Ashley and Matthew (Durham Children Photographer)

I love fields, backlight and cute kids. So this little session is a win/win/win.



Remember this little guy? One year older and he still has those killer cheeks.
I have approximately 40 pictures of him making faces like the pics below. Umm.. this is what you call an easy child to photograph.


Good night!

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I just love them. (Utah Family Photographer)

Allison is one super-awesome female in one uber testosterone driven home. She also happens to be one of my most loyal clients. She is fabulous.
and so is her entire family.





I just don't think it's fair that one family hogs all of the beautiful eye genes.


Much much more to come from my Utah sessions!

Now I'm off to recover all of the personal pics that I accidentally deleted from my camera. Doh! Hooray for photo recovery software. Boo for delete happy users. (me)

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Claire (Durham Newborn Photographer)

Sweet, sweet Claire.

10lbs of chubby goodness. Between hiccups, peeing, and eating combined with a tight shooting schedule, we only got about 30 minutes of actual shooting time. It turns out 30 minutes was all we needed. She is beautiful.

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Baby Preece (Durham Newborn Photographer)

I was able to take pics of sweet baby Matthew last weekend. He was only 2 1/2 days old. He was perfect, and Jenny rocked it. (To my future mommy clients... don't you dare cringe when I tell you I want a few shots of you with your baby. They always end up being my favorite shots!)

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Bare Feet (Durham Family Photographer)

Last weekend I was able to shoot my first family session in downtown Durham. The A family was so great. Relaxed and kicked back and SO my style.

Katie called me before the session and said, "we don't have shoes.. is that going to be okay?" I laughed and told her it would be fine.

Well get this. You know that small and crazy population of Americans who run because they enjoy it? Their only reason for subjecting themselves to running is NOT because their arteries are begging them to exercise before they die of a massive stroke? (like yours truly).

Well meet Eric. He just ran a marathon.
Barefoot.
And Katie is getting in on the barefoot running too.
I think it's pretty fitting that they forgot shoes.

Enjoy the preview, you crazy, awesome athletic people! :)




I'm not sure if it's a good idea for me to take pictures of adorable baby girls like this. I want one... (shhh... don't tell Aaron.)



I was setting up a different shot when I looked over and saw this. I love it.

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Our Little Familia

Aaron and I (okay.. maybe not Aaron) decided it was time to take some updated family pictures. I decided I would shoot a mini session of my friend's family in exchange for setting up my own shots and having her click the shutter. (Holy cow. I underestimated how hard this is!)

Here are a couple of my favorites from their session.



Our first round of pictures was not good. Luke was tired and grumpy, and it turns out Park had to pee the whole time. No WONDER he was so wiggly. After 10 minutes of whining, yanking and threats we bagged it. My sessions are usually pretty fun and I was so bummed that ours was an ornery nightmare.

We ended up with 2 decent shots.

#1.

#2
Round 2 (two days later) was a million times better. We took 10 minutes to get ready and had happy kids, happy hubby and a relaxed momma. I never thought my first re-takes would have to be my own!

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Thanks for taking these, Leanna! You rocked the focus and were shooting almost wide open. I knew you were a closet photog!

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(The only downside was that my hair was a little bit orphan Annieish on day two. It was humid, okay? Ah, well!)

Vote for your favorite and I'll give you a cookie!

Have a good day!

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