meet Kellen Charles....

Hello fellow blog followers! Sorry i am really bad at updating this blog lately. It is the busy season for me, so I haven't had lots of extra time to put images up. I will try and get better with this, i promise.

Here is a newborn session I did a few weeks ago. I photographed his adorable siblings this summer, and what do ya know??   He is adorable too :)  I love that I got to photograph him within the first week. It usually makes a big difference because they want to sleep most of the time. Thanks again Steph for letting me come and play. You and your family are some of the nicest people I know!! 

SOOO sleepy!!

even when he looks at me funny he is still adorable

Trinity

A few weeks ago, Jamie and I took my niece Trinity out into the country to have a little fun. Jamie and I are obsessed with heading out into the country and finding random dirt roads with yummy light. I bought this tutu and a few other things, and I wanted to use Trinity as my model, and she did a fabulous job. We came across the perfect location for this shoot, and I am for sure going back!! How perfect was this little fence and the changing trees??!! Can't get much better than that. Trinity was so sweet the whole time, and the only way we got her to smile was asking her what she wanted to eat at McDonalds. Yep, kinda lame, but she is a little shy and it took her awhile to warm up, but her sweet innocent look really made for some awesome photos.

*Oh and thank you Jamie for coming along with me.....love love love working with you :)

we came across this old red truck and luckily the farmer was out there, and he gladly let us use it, nothing better than old trucks, and tutu's!

this is one of my favorites!

love this shot, the light is insane awesome here isn't it!! I think Jamie took this one

Fun with Bella!

Last week I had the opportunity to meet Bella, (love the name :) and what a blast we had. She is so adorable, and I can't get over how cute her curly hair is! She was a huge ball of energy, and we got some fun pictures. Her parents are so cute with her, I love the connection they had with her. Jessica (mom) is expecting soon, so I can't wait to meet baby #2 :) Thanks again for letting me come out and play with Bella, I had a blast!

Rockin' the TuTu

I love her hair and the lighting in the shot!

My little cutie!

This past week my good friend and photographer Jamie took pictures for our Christmas card and I wanted to just show you a few of my favorites. I don't want to show you too many because I am not sure which ones I will use in my card, but I couldn't resist not showing these. Isn't he such a little cutie pie??! Jamie did such an awesome job, and I can't wait to show you more! They turned out sooooooo cute :)

More Family Fun!

A couple weekends ago when I was back home, I photographed my brother's family and we had such a great time!! Downtown Sioux Falls was a little more interesting than I had ever imagined, but the pictures turned out pretty sweet! They are such a cool family and their kids are adorable! Tavin (my son) and Max are about the same age, and it is always nice to get those two together to play. Max and him are total opposites, so I think they balance each other out nicely. Tessa is kinda like Tavin, so I was happy when she came along because I felt like Brad and Wanda had it a little to easy with Max. For instance....after our photo shoot Max and Tavin took baths, and Tessa was so upset that she couldn't take a bath with them that after they got out, she just went and helped herself to the bath and sat down in the water fully clothed. Love that girl!! Enjoy!!

Brad just flips her around like she is a sack of potatoes, so cute!!

love this one of max!!

my favorite family shot

wasn't kinda the perfect look i was going for, but I thought it turned out super cute!! Max is giving out the peace symbol apparently :)

One of my all time favorite pics, i just love the emotion in this shot!!

check out Tessa's chub, so cute!!

Senior Pics!!

This summer I got the opportunity to photograph one of my favorite cousins, Larissa. Every time I went home this summer we did pictures, and it was so much fun. Larissa is such a beautiful woman and so much fun to be around!! As you can see in some of the pictures, we laughed the whole time we were doing these, it was great!! We basically went to every little town around my parents farm and did pictures. We scouted out lots of old buildings and dirt roads and cruised around in my dads old F-150, it couldn't get any better than that. We also took pictures with her two best friends, katie and kayla. They were so funny together and thought I was crazy when I told them that I wanted to find an old car to sit on. So here we are, going through my dad's neighbors trees, scouting out the perfect old car and dodging cow pies, it was a blast!! Thanks Larissa for letting me take your senior pictures!! It was so much fun!! Love ya girl!!

She has got the most beautiful eyes, stunning!!

rockin' it with my grandma's old chair :)


These three are definitely going to be old ladies together going out for tea parties, such a close group of girls!!


Love this one!
Found this HUGE bike in Mitchell by some random bike shop, had to stop and get a pic of course :)

F A M I L Y

Last weekend when I was home I got the opportunity to photograph one of my favorite families from back home. Everyone in this family is so genuine, caring and FUN, and I was so excited when Kassy told me they wanted me to take their pictures! Kassy and I were 4 years apart in high school, but we became close friends during that time. She is such a beautiful woman inside and out, and I know she didn't learn her awesome values on her own, her great parents had a lot to do with that. Thanks for the fun!!


These sunflowers were Lisa's pride and joy for the summer apparently and as I was taking this Bart said "if this picture works, it's gonna be huge :) I think they like to pick on mom a little bit, it did turn out really cool though.

Talk about one BEAUTIFUL family!!

This is kassy and her hubby, i thought it was a cute series :)

Love the huge tree!!

yep i made them hold hands, I think kassy was the only one who enjoyed this :)