Miss Bailey the Busy Body

This is Bailey, the daughter of a sorority sister from college that I recently photographed.  I had forgotten how active this age is, so my agenda and props for the session were quickly thrown out the door and it became more of lifestyle shoot which is perfectly fine!  She was all over the place, inside and outside in her own little world.  Other than the normal meltdown that every growing child goes through, we had a good time!  And after the initial interest and grabbing at the lens (see photograph below) she wasn't phased by the camera nor interested in our overall goal of pictures this day.  Even so, we had a great time, I captured some great images and I was able to catch up with Hillary all at the same time.  Here are a few of my favorite images of Miss Bailey!  Some of these just melt my heart.  Childhood is such a precious thing!

Coming for the camera!

Her big debut!

Bubbles make everything better!

Tickles from mom.  Melts my heart.

In her own little world

Just so precious

She loves her dogs

 Checking out the dogs with their nose under the fence

Mom caught her attention and got that pretty smile!

She's so cute, she just makes you smile!

Lindsey

My Cousins

A couple weeks ago I got to meet up with some of my extended family in Edmond for some photographs and dinner.  Meet my cousins!  Aren't they a good looking bunch?!  I'm the oldest of 15 grandchildren, with my sister being the next oldest, so we have had the fun times playing the oldest cousin role and watching everyone grow up.  I LOVE my family so it was so fun to get to hang with this gang and catch up on each of their lives for the evening!

Another one of M.  The couture look!  

This image resembles her momma, my momma and myself when we were around this age. 

I love it!

Sneak Peek....Family

fam·i·ly

1. a. A fundamental social group in society typically consisting of one or two 

parents and their children.

b. Two or more people who share goals and values, have long-term commitments 

to one another, and reside usually in the same dwelling place.

2. A group of persons sharing common ancestry

I had the pleasure of photographing this fun group last weekend.  It was a celebration of life and family.  This family was so fun and playful during our session.  They reminded me a lot of my family so I really enjoyed being around them.  Thank you Jana and Brian for thinking of me to photograph your family.  You are blessed people.  Enjoy the sneak peek!

the whole group

The ones who started it all and their four children

The grandkids

Carson and Becky

Amber and Chad

the Blackmore family

Thank you for such a fun session!

lindsey

Photosession with Zoe!

My baby girl, Zoe.  I never thought I'd be one of "those people".  You know, the ones who say they have 2 kids and they are referring to their dogs.  Well I can totally relate now that I have a dog.  Dogs have their own personalities just like people.  The bond between an owner and their dog is amazing and so rewarding.    


So here's a brief story on how I came to owning a dog.  
It's thanks to my sister and my husband and their love of dogs.  My sister got a cute little puppy in the last year+ and named her Tele.  Tele is the sweetest and smartest little pup I've ever met.  I just fell in love with her.  As for my husband's influence, anytime we find a roaming dog in the neighborhood we call the info on their tag and make sure it gets home.  We'd want the same for our dogs if they got lost.  So one Friday afternoon, we're on a walk in the neighborhood with Waux and we find a roaming dog.  She had no tag, no one was out looking for her and she didn't seem to recognize the area. After spending some time in the area we found her, we took her home with us.   The plan was to wait for flyers of a lost dog.  Flyers were up two days later and she was returned home safely.  She and Waux got along great and it was then we realized Waux needed a playmate.  

Shortly after we started making a list and researching which types of breeds we'd want to adopt.  Once we had our list, we just keep checking back with various animal shelters waiting until they had one of the breeds we were looking for.  It happened to be we were in Claremore a few days before Christmas and there she was!  She looked like an alley dog, dirty, ungroomed, fleas and super long nails.  We played with her for a while and she was so friendly and sweet.  It was obvious she had been someone's dog but it was unknown why she was out wandering around; lost or abandoned.  The animal shelter in Claremore needed to keep her for a few more days to allow her previous owner to call and claim her if in fact she had become lost.  No one claimed her so we adopted her!  We made a list of potential names, much like you do with babies, and came up with Zoe.  She is just the friendliest and funniest dog.  She is so cute playing fetch with her toy cow.  She often hops around like a bunny instead of running.  She and Waux get a long great.  Oh, I wish I had a camera on me all the time to capture her silly and cute ways!  Here are some of my favorite images of Zoe!

lindsey