Monthly Archives: October 2017

“Just when you think you know love, something little comes along to remind you just how big it really is!”

I just adore this quote because it couldn’t ring more true if it tried!

I’m a boy mama and there is no love out there like the love a little boy has for his mother.  It is something so special and so dear that I just couldn’t describe if I wanted to.  There just are no words in our language.  So the best I can dream of possibly doing is to capture it in images.

But ya’ll… that love between a mother and a daughter… gahh!

One of my best girlfriends was recently blessed with the most delicious little squishy baby girl!  She is a dream!

She has the coolest little boy so she understands that boy love that I was talking about above, but now… now she gets to experience the mama daughter love and I could not be more happier for her!

One of the best parts of being a photographer is being able to give the gift of “love” to those I love.  I know that sounds silly but it’s why I actually fell in love with photography in the first place.

When I pick up my camera I see the world in a different light.  I actually see the bonds of love through that lens.  I feel things stronger and more intensely than I do when I am without that camera in my hands and I can actually put those feelings into something tangible.  I can put those feelings into something that those on the other side of that lens can hold and see and touch for as long as they wish to visit those moments!

That is something that still to this day will give me goosebumps, will bring me to tears, or make me laugh… whatever emotion that I felt at the time will come right back up to the surface again.  That is the gift that photography can give!  It’s amazing to me.

And that is what I wanted to do for my friend Colleen!

We took maybe 10 minutes… something simple and sweet.  It wasn’t too formal and it wasn’t planned.  It was just a snapshot out of her morning in her bedroom.  Just the two of them together!

Something to hold on to in the moments when baby E changes and grows.  Something to remember when she isn’t quite so little anymore or when she becomes a mom herself one day!

But for right now… just capturing their normal!

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Whenever I go back home to Virginia Beach, I always make it a point to see these two gorgeous girls!  They are some of the best friends anyone could have.  They are fun and silly and have the biggest hearts of anyone I know.  Recently, Casey found out she was expecting and what was more amazing is that their family is expanding and will be hearing the pitter patter of little BOY feet pretty soon.  I knew it was absolutely necessary that we get some one on one girl time between this dynamic mother and daughter duo before they added a wild and free spirited little boy to the mix.  So that was exactly what we did!  We met up at one of our favorite spots on the beach for a gorgeous (and quick) mommy and me session that just exploded my heart into tiny little pieces!

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I honestly believe that every mother should have a daughter like E!  I’m telling you, she is the BEST~  She is the sweetest and if I could bottle her up, I would in a heart beat and I would give her away for free!

While we were walking along this path, I told her she was just getting to be so big!  I told her I wanted her to stop growing up!  Being in Florida it amazes me how just in a few months time, how these little ones that I love so dearly grow and change so much.  Do you know what this big little 3 year old told me in answer to my statement?!  She told me “I have to grow up because I have to help with my baby brother!  I have to change his poop diapers and help mommy!”

Now she said it in such a cute way with that little 3 year old accent.  You know the one I’m talking about, with the emphasis on the w sound.  The one we love so much and we hope never goes away.  Well… it does sadly.  When they are 5 they get big and all that cuteness and emphasis on the lisping and the l’s that sound like w’s… it goes away.

So for me, capturing E in this exact moment, before baby brother comes into the fold and she is still the only one… it was more important to me than I could ever describe!

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We made it down to the beach about 3 minutes before sunset, so we didn’t have a whole lot of time, but you know what?!  That’s all we need really.  We ran down the beach and we just played together!

We had cotton candy skies that night and a breeze that washed the salt over your skin and washed away any troubles you thought you could ever possibly have.

It was truly magical…

Here are some of my favorite moments from our evening spent playing at the beach… one on one E and her mama!  There’s a special bonus at the end so keep an eye out and stick around!

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Part of the reason I picked up my camera in the first place was because these moments fly by so incredibly fast. we don’t get to keep them and more often than not, our memories fade and we can’t quite remember all those little details we want to remember so desperately.  Photography helps us to do that.  Images help us hold on to those details forever so we can re-visit them any time we like.

More importantly though and recently I’ve been trying to add in a little something extra for my clients when I can… and that’s movement and music.  I think there is something that just touches us emotionally when we can see how our  moments play out with stills and real life and then hear it as well.

So Casey.. this is my gift to you!

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