ANGELS AMONG US...

Yes, there truly are angels among us...just look into your child's face and there you will see the portrait of an angel.

I am backtracking and posting some images that I have had a chance to blog yet. I have a another part of this session to post, but I thought these angel images deserved their own post.

~~jami~~

IT ONLY TAKES ONE

...and sometimes, one is all you get!

julia and douglas

Okay, I think we got more than one, but I captured only one really good one of both babies, only one wall portrait worthy and here IT IS!

We were beginning to wonder if this portrait session was going to happen. We've been planning for months to do cotton field portraits of these two, but before the cotton was ready, the rain came down and down, day after day. Just when it was looking good, it started raining again. I had planned to do this tomorrow evening, but then Monday night I watched the news and weather. Guess what I learned? Yes, more rain for Thursday...at least it's not predicted to rain several weeks, just one day. I am so glad that this session finally happened. It was your typical session: one child looking when the other is not and vice versa and then when you least expect it, you get a moment like this!

~~jami~~

SISTERS: MaCee and Marlee

This little sister did NOT want to "do pictures" this day. We tried everything in the world. At this point we are walking around (changing scenes, redirecting, getting her mind off the subject--whatever you want to call it), but at this point we are looking for birds. That's what she is pointing at.

And I resort to following Marlee for a bit...

And yeah, she still has a little 3-year-old attitude at this point.

Often it certainly takes a little (okay..a lot) of patience when photographing children.
But eventually she changes her mood and we get images like this...

and this...

Now I think MaCee enjoyed being photographed. Thank Goodness!

Isn't she beautiful!

I've watched this little girl grow up a lot over the years. (If I still have files that are easily accessible, I will have to post one of her before she had a baby sister on a "Then and Now" post.)

As you can see, she made a great model.

NOT REALLY A LITTLE GIRL ANY LONGER, HUH?

See what I mean...

Of course, these girls' mom wanted a beautiful portrait of them together. I must admit that I had my doubts as to if were going to meet that goal.

So glad we did.

MACEE AND MARLEE

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

SNEAKPEAK: Newborn Session and his sister

LITTLE COUNTRY BOY

Ryder

I love, love, these John Deere boots.

Close-up of the little guy...

Ryder and his sister, Addison...

Ryder and his monogrammed blanket

Addison's 2-year portrait

Such a sweet newborn baby pose...

Enjoy this little sneakpeak. I will try to post more soon.

~~jami~~

Backtracking: Erin and Brandon and JOHN DEERE

COUNTRY BOY AND GIRLY COUNTRY GIRL:

JOHN DEERE STORYBOARD

Ballerina Baby/Country Girl!

"I'll let you wear my tutu IF you let me play with your tractor."

named by Penny. Thanks, Penny, for playing!

The formal (more traditional) portrait...

Little Miss Erin is wearing an heirloom dress that all the baby girls have wore in her family for years. Now it was her turn. How much more special does this make these portraits!

This little boy loves his tractors!

See what I mean...he is so engrossed in his play! I love capturing images like this.

She seems to say, "Nah, tractors are not for me!"

I love this one...how she looks like she is doing her best to stay still and not lose her balance.

And could this one be any sweeter?

Okay, that's it for now. We are knee deep in having every room re-painted around here. Whew! What an ordeal! So that's it for now!

Enjoy!

~~jami~~

CADE AND MACY

CADE I love the crop of this image. I was cropping a favorite image (shown here in color in the basket) for a close-up shot in one of the parts collages of him. Now I think it is one of my favorite images (cropped just like this) from the whole session.

I love the way babies hold their feet.

I like the way he is leaning in on this one. Of course, we were holding our breath in hopes that he would NOT decide to lunge out the chair. [We did have his mommy spotting him, but it is always one of my fears.]

This was series/group of images captured with his sister with them being angels and I zoomed in for this sweet one of just him. I think it is just precious.

MACY

What a beautiful angel!


Boys can be angels too!

As you can see from this capture, this little guy could not or would not be still. He wanted to go, go, go!


Macy outside...

Cade and Macy with their Mommy...

Little Tiger Fans...

I love the way he is holding the football!


The Little Rookie...

and his big sister the model...

Do you remember my post AMERICAN'S NEXT TOP MODEL? This is the same little girl! She loved modeling for me!

This is same image as the first one (not cropped and not convert to black and white). As you can see, it is a great capture either way!

Angels...

After dance camp, being sick (that I am still getting over), mini vacation, birthday party and I am sure some other details that I am over looking at the moment, I have been doing some catching up this week on editing and ordering too. So hopefully soon, I will have more to post. Though I also undergoing some major work here in my home/studio. I will try to keep my posting updated.

NAME THAT PHOTO CONTEST!

This is the image!

Either comment or email a witty, sweet or whatever it seems to say to you. It speaks volumes, but my creative juices are running low after making the darling tutu. So it's up to you to name this photo! I got this whole idea from MY CHARMING KIDS blog. This family, by the way, needs our prayers again. Baby Stellan is sick again. Go read the most recent posts to see his status on this. This was her most recent PHOTO CONTEST.

So why should you bother with a silly little contest? For the prize, of course! THE WINNER WILL RECEIVE ONE DARLING CUSTOM MADE PINK TUTU created by yours truly. Yeah...I am thinking I am a pro at this after my first attempt. Nah! Not really, but I think you'll like my creation. So play along to win a precious pink tutu for Princess (grand, neice or gift for some precious princess in your life).

HERE'S A FEW RULES:

• You have to comment or email me.
• I need to at least ten people to comment. (Okay, I am realistic. I am no Mckmama)
• You have 10 days to do this. Contest deadline is June 30th.
• Okay, that's all the rules. So tell your friends to comment...make a suggestion, whatever so that you have an opportunity to win my really cute tutu. NO! Not that one! You get a new one. It will probably be even better than this one since I am becoming an experienced tutu designer and all!
  

~~jami~~

P.S. While your here, look at THIS POST and the use poll to vote for you favorite of the two images...not prizes here (just for fun)! Also if you haven't joined my group of Followers, please do so! Thanks!

UPDATE: I am loving the entries. In fact, they have inspired my creative juices and I have a title, that I will share later, if no one comes up with something that I love more. This is really fun. I know now why MckMamma likes doing these so much! Tell your friends to try. I do have a few comments on facebook that I will include with the number that I asked for to have enough to give the prize. So we still need more...so come on baby-loving followers and give me best shot!

SNEAKPEAK: Sophie, Lexie & Jaxon

IMAGE #1 IMAGE #2

In spite of a most difficult image to capture: Three grandchildren ages 3 yrs., 5 months and 10 days old, we did it. I fell like we captured what their grandmother wanted. She just wanted something with all three babies and I new the only way to capture a newborn of this age was aleep. So I am pleased that we have two nice images. They are both very similiar so I can't decide which is my favorite. I would love to hear from you so that I can tell the grandmother of these three beautiful babies what my followers think. So place your vote!

Oh and while your at it...join my follower list! Thanks!

~~ jami~~