Welcome to the world, little Miles! And congratulations to big brother Remy and mama and papa Talia and Shelby. ♥

Can’t wait to snuggle him again!
Posted in Babies, Children, Families, Newborns, Sarasota area, tagged baby portrait photography, children photography, family photography, newborn photography, Sarasota baby photography, Sarasota children photography, Sarasota family photography, Sarasota newborn photography, Sarasota photographer on July 27, 2011| 1 Comment »
Welcome to the world, little Miles! And congratulations to big brother Remy and mama and papa Talia and Shelby. ♥

Can’t wait to snuggle him again!
Posted in Children, Families, Sarasota area, tagged beach photography, children photography, couple photography, family photography, Sarasota beach portraits, Sarasota children photography, Sarasota family photography, Sarasota photographer on July 7, 2011| 1 Comment »
Peggy and Tom are about to celebrate their 50th anniversary – WOW. 50 years!! Their four sons and their families gathered from all over the country to celebrate, and one of their sons, Jim, and his wife Julie of SunCoast Organics, the amazing home delivery service for fresh, organic produce (and milk, eggs, nuts, etc.), asked me to help them commemorate the occasion with photos. They were an easy bunch, because they clearly have so much fun together – it’s infectious and a joy to photograph!
How sweet are these two?


And the adorable grandkids (thanks, Jim, for being hilarious and cracking them up!):


We took some individual family photos, too. Here are some of the SunCoast Organics crew. (Ainsley is hilarious and such a ham!)

Congratulations to Peggy and Tom on such an incredible and inspiring milestone, and thank you to the whole family for including me in the celebration!
Posted in Babies, Children, My Family, Sarasota area, tagged baby portrait photography, children photography, Cleveland baby photography, Sarasota baby photography, Sarasota children photography, Sarasota photographer on July 5, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Just spent a great holiday weekend with this boy!
Outdoor haircut/frozen berry snack time:

Miss him already – but only a few more weeks till we get together to celebrate his second birthday! ♥
Posted in Children, Families, Sarasota area, tagged children photography, family photography, Sarasota children photography, Sarasota family photography, Sarasota photographer on June 23, 2011| 1 Comment »
Sophia just turned 5 (happy belated birthday!), so we celebrated with a shoot to capture her gorgeousness and how grown up she is!

Of course, she had to do some twirling to show off her pretty dress!

And this pose just kills me:

Beautiful mother and daughter:

Posted in Babies, Children, Families, Sarasota area, tagged baby portrait photography, children photography, family photography, Sarasota baby photography, Sarasota children photography, Sarasota family photography, Sarasota photographer on April 25, 2011| 1 Comment »
It seems like 5 minutes ago that we met our friends’ little Sienna when she was just 6 days old. Actually, it kind of feels like 5 minutes ago that we met her big sister Summer, who is 2.5! Now Sienna is already 4 months old – and still really, really cute.
When we first arrived at their house, Sienna spent some time snoozing on J while Summer showed off her new swingset and iPad2:

Then Sienna woke up and showed off her smile!

And we took some sister photos of these two adorable girls:


How amazingly mischievously sweet is this expression?!

Lastly, the girls played dress-up – Sienna as a tiny Easter bunny and Summer as a fairy (with errands to run)!

Such a fun Saturday afternoon with this crew! 🙂
Posted in Babies, Children, Families, My Family, Sarasota area, tagged baby portrait photography, children photography, Cleveland photographer, Sarasota baby photography, Sarasota children photography, Sarasota family photography, Sarasota photographer on April 19, 2011| Leave a Comment »
E and Remy have developed an adorable little friendship over E’s last several visits to FL. E now even has a name for Remy (“Hem”) and talks about him a lot – and by talks about him, I mean he reminisces with sounds, signs, and pointing. He’s not quite on full sentences yet. And Remy is preparing to be a big brother, being so sweet to E, calling him “Baby Efan,” holding his hand as they go places, and protecting him from other kids who try to steal his Thomas toy. They’re crazy cute on their own, and put them together… adorableness ensues.
Here they are, two of my favorite subjects:

And no visit with E can be complete without at least a mini photo shoot, so here are some shots of this very handsome and quickly growing-up 20-month-old, showing off his amazing Cleveland-white legs in his FL shorty shorts:

The two shots that make me crazy to look at…

E and his BFF (oh, and mom) checking out the wild squirrels:

One last shot – Sweet little Rem:

Those two boys make me very happy. Lots of cuteness. 🙂
Posted in Babies, Children, Cleveland, Families, My Family, Sarasota area, tagged baby portrait photography, children photography, Cleveland baby photography, Cleveland children photography, Cleveland family photography, Cleveland photographer, family photography, Sarasota baby photography, Sarasota children photography, Sarasota family photography, Sarasota photographer on March 10, 2011| Leave a Comment »
A couple family photos of the Cleveland crew enjoying the beautiful March FL sunshine. (E kills me in that hat.)

And the boy doing what he loves best, snacking:

Posted in Babies, Children, Families, My Family, Sarasota area, tagged baby portrait photography, children photography, family photography, Sarasota baby photography, Sarasota children photography, Sarasota family photography, Sarasota photographer on March 4, 2011| Leave a Comment »
E’s in Sarasota! 🙂
Snuggle time with J, signing “water” while looking at the ocean, and hoping to see some birds:

♥ ♥ ♥
Posted in Children, Families, Sarasota area, tagged children photography, couple photography, family photography, Sarasota children photography, Sarasota family photography, Sarasota photographer on February 23, 2011| 3 Comments »
I met little Delilah while on another photo shoot downtown last summer. I snapped a few shots of her then (check one out here). The combo of her complete adorableness and that amazing outfit were just too cute to handle, so I was excited to finally have a full session with her and her parents to celebrate her second birthday.
I think she got even cuter…

…And maybe a little bit harder to catch. They get a lot faster from 18 months to 2 years!

A rare pause in the action with her parents, Trevor and Danielle, and her lamb friend “Mimi”:

There is something to be said for posed shots, everyone looking at the camera and smiling. You can see people’s beautiful faces and eyes, and they often make for happy photos. But in my eyes, you can’t beat the true, candid moments between parents and their little ones…



Lastly, a couple shots of Danielle and Trevor as Delilah played and explored around us. 🙂

Posted in Children, Families, Sarasota area, tagged children photography, family photography, Sarasota children photography, Sarasota family photography, Sarasota photographer on January 18, 2011| 1 Comment »
You may remember Remy’s first photo on my blog from almost exactly one year ago. And some other shots here and here. He is so sweet, handsome, and ridiculously cute. Talia’s no stranger to my camera, either, since I’ve photographed her face no less than 100 times for her leather accessories line, Green Apple Accessories. We finally did a family shoot, back at Selby Gardens (where we did Remy’s first session), this past weekend.
How cute are they?

I can’t really stand how cute Rem is in this one. And those eyes are just too much:

A couple more favorites… Rem in his glory:


Loved photographing this trio. 🙂 Glad we finally made it happen, T!