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A new family – Holly Springs Maternity Photogtapher
Posted on January 18, 2012
I was so honored to be able to meet this gorgeous family and capture the family of 2 before it becomes a family of 3.
Look at the cute little belly on Mommy.
I can’t wait to meet their baby girl.
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A Little Creative Math – Raleigh Maternity Photographer
Posted on December 28, 2011
One of my baby plan clients saw this photo and just had to have it for herself. We got our creative heads together and turned this into her Christmas card. In her card she is looking at the camera. Can you believe that she is 7 months pregnant here? I was having a hard time showing off her bump! She looks amazing as always!
Her second little girl is due in early March. I can’t wait!!!
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The B Family – Raleigh Family Photography
Posted on November 27, 2011
What do you get when you have a perfect fall day, a loving family and an adorable little girl with a HUGE personality?
You get this,
And this. The hair, the smile, the dimples, the eyes…..poor Daddy will have his hands full in about 12 years.
Remember I mentioned the loving family? Love is just oozing from this family hug.
A sweet little Daddy kiss.
I enjoyed meeting this family. Not sure about them, but I had a blast playing with Miss A.
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A smile forever changed – Holly Springs child photographer
Posted on October 5, 2011
We are finally moved in and settled. We have experienced so many changes since we have moved in to our new home. We moved in on a Thursday, 5 days later, I took my daughter to get registered for Kindergarten. 2 days after that she had to report for staggered entry and the next Monday, only 11 days after moving in, my baby girl started school.
The first 2 days were touch and go for her but now she loves it!
The next big event for her was getting a loose tooth. She was so excited, until she saw the blood. But after she calmed down she could not wait for the tooth fairy to come and visit. We had made a tooth fairy pillow to hang on her door but she as a little uneasy about ever being able to see her tooth again. So her tooth fairy, Miranda, left her a little tiny note with $5! A big amount because it is her first tooth. Miranda told her that she would keep her tooth in a very safe place. She was a very happy girl in the morning. Here is a snapshot of her pillow and here goodies left by Miranda including purple “fairy dust.”
Mommy is a little sad because her baby teeth are the last part of her that is still “baby.” I can already see that big girl tooth coming in. Her new smile is still adorable but I will miss all of those tiny baby teeth.
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1 year old cutie – Raleigh Child Photographer
Posted on September 12, 2011
I have been photographing Miss C since she was 7 days old. It is so amazing to see how fast she has grown up. And I have enjoyed meeting and becoming friends with this family.
The weather finally allowed us a morning to get little Miss C outdoors. And that baby NEVER stopped moving. She walked, ran, and happily explored the entire time. I tried to stay 5 steps in front of her but at one point I just gave up and stopped. When she caught up to me, she reached out those little arms, put her head on my shoulder and hugged me. It made me just melt.
Here she is giving her Daddy one of those sweet hugs.
See how big she is now!
Mommy and Daddy’s pride and joy.
Happy Birthday sweet girl. Thank you for letting me be a part of the first year of your life. It has been an honor to watch you grow.
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Happy 1st Birthday – Raleigh Child Photographer
Posted on July 24, 2011
I can’t believe that this sweet girl is turning one. She is one of my baby plan cuties. Check out how she has grown. Newborn and at 6 months
Now she is turning one. No matter how many times I see her I fall in love with her beautiful eyes every time.
She is so girly and I felt this needed a peaches and creme finish.
Look at these eyes.
She was not too sure about the cake.
But, eventually, she got into it.
Stay tuned for her next session. We are planning an outdoor session, without messy cake. But with this horrible heat wave, we had to postponed it.
Happy 1st Birthday Miss C!!!!
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Brothers – Garner Family Photographer
Posted on July 5, 2011
The mom of these 3 brothers called me with a quick request. They were going on vacation in a week to visit family and Grandma wanted some new pictures of her Grandsons. I took just an hour off from packing up my house and met this family at a local park. It was early in the morning before the heat of the day took over. Poor guys had just gotten out of school and I was making them wake up early on summer vacation. But they did great!
The twins.
The youngest. Having purple hair myself, I knew I would get along with him. I loved his frosted “Guy Fieri” hair.
All three brothers.
I am so glad we were able to work this session in. I hope Grandma enjoyed her visit and the new portraits of her Grandsons.
Thank you K Family!
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Where I have been – Raleigh Photographer
Posted on June 28, 2011
I must apologize for being away from my blog for so long. Since my last post, I have been CRAZY busy.
We went on vacation to Disney World!! It was our daughter’s first visit and it was, as Disney claims it to be, MAGICAL!
The week after we returned, we got an offer on our house. It had been on the market for a long, long 19 months.
I then had a little over a month to pack, find a new home and move.
We are now living with my Dad for 3 weeks until our new home is ready. I finally have time to relax a little.
Instead of trying to catch you up on my sessions and blogs, I will finish up the last 2 sessions and restart my blogging. I also hope to blog the Disney trip in a few weeks.
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Super Moon – Garner NC Photographer
Posted on March 21, 2011
As far back as I can remember, my daughter has always loved the moon. She could find that moon anytime, night, day it did not matter. Last Christmas she got a remote control moon for her room. It cycles through the phases of the moon, it has a 3-D lunar landscape. It is made my Uncle Milton and called “Moon In My Room.” Very cool.
This week, Super Moon was not exactly a new thing for us. We look and admire the moon almost daily. I could see that it was much brighter but to my daughter, it was the same old beautiful moon. I figured with everyone else snapping and sharing their shots of the moon, I would too.
Since the moon was brighter so I actually got a little bit of moon flare with some rim lighting on the flowers. Normally flares are captured from the sun so this was neat to see.
Almost any night or day is a great time to photography the moon. I thought I would share a few tips.
You need to use a telephoto lens. You really need a lens that will go at least 200mm but the longer it is, the better. If you only have a point and shoot camera, zoom it out as far as you can. Also, include the landscape. Find something visually interesting to add to the scene since you will not be able to get really close to it. Trees, mountains, a body of water, or even a person’s hands “holding” the moon.
Use a tripod. Get that camera perfectly still for a nice crisp picture. If it is windy, use something to weigh down the tripod.
Do not use a shallow dept of field. Set your aperture around F9, F11 to get lots of detail. Take a shot and then play around with your settings.
Photograph the moon in its different phases. A full moon is not your only option. A crescent moon is just as beautiful.
If there are bare tree branches in front of the moon or clouds are moving across it, GREAT! That makes it look a little spooky.
I hope everyone enjoyed the Super Moon but in our house, the moon is super every night.
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Father Daughter Dance – Garner Photographer
Posted on February 27, 2011
I had the pleasure of photographing the Valentine’s Day Father Daughter dance at my daughter’s ballet school. For once, I had the easiest time getting the Dads to give me that true, relaxed smile. Not the “My wife is making me do this” smile. They were so proud of their girls and you could see it on each and every face. And the daughters were simply adorable. They were all dressed up and a lot had corsages.
Everyone had so much fun. Christy, owner of Christy’s DancExplosion, did a great job with the dance. Lots of food and fun. The last song of the night was “Butterfly Kisses.” So mean of Christy to play that, right? 
You can tell in my candid shots when that song was being played. Those poor Dads, trying not to cry. And yep, Christy and I had tears too.
I had such a hard time choosing the ones for the blog so I basically just closed my eyes and picked!!
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Thanks Kelli. You take such great pictures. You should post the acutal card incase one of your clients wants to create something similiar. Our family said that we had the BEST Christmas card this year, hands down!!
Looking forward to Savannah’s newborn pictures….only about 8 weeks left!!