Oh BABY!

I love that I have friends who produce beautiful babies. Little babies, big babies, they are all beautiful! It may have something to do with the fact that I have beautiful mommy friends (and subsequently daddies), but I have been patiently waiting to get my hands on one of those babies for a shoot! Ask and you shall receive...

The Comedians

I love funny. I love everything having to do with funny and try to surround myself with funny people. People who laugh live longer, right? Well, this photo shoot alone extended my life by a solid year. These three kids are hysterical, and just flipping through their pics from the shoot made me laugh out loud! What a bunch!!!

The Carmichaels

I have been very fortunate to have a few friends who have very beautiful kids offer up their young to my photo taking experiences! I did three separate shoots this past week and they all turned out pretty well! Brady and Lauren are expecting another sibling next year, so we wanted to capture a few special moments of just the two of them!

My Boys

While Kyah was in Texas this past week, I took the opportunity to run my boys over to the local parks for a photo op! Despite my youngest child's refusal to stand up, or my middle child's refusal to not run away from me, we still ended up with quite a few good shots!

The Middle Child

It is a rare occasion when I am actually able to pull off some smiling pictures of our middle child, Noah. It seems that since I've been working with the camera more, he is becoming increasingly more comfortable in front of the lens. Now perhaps I can start documenting a childhood that resembles something enjoyable!

The Lubbring Kids

It's official... I have moved from the comfy world of photographing my own children into the anxiety-ridden world of photographing other people's children. I conned my best friend of 23 years into allowing me to photograph her children... and then spent many hours editing the boogers and red cheeks from her daughter to mask the fairly significant cold she was sporting this morning. Despite the cold and crabby pants she wore to the shoot, the pictures turned out great and I think she's happy (would she tell me if she wasn't?). Hopefully she'll print a few and they will adorn her walls for years to come!

Music To My Ears

Lately we have been attending the Faust Park Concert in the Park out in Chesterfield, Missouri. While it is quite a hike for us, when you provide music and a dance floor for my children, they behave like angels. This past week we met a few other families with our wine and beers and settled in for a night of music from the Spectrum Band.