James, Victoria & Family

This was a quick session.  Due to a few crazy circumstances, we got a late start and our available light was quickly fading.  But, really, could you get a cuter family?  

The idea of this following pose really tickled the kids.  Can you tell?

Gabriel & Family

This little guy gave me a run for my money!  How is it that every 1-2 year old (including my own) knows that I'd LOVE it if they just looked at me for 1/60th of a second?  I mean, come on, is that too much to ask?  Instead of easy co-operation, I get to chase them around town and parks hoping that maybe, just maybe, they accidently look my way.  All the while trying to make sure they don't run into traffic hoping to get a tad bit closer to the trucks :-)  

So, that being said, I did get a few accidental looks from Gabriel.  Here is one:

Oh, there is a story attached to this session.  Our appointment was scheduled for 10 at Hard Labor Creek State Park.  Ashley and Family were traveling from Newnan, so at about 9:15 they called to tell me that they'd run into traffic and would be a few minutes late.  No biggie. We (Mom, Quinn, Henry & I) left the house in time to meet them at the park at 10:30.  We're about 20 minutes away from the park and we run into signs telling us there is a detour, and lots and lots of cars and people.  We figure out that they are directing traffic for something big, a festival or something.  After talking to a couple of people, we find out that there is a Cotton Gin Festival taking place that day, in Bostwick.  We try to go around everything, but somehow we end up in the heart of Bostwick and in the middle of all the chaos.  A very sweet police woman tells us that there is a parade about to start (in 45 minutes) and that there is NO WAY for us to get through to the road that we need to access the park.  Crap.  Now what?!!  Well, we ask Ashley if they will meet us in Madison, the next closest town to find a new location...  Our new location was downtown Madison, which is just adorable, BUT full of traffic that Gabriel thought was essential that he see and try to run into.  I could only take so much of the scary traffic dives and we went to a park.  Where there is swings and slides and all things fun, but they were in THE SUN!  Will we ever get a break?  We did.  After a snack and a run with the dogs (the most well behaved dogs ever) we set up a few family shots :-)

Aren't these two cute?  I'd have liked to do more with them, but Gabriel was out of patience :-(

Ashly, Patrick, thanks so much for all of your patience with all of our traffic woes!

Caroline {senior}

I was just going to pick my one favorite to post. To make sure I looked through the images and found something good.  But as I sorted through the images, I couldn't pick just one to post.  Everyone of them was a story or a different side of Caroline, and I found that I couldn't seem to pick just one.  So, I postponed my post until I could edit all of the ones I liked best. 

Just in case one of you readers don't know, Caroline is my sister.  She is 17. A Photoshop guru, a writer, an artist, a photographer.  She is way too witty to be related to me.  She works for me; you've seen both her photography and her mad photoshop skills on this very blog.  I'm not sure she knows what she wants to do with all her talent (she has heaps of it), but whatever it is that she chooses, I'm sure she'll exceed :-)  

I find it a bit hard to believe that Caroline is 17 and that I'm taking her senior photos.  Of all my siblings, she is the one that I remember the most when she was very young.  She was my very cute live baby doll.  She let me carry her around (even though she was half my size) and she thought I was the bomb (even though I didn't).  She had the prettiest hair every and wouldn't EVER let me touch it.  Never.  And you know, I'm the queen of cool braids, cool curls, cool hair.  But, no, not Caroline.  She didn't let me touch it until I cut it off three years ago.  Where does all the time go?  I'm sure glad Henry is around to keep us all together and in touch with each other.  Did I mention that Henry thinks Caroline hung the moon?  She can do no wrong.  Everytime Henry spotted me working on her pictures he'd grin and say, 'MA, MA' and try to touch the computer screen.  He knows a pretty picture when he sees one :-)

I lot of shopping went into this photo-shoot.  We took trips to Atlanta and Athens; spent many hours in dressing rooms trying to decide what went together and if it was 'caroline' enough.  We searched high and low for a pair of boots (had to be comfortable) and for anything that would fit (perfectly) her tiny body.  In the end, she wore a few pairs of my too-big shoes and mixed and matched everything we bought with clothes she already had.  We couldn't find a pair of boots that quite had what we were looking for.

I'm sure I've mentioned this before; that it's VERY hard to photograph someone you know and love.  Especially family.  My family never stops moving and I don't think we spend anytime just staring at each other, because I found that, though, Caroline looks gorgeous in most of these images, the ones that are 'caroline' to me, are the ones that she's laughing really hard or doing 'witty' things that I'd never think of doing.

Location One.  Downtown Athens at near The Grit.

Location Two. Bottleworks. This is a very Sarah Rhoads-esque photo.  We are big fans of Sarah Rhoads

Location Three. In front of 8e's on Washington St., downtown.

Location Four. Very cool wall in Bank of America parking lot.

Location Five. In front of Trapeze.  This one is Caroline's favorite.  Notice she's shoeless?  That happens a lot in Caroline's world :-)  A dress and no shoes; that's Caroline.

Location Six. The side wall of Sunshine Cycles.  This is one of those times that Caroline is witty and I am not.  Only she would think of this and say, "hey, take one of me doing this."  

While we were still at Sunshine Cycles, we had a wardrobe change and we took a very long series of the 'many faces of Caroline', but my busy life and holiday schedule prevented me from editing all of the many faces of Caroline and showing them to you.  Maybe one day.  When she's getting married and Henry is in college.  Or maybe she'll want to edit and post the many faces of Caroline and you'll get to see them before 10 years pass...

I couldn't pass this one up, though....

Buffy & Craig {maternity}

The weather was perfect.  The dogs, well behaved.  Buffy and Craig, oh so fun!  They are expecting a baby boy in February and just couldn't wait any longer for a session.  We met at Watson Mill (yes, I know I've been going there a lot) to take a hike and find some gorgeous locations.  And we found them!  

My favorite:

As a side note: We have just a few weeks left before the holidays are upon us.  If you want to order any holiday cards, prints or images, ALL orders must be placed by November 20 to guarantee delivers by December 22, 2009.

Kristen & Drew {E-Session}

I'm supposed to be waiting for Kristen to pick her faves before blogging my faves (which very backward), but I just couldn't resist.  The images are just so beautiful, I was super excited to share them!

Isn't this one cool?  It's taken through the windshield of their jeep :-)

Thanks, Kristen and Drew, for an AWESOME session!  I hope you like your final images as much as I do!