Class of 2011: Katy! :: Abilene Senior Photographer, Snyder Senior Photographer

This vintage beauty's name is Katy and she is one of the few Seniors I'll be photographing this spring! Katy did a beautiful job styling this session!! As you can see, she is completely in love with the 1940s... everything from the clothes, to the hair & jewelry... she completely pulled off an authentic look for her senior session! We started shooting at the Windsor in Abilene... a place Katy has spent a great deal of time at as a kid. Her Great-Grandmother, "Gamby" used to live there and she is just in love with the Grand Ballroom and foyer area because of the 1940s feel... and the memories they hold!! It was a beautiful venue, and I really enjoyed playing with a combination of natural light and OCF with this session... especially creating images with dual color temperatures! It was an inspired session for me, something different!! Katy plans to have her wedding in this ballroom, so according to her, we'll be back there for pictures sometime in the future!! (Love that!)

Katy attends Highland High School and enjoys showing steers (and for those "city-folk" reading this... steers are castrated male cows... that's right!!), collecting vintage clothing, photography, and spending time with her sweetie, Caleb! She plans to attend Texas A&M University in the fall where she wants to pursue a degree in the communications field. Whatever Katy does, she'll do it with gusto, that's for sure! If you know her, you know that she's full of bubbly personality and positive energy! I enjoyed being with her so much that I recently hired her to be my production assistant until she leaves for college!! I'm really looking forward to having her help me with my sessions over the next few months, as well as helping her expand her understanding of photography too!!

Not only have I had the pleasure of taking Katy's Senior Portraits, but I get to photograph her newborn nephew, Kamdon,on Monday... and will be shooting her brother's Zach's wedding this summer!! What a treat for me!!!

Introducing Kipptyn! :: Sweetwater Photographer, Abilene Newborn Photographer

I invited Kip and his mommy Andrea to my home for this session to test out my living room as my new newborn studio. Much to my delight, it was the perfect set up and beautiful lighting through the big picture window we enjoy! I'm very excited to be able to offer my clients a new style of newborn session here in West Texas (not new by any means in the world of photography... but just a little different for around here!). These snuggly poses are something I've been working on for a while and I'm so excited to finally be doing the type of newborn work I've been wanting too! Of course, I have a long way to go, but so far... so good!!

Most of the homes here are built to keep light and heat/cold out and have terrible window light. Sometimes going to a client's home is difficult because you don't know what you are walking into. Well, now for these very important sessions... I don't have to wonder anymore!!! Yay for me! The only tough part about having clients into my home from time to time is making sure it's clean enough for a client to SEE! :) With a 5, 3, and 2 month old... and a blooming business... that's not always an easy task!? I made Andrea walk past a pile of folded laundry on my couch at one point when I decided to try one last series in a spot I hadn't planned to use... oh well, what can you do?! :)

Baby Ethan & Family :: Sweetwater Photographer, Abilene Family Photographer

Big Brother, Isaac, who wanted nothing more than to play football with me almost the entire session!!


















It's exhausting being this cute, apparently!?!



LOVE THIS, my fave of all faves for a big brother/sister pose with baby... way to go Isaac!!! :)

I go to church with Jennifer & Michael and their sweet little kiddos!! Baby Ethan was born just about a month after Lyla, and is already almost as big as she is!! He's a month old in these photos!! It's been fun getting to know Jennifer a bit better as we were both preggo at the same time and frequently chatted about how we were feeling and how our baby bumps were growing!! I especially love to do photos for church family, so naturally I was excited that they called me to take Ethan's first pictures. We ended up doing a combined family/baby session on a nice overcast day. These were a few of the first images to catch my eye when downloading their session!! Enjoy!

Baby Kipptyn Teaser :: Sweetwater Newborn Photographer, Abilene Newborn Photographer

Ok so I'm in the thick of editing about 6 sessions that all need to be done like yesterday (ok well not all 6, but at least 2 of them), but I just HAD to share a few images from my session today with baby "Kip!" I couldn't be happier with these pictures... and I'll be adding to this post for sure because there are just too many sweet pics not to. I invited Kip and his mommy Andrea to my home for this session to test out my living room as my new newborn studio. Much to my delight, it was the perfect set up and perfect lighting through the big picture window we enjoy! I'm very excited to be able to offer my clients a new style of newborn session here in West Texas (not new by any means in the world of photography... but just a little different for around here!). Most of the homes here are built to keep light and heat/cold out and have terrible window light. Sometimes going to a client's home is difficult because you don't know what you are walking into. Well, now for these very important sessions... I don't have to wonder anymore!!! Yay for me!





Sweet baby....

The Johnston Family :: Sweetwater Photographer, Roby Family Photographer

All posed and pretty.....



Now, just being themselves!! :) (Almost always my favorite shots!!)



QUITE the little personality!!!









Beautiful girly....




The Johnston's placed the winning bid on a photography package I donated to the Sweetwater Christian School's auction last year. After much patience on Valerie's part (think VERY pregnant, aching back, holiday craziness, etc) ... we finally made this session happen!! They were all 4 so warm and welcoming...made it so easy to have fun with this session. The Johnstons have a beautiful home just outside of town on a lovely piece of property (for now anyway, it's on the market... boooo!), and when Mom suggested we head back to the creek... I emphatically said "let's GO!" After trudging over a very small, but steep, hill.... we found just the perfect spot to catch the pretty sun-flare on the lake for their family shots. As you can see, "brother" was all decked out (thanks to Dad) in his hunting duds... and we even got his favorite hunting dog in for a few pics!!! We're talking some serious hunting too.... BEARS... in New Mexico!!!!? The family actually raises these dogs..... such fun to see them all in their pens and hear them howlin' at us as we drove by on the mule! Ok, and for those of you NOT from Texas... a mule is a souped-up, off-roading cross between a 4 wheeler and a golf cart on steroids!!! :)

I hope you all enjoy your preview... and many blessings to you as you relocate up to the Roby area in time! I hope to get to work with you again sometime in the future!!