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Sarah’s Maternity Session | Gallatin, TN

There’s not many things I love more than brand new babies, and shooting this maternity session means that a little precious bundle of joy will be arriving soon!  Sarah and Garrett chose to shoot their session at her parents’ ranch in Gallatin, TN, which made for a beautiful backdrop with the barn, trees, and beautiful flowers it had to offer.  Sarah is due with her first child only 7 weeks before me, which also made this session a bit more special.  I hope our boys will grow up to be great friends!

Grayson’s 15 Month Photos

It has been quite a while since I’ve taken any pictures of my son, Grayson, with my good DSLR camera instead of just my iPhone, so I decided that since he had just turned 15 months a week before, I’d take some photos of him at the park.

He started walking only a few short weeks ago, so he got to show off his new skill to some of the joggers on the path!  Of course he smiled his shy smile at every single person who passed by, as he always does.

It can be pretty hard to get good pictures of a fast moving baby, so I found this awesome stump for him to sit on.

After a few minutes he had had enough sitting and wanted to walk around again.

And since I don’t have many pictures of Grayson and me together, I attempted a selfie of us with my super heavy camera.  Let me tell you, that is no easy task!  And when I saw the result, I couldn’t help but laugh at Grayson’s fish face.

And in case any of you thought my photos always come out of my camera with perfect lighting, coloring, and blemish free, here is an example of why photographers charge what they do. The picture on the left is straight out of my camera, and the picture on the right is after 45 minutes of editing. I always spend this amount of time on each and every photo I provide for my clients. Just remember that even though it may seem like a lot of money just for pictures, you don’t know just how much time the photographer is spending on editing your photos. It’s not just the hour or two they spend with you during the session, it’s countless hours in front of the computer making sure each and every photo is perfect.

 

Spring Is Finally Here!!!

Spring has finally made it’s appearance here in Middle Tennessee, and that means we can finally have some fun at the park with Grayson!  I tried taking him to the park in February, but it was cold and windy, and he was not liking it!  This is the face he made that day when I tried to take his picture.

Luckily, this time, there were no pouty faces, and we all enjoyed the nice, warmer weather.

See that blanket folded up in front of him?  That is so he doesn’t fall forward every time he swings back.  He hasn’t quite gotten the concept of holding on, yet, so the first time I tried to put him on the swings a few months ago he hated it because he kept falling forward.  You live and you learn!

He loves swinging now!  Especially when his daddy is pushing him and making funny faces!

Mommy got in on the swinging action too!  (It’s funny how much I refer to myself in 3rd person now.)

Father and son. 🙂  We’re going to need to work on getting Grayson to say cheese.  He is so used to me shoving a camera in his face that it is SO hard to get him to smile for pictures nowadays.  I have to catch him off guard or do something REALLY funny, otherwise this is the face I get.

I found this pretty patch of yellow flowers in the grass, so we plopped Grayson down for a mini photo shoot.  But, he was more interested in looking at the grass or the people walking by.

Out of all the pictures I took, this was the only one I got of him looking into the camera.  This kid, I tell ya!  I’m gonna have to start bribing him to smile, once he understands what I’m saying.

Since I’m usually the one behind the camera, I don’t have a lot of photos of Grayson and me.  So I had my wonderful hubby snap some pictures of the two of us.

He’s actually pretty good, as long as I get the camera set up for him!  Hey, Honey, if you ever want to stop selling electronic cigarettes, you can always come into business with me as my second shooter! 😉

My new favorite of my son and me.  Sure, he’s making a silly face, but that’s his personality, and I love it!  I can’t wait to get outside more and take some pictures!  Yay for warmer weather!!!