Little Coleman may have been the most fantastically chubby baby I’ve ever photographed! I just wanted to squeeze him!

Thanks, Jenn and Dan, for coming out to the park for pictures!

I recently had the opportunity to photograph concert pianist Robert Henry, who just recorded his first album. Robert and I tossed around several ideas for location, and we wound up shooting at the beautiful Ambient Plus Studio in downtown Atlanta. This daylight studio was exactly what we had visualized, and Steinway came through with delivery of a gorgeous piano for the shoot.

We spent 2 hours creating this first set of photographs; we’ll be taking to the streets next week for Part 2.  (I’m just keeping my fingers crossed for some mild weather!)

Here are a few favorites…

It’s so amazing to see a little boy grow from brand-new baby to a rambunctious 2-year-old!  Render is so full of energy, he was WONDERFUL to photograph!

Render and his mom:

Render and his dad:

Thanks, Lena and Rudi, for giving me the chance to photograph you all again!

Dan and I made Christie and Bryon’s engagement portraits way back in 2006 (feels like forever ago!), and I was so happy to hear that they just welcomed a daughter into their lives!  Baby Kate is only 2 weeks old, and she was the perfect little model.  :)

Miss Kate opened her pretty eyes for just a few seconds before falling back asleep:

This crib belonged to Bryon’s father as a baby.  It’s so precious to see Kate in it now!

Christie and Bryon, thank you so much for inviting me to photograph you again!  I’m so happy to have met the newest member of your beautiful family!

It was kind of surreal to photograph Angela, who graduates form high school in just a few months. Angela’s big sis is one of my very best friends from my own high school years, and seeing our little sisses grow up makes us all weepy and proud. Angela is smart — she’s headed into some sort of science field that’s way over my head — and athletic and TOTALLY beautiful!

When we stepped into this field, I looked down at a huge patch of clover.  I said, “Wouldn’t it be crazy if we found a 4-leaf clover in here?”  I have NEVER, EVER found a 4-leaf clover in my LIFE.  But as soon as I squatted down next to the little plants this GIANT 4-leafer was staring me straight in the face.  LUCKY DAY!

Nine months after Tyler and Will’s wedding, I was SO excited to photograph them all dressed up again in their wedding clothes! It was a chilly October day, but they were troopers — and since their wedding had taken place in January, I figured they were the perfect couple to brave the cold!

I have to send a HUGE shout-out to the amazingly talented hair and makeup artist Cayla Roberts, who created a phenomenal updo for Tyler AND gave me some of the most stunning makeup I’ve ever been privileged to photograph. THANK YOU, CAYLA! You can also find Cayla at Atlanta’s Bob Steele Salon.

Check out this hair.  LOVE. IT.  I picked up these flowers at Whole Foods the morning of the shoot, and Cayla knew exactly what to do with them!

Tyler and Will, you two are such beautiful and wonderful people! Thank you so much for letting me photograph you — again! :)

It’s that time of year again! I was excited to create family photos again this year for Megan and Reggie — we even got one of their dogs in on the action this time!  There is no greater honor than being asked to photograph families over and over again.  :)

Here are a few favorites from our shoot at Piedmont Park:

Neveah has so much personality, and her sense of humor totally comes from her dad!

This is Megan and her sister, Mallory, who is great photographer herself!

I think the best part of our job may just be the friends we make in the process.  We photographed Alissa and Ben’s wedding in 2008, and we’re now lucky enough to call them friends.  It made our trip to Washington, D.C. in September even more exciting, since we knew we would not only be photographing a gorgeous wedding, but we would also get to hang out with Alissa and Ben, who moved there last year!  Just a couple weeks before we were to leave, Ben e-mailed and asked about surprising Alissa with an Aftershoot while we were in D.C.  OF COURSE!  I knew we’d be exhausted from the wedding we would shoot the day before, but I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to photograph our friends again.

Alissa and Ben got all dressed up in their wedding finery (kudos to them for both still FITTING in their wedding finery!) and we went out of the town for several hours of picture-taking.

These are just a few of my favorite shots from their Aftershoot.

First stop: the subway at Dupont Circle:

I wasn’t sure if anyone would object to us taking clearly-professional photos, but no one seemed to mind.  Dan just hand-held a flash bare-bulb so that I could capture these lit shots.

On the subway, we were practically ignored, though Alissa and Ben did hear “Congratulations!” a lot.  ;)

The next two pictures are Dan’s:

Let me just say, taking pictures on a subway while it’s moving is NOT easy!

HA.  I love that Dan took this:

Dan and Ben went into a CVS to get bottles of water for everyone, so I took a few shots of Alissa by herself.  I love the light in this photo.

We made our way toward the Capitol Building, stopping along the way wherever we saw a cool spot for pictures.

We finally reached the mall, and spent about an hour back and forth between the Washington Monument and the Capitol Building.  It was SO much fun!

Another of Dan’s:

Alissa asked a local florist to create this little bouquet for her, centered around the purple cabbage.  How cool is that?

After a long conversation in which I never did understand the purpose of hiking the ball to someone else to start the play, I finally just took the picture:

Alissa wanted to try some sort of cheerleading move… but it wasn’t really working out…

So we settled for this instead:

Alissa’s bridesmaids carried these parasols at her wedding.  I loved getting to incorporate it into a few shots:

We stopped by our hotel room for a little break, and I took a few photos in the room.

I think the doormen at the hotel were REALLY confused by all the coming and going!  I’m sure they were wondering, “what kind of wedding IS this, anyway?”

Last but certainly not least, Alissa wanted some fountain photos.  How lucky that the fountain is Dupont Circle is so beautiful?  We had a little audience gather to watch as Alissa and Ben climbed into the water.  We were somewhat nervous that we wouldn’t have time to take any pictures before someone came and kicked us out, but no one stopped us!  Yay!

Liss and Ben, we love you guys!  We’re so blessed to know you!

(and Dan!)