertain! Here are some of my favorites:

Andrew

2010-02-10T14:57:00.000-06:00

Andrew will be 5 months old in a week. I love it when babies play with their feet or eat their toes. Usually this is around six months, but I was afraid the window of opportunity might close by then, so just in case, I went ahead and got one. I may try again at his 6 month session, but I at least have this one to hold me over.

And these were bonus pictures. When my brother was a baby (older than this) he wore a sweater outfit for a picture my mom has. All of it is still too big, but he looked so cute in the hat I wanted to take a picture anyway. So here are the two I got of him wearing a hat that is well over 30 years old!

Katie - 9 months

2010-02-10T14:50:00.000-06:00

Katie's mom had quite the workout in trying to entertain her. Unfortunately she was not all smiles like she usually is, but we still got some cute ones and several funny ones too. Here are some of my favorites from her session last week:

And I thought this one was funny:

Rylee - 8 months

2010-02-10T09:55:00.000-06:00

This cutie had so much fun playing in the studio! Here are my favorites from her session last week:

Headshots

2010-02-10T09:50:00.001-06:00

I still stand by my claim that BeWell Chiropractic will give you the best care you can get anywhere. They moved to Spring Hill a few years ago and I'm so glad a friend told me about them! They needed some new headshots for business material, and some fun ones too. So here are the friendly faces you'll find if you go to their office: Dr. Greg Hutti and Dr. Janelle Farris Hutti

Reviews

2010-01-29T09:24:00.000-06:00

If you have used my services, I would greatly appreciate it if you could take a minute and write a review for me on my google search page.
If the link doesn't work for you, you can google "photography Spring Hill,Tn" and I'll come up on the map. You can click my name and scroll down to write a review.

Sadie and Brooke

2010-01-29T09:06:00.000-06:00

Sadie is two now and came for her little sister's 6 month session. She was well behaved and cooperative - even while we were getting Brooke's pictures done. Here are some of my favorites from their session:

Kaylee and Emma

2010-01-25T10:18:00.000-06:00

Kaylee is now 4, and Emma is 2. They were both so much fun to work with, though they gave their mother quite a workout in trying to get the girls to work together for what we wanted to achieve. I think the results are fun too. Here are my favorites:

Lilly's 4 month portraits

2010-01-25T10:09:00.000-06:00

Lilly was here a week ago for her 4 month portraits. I think she is so cute and looks so pretty in her dress too. Here are a few of my favorites from her session:

Jaime's maternity portraits

2010-01-18T12:17:00.000-06:00

I think pregnant women are just so beautiful - and Jaime is no exception. I am delighted to get to document this special time. Below are some of my favorites from the session. We also took some of her facing a mirror, in which I will photoshop the reflection to be her holding her newborn - so that image will obviously come later. Enjoy these for now:

Roxy's 3 month portraits

2010-01-13T12:12:00.000-06:00

This session took place xmas morning, so again, sorry that it has taken me this long to post some pictures for you to see. I started photographing this family when their son was a newborn, and you can see he is is not so little anymore. Roxy is their latest addition and is now 3 months old. She was actually born on my son's due date, so they're only two days apart which added to the fun in meeting her. Here are some of my favorites:

Caleb's 2 month portraits

2010-01-13T12:07:00.000-06:00

This session took place before xmas but I haven't had time to post them until today. Sorry for the delay! I had the pleasure of photographing the parent's wedding a few years ago, and now they have a beautiful little boy. They were visiting family and came in for a session so I could meet their precious addition. We didn't get to do everything we wanted to, but we still got some sweet pictures. Here are some of my favorites:

My Munchkin Turned 3 Months

2009-12-20T11:48:00.000-06:00

You're probably surprised that I dont take as many pictures of my own child as I do others' kids .. but I was at least coordinated to take some while he was freshly three months! Here are my favorites:

Above is his 3 month picture with his daddy's hat, and below is him at 5 weeks with it.

And here is a composite of his feet with our wedding rings, at 5 days and again at 3 months. I hope to do something with his feet and rings at 6, 9 and 12 months also to finish the composite.