I rarely show Maternity in color

but I could hardly convert this one to black and white. Ms. J and her handsome hubby were in my studio a couple of weeks ago for her Maternity Portrait Session.


I have been really digging the red and black thing lately since I had my new photography business logo made in those colors. So, I got out the red and draped her in black.


Is she not one of the MOST gorgeous women you have ever seen??


Will be done with your whole session soon....enjoy your sneak peak!

The Traveling Couch

I think that most of my High School Seniors figure out pretty early on in their sessions that I am crazy about furniture. This is the couch I recently snagged at a local yard sale and I have been using it a ton in the studio, but for R.'s Senior Portrait Safari in downtown Kansas City last week, I decided to bring it along.

R. had the perfect dress, we found the perfect wall with perfect light, and so, made the perfect Senior Portrait. (ok, well, I love it)

Be done with your whole session soon, but had to show you how great it all came together, horrible wind and all...

A Recent Beauty

I would love to show more of this fabulous Mom-to-be, but I know she would be embarassed (she thought she shouldnt even do a maternity session since its her 4th baby)..but of course she was glowingly beautiful and full of fun and laughter.

I had to show ONE....

BTW, you have email from me in case you didnt know...I sent you your link! Show your sister!

On the Occasion of My 37th Birthday

So I turned 37 today (scary, when I was 18, I figured by 37 I'd be all shrively and in a nursing home)...turns out I'm still young. Fancy that.

So last week I really made some mistakes...all in fun, but hard to overcome now. I broke the cardinal rule: Never Discuss Relgion or Politics (esp with people you either LOVE or dont know...well, I suppose the "dont know" people would be OK, as long as you NEVER have to see or speak to them again).

I'm a Democrat, I am voting for Obama and Biden. I like the guys, I think they will do the better job. Period. I didnt really think there was all that much to debate, but a couple dear friends of mine and I did it anyway. It all started in fun, and with one of these friends, we do this poking a lot...on lots of issues and in lots of ways. So with both friends, it was all in jest.

Then it took a serious turn in some ways...I started thinking too much. I started reading too much and I found out how sad the state of our country really is. How much NEITHER party had done much to help, as we spiral ever downward into debt and illness and suffering, both here and abroad. It stopped being so funny.

So I went to the bookstore and bought some funny political books to cheer myself up. They havent helped much....even the political humorists are sick of all of it. When Michael Moore is beating up on the Democrats, we are in bigger trouble than we know.

So, I admit, I have always kind of been a casual voter...not this year. This year I am reading, I am researching, I am asking the tough questions.

I am rejecting the Right Wing slandering of my candidate.

I am rejecting the Left Wing slandering of our opponent.

I am NOT basing MY vote on TV ads or even the Daily Show (ok, its really funny though).

I encourage my readers to do the same...research, dont just assume that your party is still representing your best interests.

Neither candidate is perfect, I am sure more lies/slanders/emotional outbursts will ensue during the next several weeks.

I ask you, as I ask of myself: look hard. And then look again.

Then call your friends and talk about something else.

Like shoes.

Elegant Baby (newborn)

Sometimes it just all works together...I have all these cool pieces in my studio and a couple weeks ago, Baby O. let me put it all together.

He slept right through most of his session, even with big brothers playing hide and seek around the couch while he dozed. Ah, thats what happens when you are Baby #3 (and 3rd boy).

Will be done soon, and cant wait to show you all your handsome guys Stacy!

I'm feeling a little behind....

I'm so busy! School is in session, BOTH boys in school full time and my calendar is PACKED with sessions! I've been neglecting my blog, and so some of the following "sneak peeks" arent that sneaky...some of the parents already have seen them.

But my readers havent, so here are some darlings for ya!