Friday, June 28, 2013

Just Like You | Child Photography | Fayetteville, N.C. Photographer

This lil' cutie participated in my "Just Like You" Father's Day special! Both Daddy and Grandpa love fishing and he even brought along his very own fishing pole and tackle box! How cute is he sitting on his tackle box! He did that all on his own! <3


I remember photographing this lil' booger when he was only a few weeks old! How much he has grown and oh so cute! I mean, look at that smile below! I can't take credit for that image, he snapped it of himself as I was bending down to talk to him! LOL! Love it!

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Thursday, June 27, 2013

Fun Knotted Updo | Pinterest Thursday | iPhoneography


I know, you're saying, "another hair Pinterest Thursday!?" And I say, yes. LOL! With the humidity here and my curly, crazy hair, I've got to come up with different ways to put my hair up and contain it! I will TRY, keyword TRY to do something different for the next Pinterest Thursday! :-)

This hair do came out not necessarily as a success ... but not as a fail either ... LOL! It definitely doesn't look like the original pin, found HERE. But I do dig how it came out.

Photo courtesy fashionworship.com
So, as you can see, the process was simple. Tease your roots, braid three sections, twirl them into lil' buns, and bobby pin. It took me maybe 20 minutes to do this only because I am a perfectionist ... and still it didn't turn out as tight and fun messy as hers. But I do like the knot look I got ... and I did get lots of volume up top to make for a nice updo look. (Don't ask me how...lol) What do you think? ;-)


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Sunday, June 23, 2013

Family of 5 + 2 fur babies | Family Photography | Fayetteville, N.C. Photographer

Can I just say how much I love when families bring along their furry family members?! These dogs were SO easy to photograph, it was unbelievable! They sat, I made a funny nose, they looked, the family smiled and we were done! It was awesome! And look how awesome the whole family looks together?! So sweet!

 Here are the kiddos! I mean, come on ... could they have made my job any easier?! <3


Big sister knows how to strike a pose, middle brother was shy at first but then opened up, and younger brother was just as cute as could be! Gah! <3 them!

 
 

I photographed this family's homecoming just a few months prior to this session and boy, this session was awesome to see them all together and happy! To see their homecoming, click HERE.


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Friday, June 21, 2013

A Lil' Flare | Engagement Session | Fayetteville, N.C. Photographer

Their first date was at this historic movie theater ... we HAD to stop and take pictures in front of it! ;-)
Sam, Kristen & I go waaaaaay back ... well, sorta. ;-) I met them while I was finishing up my bachelor of sciences at Methodist University. I noticed a small flyer hanging about a mission trip to Belize to work with school children and fix up their schools. Exotic place AND helping others?! I was all for it!Enter, Sam. Next, semester, another mission trip to Eluethera ... enter Kristen. Through hardships and struggles, I got to bond a friendship with both ... and apparently they bonded as well! ;-) Enter -- Engagement!! When they asked me to do their engagement photos, I was beyond thrilled!


 These two are incredibly cute with one another and made it so easy to photograph them! They even got to hear my infamous words "one more" like 5 billion times because their love just radiates off of my camera glass!


 

I mean come on?! How cute are they, right?! Congratulations Kristen and Sam! And I CANNOT wait to photography y'all wedding! 


These last two images are my favorite ... this was my infamous "one more" shots. I just love the sun flare and just them being them ... just perfect!

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Welcome Baby Axton | Birth Photography | Sanford, N.C., Photographer

Look what I was up to in the middle of the night a few weeks ago! I tried my hand at birth photography. I have NEVER done something like this before but when my friend (and fellow photographer) ask if I would be there for the birth of her first son ... I HAD to say yes!


Killing time on the cell phone as she patiently waits for her boy.



Here, I got a moment between soon-to-be-papa and momma ... He was so proud of her and super excited, he gave her an encouraging wink in between pushes. <3

She was AWESOME! If I didn't know better, I would have thought pushing a baby out of you was easy stuff! She made it look so easy!


Dad didn't want to originally cut the umbilical cord ... but he changed his mind when he saw his boy!



Isn't he just the cutest?! And look at that pout! Mom and Dad are going to have problems saying no if he ever uses that lil' poot'em against them to get what he wants! ;-)




Momma finally got to lil' Axton after he was checked out by the nurses and all wrapped up in his cozy blanket. She got to hold him the second he was out for some skin to skin contact, but soon needed to get vitals. This was when she REALLY got to look at him and enjoy his cute lil' cheeks, ears, nose, and bask in his adorableness!




It was a long night, and I though I wasn't going to be able to stay for the birth, but it was so worth it! I definitely love lifestyle photography (hence why I love homecomings so much), and I'm thinking I could get used to the long hours photographing the birth of a child ... hm....

If you are expecting a child and would love to have his or her birth photographed, please contact me! I would love to be there and capture this beautiful moment in you and your spouse's lives! :-)

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Thursday, June 13, 2013

Messy, But Neat Bun | Pinterest Thursday | iPhoneography

So, I wanted an updo for a plane ride that wouldn't get in the way if I slept. You know what I mean. You put your hair up and then you try to sleep but the darn bun or pony tail gets in the way and then you've got a crink in your neck or have to figure out some sort of yoga pose to sleep on the plane so that you are both comfy and able to lay your head back. You know. ;-)

I went to my handy, dandy Pinterest Hairstlye board and found this:

Photo Courtesy Ma Nouvelle Mode LINK HERE
Looked simple enough and easy enough, and plus I was sorta in a hurry to get to the airport ... so quick enough as well.

I first separated my front bangs and pins them out of the way. I then pulled my hair into a high pony tail, leaving the ends still stuck in the hair tie. Let, Ma Nouvelle Mode, explain in further detail:

LINK HERE
I then just used bobby pins around the hair tie to make it look somewhat like the picture. It took longer than expected, but it was my first time doing it ... And I sorta dug the outcome, so I'll probably try it again sometime in the future! ;-)

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