Ballerinas - Part I

Here's a preview for my latest ballerina portrait families. Thank you to all who took part - photographing your lovely children this weekend was fun - I love my job! (you can click on each image to see it better).

These are from morning sessions; afternoon's will follow later today.

9-week-old sweetie

Katie and Ryan drove from Liberty today to bring their baby girl for a session. How different it is to photograph a 9-week-old rather than a 9-day-old - her eyes were actually open for the entire session! They make such a great looking new family, don't you think? Thank, Katie and Ryan! I'll have your gallery ready in about a week; until then - enjoy! (you can click on each image to see them a bit better).

Wonderful couple; long drive

Amy and Tony, who live in Iowa, came to the studio today for a maternity session. I am so touched and honored that they chose me - Amy said she looked at many photographers' web sites and ultimately chose me. I'm so happy they did! I had such a good time photographing them. Doesn't Amy look a bit like Princess Diana?

Congratulations on your baby boy, Amy and Tony. Thank you so much for choosing me - I can not wait to show you your gallery. Here's a few while you wait.

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.