JNS Baby bump.

I am so far behind in my blogging sessions. I keep promising myself that I will catch up....So here we go..... if I take one session at a time maybe, just maybe I will get caught up... :) ONE can DREAM right?

I fell in love with Nicole and J.C. a little over a year ago when we first used them  for some modeling shots. Their chemistry with each other is amazing. They are always up for any type of shoot that we want to do and have great suggestions for them even. When they got married we were so excited for them...super bummed that we were already obligated and couldnt attend, but excited for them none the less. So when she text me and told me she was expecting again we were thru the roof. I dont think I have ran across two people who were more excited. The love they have for each other was just as present as the love they have for their expected little Eva Anne-Marie. Spoiled I dont think will even begin to describe that precious little one when she arrives.....We are looking so forward to meeting her! Congratulations Nicole and J.C. Smith.  Below are some of my favorites from your maternity session. I hope you love them as much as we do!

Nicole....I'm showing....

 A few months ago I had the opportunity to tag along with Shane to shoot this sweet girl and her growing baby bump. She is sooo excited about Eva coming into this world. I love working with her at any time...but she is just glowing with this set....I cant way to do her end of maternity shoot and get that sweet baby in our lenses when she gets here....Congrats J.C and Nicole, you guys are going to make such amazing parents!!! I hope you enjoy your pictures as much as we enjoyed shooting them..... 

My Dream!

Devote yourself to an idea. Go make it happen. Struggle on it. Overcome your fears. Smile. Don't you forget: this is your dream.


 I have been absent from my life for a while now. I have let other people influence how I felt about things. Yesterday I was reminded that if I want something out of life I have to take back that control and make my life my life. So starting today I am going to make a conscious effort to take back my own life. Make my own decisions and Remember this is my dream. I have neglected this blog because life has gotten in the way. In November, I miscarried. After that I just kinda let myself go. I had gotten ok with the fact that we would never have a baby. I was content with my life...or so I thought...That was until I got the test back saying that I was pregnant. A week later I was devastated AGAIN. I had miscarried. From there I went on an emotional roller coaster ride. The next few months are a blur...I went thru day to day but don't remember much about that time. I have never been so distracted. Then a month ago today I lost my brother. He had a massive heart attack on his way home from work, and was in a car accident. I honestly thought he was invincible. I should have known better than to ever think those thoughts after losing my dad in 2003. But that is neither here nor there.I thought them. So back to my roller coaster ride of emotions I went. Today I am going to get my determination back. I have let my dreams fall to the side far to long. I need my life back. I have let my business fall way behind. Last night I started getting it caught up....over the next few days I will be editing the heck out of sessions from the last 6 months. So you will begin to see images. I am once again interested in learning everything I can find about my passion. I am looking forward again to what the future holds for this business and for my family! Today I will start working toward making it happen, despite the struggles I will overcome my fears I will smile and I will NOT forget that this is my dream! Happy Thursday! 

So, I did a sweetheart shoot today, along with my own sweetheart. It was a great shoot, and the subject matter was phenomenal. Let me just say, capturing their memories was so easy because the connection these two people have is so spectacular. It makes me remember what it really means to be in love. Not just the companionship and the commitment, but the joy that goes along with it. I have found that sometimes we are so busy trying to live that we forget to actually LIVE! Thanks to these two beautiful people, I plan on living again. S

.

New year...New ideas....

The first blog of the year. Wow is it a whole new year already...Cant wait to see what this new year has in store....I learned alot in 2011, which showed me that I have even more to learn in 2012. I am looking forward to this journey. We did a stylized vampirish shoot the other day, I know I still have a lot to learn, but I had a lot of fun and would love to do some out of the ordinary shoots this year. Thanks Jen Hales and Lance Lindquist for being crazy enough to step outside the box and trust me.... I hope you love them!  I sure had a blast taking them....

Add caption

Add caption

Thank you guys again so much for stepping outside the box with us! 

Beautiful....

Beautiful doesn't even begin to describe the person that we had the opportunity to hang out with today. To say she is amazing, is an understatement.... I wish she could see herself for what we see her as, and how gorgeous she really is. Life has definitely dealt her some lemons, but she has made the sweetest lemonade. When most people would have given up...she didnt. She stood her ground, stared life in the face and started climbing the mountain. She is such an inspiration to me and I am so proud to call her my friend. So today we played in the cotton field...she laughed and smiled and was totally beautiful....check out just a few of the images that we were able to get today...I am sure I will blog a few more as I get caught up in the editing.....

 Isn't she completely gorgeous.....

 Today she laughed and danced like no one was watching.....

There is something I absolutely love about this shot....I cant quite put my finger on it....but I love it!!!

 Kevin calls this his gypsy girl.....she is beautiful enough that is for sure......

Mother, soon to be wife, daughter, sister, friend, so many words are used to describe this woman....I call her AMAZING!!!! Thank you Tabitha Hughes.....for being exactly who you are and loving with your whole heart....

 

Day 2: I am influenced by......

What am i  influenced by.....First and foremost I am always inspired by my husband...An OIF/OEF War veteran who has learned to live with PTSD and TBI on a daily basis. I dont think a lot of people realize just how much it can change every aspect of your life. I am inspired by his integrity, his zest for life, and his unwillingness to give up even though life definitely gave him some lemons. Every day he gets up and faces the world and gives it all he has to give. Even on the days when we know it would just be much easier to stay in bed. I am so proud to be his wife. He never ceases to amaze me! Thank you for teaching me about courage, love and forgiveness. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to follow my dreams and pushing me when I would love to give up....for learning things just to find an easier way to teach me...for being my very best friend and holding my hand in the dark, I love you! 


Secondly I am inspired by this awesome photographer who has no idea how much she has taught me. She also had some lemons handed to her and absolutely did not give up. She lost an amazing man to her a little while back and she could have ran and hid from the world. Lord knows that is what I would have done. But she chose to stand up and put one foot in front of the other and take one breathe at a time and follow her dream. A dream that he had believed in her for...enough to buy her very first camera right before he left this earth. Many people would have never picked that camera up again....but she chose to do so much more than just pick it up! She chose to see the world thru her lens, one click at a time. I think sometimes for her clicking is easier than breathing. I wish she could see herself thru my eyes. I am truly inspired by her zest for life and her ability to juggle it all and never give up. She is not only an AMAZING photographer whose work inspires me to keep pushing and learning new things behind my own lense, but she is a wonderful momma to the sweetest little boy. A little boy whom she will never ever let forget his daddy and how much his daddy loved him and how proud of him he was. There is so much more I could say about her but you get the gist.....She pretty much rocks ever single thing she does. I am so thankful to call her my friend. I never would have thought the day I met her at Helen Camp while she was taking pictures of a bride with bright pink tennis shoes that she would truly inspire the person I strive every day to become. Thank you Natalie Watson Norris for being who you are and thank you for allowing me to learn so much more than photography from you!