Samantha & Luke

I am going to be the lucky photographer at Sam and Luke's wedding in August. After this engagement session I am really excited. They are such a great couple and were up for anything.

It snowed the day before and we were still able to find a few areas with snow for some great pictures. Here are just a few of my favorite pictures from the photo shoot.

I love this picture below. The sun was starting to set and we got some great pictures towards the end of the session.

This is my favorite photo from the session and one of the last pictures we took. They look so relaxed and cute together. These are the pictures I love to capture. It feels like I am not even there.

Thanks for the great evening. Luke is was great to finally meet you. Enjoy planning the final wedding details and we will be in touch!

Pavin & Palmer

I'm back. Not that I've been gone, but recouping from the busy Christmas season. I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and rung in the New Year with family and friends. I have been healing from a horrible cold (2 weeks long) and slept through the New Year celebration.

Now on to the photo shoot. I have had so much fun watching Pavin and Palmer grow throughout these last 2.5 years. I get to photograph them at least once a year. Palmer is the same age as my son, so Kelly and I will have to get together more often on play dates. They would have so much fun together.

This was a fun photo session to start off the year and probably my favorite so far. Pavin is getting older and did great for each picture, and Palmer loves to copy his big sister. So my job was a little easier getting them to sit for the pictures.



This photo shoot was at Pavin & Palmer's house. In Montana you have to take advantage of indoors because you never know what the weather will be like outside. They had plenty of places around their home to take great photos. Palmer was flirting with the camera at first. He was pretty serious during the photo session, but still had tons of great pictures. Here are some of my favorites.






I love this photo of Palmer. He looks so cute sitting there along the banister.


We were lucky on Saturday to be able to go outside. It was gorgeous reaching almost 60 degrees. Below are my favorites from outside.




I love Palmer's face below. He was so excited to hear the dog next door. Pavin was having a blast playing football, tackling her brother, and coming up with poses for me to take her picture in.

I had a great time. Thanks for inviting me over to your home. It was a great location for photos.

Lila

This was a fun photo shoot. When Jill called and asked if we could take their family session at their home I was excited to try something a little different. They wanted candid family pictures around their house and I had so many ideas. There were so many favorite pictures from this family session.

Lila had just fallen asleep when I arrived. I had to take advantage of nap time. She fell asleep in her onsie so no naked baby pictures. She is 8 weeks old and it gets hard to get them back to sleep. So we went with what she was wearing and they still turned out precious.


Lila had her photo shoot while mom and dad were getting ready.

Then we included the family. I love this photo.

Of course Sam (their dog) needed to be included also. He is part of the family and very good with Lila.



I love these next two black and white photos. Precious Lila moments.

Thank you so much for inviting me into your home - it has a wonderful atmosphere. I enjoyed meeting your family, and had a great time capturing your morning.

Scott Family

This was another busy day with two photo shoots in the same day. Renae is a close high school friend of mine and I love photographing their family. Grace is a doll and seven months old. She is so cute and was starting to teeth the day of the photos. Her parents kept saying she isn't smiling and seems grumpy. I think we got some great pictures of the whole family and Grace.



This was mostly a Grace photo shoot. They wanted to wait until she was sitting to take her next set of pictures.





Look at those eyes!





It is always great catching up. Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Ethan

Ethan was six weeks old at his photo session and did great. He took a whole bottle from his mom and then was ready to be a model for the two hours. I haven't had an infant session since April. Ethan was so cute and was a great little model.



Now when I say be ready to possibly be peed on I mean it. I think the whole 3 ounce bottle ended up on mom and dad.









I am going to end this post with two of my favorite pictures. The sleeping picture below is a favorite because it took us 15 minutes or more to try and get Ethan to sleep. Finally the little guy closed his eyes. I bet he crashed once he got in the car.



This photo below gets me into the Christmas spirit. I love it.



Thanks so much for calling. I enjoyed meeting the whole family.

Griffin Family

This was a fun photo shoot. It has been a long time since I took pictures of a family with older kids, and these kids were great. Hopped right into every picture and smiled on que. I had a great time with this photo shoot trying to get some fun shots of the kids and family.



This family is another busy family with a 10, 9 and 8 year old running in every direction. They have wonderful personalities and kept me laughing during the whole photo shoot.











I love this picture of Taylor, Ryan, and Spencer.



Thanks for taking pictures right before CAT-GRIZ football game. Hopefully you made it to pregame. It was fun to catch up with everyone. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Dye Family

I met this family for the first time on Saturday. They were the sweetest family that is very busy; three children ages 3, 2 and infant. The 3 year old girl was my little poser, and the 2 year old boy was busy. I was surprised we got him to pose in a few pictures and he did really well. The baby was a sweetheart just checking things out and not fussing at all.

I love it when parents ask, Do you think we got any good pictures? I always know there are going to be a few in there, just never know how many. We got a lot of great pictures of this family, enjoy my favorites.



With boys you need to make sure you take their pictures first thing. This photo was within the first 10 minutes and it turned out cute.











I had a great morning with your family. Thanks for calling and Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

These pictures were taken inside the student union building at MSU-B. There are not tons of options inside, but it has some greenery and is warm. Just an option for winter weather.