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I am obsessed with mothers and children right now because I've been formulating an idea for some time now that revolves around them. Â I also had the awesome opportunity just a week ago to shoot a birth. Â And not just any birth - the birth of my niece. Â It was such an amazing experience. Â I'll be sharing bits and pieces of photos from that over the next few weeks, but this one is special for I Heart Faces' "Motherhood" challenge this week. I think my sister-in-law Sarah is such an amazing mother! Â This photo is beautiful because of the tenderness she has for her children, not because...


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I really want to shoot more lifestyle photography. Â I love the concept of a fly-on-the-wall's perspective of a family. Â I try to sneak in the lifesytyle-type portrait here and there where possible. Â And love it when I get lucky! Â Such as with this shot.:) Â One of my favorites from the last 6 months of sessions! This post was linked up at I Heart Faces:


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I am never afraid to shoot straight into the sunlight. I love natural light and playing with light and I especially love the haziness of a well shot image using sun flare. I didn't have time to go take a new image for this week's challenge at I Heart Faces, because it is spring break for us and I've got lots of quality kid time planned, but this is one of my all time favorite images, and it happens to meet this week's criteria!


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This is an exciting entry for me. Sometimes you just get an outstanding image without hardly trying. Such was the case for me a couple Saturdays ago with the beautiful Miss Alicia, who's mom gave her a "Sweet Sixteen" shoot for her birthday! Linking up HERE, where you can vote for Alicia this evening through Thursday evening!!!Â


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This week's "i heart faces"challenge is "anything but a face". The next cutest thing to any face is some cute baby piggies!!! Linking up!


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Hi all! This is my second entry at I Heart Faces. This week's challenge is "Best Face Photo of 2010". Well that's a tough one - do I go with silly, grumpy, happy or just plain beautiful?! I've shot all of the above this year, most definitely. Â But in the end, I went with this little cutie, who was all giggles one moment, and then simply decided to pout and pick her nose at the same time. I never stop shooting - EVER! That's the trick to capturing a moment like this. Cheese, schmeeze, right? I think she's adorable either way.;) For this week's challenge at I Heart Faces, our photos are open...


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This is my first submission to "i heart faces" and I'm super excited about the theme. Â I love silhouettes. Â In fact it was really hard to choose just one silhouette photo to enter into this contest, I love them and have taken that many of them! Â But this photo is near and dear to my heart, as it is my daughter and her cousin and best friend, Bella. Wish me luck, hope to place in the contest!!!


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Well,  the nominations are in! Thank you all who wrote in to me about the amazing families you know. But in the end, unfortunately, I could only choose one family. And that family is the Batemans! The Bateman family is one I know from church. They have 2 adorable little girls and are such sweet, deserving people. I'm really excited to have them grace the walls of this blog, and I can't wait to introduce them to you. So stay tuned, and thanks again for all the interest in this idea! I will definitely be doing it again!


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