Twin Time

I've had a bit of practice with baby photos before, but I recently had my first experience photographing TWINS! As expected, it was twice as hard (at least) but definitely worth the effort! Aren't these babies beautiful?

Family Portraits

I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that my dear friends, the Cokes, have officially moved away. :( The good news is that they wanted to commemorate their time in beautiful Ocean Springs with a family portrait session, and I got to be the woman for the job! I had tons of fun with these three (plus one on the way!), and I wanted to share some of my favorite shots with you.

If you're on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and want to schedule a portrait session with me, just let me know! Summer is the perfect time for fun photo shoots! :)

May Photo A Day Wrap-Up

I can't believe it's already June! May Photo A Day really flew by, but I am so glad I did it. I love looking back at this collection of photos and knowing that I wouldn't have taken most of them if it weren't for this project. It'll be a while before I participate again, but I'm going to try to carry this inspiration with me into the next months. Thank you, Fat Mum Slim!

(To see bigger versions of all these photos in one place, see my set on flickr.)

May Photo A Day, Day 31: 4 Things

I made it to the last day of May Photo A Day! Today's prompt was "4 things." I did a bit of playing with my food and came up with this smiling produce:

I'd say May Photo A Day was a success overall. I took a photo every day. I only used my cell phone twice. And I blogged every day except for when I was travelling. Not bad, eh? And most importantly, it was fun. I'm going to take a break from Photo A Day for a bit since I have more travels coming up. I'm thinking I might come back to it in August, perhaps? Let me know if you'll be playing along sometime!

May Photo A Day, Day 30: Tool

The penultimate prompt for May Photo A Day was "tool." Here's a shot of my favorite knife, which I used today to chop green onions. 

May Photo A Day, Day 29: A Kiss

The Photo A Day prompt for today was "a kiss." I didn't like what our faces looked like here, so I cropped them out. I'm not sure if I exactly like this picture, but I do find it interesting. At first glance, it almost doesn't look like a kiss at all... but then when you see it as a kiss, it's funny-looking, don't you think?

May Photo A Day, Day 28: What You're Doing Now

Today's prompt for Photo A Day was "what you're doing now." My over-analytical mind had a little trouble with this one. Which now? And can you ever really take a picture of what you're doing now? When you take a picture, you're not doing anything else--you're taking a picture. That's what you're doing now. Saying the word "now" so many times is making me think of Emily Dickinson's famous statement that "Eternity is composed of nows." So, really, every single moment is now. Or a now, anyway. So I'll just go with a picture of one of my nows from today. Earlier this evening, I made a cd of photos from a family portrait shoot I did on Saturday.

The military, as per usual, is taking my friends away. The Cokes are headed to San Antonio but wanted to memorialize their time in beautiful Ocean Springs with some family photos. We're saying "so long" to them tomorrow over dinner, and I'm excited to share these precious photos with them as a parting gift. I'll be sharing them on the blog soon, too. Stay tuned!