Beautiful { kiddos }

I had so much fun at Ella's 1st Birthday Party not only photographing her but also the other children as well. I really enjoy chasing kids around with my camera doing whatever it takes to either 1. make them laugh or 2.  sneak around until I catch them laughing without seeing me. What an adventure :) I was so mesmerized by all the beautiful children I couldn't help but post more photos of Ella's party guests. 

{ birthday } Miss ELLA

A friend of mine, Whitney, asked me to photograph a friend's little girl's 1st Birthday party. Of course I said yes, how could anyone turn that down? What a blast I had!! I had such a fantastic time getting to know Ella and her parents. Very cool family.  Little Miss Ella was the happiest, most content baby I think I've ever met. I arrived at her house at 2 and left around 6... she did not pout or cry one single time. You would think with all the commotion and company she would get at least a little cranky.... NOPE! Ella remained a joyful little birthday girl throughout the entire celebration. The camera loved her, and so did I :) Happy Birthday Ella!! You are an amazing little girl. Ps- There were many beautiful children at this party that I had the opportunity to photograph. Photos of them coming next :)

{ wedding } PADOVANI

First, I want to thank the bride & groom, Nick and Allison, for being so wonderful to work with on their special day. Through the pouring down rain and awful thunderstorms they remained calm, cool and collected- never phased them at all. How admirable! Second, I want to thank my dear friend Ashley Fehr for coming along to shoot the wedding with me. Ashley is an interior designer with a very artistic eye (hence, interior "designer") so I knew she would be perfect. And that she was :) 

Before the wedding I did the usual planning. Ashley and I scoped out the church, lighting, etc. to get a good feel for poses and shots that we wanted get. We were planning on the majority of our shots  being taken outside (I feel more comfortable with natural lighting). The church, Fairburn United Methodist, has some very pretty natural backdrops. Also, downtown Fairburn was literally right across the street. We had one million ideas for that old town. I was oozing with ideas, specifically for the downtown area. **Then I saw the forecast: BOO.

Well, looks like Plan B, right? You have to love it when life throws you one of those curve balls just to keep things interesting. I appreciate a challenge, and that's exactly what I got. Ok, rain... thunderstorms.... wedding photography: Bingo- UMBRELLAS! I had seen some pretty amazing wedding photographs using umbrellas. Heck, I figured we might as well make the best of it... so that's exactly what we did. We thought outside the box and made it happen.