Baby Taylor

This beautiful baby is one of my best friends' little darlin's! We did a little surprise photo shoot for mommy! She's 6 mos. old already & today happens to be her mommy's birthday! Happy Birthday A!

Whew!

Well this past weekend was the 2009 Winter PPI conference, it is a whirlwind of classes, note taking, & gabbing with other photographers! There are so many nice people to meet that come in all sorts of packages! Some have been shooting for 30 years & some have barely started! I met a few more ladies & we got to hang out & share lunch, our notes, running up the stairs!! The board of PPI makes everyone feel so special & they do such an awesome job at welcoming you! It really does become one of those weekends that you end up looking forward to so you can see them again!

Here area few of my friends from the conference on Disco Nite! Ooohh what a nite!!! (i was singing in case you didnt recognize the song!)
From left to right is Linda, Vickie, Shuva & myself.

I am very pleased with the outcome of the competition. Each conference gets a bit better because of all the information that other photographers share so willingly.

I'm so excited to share with you:

This one titled "holding on: received a 1st place award for it's category, & also an honorable mention. (not sure why they do that though!)

This print "Gypsy Girl" received a score that qualifies it to be sent onto Nationals & also a distinguished print award. Isnt she so stinking beautiful! It would be hard to shoot these girls & get a bad photo! :)

This print of our beautiful friends Brenden & Sarah Pugh titled "What dreams may come"
also received an honorable mention! woohoo!

2 of my favorite girls!!! Titled "Falling in love" received an honorable mention as well!

OK, it was announced at the banquet that i received an honorable mention also for one of my "lil ms. photogenic" competition prints. THOUGH, there was no certificate in my case, i have a feeling they mistitled it! Anyway, it has to be one of these 2, because they were the only ones i entered in that category! Glad to see that i'm not the only one that gets confused at these things! :)

Thank you to all of my friends for their assistance in naming these prints!!! That is a talent in & of itself!!

The Cain Family!

I had the opportunity to photograph this wonderful family as well as their daughter's senior pictures! One of the sons is leaving for Whales & wont be home for some time, so i was sooo thankful that we were able to get together to do this! It was a cold day in January...brrr!

The Holts!

Hey cuz! this adorable family are my cousins! The Holts! We did the shoot entirely in their new, beautiful home, which made it very easy for the parents! I LOVE doing on-location shoots! Their kids are pretty darn cute, so my job is easy!!

The Gambralls!

I love this family! We have been going to the same church for years now & they recently had the whole gang together for a VERY quick photoshoot~! Thanks guys!!

Happy Birthday bebe!

This Santa baby is my 1 year old granddaughter Ava! I KNOW, 1 year old!! Holy cow, how did she get THAT old THAT fast?! Her birthday was a few days after christmas, i'll post some images from her party soon!

Sunnquist Family

I had the opportunity to photograph this family the day after Christmas! If the young man looks familiar, it's because i photographed him earlier this year! It was soo windy that we kept it indoors, you should have seen my hair!! Good thing i was on the OTHER side of the camera!