Tony, Jen, & Emerson

Hi there! Here are a few photos for a little shoot I did for Jen's family (of Cricket's Eye View) on Easter. Such a pretty little girl, that Emerson. My boys are in trouble! 

 

Ben & Alexis

I've been pretty quiet as of late, I'm sorry...winter doesn't inspire my photographer side too much!

Here are a few shots from my first shoot of the year: Ben, who will be 1 in just over a week, and his big sister Alexis, who I've photographed several times in the past.

Audrey's Prom Portraits

It's 10:00 on a Monday morning and I can barely keep my eyes open, so I will keep the commentary to a minimum! I photographed these 4 lovely ladies last weekend before they headed off to their senior prom. You will, of course, recognize Audrey from the senior portraits I posted last week.

Oh, and I must give a shout-out and huge thank you to my colleague fabulous Jennifer H., who is good friends with Audrey's family and helped me out a TON on this shoot, getting the ladies posed and helping my pregnant belly up and down the table I stood on to take a lot of these photos :).

Audrey's Senior Portraits

This past weekened I had the chance to take some senior portraits. Audrey and her mom met me at one of my favorite parks, Knoch Knolls in Naperville, and we had a great session. I was thrilled to see a large patch of purple flowers, the perfect spot for photos! I think the shots taken there are my favorite :).

Britney & Jonathan's Maternity Session

My coworkers are awesome. They've been very supportive of my budding photography business. Jennifer, one of my colleagues, has three grown sons, one of which is expecting their first child. I was honored to be asked to take maternity photos for Jonathan and his wife, Britney. I've only done maternity photos in a studio setting before, so this was a new experience! We got a lot of great shots and to my relief, Jennifer was quite happy with the final product (she knows what she likes, and isn't afraid to say so, tee hee).

Things I learned from this shoot:

1. Bring bug repellent. We went to a local park and I was EATEN ALIVE. Within 10 minutes I had no less than 20 bites between my two shoulders. I would compose my shot, swat, adjust the f-stop, swat, click, and swat.

2. Use a diffuser/reflector. They work great. However, sometimes even a nice diffuser won't do the trick, leaving harsh shadows on the subjects' faces.

And now for my favorites!






















This was awesome - while I was being eaten alive, this butterfly wanted nothing more than to sit on Britney. Initially we tried swatting it away (apparently Britney doesn't like bugs), but then decided to go with it. Too bad it didn't land on her belly :).



As always, thanks for looking!

Lexi's One-Year-Old Photos

Last November I did some photos for my coworker Courtney: http://auroraseyes.blogspot.com/2009/11/smith-family.html. She has a little girl, Lexi, who will be turning one in just over a week! How time flies.

Courtney was so kind as to ask me to do Lexi's 1-year-old photos. I happily obliged and we had a great little session! She was great to take photos of because as you can see, she's one gorgeous little girl.























Thanks for looking!

Christian

On Mother's Day I photographed a good friend's [almost] 4-month-old baby, Christian. He was a little cranky prior to the pictures and I was worried he wouldn't be a happy boy, but he smiled and cooed and photographed very nicely! He's such a cutie! I had a LOT of favorites from this batch and it was hard to pick just a few :).














Wish I had cropped this just a little differently, but his face cracks me up!


Love this face as well ;).

Hope you all had a lovely Mom's Day!