Brittney's Bridals

Beautiful brides make for beautiful pictures. And Brittney is a gorgeous bride. We shot her bridals in Danville, AR at the Chamberlyne Country Club. We thought we were going to have high winds and no chance for outdoor photos. But to our surprise it was a perfect afternoon for photos. So we shot outdoor and indoor. She is a simple woman who doesn't like to always be the center of attention. So I know it was out of her comfort zone to be focus of everything... but wow, did she do good with photos! Great job Brittney! Here are a few of our favorites....

Senior Tori

Tori is a senior at St. Joseph High School. Her Dad called me a month or so ago and we had a couple reschedules due to weather or scheduling conflicts. But I knew I was going to like the Carters just from talking to her Dad on the phone. She is called "Sissy" in her family. I could tell they were a tight knit family which is very much like my own. I don't know if my Dad ever calls me by my actual name. I'm always "Sissy" in my family as well. Brent and I really enjoyed getting to know the Carters. Tori plays volleyball and cheers competitively. She was a natural in front of the camera and great at dealing with the slightly cooler temperatures. Thank you Carter family for choosing us for Tori's pictures! Here's a sneak peek of some of them...

McKnight Photos

Wilson and Rachel have been married for almost 3 years and decided to do some more photos in their wedding dress and suit. It's something I've always wanted to do with Brent as well. Times have changed since I got married and I have more fun ideas that I'd like to try in our wedding outfits.
The McKnights were fun to photograph. They're a very sweet couple and so easy to chat with. They love the Razorbacks (as do we!) and their kitchen is all decked out in Hog gear. So we used their McKnight Hog sign and did a few shots with it.
Here's a few peeks from their shoot last Saturday.

Mulhearn Family

Today I had the opportunity to photograph a very special little girl and her family. Little Stella is a beautiful 2 year old girl with an adorable smile. She is special to everyone who meets her because she can instantly steal your heart away. She is so smart ... and talks better than my 4 year old does. She loves her bunny and marshmallows :) Her brother Davis is the perfect big brother ... he knows exactly what to do to get a smile out of his sister. In fact, I think he keeps the whole family laughing when he dances a jig around the house. I even got to see some of the performance! Amanda and Travis are excellent parents. They love their kids and would do anything in the world for them.
Stella has medulloblastoma, a form of cancer. They found this out not long ago at the end of October and in a very short time, Stella has had brain tumors removed in surgery and is scheduled to start chemo next week. I want everyone who reads this blog to take a minute to say a prayer for this adorable little girl. From everything I've heard about her, she is tough and a fighter. I pray God's peace to cover her parents in the months to follow.
After taking her photo today, I came home to my 10 month old little girl and 4 year old son. I hugged them tight thinking all the time of what it would feel like to have my children go through such a hard time. I can't imagine. Literally, I can't think about it without welling up with tears.
To Travis and Amanda - you guys are wonderful parents and I feel honored to get to photograph your precious family. You're smiles and amazing faith show that you're not giving up ever.

Here is a link to Stella's CaringBridge Site.

Dague Engagement

We did this photo shoot about a month ago and I completely forgot to blog about it. Bret and Kelley's wedding is approaching fast this December! We did Kelley's sisters' wedding back in 2007. And now they (Jennifer & Matt) have a little baby boy.

Bret and Kelley were just plain cute at their shoot. I love "walking poses" for couples and I always try to tell them that they have to act like I'm not there and kind of just "act" in general. It's like your in a movie and you've got to own the show. Well these guys could have won an oscar they were so good at it.
They are also both golfers so we had them take a few swings of the club out in the field by the barn. I couldn't tell who had the better swing, but it sure made for a cute photo!

Congrats Kelley and Bret - can't wait for your wedding next month... I know it's going to be beautiful!

Brooke, Stephen, and Xander

Brooke, Stephen, and Xander came to see us today for a fun photo shoot. Xander loves to throw the baseball around. He is such a fun little 3 year old and my son, Jack, LOVED getting to play a while with him. It's not out of the ordinary for Jack to find us outside and want to jump in a shot or two ... or ten or twelve. :) He saw that Xander had his baseball bat, so he ran and got his new bat from his tee ball set. We got so many great shots of these guys that I told Brent out of 200 photos, we have 190 awesome ones and I couldn't hardly pick which ones to put on the blog. Seriously... the kid knows how to smile so cute and I must have hit the camera button constantly. We had fun!

Carlisle Senior Lana

Lana comes to us from Carlisle, AR. We had a couple reschedules for her shoot due to weather. And I'm glad we waited because we had the perfect day. Lana plays basketball for CHS. She wants to attend college and work in pediatrics. Great job on your senior photos Lana! You are beautiful!! Thanks for coming out to Vilonia to see us. Here are a few sneak peek photos, but there are so many more to see! ...