Shaylee

I have had quite a few girls in the past few sessions. Usually I'm blessed with just the boys, but this past week it has been a lot of fun with the bright colors, flowers, bows, and tutus. She was 5 days old at this session and both her and her mom looked great. I was excited for an early baby, they always sleep, still supposed to be flexible and let me put them into any position. Now Shaylee, she was very alert and once again another baby that stayed awake for 90 minutes before giving it up and sleeping. Once she fell asleep we got some great photos of her, she is adorable.

I love the two photos below. At least once we got her to sleep she let us play with positioning her hands. Look at those lips!

Chelsie, thank you so much for trusting me with your family and 5 day old girl. I had a great time and I do have a family photo that I'll have to post later. With the 4th of July I got busy and needed to get some pictures out there for you to see. Thanks for calling I always love catching up and photographing your family.

Lila

I have some of the best clients with the best taste. Lila is adorable, she has amazing eyes and a wonderful personality. This was another photo session that I didn't know how well it was going to go. She fell asleep on the way over to the session and didn't take an afternoon nap. Some babies would be done at that point. We just brought her dog out and we could get smiles out of her regardless of how tired she was.

Jill you did an amazing job on this tutu, and this hat is perfect. Look at those eyes!

This dress came from Pride and Joy and I think it is adorable. I love the walking photo below. Once again toward the end of the session and we still were getting smiles. Lila is so even tempered, nothing like my little guy. When she does cry it is so soft and sincere.

I love this photo below. She was starting to walk through the some light shinny through the trees, but it is still too cute.

Thanks Lila for being such a great little 9 month old. I love watching my newborn clients grow up. I was lucky to photograph her when she was around two months old. They grow up too fast! Thanks for the fun evening.

Quinn & Ava

What adorable girls. This was Quinn's 1 year old session and she really wasn't into pictures. I think there are some beautiful pictures of her serious, but not a lot smiling. At the end of the session all she wanted to do was touch my camera, maybe that is why she didn't really enjoy the session. I love the photo above with the sisters and after turning the photo below into black and white I fell in love with it too. So precious holding her teddy bear.

Now Ava was really into pictures. A girl that loved to smile, dress up and pose for me. Maybe this was her session?? I fell in love with this photo below too. These tutus were very cute on the girls.

For a 1 year old session this is such a fun idea. Bring a cake in and take photos of the fun, some kids love cake some kids don't. Quinn loved this cake.

Even though she is crying I think she looks adorable in this hat. The photo on the right was the smiles we got during the last 1 minute of our session outside.

Ava did awesome during the session and I think had a lot of fun.

Thank you so much for calling. I enjoyed your girls and someday Quinn will LOVE photos and dressing up.

Kurtis & Chrissie

What a beautiful couple, wedding, and reception. It did rain for good luck, but not until about 9 that night so we had a full day of pictures and sun. I work with Kurtis and met Chrissie last summer when we took engagement photos. This couple has a lot of fun together. They are blessed with wonderful friends and family. I had a great day capturing their wedding story.

When I arrived at the church to take some photos of the girls getting ready they were still in the process of putting on makeup and fixing last minute touches on their hair. This is so much fun to photograph.

The couple decided to see each other before the ceremony. I like to give each couple 5-10 minutes to enjoy each other and visit for a few minutes prior to the craziness of the day. I usually just hang out in a corner and take photos from a distance of the "first look". I thought this was a sweet moment.

The beautiful details from the day. This couple has an amazing talented family. The bride's uncle made the cake, the groom's aunt created all the flower arrangements, the bride and groom did a great job on the colors, wedding brochures, everything was beautiful.

Cheers!

After the ceremony the trolley took the wedding party to the top of the rims where we took some final pictures. Such a beautiful day with bright blue sky. The rim photos are probably my favorite pictures from the day. Something different and fun and great lighting. In the photo below you can see the Crown Plaza in the distance . . . the location of the reception.

