Sarah & John ~ Married

What was suppose to be a hurricane, turned out the be the most amazing weather, for the MOST perfect beach ceremony!! I was so happy when I woke up to find the sun shining!!

I met Sarah & John for coffee during the summer to talk about their perfect beach wedding! They wanted a small, intimate wedding just filled with portraits of the two of them in love! I was only hired for a short period of time, so we did just that!

John made their wedding aisle out of driftwood and it took him forever to pave the way of no footsteps. He said "the first foot steps I want on this aisle is when she walks down the aisle to me." I thought that was the sweetest, most thoughtful thing!! He spent the whole morning on what he thought was going to be a horrible day - smoothing the sand for that aisle!! It was beautiful! Sure it was plenty windy, but no one even seemed to notice with that beautiful sun a shining!!

Check out their adorable high fives that they do!! "It's our thing," they said! We have done it from day one! Congratulations Sarah & John!! Thank You for choosing me to be apart of your special day!!


Walker Family ~ Baby Announcement

This sweet family I hold very close to my heart!! They are not only sweet as pie, but have stuck with me since day one, when I was first starting out. They have supported my love for learning and expanding my horizons when it comes to photography and I could not be more thankful for them letting me capture their precious family over and over again!!

This has got to be our 5 or 6th session together and they have let me capture everything from Christmas, to birthday's and now baby announcements!! I could not be more excited for the three of them as they are about to expand their adorable family!! Austin is not feeling the best this pregnancy, but she damn sure looks good!! Brett has always been such a great support system for her; he is always so genuine with his words and his touches when it comes to the mother of his children, it is really something that has put me in aw every time I witness it!! You can tell he is secretly hoping for a baby girl, but I know he will be ecstatic for either! Speaking about ecstatic; take a look at the big brother in training!! He told me numerous times that he is very excited to be a big brother!! I think Jack is going to be the sweetest to baby W!! HE will be more than happy to show baby the ropes and how to steal mom's heart one kiss at a time.

To say that I am overly excited for this growing family would be an understatement; It is just more memories I hope to be around to capture!! Congratulations Walker family, I can't wait to find out what baby W is :)

Leigh Ann & Chris ~ Couples Portriats

OH BOY, OH BOY!! These two love birds right here are something else I tell ya!!! I have had the pleasure of knowing Leigh Ann for quite some time now. As a matter of fact we have relived those memories and shared them with Chris during their whole session; poor guy!! Let's just say me and her had enough jello shots one night to last a lifetime it seemed. Good ole partying days at JMU definitely made me never want to indulge in another a jello shot again! Woof!!! But we just laughed the whole time at how young and free we used to be and now look at us, old and going to bed by 9!! Oh the joys!!

Well they started off the session by telling me they weren't very cuddly, and that is fine, some people just aren't. Some people are fine and comfortable knowing their significant other loves them dearly and do not need reassurance from a hug or a kiss!! I must say, it is defintely something I couldn't do because I am always a huggie person.  (I actually hug everyone I come in contact with, which is not always a good thing because I never know if the other person wants one, but hey that is me), just like this is them. :) But I loved it, because they have such a goofy yet sweet love about them and to me, it all made sense!! I mean just look at how cute these two are!!

Thank you Chris and Leigh Ann for putting up with my quirkiness. Oh and by the way, check out the sweetest puppy boy, Hoss the Boss!! He is so precious and was such a gem to capture!! I love me some fur babies :)

Charlotte ~ Turns One!!

Please check out how adorable this little cute patootie is!! She did so awesome during her birthday session; she loved the camera and the camera loved her! So bummed her daddy couldn't be there for her pictures because he was away at work, but at least he made it back in time for her party and we were able to snag a few with Mommy and Grandma!!

Anna has such a sweet heart and I was so thrilled when she contacted me! The set up she had in mind was simple yet perfect and Charlotte did so well with it all! Happy First Birthday sweet girl!! Thanks for cake smashing it up for me. :)

We even ended the session with some perfect baby, butter biscuits!


Michelle & Jeremy ~ Maternity

To say I am ecstatic and overly happy for these two sweets right here, would be an understatement. Michelle and Jeremy have to be some of the sweetest people I have ever met!! I met Michelle for the very first time a few years back when I first started out with my photography career; I was second shooting and she was working the same wedding as a Wedding Coordinator/Planner! She no longer does, but is still in the wedding business, but now with her adorable Husband, Jeremy. They are the owners of Blue Steel Lighting Design, go check them out; they have so much to offer for any event! When I first saw her at the wedding we were both working, I said to myself "this is such a powerful woman!" This was a HUGE wedding y'all, I am talking like at least 400 people, and she could make them all hush for an important announcement without the mic! hahaha yes!! She not only took charge, but she was THAT PLANNER that would do a bridesmaids' duties; I am talking about holding dresses up while brides peed, kicking people out, turn a brides' worries to happiness within a blink of an eye all while wearing heels!! I am not even kidding!! From that moment on, I loved her; we clicked and stayed in touch!

Now I understand she and Jeremy can have any photographer they want to capture this special moment for them, so that's why when I say this is an honor, it truly is! They are such remarkable people and deserve so much in this life! After marriage over a decade they are now blessed with a beautiful baby boy on the way! Jeremy Travis Kilgore Jr.! And if he is anything like his Father, boy oh boy will Michelle have her hands full! I don't know who will be the kid, Daddy or Baby! haha I mean that with the most awesome meaning behind it! Jeremy is one of a kind; He had me laughing literally the whole session. I just kept looking at Michelle, like "how? How in the world do you live with this man?" I swear I grew a set of ab muscles from laughing so hard that hour! And let me just top it off by saying Jeremy can master a 'model pose' y'all so watch out for that guy! hehe.

No, but in all honestly Michelle is such a stunning mother-to-be and Jeremy is already ready for all the daddy duty coming his way, they are just so perfect and I couldn't be more happy for the two of them!! I was so honored they let me capture their sweet bump!! I can't wait to meet baby J and hope they let me capture many more priceless moments for them and the whole Kilgore family!! Congratulations Michelle and Jeremy!! xoxo

A very special thanks to Rebecca Wood with Faces by Rebecca Wood for the stunning make up you did on Michelle! Flawless work GF!