surroundings....

So it states in my intro that I will be talking about other things than just sessions and I have not stuck much to my word of that lately. I know..I suck! So today as I am gearing up for a big week ahead I decided to stay true to what I have said and post some more random images about life and such.

This weekend we went to my favorite place when I need to get my vintage fix, Saint Auguustine. Everything about that place takes me back to a time (a time that obviously I am not from) but that echos the days of a more simple life, where things were less complicated or so is "my theory". Anyhow, walking down the cobblestone paths and running my fingers across a tattered wall brings me to appreciate the history of that place. Knowing that a mother and her children may have once walked down that path in a more obscure and non-scurried pattern. Today the streets are filled of course with tourists eating 5 flavors of gelato in one single scoop and savvy collectors of antiques.

I visted one store in particular that caught my eye.... not just because they had an amazing collection of fairies (which I love and collect myself) but because they had so many neat glass knick knacks crammed all in one space... I could literally hang there all, day much like the items you will see.


and here is baby girl eatin that Gelato!

just a few more...

I posted about this session a few weeks back and never got around to adding some more images so here are some more from Just lovely.

Keeping my head above water.

Since I just moved to a new town, I have dealt with all the bells and whistles of moving in these short three months.... The unpacking, the getting lost and most of all the starting my photography biz all over again. Fun fun fun! (not). Not that I don't love what I do, but since so much has happened in the last three to four months I have neglected a ton of things, and those things have all become a pile of "oh my goodness where do I begin?". So as I sort through everything to get the show on the road up here in North Florida. I leave you with this precious little girl I had the privlige to photograph a few months back. Speaking from outside of myself and some people I know... I have never met a stranger/mother who was so in love with their daughter. Little A lights up her mother's world in a very very big way, and that's what made this session oh so special!

Capture me with "your" eyes.

I had so much fun today with this session, not that I never do.. but let me tell you that I have never been around a little lady with so much energy and happiness all in a few hours of the day.... we started off at the the boardwalk and she ended up in the water!...I guess one can't assume you would get near the ocean and a 19 month old won't try to get in. Anyhow, off to bed..just wanted to post this sneak peek for mom. Isn't she stunning?

Throwbacks....

Well not really but, this couple is one of my first shoots I did and since I have to play catch up, thought it would be pretty cool to see some of my old pics. You know..it's pretty weird looking at back then verses now and how I am growing as a photographer, but I gotta say that I am honestly and truly proud of myself and how far I have come. I still have a ways to go..but it's still nice looking back every once in a while. So back to this beautiful couple. K and V never got the chance to take E pics while planning their lovely beach wedding back in April of 08' oh and did I mention that they were married on the same day, year and month as my husband and I? no wonder we had so much in common right from the beginning. Anyhow, she came to me and asked me to be her photog and recreate the love so to speak. So here they are...what an awesome shoot this was!