Fall Pictures of Everett

 Happy First Halloween from our little Elephant!!

Everett and I have spent a lot of time at home lately taking pictures. I have found a new Joy in photography that had previously burnt out in me from being bogged down with wedding photography over the past couple of years. Getting to dress Everett up, or strip him down and put him in fun scenes when it suites our moods has been an absolute blast for me. Finally getting to use all my "photography pins" on Pinterest for my own purpose and enjoyment of documenting my precious Boys life.  So here are a few we have taken over the past week, Soaking up every bit of Fall we can!

A Morning Spent with Norah

One of the best things about staying at home with Everett is getting to spend our days with Neeley and Norah. We always dreamed of raising our kids together and now that we are both staying home with them it gives us a lot of time during the day to see one another. Runs to the grocery store, boring errands to the bank or post office are made all the more fun with two kids and your best friend! Norah has been extremely colic since she was born. Crying non-stop all day, everyday. Poor Neeley and Lane have tried everything to help her, finding solice in prescription formula and keeping her moving nonstop. For this reason and my procrastination we just this past weekend were able to get some real pics taken of sweet Norah. I was so honored to get to take these pics of my precious niece and document how beautiful and tiny she is whether she is crying or not! Norah's trick is to keep her constantly moving in big bouncy moves or/and sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. There was plenty of both going on while we tried to get her picture and that sweet little girl pulled it together, to our surprise, to have her moment in the spotlight! I am completely obsessed with these pictures and how precious this girl is! Norah what a blessing you are to our lives!!

Martin Wedding Photos

Today I have posted new wedding photos over at my photography blog. Check it out!

Photo Booth Props

            

Photo Booths have become a HUGE Hit in Wedding photography these days. People love to put on the faux mustaches, big lips, and whatever other disguises are available to make a cleverly unique keepsake for the bride and groom. 

These are SUPER DUPER SIMPLE to do. And after talking to a bride whos wedding is coming up very soon I decided to jump in to the new phenomenon.

      

There are gazillion different ways to make these cute props. I decided foam paper from Hobbs Lobbs was going to be my method. I found several different templates by googling "mustache template" or "big lips templates." I simply traced around the template on the foam with an Xacto knife, one line of hot glue and attached the handle and BAM! I had some AMAZINGLY CUTE props for my wedding photos!!

I had to jump at the opportunity to have some of my dear family to test out my props upon completion. They were all naturals with the props and if only I had shot them with a real camera and not my iphone.

I did use the props at my last wedding and will hopefully be posting pics on my photography blog soon!!

Starlight Photos

Well If you read my post last night you may have realized I had a bit of a breakdown. I want to ask for your prayers surrounding my mom and dad, Both are struggling with aggressive dieseases that are taking over their bodies.

To take my mind off things and to keep the tears at bay I decided to do some work. Here are the photos from an amazing wedding at Starlight. I wasn't the official photographer so it's more detailed photos than event photos. Hope you enjoy!