October Photo Contest

It's time for our monthly photo contest!!! Everyone in this contest had sessions with us in the month of October.

Here are the rules:

- I choose one favorite image from each session

- You must leave a comment on THIS post to cast your vote - no emails! Leave a comment with the number corresponding to the photo you want to vote for and WHY you are voting for them.

- You may only vote ONCE.

- Anonymous votes DO NOT COUNT and will be deleted!

- Please spread the word however you would like in order to get votes on your photo! Anyone can vote!

- Contest is open for voting until midnight Tuesday (November 3rd)

- Winners will be announced on Wednesday

The winner will recieve 25 free 5x7 folded Holiday Cards!!

So here they are:

#1 - Laura & Ella

#2 - Ryan

#3 - Baby Turner

#4 - Delgadillo Family

#5 - Catherine

#6 - Samson

#7 - Camp Family

#8 - Bobby

#9 - Glenn Family

#10 - Don & Diana

OK! There it is! Now get to votin'!!! Good luck to all!

Massie Family

I love my job. Really. I love working with sweet families and capturing precious moments for them. It's sessions like the one I had with the Massie Family that keep me coming back for more.

It helps a lot that Samson is one of the cutest little boys I've ever seen. What a sweet little man! He is only two weeks older than Ethan, so I'm quite familiar with this age. And he was perfect! He played with his trucks in the leaves and hammed it up for the camera. It was cold, too, and he was a trooper. He didn't care - he just loved being outside playing.

And Mom and Dad were perfect, too. I love sessions where I have to give very little direction. They just played and interacted and we got some great shots.

LOVE his hair!

Can't you just hear the truck noises that Nick is making?!

I love this little sequence of photos. We decided to put Mom and Dad in the background as Samson was playing. Well, he figured out real quick where they were. And I just love the expressions! They were saying that his face was so cute, but I love their faces as they interact with him. So cute!

I actually had to ask Nick not to toss Samson so high in the air - he was going out of the top of the frame! He was loving it, though!

Thanks, Nick, Jessica and Samson, for a wonderful session! Enjoy your sneak peek!

Delgadillo Family

There's something about families that make them so enjoyable to photograph. Especially families like the Delgadillo family. First of all, they are super beautiful! Second, they are an extrememly close family. I had never met them before, but I could tell they are really close just in the short time that we spent together. Actually, I could tell that in the first 5 minutes! Seriously. It is so neat to see families that outwardly show love and affection to each other, especially when the kids show it. I was most impressed with Cristian, who is a Freshman in high school. What teenager outwardly shows love to his family? I mean, come on!

Thank you, Mario, Susie, Cristian, Stephanie and Ryan, for a wonderful session on a crisp fall day. Oh - and thanks to you too, Chanel!


This isn't the most technically correct photograph, but I love it! The action, the smiles, all of it!

We promised Ryan that he could jump on the trampoline if he was a good boy for the portraits, and man, did he deliver! Way to go, little man!

Ryan

We had a really great Senior Session last week. Usually I do our Seniors by myself, but if it works out, Gil comes along and we shoot together. We know Ryan because he is on Nicholas' soccer team, so it was great that we could both shoot his session. He was up for a lot of things, and he had some great outfits and props.


Ryan is playing both soccer and football right now, and I honestly don't know how he does it. He gets done with soccer practice and heads over to the football field. They usually have two or three soccer games a week, plus football every Friday night. And he keeps his grades up between all of that!


Enjoy your sneak peak, you guys. Thanks so much for a super fun session!