Precious Moments {Labor and Delivery Photography, Johns Creek}

It’s New Year’s Eve and I’m about to get real deep on you here for a minute or two. Over the past few years I have had the pleasure of documenting Allison and Dane as they built their life together. Earlier this year I was ecstatic to be able to help surprise Dane with the news that they were expecting a second little addition to their family! More recently, some of you may remember the post featuring their amazing vintage aviation themed maternity session. But even before this exciting year, we had their first maternity session under our wing as well as Ava’s newborn & first year cake smash photo shoots. I certainly can not forget to mention how honored Stephanie and I were to capture and witness their love as they exchanged wedding vows! I mean come on… we had the privilege of seeing Allison rock her wedding dress on her big day right along side of her mom & sisters before anyone else! We got to hug and congratulate them as newlyweds before their guests stood to leave their seats! My point is, this sweet and beautiful couple has trusted me with many of life’s precious moments starting from our very first meeting. I was reminded of this trust and overwhelmed by their faith in me just a few days ago. On 12/28/16, at 7:25pm, after witnessing an intense couple of hours of labor, I had the extreme honor of watching their son Oliver take his first breath and shed his very first tear as he entered our world! As a mom myself, I know that there are no words that come close to describing the beauty, joy and overwhelming feeling of love and gratitude in that moment! At the time, all I could do was hope and pray that I captured the right photographs that would freeze these emotions so that this family could treasure those memories always. The love, devotion and sheer teamwork these two have always displayed both as spouses and parents has always been extremely evident to those around them. Oliver James is an extremely lucky little boy!

Congratulations to the entire McIntosh & Dickie Family! To Allison and Dane; Thank you once again for this amazing opportunity as well as volunteering to share these images with our followers ! I’m looking forward to little Oliver’s newborn session!

Love these guys…{ Alpharetta Family Photographer}

I absolutely cannot believe that I haven’t posted images from the session below yet!!! I have been meaning to ever since the night I shot them. Meet the Caropresso family! Comprised of my bestie and his amazing (and ridiculously gorgeous) family! I have officially now known Juan for exactly half of my life! We met in college and have been through thick and thin ever since. We are absolutely terrible at calling each other, still bicker like brother and sister, giggle like children and keep it totally real when the other needs a dose of brutal honesty. Clearly he hears the later way more than I do 🙂 As much as I love him, I simply adore his wife Jesse! Actually ….if I’m being honest, I probably like her a lot more lol! I’m serious! Not only is she fun, smart, loyal, confident and annoyingly beautiful… But she is absolutely the best wife and mother that I could ever have imagined for my sweet and silly friend! Did I mention she is extremely patient also? … J/k. Seriously though … Had you told me way back then that I would watch Juan marry the women of his dreams on the beach and have the honor of watching his children Braedon and Luca grow up, I would have said “your darn right I will!” Now had you told me he would still be telling the same stupid story of how I stomped on his frozen pizza in 3 inch heals 20 years later…. I would have said “I would freaking hope not!” Sadly …. He has never recovered. #RIPPIZZA

These pictures make my heart so happy! Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Papa!

A few weeks ago I met this cute family at an awesome little spot on Lake Lanier for what I thought was their maternity session. It was definitely a maternity session because Stephanie was 8 months preggers but I learned that Rueben requested this session for his birthday present! I just loved that! I could really tell he valued making memories with his little fam. Cannon seemed pretty excited about his little sister in Mommy’s belly!! Fast forward…this morning I got to meet little Miss Lydia because she decided to make her grand entrance 6 weeks early!! Before I start working on their newborn session I wanted to share a few of my favorites from their maternity session. Enoy!

Come Fly With Me… {Woodstock, GA Photography}

You know that old saying ” It never hurts to ask” ? Well once again it has been proven true! If you are lucky, like me, you have a friend that seems to know everyone! You know… the person who always “has a guy” or a knows a “friend of a friend” for whatever it is you may need. Well, in my quest to find an airplane for clients wanting to do an aviator themed maternity session to match their baby’s nursery, I was hitting a lot of dead ends searching on my own. Cue friend and fellow photographer, Amber Cloy! In less than 24 hours she had talked to her friend who talked to their friend who not only had a plane, but owns an awesome vintage WWII plane! Enter my new friend Tom who was kind enough to allow us to shoot this amazing session with his beautiful aircraft! I can not thank everyone involved in making this shoot happen enough!

