Cobe {2 Years}

I've had the privilege of watching Cobe grow from a bump in his momma's belly to a wonderfully energetic two year old. He is always so fun to photograph! His momma mentioned doing some new photos for his birthday and I agreed knowing that the past THREE sessions had been rained out and rescheduled. So I told her I'd just call her when I saw sun and low and behold there was sun just a couple of days after we chatted! Lucky for me she lives just up the road so she hopped down to my house and my boys followed us around the backyard while I chased Cobe around :) That's how most two year old shoots go, I'm running... a lot! It's so fun and challenging and I really think photographing toddlers and weddings are two things that will make any photographer better. With that HAPPY BIRTHDAY COBE!

The .P. Family

My how time flies!! It's been nearly a year since I last photographed these guys and WOW have these little ones grown. What an amazing difference a year makes! Last year little Cooper had literally just started walking, days before our session and the weather was well, horrible. Let's be honest :) Cooper wanted nothing but the air in his hair as he tested out his new "wheels" and the skies just wouldn't let up. So we managed through the storms and in between hail all the while Cooper just kept on running. Needless to say I felt I owed Amy a "real" session with no hail and Cooper's well worn running shoes. I don't think we disappointed this morning! Cooper and big sis Grace were in GREAT moods and guess what, we had SUN! I thoroughly enjoyed my time with Amy, as always, and the kids just lit up when Dad Chris joined for a few shots. It was a wonderful morning and hopefully I'll get to see Amy and her family before next year! That's what play dates are for right? Mom time!

2010 Fourth Light Family's!

I really enjoyed spending time with all of the families this year! Here are my fav's from my family photo stash:

One of my favorite beach sessions

 Some sweet fathers and sons;

 The biggest fourth light family session yet!

 Again, this session I had so many favorites and the light was just perfect;

 And this one has a place in my heart just because I love a girl who can dance to her own beat!

2010 Fourth Light Kids!

I had so many amazing sessions this year and like I said, I am blessed by new friendships and amazing memories of all of the fun I got to have! So in honor of an awesome year I thought I would do a few 2010-Year in Review posts just so that I could do all of my favorites from the year justice. Lets start with the kids, shall we?!
 Oh and you'll also get to see how many times I changed my logo and framing set up! I am a mess when it comes to making up my mind!

Let's start with Matthew!

I Love these kids!

And these little beauties;

Oh and I can't forget my vintage baseball card inspired shoot with Cobe;

And this smile!

And this little newbie snuggled safely in dad's arms;

 Or this little character;

 How could I forget this light! And the beauties I got to shoot in it;

 These cuties, I just can't get enough of;

 Oh hey! I know these two :)

I love watching these kids grow before my camera;

and some new faces... which I loved as soon as I saw those big brown and blue eyes!

I can't wait to see you all next year and meet some new kiddos too! And this is my favorite picture EVER of my sweet Lincoln, just to bring extra cheer to your Christmas Season :)

 

The .D. Squad

Every year for the past three years I have been privileged to photograph the D family and every year they are hilarious!! I mean, I am always laughing so hard that my eyes are watering and I have a hard time focusing the camera... it's kinda' a problem :) But a good problem! They laugh a lot and always full force. This year our session was rained out, canceled for a case of the flu and then rained on again but we managed to get a few keepers in their front yard between storms. I am loving the story boards so here's another one of the D's;

 

And a few of the hilarious out takes of father and son because this session ALWAYS has the best out takes!

This session is my last session of the year so while I enjoy my vacation from "formal" (HA!) sessions I'll try to update the blog from time to time with more personal posts and a year in review post for sure. I just want to say thank you to all of the bride's, families, seniors and baby momma's that have supported Fourth Light this year! What a great year I had capturing memories for you all and I was blessed by each one of you more than you will every know!!

The .I. Family

I had a wonderful time the other evening with my friend Karen and her little family. Matthew has grown SO much since the last time I did photos for him and oh my is he a handsome little guy! He came out for a play date today since I just didn't get to snuggle him enough during our fast and furious session. I always forget about day light savings time and sadly we ran out of light during our shoot but it gave me a good reason to practice with my new flash! At any rate I thought I'd present these photos in a slightly different way just because Karen is so fashion forward and really did great on the outfits for her session! These pics make me ready for Christmas!