Amber and Reese PUBLISHED - St. Louis Newborn Photographer

Hi there!  I hope you all had a great weekend!

Just in case you missed it, the lovely Amber and Reese were featured on Live Modernly, which is the lifestyle blog for Modernly Wed.  As a portrait photographer, I adore photographing newborns but I do not use props such as babies in baskets....and I don't wrap them in a sheet and hang them from a tree either.  I prefer "lifestyle" newborn photography that shows the baby in their natural environment, where they are most comfortable.  For this particular session I wanted to bring in a bit of "glamour" and add in a hair and makeup stylist to make Amber (the mother) feel exceptionally gorgeous.  Natural lighting, natural setting, and a gorgeous mother and her newborn baby....love it.  Thank you again to Live Modernly for featuring this session.  Special thanks to the lovely Amber for letting me capture her session and to Nikki Cox for hair and makeup.

You can see more of Amber and baby Reese here, enjoy!

Brooke- Southern Illinois Senior Photographer

Hi there!  What a crappy cold rainy day huh?  Oh Fall....  But I recently met with the lovely Brooke for her Senior Session in Red Bud, IL.  She is absolutely stunning, a kick butt golfer, a super talented guitar player, and I love her laid back style.  We chatted about music (she knows who the Civil Wars are and I introduced her to Ray Lamontagne) and she even let me help in the "styling" department....good times.  Have I mentioned how much I LOVE Senior Sessions?!?!?!?  Brooke absolutely rocked her session, just wanted to share a few.  Enjoy! 

We started in downtown Red Bud which was new territory for me....which I was excited about.

I told you she was stunning....

Check out her hampster shirt....it's the coolest....and I want.

Just gotta hug it out... ♥

So gorgeous...

Then we switched it up and shot around her Grandparents property....goooooorgeous light!

And there were "mud trails" which I may have spun my tires in.... :)

Brooke braved the wild weeds in a dress....which I absolutely love her for :)  Trooper!

LOOOOVED this session!

Thanks again Brooke! :)

Lindsey and Kye- Belleville IL Family Photographer

HI!  Happy Fall! :)  I just wanted to share an AH-dorable family session I recently did in downtown Belleville.  Lindsey and her son Kye recieved a gift certificate from her Mom for a family session.  That's right, I have gift certificates available, they make great gifts!  We strolled around downtown Belleville and had ourselves a wonderful family session.  And Kye is such a sweetie, he loves his mommy...and popcorn. :)  Enjoy!

SUCH a cutie! 

Love :)

When photographing children, I will say all kinds of words to get them to smile except for cheese....any word but cheese.  So during Kye's session the word was POPCORN!  And then we found some "popcorn"... :)

Love it....

Thanks again Lindsey and Kye!