Dylan’s 4th Birthday | Raleigh Durham Child Photographer

Today is my son’s fourth birthday. He’s my oldest and he means the world to me! I can’t believe four years ago today he came into my life and made me a mother. My most important job title. He is seriously the coolest, funniest, smartest, cutest little guy. I don’t know what I’d ever do without him. And because I’m such a proud Mommy, I just have to share some recent pics of him!

And p.s. I know I’m reeeeally behind in blogging my sessions. I promise to get all my pictures posted soon!

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Ashley & Emma

I was delighted to photograph beautiful little Ashley and Emma last weekend with their parents. They’re close friends of mine and they were nice enough to come out to Durham and model for me and a few of my fellow photographer friends when we held one of our meet-ups. We got a bunch of great pics — and their adorable selves and cute personalities made that easy for us! Check out Ashley’s braids and headband… is she stylish or what? Thanks “G” family for coming out and looking so cute!! 🙂

Tate | Raleigh Family Photography

Tate celebrated his third birthday in June and his Mom called me to take his birthday pictures. They are SUCH fabulous people and I could tell right away that they’re a super fun family. We went for an urban look for their photos, which I think was a great decision! I love all of their photos and I didn’t envy their decision to have to choose which ones to hang!

A big thanks to Tate for letting us drag him around in the heat! 🙂

I adore this next photo…

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Greyson & Victoria

I hope you’re all ready for some major cuteness! Greyson and Victoria (Tori) are two of the sweetest kids I’ve photographed. We met up at one of my favorite places for pictures in Raleigh, so I was very excited! They came looking so adorable (check out the dress with the octopus on Tori!!) and we had a lot of fun exploring the park. Thanks for the great time guys!

I think this last one is my favorite. She’s soooo adorable and perfect!

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Koen

Koen was the winner of my Cutest Kids Contest this year. What an absolute delight he was – I’ve never seen such a happy 9-month old! I swear there was not a tear shed the entire session. He sat and smiled as much as I wanted him to. His parents sure are blessed to have such a sweet and adorable little boy. I was so happy to have met them!!

Here’s a peak at some photos from his session!

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An Amazing Field with Amazing Kids

How much do you think I love this field? Paired with my favorite little boys and some beautiful light at sunset, it’s a total dream! We had a blast!

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Dylan & Chase | Raleigh Children’s Photographer

You may have seen these two cuties before…

They’re mine. ALL mine. And I couldn’t love them more. 🙂

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Family Beach Portraits!

“The love of a family is life’s greatest blessing.” – Author unknown

Wow, what a treat this session was for me! The “L” family and I had been in touch for quite a few months planning their family portrait session. Ultimately, they decided on a session at the beach. and I’m so happy they did! This session was so much fun – there was lots of running around, laughing, splashing, and enjoying the beautiful weather and location. I went home soaking wet… and loved it. 🙂

Here’s just a few of the many great photos of this beautiful family!

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Photography Workshop with Audrey Woulard

I am beyond thrilled to be blogging about a workshop I attended last week in Chicago given by the amazingly talented and successful Audrey Woulard. It was a very small and intimate workshop (the best kind) with a great group of women from all over North America. They were the type of women that I just clicked with instantly, and I know I’ve made lasting friendships!

The workshop far exceeded my expectations – we were able to watch Audrey photograph several children, see her post processing and workflow steps, discuss marketing, branding, pricing, and I even got to sit down with Audrey for a one-on-one mentoring session during the last day of the workshop.

I honestly learned more than I ever thought I would. There’s a reason Audrey is so successful – these things don’t happen by accident. Not only is she a talented photographer, she’s smart and an amazing businesswoman. I am striving to run my business as smart as she’s run hers!

As I mentioned, we had several kids come join us during the workshop and were they ever cute!! Here are some of my shots:

And here is a group shot of us girls at the workshop — somehow I ended up smack dab in the center of the photo! Thanks to Patti Hale for taking the picture for us!

If you’d like to visit the blogs of some of the other girls who attended, and hear their thoughts on the workshop, here are their links:

Red Wagon Photography

Chosen Moments Photography

Many thanks to Audrey for a fantastic workshop!!

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Brooke | Children’s Photographer Raleigh

This is the beautiful Brooke!! She is the daughter of one of my local Clickin’ Moms friends. She is absolutely stunning, and the spring colors we found at our location made her images even more gorgeous. I can’t get over her beautiful eyes!