This was one of the photos from the shoot we did in July for her Senior portraits. Not all of the photos were 'senior portrait worthy' but we had so much fun finding all sorts of unique places as back-drops. This particular photo was shot at an aluminum recycling center. Go figure! Hope you enjoy the photo as much as I enjoyed taking it! And make sure you head over to iheartfaces to check out all of the other sun flares!
I do not have a studio, nor do I have any lighting {someday...I just have to have a little patience} but I am very pleased with how these photos turned out. I guess it goes to show you can't take a bad picture when you have such a flawless subject ;)
The photos were actually taken in the nursery that the babe in her belly will be calling home in a few short weeks.
Hopefully it is hard to tell, but we fashioned a make-shift back drop with a piece of black fabric and a furry white piece of fabric I picked up at JoAnn Fabric (I've used the fuzzy white one before here with baby Garrett.)
And we also used a piece of stretchy white fabric to get the profile shot above.
I think these two are my favorites (above and below).
But it is so hard to choose because she is so gorgeous and her belly is so very perfect!
What I wouldn't give to have looked this cute when I was pregnant!
And, looking back I wish I had some better belly shots of myself, rather than the ones I took using the timer on my point-n-shoot. Shoulda, woulda, coulda...right?!
Regardless, I am so happy that Stacie let me capture the beauty of her baby belly and that she is so kindly allowing me to share her beauty with all of you.
Can't wait to meet that little babe inside and finally know if it will be a little Mike or a little Stacie!!!
Thankfully, I do not have a profound and moving story to tell you about this picture. It is just one of those lucky pictures from a photo shoot I took this past summer and I happened to capture such a seemingly sweet moment. With a little editing I was able to give this candid shot a whole new meaning. 
As a mother, I can not imagine having to leave my children behind or to have to see them suffer from cancer one day. I have a deep hatred for the 'c' word because of all of the pain and suffering it has caused so many families. So thank you iheartfaces for choosing to honor those who have been effected by breast cancer (heck ANY cancer). They are all true HEROS!
And this is 'Little G' aka Garrett.
Oh, and right behind Big G is another adorable little 'G'....Gabbie!
A day at the river, hanging out on the beach was the perfect time to squeeze in a little newborn photo shoot for Little G. He was such a trooper. I think he slept 95% of the time we were there!
Even though he slept like a champ and let his Mommy relax for a little (well, as much as you can relax with a just-turned-1 year old on the run) I did manage to catch Little G with his eyes open for a couple of shots.
I also captured some pretty cute pictures of the full moon that was out in the middle of the afternoon!
Doesn't Gage' adorably chubby little self remind you of the Michelin Man? And we can just pretend that those are my tan, toned legs off to the left. Oh wait...that won't work cause I was taking the picture!
If you are curious how Big G gets such beautiful milky-white skin and plump buns, the answer is MILK...and LOTS of it!
Back to the newborn...
Would you look at this adorable little doll!?!
Makes me wish I had just one more little one to snuggle. Probably not going to happen but seeing little babies always gives me the fever!
I bet the one big question weighing on your mind is: "How on Earth did you manage to catch Little G smiling so much?"
Simple. You would smile too if you had just emptied your tummy all over the pesky photographers prop! (see the proof in the bottom right of the pic below!) ISH!
Once the damage was done, we figured we may as well make the best of it and capture these adorable little smiles :)
Oh and after the shoot was over, Little Mister whizzed all over the sling too. Good thing it is white and could take a good bleaching :) I just love photographing little sleepy newborns. I recently picked up two new baby props that I can not wait to try out. Now I just have to get my hands on this little bubba again!
And I had the honor of spending an evening with her to shoot her senior portraits.
I ended up shooting somewhere over 800 photos and, of course, not all of them turned out, but we sure did manage to get some keepers.
I have only gotten started on editing the masses of pictures but I wanted to make sure to share a few of my favorites so far.
Let me tell you we had so much fun searching for cool places to shoot and trying out all sorts of different poses.
Of course it didn't hurt that I had an gorgeous model to photograph!
Isn't she a natural!?
I did learn one very valuable thing from this photo shoot...
DO NOT drink a 44oz fountain pop while driving all over town doing a photo shoot! I went about 4 hour without hitting a bathroom and let me tell you...NEVER again!
We sure did get a lot of giggles out of my discomfort though :)
We actually made a ton of fun memories that I know I will cherish for years to come!
I'll let you view the rest of the photos without commentary (mostly because I am tired and running out of things to say :) Enjoy!!!
