Sweet, Sweet, Baby

Oh....how I love my job again. What a beautiful and perfect little bundle. Thought I would post some images for all to enjoy. Can you believe she is only a week old? Look at those chunky little arms and legs. I don't need to have any more kids of my own when I can get my baby snuggles in with others I can send home.

Show Choir 2008

Another successful year of photographing the highly talented students of some local Show Choir teams. This was my second year of taking the pictures at Gretna High Schools Prime Time Show Choir competition. I really enjoy watching the girls in their beautiful dresses, taking pride in their hair and make-up....and the guys with their clean pressed suits and ties, standing tall and proud with confidence. Each one of the competitors was very respectful and polite.....making my job easy as pie. I am thinking that I should be getting the students autograph. I could be photographing the next American Idol winner!!!!! I am already looking forward to next year. I will be adding all of the schools photo's.....both serious and fun......to the website within the next couple of days. They will be in the on-line proofing section under the password: show choir (all lowercase). If you would like to place an order, please contact me via e-mail, which you will find under the contact area of the website.

Beautiful Girls

I am honored to take pictures of these beautiful girls. Just last year their family home was burnt to the ground and they lost everything. Luckily, mom had recently went through some of her daughters photo's and placed them in a box to be put in the shed out back. Let that be a lesson for us all.....now they still have some of her baby photo's. After rebuliding their home and getting things back to normal the family was blessed with two more beautiful little angels. Here are some photo's from that session.

Tax Time

Yuk.....it is tax time again. Every year I get a little better at keeping up with things throughout the year. But, regardless of how organized you think you might be, it is still a headache to get through tax season. Besides drinking a case of wine, does anyone have any suggestions on how to stay sane during all of this? I will post some of the recent pics as soon as my accountant gets what he needs.

She's "3"

Who would of known that this little one didn't want to get her pictures taken. Check out these great shots. Once mom left the room, she was putty in my hands.

Friends

This weekend I had a photo shoot for a dear friend's Optical Store (more to come on that later). My friends and I took this as an oportunity to get some fun pictures taken of us (verses the usual doing something stupid shots) You know what I mean Stacie. We had a lot of fun and got some great pics as well. We still got it GIRLS!!!! LOL..........even if the ice man doesn't think so.

Maggie

After a lot of begging.....I finally broke down and allowed my kids (and husband) to get another Chesepeake Bay Retriever. She has definately brought some excitement to the household. It didn't take her long to figure out where her dog bones were in the pantry. One morning my daughter was grabbing a pop tart (great nutritional breakfast) from the pantry, when Maggie stuck her head in there to search for her treat. She came up with this plastic container stuck to her head and couldn't get it off. I know it seems cruel that I would make her keep it on....bumping into furniture and doors....until I could find my camera, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to get these shots. Chesepeake's are also known for being water dogs. She has proved that to be true!!! When she hears the water running for the bath, Maggie comes running and tries to jump in the tub with the kids. She has accomplished it once or twice. I have pictures of that too.....but I am saving those as bribe's for when my kids are older....if you know what I mean. All in all, she is a great dog with a vibrant personality. I am glad that they suckered me into getting her. Oh yeah.....one more thing. Check out the picture of Maggie's belly. You think she ate too much? After finishing her dinner she got a hold of our Peekapoo's as well.

What I cherish most

If you were to ask me what I cherish most in this world....my answer would be Family and Friends.....each is equally important!!! I know I've said this time and time again, but I am truely blessed to have the people in my life that I do.

This fall, I conducted the first annual Friends and Family weekend for photography. It went very well, with great response. Here are some of the images that I promised I would post. Please visit my website to see many others!!! http://www.closetomyheartphoto.com/

Thank you all. My sucess would not be what it is today without you.

more cards.....

Christmas Cards

This year I created mulitple cards for clients to send for Christmas. This one makes me smile everytime I look at it. I had so much fun taking their pictures. What great kids.

A new year

Wow.....my very first official post. I am so excited to get this up and running. It's not like I talk enough the way it is.....this just gives me more opportunity to tell everyone how things are going on a regular basis. So keep checking in to find out the scoop on what is going on with Close to My Heart.