I’ve said it before but it bears saying again and again…I adore this family! Lukas is now 18 months old and getting cuter and cuter by the day! I am already looking forward to his 2 year old photo shoot…such an amazing time of exploration and curiosity. I have been capturing Lukas’s life since he was born…here, here and here! On this day we headed out to New Smyrna and went to the Smyrna Dunes-a favorite place for the family to go! Almost immediately Lukas was drawn to the sand and I don’t think there were too many moments that he did not have a fistful of sand ready to toss! And…seriously…who can resist that smile!

Being a mother is the single most beautiful and authentic gift I have ever been blessed with and on this day I wanted to celebrate all the Mom’s that have given me the honor of capturing their most precious gift…

As is per usual my family got put on the back burner so I am finally posting our family Christmas in Texas…and for the second year in a row my family gathered in the big TX for Christmas and for the second year in a row my hubby Jonathan got a cruiseship gig and was unable to join us (double sad face!) So since “most” of us were together we headed to downtown Richmond on Christmas day (which worked out to our advantage as we had the streets to ourselves and this was the only day my beautiful niece Emily was going to be in town.) It was a cold morning and my family is not AT ALL used to the cold weather. So we managed to take a few shots, hopefully without everyone looking like they are shivering, and enjoyed our precious family time together! I wonder where will be next December…

Take your favorites and create a storyboard to display…

Some people are just natural, unassuming and comfortable and when you are in their presence they make you feel the same way-and that is the Wheaton family. When I arrived at the Wheaton’s beautiful home I took one look at their backyard and just knew that’s where we had to do their newborn session for their daughter Harper. It was a gorgeous Florida morning-perfect weather, low humidity and that sun coming through the trees providing that perfect light. Now there is absolutely no other feeling in the world like hanging out with a newborn and Harper is as precious as they come. Thank you Tom and Devon for sharing her with me for a few hours and now I get to share her with you…

Daddy’s Girl… Tom is an avid poker player and even has a “Poker Room” so Harper joined in on a hand of poker with her Daddy…

No, this is not April Fools…this is real! One of the latest from our Rootberry concept shoots. What was the concept? Well…blowfish, of course!

This post has been a long time coming…but it got a tad bit busy during the holidays and at the first of the year-so, I finally had the chance to put this post together. Last summer I was the photographer for the Harry Potter conference called LeakyCon, which was held in Orlando. For the five days I shot that conference I was surrounded by all that is Harry Potter. Jonathan, Cody and I even took Sorting Hat House quizzes to determine what house we belonged to. I got inspired. On one of the last days of the conference I headed into the vendor room and not only purchased my first ever “Starkid” t-shirt but also our respective house ties! A Harry Potter inspired Christmas family photo shoot at the downtown Orlando Church Street train was forming. I asked my wonderful friend Tara Sproc, a fellow photographer, if she could shoot the photos. I shot a few myself of Jonathan and Cody and then Tara took over to shoot our family ones. I used a few of the images for our Christmas card and made a storyboard as well but finally get to share more of my favorites… I cannot thank Tara enough (and this is how Jonathan thanked her!) She is sweet, adorable and my friend!Storyboards make great wall displays (especially when you have more than one image you want to display!) And they make great gifts!

My very first ever animation. Not perfect in any sense of the word, but I’m pretty stoked! The rest of this photo shoot and blog post coming soon…for now enjoy this!

I will be out of the office, so to speak, and unavailable for the next week due to the fact that I will be cruising the amazing caribbean with my family on a much needed vacation! I will periodically be checking email and Internet but will have very limited access. Enjoy your week and Bon Voyage…

When Tara & Ryan’s wedding album came in I called to let them know and Ryan headed straight over to get it…so I only had a few moments to capture a few shots of the majesty of this album! What a beautiful memory they now have of their wonderful day. Tara shared with me that she loved looking at her album because it was like re-living the day all over again! This is a 10×10 black leather bound custom designed album and the perfect addition to your wedding package.

I have done a couple of concept shoots for Rootberry (www.youtube.com/rootberry) and plan on doing a few more-they are a ton of fun with your goal being getting just that one great shot! They have already started to use a few of the shots on their website that they are updating and I can’t wait to do a few more (we have some really crazy stuff thought up!) I also did a photo shoot with just my hubby-one half of Rootberry (the Root half, of course!) He had a few ideas he wanted to try out and I was certainly game. So without further ado…here are the juggling and antics of my husband!