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Cutie-Patootie! 
Beautiful Big-Sis!!! 
Miss Thang!! 
As I said, I loved the colors so much in this session... but I figured I should post at least one black and white!!! What beautiful babies you have guys!!! :) 
Love it, Dad actually requested this shot... he loved the "Bus Shot" from the EFC Youth session and wanted to try to mimic it.. minus the bus!! :) 
Mara brought her favorite, well-loved bear along and wanted to be sure to get some pictures of him!!! 
I think the image on the right should be on their Christmas card this year!!! :) HA! Ok so this session has been a long time coming!! The Chapman family are some of my favorite people in Sweetwater... Jaci (mom) was one of my buddies in the 1 year old class last year at Cornerstone and I consider her to be one of my "peeps!" :) I've enjoyed getting to know her hubby and kids over the last year or so... and was way excited to get them out for a session! We drove out to the spot where Jaci & Stewart did their engagement shots many years ago, it's out in the middle of no where... save one house that is diagonal to this old abandoned bank building that we shot at. Upon our arrival, we were greeted with a menagerie of large dogs... I'm talkin' like 6 or 7 big mutts surrounding the vehicles... checking us out! I could tell they were friendly dogs just by the dopy, curious grins on their faces... so we call got out and proceeded to get to know one another! There was this one curious black lab who had the terrible habit of jumping up to say hello.. very sweet pup... but sort of annoying! It took a little while for the greetings to get themselves over with and the dogs to lose interest... but our curious black lab stuck around for a bit. Apparently he didn't appreciate being ignored very much... and as I was setting up the standing family shots that you see here... I saw Stewart and Jaci's jaws drop to the ground and look of horror come over them! I immediately looked the direction they were facing and saw our black lab friend so kindly lifting his leg on my camera bag!!!!!! True story!!! THANK GOODNESS I had zipped it up completely and had an old towel in my car to clean up the mess before it soaked into the material!! What could you do but just laugh!!?? At this point, it just felt like a scene that should have been on a hidden camera comedy... and certainly, "the incident" made this an extra memorable session!!! I'm loving the warm, fall feel to these photos!! Of course, today we had a cold front blow through so we had to jacket-up everyone for a few minutes to warm them up, then shed the layers and go for it! I had 3 little Popsicles on my hands... so I tried to keep it as simple as possible! They were great sports and managed to have a little fun too! Hope you've enjoyed this preview!! Stay tuned for the Ward family tomorrow evening!!
Danielle came with the balloons in hand! She has no idea, but the random bunch of balloons had been a trend in photography over the last year or two... one which I have yet to explore, but I was so glad she brought them... it was adorable! 
Her dress was perfect... so flowy and it hugged her curves so nicely! Loved that I caught these Seagulls in the back ground too! 
Warm fuzzies.... :) 
Andre just did this on his own... so sweet! He's completely smitten with his new baby girl Chloe...!! 
How cute are they with their bubbles and giant lolli-pop?!! :) 
Danielle & Andre were so delightful to photograph! Why? Well there was just something about them... they came prepared with some great ideas and props for the session.... Dani wanted it to feel whimsical and fun... childlike and innocent! I loved that! Second, they were both just so comfortable in their own skin... they needed hardly any direction and just naturally loved on each other almost like I wasn't even there! You can't ask for anything more than THAT, my friends! :) I always tell my clients that what they do together on their own (without my direction) is going to be what looks best anyway.... and man, did they have that concept down! :) Dani wanted to do the whole session at a fair or carnival... but there weren't any in town at the time, so I suggested Sugar Sand Park where I knew there was a merry-go-round! I think we accomplished the feel she was looking for!! We dodged rain drops the whole time... actually did get showered on but I was happy to grab a bit of blue sky in some of the photos on the beach at least! Posting this session just reminds me of how far behind on the blogging I am! Their sweet baby girl, Chloe is already here and Mommy reports that Daddy is a complete "gonner" for his little angel! I'm only sorry I'm not there to take her first portraits... but perhaps I'll get to meet her in April when I return to SoFla for 2 weddings and a handful of portrait appointments! We'll see!?! If I haven't blogged your session yet, it's not because I don't love you... I'm just focusing on getting all my finishing done while balancing my crazy shooting schedule.... oh ya and then there's this big girl in my belly and the 2 that are already "on the outside!!" HA!! :) Such is the life of a Mommy-photographer during the holiday season! Don't let my lamenting fool you, I love every minute of it! Stay tuned for good things on the blog... and oh, if you live in Sweetwater, be sure to grab a Sweetwater Reporter on Sunday to check out my next feature article!! :)
Ok girls... it's time to get that one fabulous head shot taken for your New Year Girl competition!! You want to look like you, but the BEST version of you... I NEVER offer anything with prices this low... but here it is! Call me to schedule asap as I am only taking a limited number of girls for this promotion! Special offer for Seniors.... book with me for your New Year Girl images and receive a $50 print credit towards your Senior Pictures in the Spring!!! Woo-hooo!
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