The Dodge's!!!

Barb has been talking about having me take some portraits once the new family addition came along. Well, Maggie is here and I made a trip up to Midland a couple of weeks ago. Allen and Izzy have a new little sister! Izzy and Allen, you guys were totally awesome and did a great job for me - Thanks! Unfortunately Maggie put up with us long enough when we tried to get mom involved:( I think we still got some cute ones still though.

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Had to put this one up just for Barb - newborn sessions are a lot of fun!

Baby Elyse

Babies are a common thing with my friends of late and I got the honor of photographing little Elyse at just 7 days old. Beth and Ryan have a beautiful old home and I did the photos right in there living room. Hint for all you new mothers who want newborn portraits but are not able to leave the house with such a fragile new addition to the family - I do make house calls:)

But back to Elyse. After our first shot (see below) she was very photogenic, and by photogenic I mean she was calm and relaxed for our session. A beautiful little girl and so extraordinary to meet her at such a young age. I know that we will be seeing more of little Elyse in the year to come!

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Elias Row Records

James (Jamie as most of us know him) is one of my closest friends and he came to me with a great idea for a family portrait. Sister Sarah had been bugging him about a family portrait so he agreed with the condition that it would not be the same old run of the mill portrait. I think this turned out great and if you want to see our inspiration do a google image search for Death Row Records

I think that we pulled it off pretty well!

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3 Generations!

Many of you may remember the Coston's and their barn. Rope swinging and nights at the pond were some of my favorite memories back in high school! How time flies and we are a far cry from those wonderful carefree days:) What a clan Mike and Marilyn have! This was one of my biggest sessions to date and we all braved the single digit temperatures to get some great images in the old barn. I am going to put some pressure on to come back in the warmer months so that we can spend some more time together, but with the little time that we had we captured some great photographs.

Thank you to Miriam for thinking of me and coordinating with her family for the session. It was great to see all of you and the success and blessings the Lord has given you all. We will be doing this again!

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The entire fam - all 19 - quite a gathering for Christmas dinner!



Mike and Marilyn


Heidi and Dave with Matthew Ian and Steven


Miriam and Mark with Mackenzie, Hunter, Maelyn and Marky


Caleb and Carmen with Cole and Gioia


Micah and Katie

Susan and Co.

Susan has been a good friend of my sister Pam's for years now and I finally got to meet the family last month. I love laid back sessions, and besides a sister running a a little late, we did just fine. Susan and Mitch have a model daughter, Natalie. And by model I mean this little girl knows how to pose. I prefer to catch the kids more off guard, but Natalie had her eye on me the entire session. In fact she found it necessary to try to be in every photo:) But why not? She is adorable, and an energetic little thing to boot. Susan's parents, Mick and Judie, are the cutest grandparents. You could swear that they are still dating. I wish I could have heard what he was whispering in her ear all afternoon. Whatever he said was always followed by a big smile and a laugh. Susan's sister Tina and friend Nita definitely made sure that things were laid back by treating me to a burger and a beer at Party in the Park after the session. Thanks for hanging out with me and perhaps I'll have to go to a Bengal's game with you guys sometime.