New Maternity & Baby web site

I'm so excited to share with you my new web site devoted just to maternity, newborn and baby portraits. Please go look at it - I know many of my faithful blog readers will find their own babies there. Thanks to all of you who have given me these beautiful faces to photograph; and thank you for trusting me with the most precious of portraits. I appreciate you!

To find the new site, which I refer to as Center Stage Baby, click here: Center Stage Baby.

Look what arrived today, Krestin

Krestin - your purses arrived today and they are beautiful! I'll contact you about studio hours this coming week, but couldn't wait for you to see these beauties. Talk to you soon!

Birthday boy

Happy birthday to this little man, whom I have photographed so many times I have lost count now. It's so fun to see them grow through my work. This time he did give me a bit of trouble -check it out! I've had a run of toddlers standing on my furniture! But boy does he have beautiful eyes, don't you think? Thanks, Shelly, as always!

I love maternity sessions

I have a special love for maternity sessions, and any day that includes a maternity session for me is a very, very good day indeed. Amber has made my day twice now! She came before Christmas for a session - she wanted to gift her husband with maternity portraits, so the session was kept a secret from him. She loved the results of her first session and so brought her husband yesterday so we could augment her original session with portraits with the daddy-to-be included. Plus, since we had already done a maternity session, it gave us time to "play" - so I got out the fan and the flowing fabric and we had a great time!

Amber and John - here's a preview. I look forward to session #3 - when I photograph your sweet baby boy.

The fabulous Miss Marky

I love to photograph Marky. She teaches many of my daughter's dance classes and coaches my daughter's solo as well - we obviously think very highly of her, and she's got a lot going for her, not the least is her beauty. She will soon be graduating from KU with a degree in dance, and likes to talk about things like "movement vocabulary" and other things that I'd never heard of before talking with her. Anyway, we had another session this evening and I love the results. Here are a few favorites so far.

Thanks Marky! It was fun as always! (click on the portraits to see them better).

By the way - I have special pricing for adult dancers - if you are a dancer wanting a session, please contact me for details.

Love these little guys

I got to photograph C and P today - they are 6 months old and oh so darling! I did mom Julie's maternity portraits, and the boys' newborn portraits so of course it was really neat to photograph them now the twins have lived 1/2 a year. The session was long - both boys managed to sneak in little naps, but Julie, Grandma Darlene, and Aunt Jen and I all had a nice time catching up. Thanks, ladies! I really enjoyed photographing your happy little men.

Baby B's six-month portraits

I love when I get to photograph this little man - not only because he's cute as a button and growing more chunky by the day; but also because his mom and dad are just really nice people and I enjoy getting to see them every few months. Plus, mom Christina says she enjoys reading my blog when there's down time at her work and any faithful blog reader has a special place in my heart!

Thanks, Jason and Christina, for bringing your sweet baby boy to my studio on this snowy evening. I had lots of fun and am excited to show you these previews.

We didn't want the session to end

I had the most amazing maternity portrait session this evening with Amber. She was so fun, and so appreciative of my art, and so willing to try anything, that we didn't want the session to end. I love photographing maternity sessions so much - what a beautiful time in a woman's life, and I feel so excited every time I'm given the opportunity to document it. Amber - here are a few "blog safe" previews, if you know what I mean! Your gallery will be ready soon. Looking so forward to our next session! (click on the portraits to see them better)