Lifestyle Newborn Photo Session
So today I thought I would share some of the photos I recently did for my cousin Melanie, her husband Michael and her beautiful baby girl Juliette. She is the first one in our family to have a baby among us “kids”. I was so happy to be able to capture these for them at their amazing apartment in Milwaukee this February. One of my favorite photos was Juliette all wrapped up with a locket on top of her swaddle with photos of both of her grandma’s on it. I know our grandma would have been so ecstatic to be a great-grandma.
Love Is...
"Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends."
Corinthians 13:4–8a
In 2011 I met an amazing group of women from across the whole country by chance. We all where at the WPPI U event in Atlanta. I had traveled to the event with Jasmine Lopez and we went without knowing anyone else. I believe we where looking for somewhere to eat lunch at they had two open seats at their table. We all began talking and exchanging business cards and then that led to us somehow eating dinner with the Sal Cincotta, Sue Bryce, and George Varanakis. I am still not entirely sure how that happened, but it was awesome, and out of it bloomed a forum where we have all kept in touch and even visited each other. I love these wonderful women and I don't know what I would do without their guidance. We are participating in a blog circle and with each month comes a new theme. This month's theme was Love. Please be sure to click to the next blog at the end of mine!
Love is so many things. To me, my grandma is love, as we spend these last few weeks with her I keep flipping though my computer digging up all the images I have taken of her. This is my grandma and how I will always remember her. When people you love are sick it's the hardest thing in the world, even harder when they can't remember who you are or who their family is. That doesn't mean they don't love you though.
Before my grandma had complications from a blood transfusion, I went over to their house, where I grew up. She had no idea who I was, but she was happy I was there. She happily looked at photos of my dog on my phone and I told her how I used to live there with her and grandpa. When I finally left I told her I loved her and she gave me the biggest hug and kiss saying she loved me so much with what looked like tears in her eyes. I will always remember that hug and those words she said.
To see what Mariannes interpretation of our topic was please click here
Welcome to my new website!
So I am so excited to welcome you all to my brand new website! It has been a work in progress for almost two years now and finally it is live! With the new website comes a new focus for weddings in addition to my portrait work. I also have brand new pricing for my weddings and for my portrait sessions. My wedding pricing is live at this point and you will see a sneak peak at my portrait pricing as well. Stay tuned for exciting blog posts about all the products I am offering and more details about my gorgeous wedding albums. I would like to give a big thank you to Jasmine of Jazi Photo for her work on my website and branding. She is such an amazing designer, photographer, and all around person! She is also the one responsible for all the photos you see of me and the hubby on this website and in this very blog post. I am excited to share with you a recent shoot we did with Jasmine below. Lady, our italian greyhound, was also a subject in our last shoot, how cute is she! I swear she is the most spoiled dog in the world!
