Oh my Annie! | Plainfield IL Photography

How can you not love this girl?  That happy smile hardly ever leaves her face, and I've never seen her anything but joyful.  This is the kind of girl you want for your daughters best friend, and I just happen to be so lucky!  

She's completely wise beyond her years, and she's the kindhearted friend that thinks about you when you're not around, and remembers your birthday... and as you can plainly see, she's beautiful too!

 

 
And if you knew her parents... you'd completely understand why she's such a remarkable young lady.  I think these photos show the beauty on the outside of what I already knew was on the inside...

Emmitt and Castiel... Twin Photography

Emmitt and Castiel are the two youngest in a family of 5 kids and they are just too cute for words.  I was wondering what I had gotten myself into when I decided to photograph *almost* 18 month old boys... but these little guys were absolute angels and I'm not just saying that either.

I'm not quite sure why, but I'm a total sucker for a set of twins.  If one is good, isn't two always better?  When it comes to babies, I think it is!

Their mom is from a small town in Wisconsin and I think she did a great job of capturing a little bit of home in these photos.  There is actually a story behind the theme for some of these photos that you can read about here.  I was so touched by this post and so happy to be part of recapturing a little bit of the past with the present.

Emmitt is definitely the serious one, and I'm not quite sure either one of them completely loved being in the grass barefoot...

This one kind of tells a story all it's own.

Two very different people, and two distinct personalities...  both from one amazing family!

Due to Inclement Weather and Illness:

My last two sessions over the last 4 days have been postponed.  Of course, my trigger finger was getting itchy... so I resorted back to my old ways. 

Capturing my own kids in a moment:

Stay tuned later this week... Anthony's first birthday is the next big thing!  Until then, you might just see some more pictures of my kids.... or my dog!

Christmas Memories 2010

The day before Christmas Eve I was lucky enough to spend a few hours with some really good old friends!

I'm not a huge fan of using an external flash... but because this old VFW hall didn't offer a lot in the way of natural light, I was super happy with the way these photos turned out:

 

This Gwen.  She's the daughter of my old friends Bob and Kristine.  Her big sister Vyolet is hiding in these photos somewhere!

 

Zoey is a doll and she's a beauty to boot.  Those blue eyes... they get me every time!

 

This is my sister Shelly and her littlest daughter Lola.  She's a cutie and I love her and all of her chocolate faced glory.

 

 This is my husband and my only daughter.  Sometimes she's a daddy's girl... sometimes she's not.  Thankfully I now have photographic evidence of one the times that she was :o)

 

This is one of my oldest friends, Dom, and my husband Tony.   I've known Dom since high school and he my inspiration when it comes to discovering new music every single time.  He's better than i-tunes.  Seriously.

 

I've known Kim since I was an itty bitty little girl.  She's my big sister LuWayne's friend from childhood and I was lucky enough to see her this year when she was in town for the holidays.  Here she is with her Mom. 

 

Shelly and Heather.  Heather and Shelly.  

Once upon a time they were just 18 and they were joined at the hip.  These days they each have a baby on EACH of their hips.  Time does those things to us...

 

Teegs.  She's been both mine and Shelly's friends over the years.  Even if I only end up spending time with her once a year at Christmas time... it's worth it every year!

 

Oh, sweet Molly! Can you believe she's the daughter of an old friend I went to elementary school with?!  I'm such a lucky girl to still be friends with so many friends from my childhood!

Aiden

I was so excited when my old friend from school, Dee,  asked me to photograph her 6 year old son Aiden for his Christmas pictures.

I've known Dee since Jr. high... and thanks to Facebook, we've kept in touch on-line.  I was eager to capture a new face on film, and boy, this one one super cute face to capture!

Aiden is particularly fond of two of his favorite Iron Man figures... both of which made several appearances in his portraits. (thanks to the advancements in photography they were banished under invisible layers in Photoshop :o)

Here are some of the photos of Aiden from his session today:

 

I told him Big Bird was in my camera, and he totally knew I was lying.  He was absolutely over me by the time I took this one.  How could he be anything but adorable in this photo though?!

 If you are interested in booking me for a photo session for your child, family or engagement session, call me at 630-673-6233.  I work in the Southwest Suburbs and would love to capture your family in photos!