I don’t know that there’s any sweeter compliment than when clients return. I always hope to connect with the folks who I am lucky enough to work with and it’s definitely my goal to develop long-term relationships.

I first met the Joseph family last year when their youngest son was born.  He’s such a cutie!  I was definitely excited when his mom said she wanted to schedule a family session this spring.  Things got a bit hectic and it took us a while to finally find a date, but I am so happy we did.  They are such a fun family…and, let me tell ya, this piece of property they have had me in location overload.  I left the session with a dozen more shots I wish I could have had before the light gave out.  I sure hope they have me out there again! There’s a lot of country livin’ in this little corner of the world. Some of it’s not so pretty. But, sometimes, like this spot, it just makes your heart swoon a bit. (more…)

I recently had the priviledge of meeting a vacationing family from Indiana during their annual stay at the beautiful Watercolor Resort here on the Emerald Coast.  It’s always a lot of fun to work with folks who are here from out of town and there’s something very special about being invited to capture these special memories.

The weather here was anything but ideal last week, and the evening of this session was pretty gray and very humid.  These folks were real troopers!  I think it took me the entire drive home with the air conditioning cranked before I finally dried out.   (And I am so sorry to my clients who are subjected to sessions like this where I am a sweaty, frightening mess.)

At the end of the session I asked the two older of the four grandchildren, brothers, if they’d like to take one more.  They’d seemed to enjoy being in front of the camera.  I asked each of them “What’s your favorite thing about your brother?”  The older brother responded, in true older brother fashion, “that he’s younger!”  That got a good chuckle out of me.

Then the younger brother seemed to struggle with an answer, so I gave him a second and quietly asked again.  A few moments later, he just about knocked me over with this preciousness:

I think this endearing little moment will be forever etched in to my memory. Well done, little man. You are a gem!