Nursery Dreaming

So not only have a lot of my friends been having children lately, but a few weeks ago, Jared and I found out that we are expecting too! "Meatball" is due the end of September. Since we don't know what house we'll be in at that point, my nursery planning is quite limited right now. On top of that, we don't know if Meatball is a boy or a girl, so that limits things a little as well. Although I must say, I am not one of those people that believe girls should have pink and purple and boys should have blue and green and red... We'll see what the colors end up like, since we may not be able to paint in our next rental (and since we're on a fairly limited budget). But here are some things I've found that I like.... So enjoy my little bit of day dreaming!

I like the chair rail and the paneling in the lower half of this room. It always looks so sophisticated to me. I also like the idea of the wall graphics...anyone know if those are removable or not? (From here)

Love the idea of Chinese lanterns! Not only do they give light, but they're fun for baby to look at!

(From here)

Again, I like the wall graphic. And the wall color in this room. (From here)

Aren't these whimsical little sheep cute??? (From here)

This would be awesome for a little boy... (From here)

What nursery decor/items were fun in your nursery or what would you like to have in your future child's nursery?



Just because

I'm blessed that I live on an old farm where the grass grows tall around the house and the wild flowers bloom every spring.  I took a quick trip up to one of the front fields this afternoon to take a few shots of these pretty little purple flowers that are just covering a few areas of the field....

 See the dark blurry area in the lower right of this photo?

It was this:

One las shot. Just because summer comes early here in Florida... check out these blackberries that are already ripening. Not quite sweet yet but they were a little tart last year too.

Baby Owen ~ Gainesville Newborn Photograher

Ahhh, babies!! :) They're so wonderful and sweet. There's nothing like that good clean baby smell (note: I did say clean.... babies don't always smell lovely!) and that soft, soft skin! You may remember Kelly and Mort from their maternity session a few weeks ago. Well, baby Owen was born on Tuesday the 5th, and I had the pleasure of spending a few hours with them on Saturday to capture some images of their sweet new guy! Owen was so good the entire time -- he cuddled right up on the warm blanket and hardly fussed at all. So enjoy all of the sweet baby goodness!

 This cute blanket and hat were hand knitted by a friend of the family. It was so soft and the hat fit just perfectly (Great job Jamie!!).

Love this one in Daddy's hands. :)

Mom and Dad are SO in love with baby Owen. It's the best thing. Ever. Seriously. :)

And now an out-take. Kelly is a dressage rider and before our session had emailed me to ask what I thought of trying to get a photo of Owen on her saddle. I was game to try it, but as you can see below, Mr. Owen was having nothing of it. Poor guy!! Kelly rescued him off the saddle pretty quickly...

Happy Wednesday!

Alex & Aleska, Sneak Peek

Last weekend I second shot a wedding with the ever wonderful Wendy, which was super sweet and fun! Alex and Aleska got married at the Baughman Center on campus and the reception was held at the Village Center in Haile Plantation.  Everything was lovely! A few shots from Aleska's portraits...

What little girl doesn't dream of a lovely big dress to twirl in on her wedding day?

And who doesn't want to arrive to their wedding reception in a Rolls Royce? 

More to come!

For the Love ~ Under the Lights

Right, so that blogging I promised you? Here it is! At least the first bit of it. So awhile back the ladies of For the Love got together downtown for an "Under the Lights" photo shoot. Basically, just practicing shooting in low light with whatever ya got -- flash, no flash, whatever! We met at Maude's, wandered around the Sun Center and then made our way to Sakura, which is a fabulous little cupcake bakery! So feast your eyes on some prettiness from downtown Gainesville... Thanks so much to Debra and Kelly for coming out and for Wendy who made it even though she was a tad bit late! ;)  And look out for more For the Love get-togethers coming up.. .

Debra and Kelly! :)

This may be my new favorite place downtown.... seriously good cupcakes.

Look at all of those choices!! 

Seriously yummy stuff here... and such a cute place. Definitely need to go back... any takers? :)

Nate & Meagan ~ Gainesville Portrait Photographer

So I know I promised these awhile ago... let's just say it's been an interesting few weeks! Seems like as soon as I get home, get dinner and sit down to edit, I'm asleep on the couch.

Anyways, more from Nate and Meagan's amazing shoot. The fun thing about concept and styled shoots is that I can edit in new and fun ways. So here are a few of my favorites....

Shoot styled by: Anwen Elizabeth Photography, Chrissy Rose Photography, and Sarah Reed Photography

Hair and Makeup: Stephanie Bliss

Models: Meagan and Nate Weinstock and Frannie the Wonder Dog!

Assistant: Lori Garrett

It's been how long??

Yeah, so just call me a slacker now. Except that I really do have good excuses... really. None of this "the dog ate my homework" type stuff either... so where have I been? Why has my blog gotten slightly dusty? Let's see... since the last blog post I have had one amazing concept shoot (put together by the lovely ladies at Anwen Elizabeth Photography, Chrissy Rose Photography and myself), have been to Connecticut and back on business, and now have some family in town. So last night, more than a week after the concept shoot, I finally had a chance to actually look through the photos I took that day. So today you get a sneak peek, just enough to pull you in and get you as excited about it as we were and still are! Meagan and Nate were awesome models, as was their adorable Basset, Frannie. So enjoy some of the eye candy and check back for more later this week!

Some of the amazing details:

Frannie was super all afternoon!

Love this shot. Totally Chrissy's idea!

 RAWR! Both of you. Seriously...

And a shot of the 3 photogs. Laugh like Julia Roberts!!