GINORMOUS lolipop....

I don't think that's a real word, but remember on "ELF" when he uses it to describe the toilets? Haha...one of my favorite parts.
Anyway.... So here's a few from my attempt at a Christmas Card photo session with my own kids. I won't share the one that I ended up using on the real card but just a quick series of a few that I didn't and you'll know why in just a sec....
First, I HAD to have this Lolipop when I saw it. I had visions of the best photo session ever with my kids. They'll love it, I'll love it, It will be soooo much fun. Right?!? So... I pulled out my wallet and paid the big old price that they were asking for this thing cuz it was gonna be sooooo worth it. :) So we head out for our Christmas Card photo session in hopes of wishing you all a "sweet" christmas (or something like that) but I decide to save the loli for the end so they don't get to sticky right from the get go. We travel around to a few locations, snapping away, but the kids are getting tired and it's freezing outside so I decide we better find a Lolipop spot and pull over. So I head to one of the (very few) local parks, get the loli out of the trunk and set the kids up how I think I want them for the shoot, then hand over the loli to Jack thinking that that will be the cutest cuz it will be hardest for him to hold. (BELIEVE ME! This thing weighed a TON!)...


So, I took a few shots and then decide to move them back onto the grass. Once we scoot back I get this grand idea that i could jam the loli stick into the ground (it's not frozen yet) and then no one has to hold the thing and they can all just enjoy it. Well, I pick the thing up and shove it into the grass. It didn't go quite deep enough the first time to stay straight, so i raise it up higher over my head and give it a big shove into the grass.
Have you figured it out yet????
Yup - My GINORMOUS,(expensive) PERFECT lolipop SHATTERS! CRAP! Well... there's tons of little pieces all over the grass, but fortunately I was left with 3 large pieces for the kids to enjoy for a couple more pics.

And here they are posing the loli/puzzle pieces together for me so I can get one final snapshot of my poor little(ginormous) lolipop...

Hope you all have a Very Sweet Christmas.....loli or not.:)

Just One

...from last weekend's session. You might recognize the pretty girl on the left. She's my senior from a few posts back.
This family was way too easy for me. Everyone cooperated and made the session go by way too fast. We even had time for a little break in the middle while we waited for the light to get better or a new location. I had fun though. Thanks for letting me take your pics "H" family!

OFCOURSE....

I've looked at them!
I get this email from my friend. She's dying to see a picture from her photo session this week. "have I looked at them yet?" She asks.....
But.... I don't want to ruin your Christmas Card, so I'll share a few that aren't the full family shots. How's that? Fair?


You would not beleive the time we had trying to get this cutie to look at the camera... but we did it!
And how about one of the happy couple....

k... I shared... now you have to let me know what you think... :)

Recent Senior Session...

I think that I love Senior Sessions! It's so much fun to be able to tell your client how you want them to pose and have them actually do it. :) Not that I don't love my toddlers, it's just that this was so easy compared to....
Anyway, "B" was soooo fun to work with. She was so willing to try different places, poses, etc...
I'm excited to see what her and her mom's favorites end up being, but for now here's a few of mine.





Thanks so much! I had a blast!