A and Family {sneak peek}

Isn’t this little one adorable?  I spent some time with A and her family yesterday.  We started off with taking pictures in honor of A’s 1 year birthday coming up…she did great and we caught some sweet pictures.  Later in the day I had A’s whole family in front of my camera.  The goal was to take family pictures with Fall color in them…I think we did just that.  🙂  The leaves are perfect right now!!!   Enjoy their sneak peek!

 

The Beauty of Imperfection

We have a special tree around our farm…it was planted a while back in honor of a relative who passed away with funds given by dear friends.  It is also special because it was planted about the time we moved to our farm…we have taken yearly pictures of the kids near it.  It has been fun to see the growth in both the kids and the tree!  We are so thankful this tree has not died, in fact, it has thrived and is doing so well!  This Fall the leaves are a vibrant red – I LOVE it’s colors!

I took several pictures of our little red maple a few days ago…I like many of the images taken but these two really stood out to me.  I am drawn beyond the picture to how the Lord used them to speak to my heart!  I pray your heart is encouraged as mine has been!

God can take that which is imperfect and make it beautiful!  Simply amazing!

Graduating 2013 – S!

If you happen to follow my blog you probably recognize this young lady’s face.  🙂  I had the privilege of taking pictures for her whole family before we met to document her Senior year.  Her parents put a lot of thought into where they wanted to do family pictures (they chose some amazing places) and we had a great adventure that day!  The same thought and personalization went into their choices for S’s Senior pictures too!  We even extended her session time in order to make it to all their location choices – so worth it!

I must add a huge shout out to S’s dad.  He cleared paths to the chosen spots, held a ladder, moved a tree out of the road (a road not often used), and gave me pause with his snake and poison ivy comments – ornery fellow!  Sure appreciated all his help though.  S’s mom and sister were also a huge help with wardrobe changes and thoughtful assistance along the way!  Thanks to each one of you!

Check out where we started – a sandstone wall running along a creek!  Don’t you just love how they carved out her name in the stone?!?

Just down the creek there was another huge rock wall, you can see it behind S in the picture below.  There was a really neat rock ledge where S could perch for some pictures and a super cool tree to work with!

Near the creek were hay bales, an alfalfa field and remnants of an old corral – all great spots for pictures!

 At our next location we took a few minutes to capture a bit of S’s High School activities:

We wrapped up by simply moving around this old farmstead and finding fun spots to take pictures – I was in heaven!  🙂

This little series of pictures is rather fun to me!  Me, “Why don’t you walk slowly toward that flower and then bend down and pick it.”  S did a great job, but when she went to pick the flower it did not want to be picked!  🙂  Her sister kindly brought over a flower she had wrestled off a plant behind us so S could hold it for the picture.  🙂

Wishing this young lady all the best as her future continues to unfold!