Boltz Family Session

And here it is... my last photo session of 2014! This sweet family was dressed to the nines with their vintage-style Christmas attire, and ready for their shoot complete with an extra large wreath, fake snow and their faithful puppy! {And I LOVE how the snow turned out!! It gave us a nice wintery feel even though there was no snow on the ground.} Aiden, Conner and Sophia - triplets - are nothing short of adorable and very animated! Kudos to them for braving the cold for me. :)

Merry Christmas to the Boltz family! And to all of you readers out there, I hope this gets you in the Christmas spirit even more. God bless!

Coy Charles

Introducing Baby Aldrich! Coy had one of the smoothest newborn sessions I've done - especially for being awake up until the very end! He stayed very relaxed and let us pretty much prop him up however we wanted without making a fuss. I photographed his parents wedding {view here!} a couple summers ago, so it was even more exciting to get to photograph this next big chapter in their lives.

I just love how these turned out. Great job little guy! Now I'm off to cuddle with my own kids after seeing this precious face. :)

Casie & Jeremy ~ the Wedding

Can I just say I had an extremely difficult time narrowing down these pictures to post? Oh my goodness, not only was this wedding adorable to begin with, but they are also my family, so pretty much every picture I scrolled through was "aww," and "ooh they've got to see that one!" It's a dangerous thing that I continually get more and more sentimental the older I get, so all of these pictures mean the world to me because the people in them mean the world to me.

The tears, the laughter, the dancing - all of these things are glimpses of the love this family - my family - encompasses. Photographing all the little details my aunts spent laboring over in preparation for their niece's wedding. Capturing tears of pure joy as a radiant bride says hello to her father, and then again to her soon-to-be husband. Seeing lovely ladies gladly part with a dollar and stand in line to dance with their new nephew, and uncles doing the same to dance with the bride that they used to sit on their knees and read stories to. As a photographer, it's nice to have that reminder, that that is why I take these pictures. Not always about the art, or the rule of thirds, or the perfect sun flare, but simply about capturing the life that is there. It is truly such a privilege to be able to do that.

Thank you, Casie & Jeremy, for the reminder. And I have to say - if anyone was ever perfect for each other, it would be you. {I can say with a straight face to either one of you that you have met your match.} Wishing you the greatest new life together that God will surely bless you with. Love you both dearly! <3