Check out some of the shots from this fabulously vintage themed photo shoot! Allison and Dane are not new to the blog but their little girl Ava may have stolen the show this time around! How stinking cute is she?

J + L + M

Right smack in the middle of our busiest time of the year (which we LOVE!), I go and break my baby toe! In two spots! Who does that?? After a trip to the doctor, some x-rays and a really fancy boot to help me wobble around, I was able to reschedule and meet up with the Hohmann’s. The light was simply amazing and Maggie, their adorable lab was the best little model! Check out this couple’s sweet session!

Waiting for Clare…

I love catching up with former brides of mine from Bella B and had an absolute blast capturing this new phase in the Logan family’s life! I remember Katie being so laid back and fun to be around on her big day. She hasn’t changed one bit! Wesley is going to be an amazing big brother to sweet little Clare! I won’t keep you long, take a look for yourself at this gorgeous family! OH! One more thing…this is the awesome location we have been telling you about for our upcoming mini session this weekend!! A few spots left! *wink wink*

Flirty Thirty { Atlanta Photographer}

Stephanie is officially 30!!! Woot! Woot! I had the hardest time thinking up gift ideas and a way to celebrate the big 3-0 with her! I think part of the problem was the fact that Stephanie is a great gift giver and party planner in her own right. Seriously, you should see this girl in action. Baby showers, bridal showers, birthday parties! You name it… and these events are Pinterest worthy people! Not to mention they are flawlessly executed and no doubt leave the guest of honor feeling overwhelmingly loved! More than that though, she is just an incredibly thoughtful and caring person. She is very involved in her family and friends lives. When she isn’t jumping in to help or offer support when needed, she is rsvp’g to help celebrate whatever important event pops up in the world of those close to her. Did I mention how many friends she has??? I honestly don’t know how she does it! She is a machine! See the problem lol?

So, since there was no sense in competing with the master, I figured I would play to her love of photography! As I was thinking about potentially surprising her with one of those silly and creative 30th cake smash sessions, the perfect idea finally came to me! While trying to figure out what type of outfit I should get for her to wear, it dawned on me that this would be the first time Stephanie wouldn’t have to worry about a single thing for her personal photos! No outfits to pick out for her and her family. No one else to get ready after getting herself ready and rushing out the door!! At that moment I decided there would be no dirty thirty and certainly no cake smashed in her pretty face! Oh no, no, no! Now I was thinking more along the lines of something more luxurious and glamorous! With hair and makeup appointments set along the way and her favorite dress ready to roll, off to the magnificent Georgian Terrace we went! We had such an amazing girls day that ended with her sweet hubby stealing her away with surprise dinner reservations. He knew better than to leave a girl all dressed up with no place to go! Needless to say she was surprised! Steph crushed the shoot and her Flirty Thirty session is now in the memory books!

Shout out to Francesca at Soda Salon in Roswell! She did such an amazing job on hair and makeup! I also want to thank my friend Crystal who made the customized shirt! If you need anything personalized let me know and I will put you in touch with her!

Check out this beautiful birthday girl!

Piedmont Park Minis

We are gearing up for our next set of minis this weekend and we wanted to share a quick peek at just a few of the sessions we had at our mini session a couple of weeks ago in the beautiful Piedmont Park! The weather was gorgeous and everyone brought their A-game!!

Peace, Love & Sunflowers…

Fall is off and running! I can not believe it is already October 18th! Stephanie and I have been shooting our little hearts out! When things settle down (they have to at some point right?), I hope to share images from some of the amazing sessions I’ve had the privilege of shootings since mid September but haven’t had the chance to blog! Fabulous mini sessions, multi generation family sessions, adorable cuddly newborns as well as some kick butt family fall sessions!

Ever since I delivered the sneak peek for this special little lady’s shoot last week, I have been dying to share some of her images! Addison is not only GORGEOUS inside and out( a true mini me to her mommy), but she is absolutely hysterical and wise beyond her years! We had so much fun playing in the sunflowers and chasing the sunset! I just love everything about this collection of images!

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Welcome Charlotte Mary!

The moment I got to the Handza house I was greeted by Charlotte’s furry siblings Tank and Clayton. They were my MVPs of the day, you’ll see! But everything about this session was perfection! Charlotte’s room is simply gorgeous!! I could tell just how over the moon Mommy and Daddy are with their beautiful little girl! I won’t keep you long with my rambling…just take a look for yourselves!! 🙂