Kurtis & Chrissie ~ Congratulations and thanks for allowing me to be a part of your wedding day.
To see even more photos from this day, click here to see the slide show!

Cody & Chelsea

This was a fun Wednesday night. I heard Chelsea and Cody were going to be in town for a couple months passing through on their way to their new home - Omaha. Cody is starting dental school and they are enjoying time with family and friends. I grew up down the street from Cody and was best friends with Chelsea's older sister in high school. They are so fun and had some amazing ideas. Chelsea is in the process of starting her own photography business and is going about it the same was I did. Take tons of family and friends and continue to learn, learn, learn.

I got a hold of Chelsea to take my family photos since she was going to be in town and we decided it would be fun to exchange pictures. I was really excited to hear she wanted an urban session. I love taking photos downtown in alleys, sidewalks, next to neat old doors. I definitely would not call myself an urban photographer. I like the natural photo, I spend hours trying to get pictures as true to "real color" as I can, but with urban photography colors pop and photoshop is my best friend. There are probably way too many, but let me know what you think of the urban session.

I got to play around with the lighting and was so excited to get the sun flare just perfect.

This next series makes me smile. I love it, you both are way too cute.

I love this ring photo too.

Since Chelsea is a photographer she new places she wanted to go. This is the door she definitely wanted. This was a fun area to take photographs at. Hopefully I took what you wanted. . .


I like the photo below.

I love this picture below. Chelsea has the best smile and Cody can do a killer serious face.

Chelsea also wanted this Pepsi wall. I think this photo turned out great. I have never even noticed this wall, but another great spot to take pictures.

Well for my first complete "urban" session I had a blast. Next week Chelsea is taking photos of my family - still thinking of a location - I'll have to post a few. We took too many photos this evening, so I'm also leaving a slide show. Not what I usually do for a portrait session, but as a photographer she had too many ideas and I just kept clicking. Check out the slide show here.

Thanks so much for the great session. Look forward to seeing you next week. Hopefully Isaac is better for you then me!

Linsey & Robert

The Springhill Pavilion in Bozeman. This beautiful place sits at the foothills of the Bridger mountains and is home to many weddings. Probably not too many June weddings like this. . .

I was referred to Linsey and Robert by my best friends in Arizona, and once I met Linsey I knew we would hit it off. She just graduated from MSU in Civil Engineering, go CATS, and now has a job in Billings! Linsey and Robert were a great couple and I'm so glad they were up for anything on this crazy June 6th day.

You would think this wedding took place in March or April. I think it reached a high of 45 degrees, rained all day (very good luck), and at the start of dinner it was snowing. We had a great 15 minutes of photos in the rain and then in the snow. The photos below are my favorite, not normal June wedding photographs, but they turned out perfect.

All the fun details from the day. Beautiful flowers everywhere.



Rain or sunshine this is a beautiful backdrop.





We found a couple locations where the Bride and Groom didn't get wet from the rain.



The only dry bench found.



Congratulations. It was great to meet you and watch your perfect wedding day unfold. This wedding will never be forgotten and I'm so glad you were willing to get a little wet and cold.

If you want to see more from the wedding click on the slide show.

Cameron

Cameron is an adorable 1 year old. He is so cute. I love his hair, his little outfit and that he was my first 1 year old in the studio. I also am really glad that he wasn't walking yet; this little guy could crawl and crawl FAST! I also love parents, Cameron's mom came with him and she just kept saying "sorry". He got tired toward the end, I don't blame him, 1 hour for kids is a long time. He did great and I'm so happy with these photos. I hope you enjoy them too.

Look at this smile, and those eyes - beautiful green.

I love this photo below. It was one of the last couple during the photo session and I am surprised we got this smile out of him - maybe that is why I love it - a great surprise.

Thank you so much for calling, he is such a cutie with a wonderful smile and personality. Visit with you soon.