Friends in Canada

When I was visiting family and friends in Canada I was able to take a few photos! Since I left my equipment back home, I used my mom's Canon Rebel T1i . People are always asking me what camera they should purchase... This is an excellent camera for any SLR beginner or enthusiast.

Meet Chelsey and her little guy - Beckham. It was so fun to reconnect with you Chelsey, and Beckham is such a sweet little boy!

The second set of photos is of my girlfriend - Amanda . She is currently living in Ghana - studying and working on important community projects - and our visits to Canada happened to overlap by just a couple days. It is always so good to see my high school buddy! Her friends in Ghana will love her snow pictures :)

[ Lindsay & Dav ]

Meet my sister Lindsay and Dav!

Dav, c'était la grande réunion vous! Vous et Lindsay semblez grands ensemble, si beau!! Ne peut pas attendre pour vous voir de nouveau. Amusez-vous au Pérou!

We had a great Christmas together with the family on beautiful Bald Head Island, North Carolina!!

My Sweet Angel Baby

My girlfriend - Christie Nix - is a talented cinematographer and photographer! She blessed us with these precious images of me and my sweet baby :)

Stu & Emily

My friend Emily asked if I would do a Christmas Card session for her and her husband Stu. It was her idea to go downtown at night since it is all lit up for Christmas already! While we were there Aubrey got to see her first fireworks show!

Holiday Cheer

Christmas is fast approaching! Each year I get a number of people interested in just doing a small session - long enough to get a few good photos for Christmas Cards. So check out this year's Christmas Candy : www.pickyourholidaycard.com

Mini Holiday Session : Contact for details.

CANDY (sets of 25 - includes envelopes) :

- 5x7 double sided flat-press cards : $37/set {$3/singlets}

- 5x7 folded cards : $60/set {$3/singlets}

- 5x7 single sided photo cards : $35/set {$2/singlets}

- 4x8 single sided photo cards : $30/set {$2/singlets}


* $5 flat rate S/H *

Pee Ess... If you are a previous client and would like to order holiday cards using images from a session that we had together, only the price of the greeting cards will apply :)

10 Days

There are a few more of our 10 day old sweet heart on our family blog :)

Aubrey Lynn

We welcomed our sweet baby girl into the world on Tuesday October 6th at 2:38am. Now just one week later our love for her just keeps growing. She is amazing! For more photos of her you can check out our other blog :)

More Hudson Gage - 2 weeks old

Jeff & Kim

Back in the very beginning of this year Kim asked me to do a Troop Session for her husband - Jeff - who was serving overseas at the time. (Check out "For Jeff"). It was so cool to catch up with them 8 months later to get some photos of them together. We had the coolest location for our session (thank you Kim!!), and they were also so easy-going and up for whatever suggestions I had. Although their oldest son wasn't able to join us, it was also fun to see Joey again and get some photos of him - super great guy to photograph!

Jeff and Kim, thank you again for asking me to capture images for your family. You are such a neat couple (and super good-looking! I am so excited about these photos!). It was a pleasure to see you again Joey and Kim, and to get the opportunity to meet you Jeff. I hope these few photos give you a fun "taster" until I can finish up the rest of them!! I will let you know when they are ready for viewing :)

Cheers!

Chelsa

Hudson Gage - 2 weeks old

I just arrived back to North Carolina from my trip to Alberta, BC, and PEI Canada. While I was in Alberta I was able to see my girlfriend's new little baby boy! Cara-Leigh and I have known each other our whole lives. Our mom's were friends before we were born, and we have so many fun memories between our two families. Now we are continuing the tradition :) It was a pure joy to see Jeff, Care, and their sweet little guy - Hudson Gage - so soon after his birth. Her sister's and sister in law put on the cutest baby shower for them, and I am SO glad I was up there for that as well!!

Jeff and Care, Ben and I are so thankful to have you both as friends. We hope one day the distance isn't so far for us all to see each other! Taking photos for your beautiful family was great, Hudson is SO sweet :)

My Belly - 31 Weeks

Ben took these after our session with Ben, Julie, and Camille this weekend. Didn't he do a great job! I love them! It's so hard to believe that I am already 31 Weeks. The baby is almost always on the move these days :)

Ben, Julie & Camille...Sneak Peek!

I had so much fun shooting portraits of this family in the park yesterday!! Despite having thunderstorms all week long we had awesome lighting for their session. Not only that, but it was hot - and a little sticky - and yet Ben, Julie, and even Camille were superstars...you seriously were! They just let me shoot and shoot and shoot; they had outfit changes, we played with balloons, flowers, bubbles, and watermelon :) By the time {my} Ben and I got home after a dinner and gelato date, it was too late to put their photos on my computer to see the results. But in hindsight, I should have because I think I was too excited to sleep. It is so hard deciding which to play around with and put up first!

Ben and Julie, thank you so much for giving me another opportunity to take photos of your beautiful family. It was SO neat seeing Camille and how much she has "grown up" over the last year! I love the joy and peacefulness that you all brought with you to the session. I'll be in touch!

Homecoming!

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My girlfriend's husband came home from deployment last weekend! I always feel blessed to be able to take photos of homecoming reunions, knowing that for day after day, month after long month, these families have chosen to put their country first and deal with everything that comes along with that. I might be there for an hour (or a few depending on delays!) waiting to capture the special moment - and it always moves me. But what really hits me is that they have been waiting months, if not a year or more for this day to come.

Tiffany, thank you so much for asking me to capture your reunion. Thank you for being a woman who is not afraid to be real & honest in good times and hard times. Throughout this deployment, you have been an example to me of perseverance and quiet strength. I pray that God richly blesses your family over the coming weeks and months as you continue to reunite and grow in ways that He has stored up for you! I pray that He gives you your heart's desires, and creates a strength in your family that no man can take away.

Once again, thank you Scott & Tiff for all you've done!

Chelsa