It’s hard to believe that this time last year the thought of starting a photography business had not even entered our minds.  This new part of our lives has been amazing!  There’s just nothing like being able to work creatively on something with your spouse.  It has strengthened our marriage in a new and really fun way.  It was so nice to have something to take our minds off the other intense parts of this last year… a little break of sorts.  We’re really looking forward to seeing how we are able to develop even more of our skills in 2010.  Thanks to all of our friends and family for helping us get started!!  Here’s our top 19 of 20 (1 more coming soon) starting with our most recent shoots and working back (December 2009-May 2009)…

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I met JennyLark at a park here in Maplewood this morning for her 3rd trimester maternity shoot.  She’s 39 1/2 weeks pregnant… and looks amazing.  She was brave enough to meet me outside in 18° weather so I could get some shots of her in the snow.  JennyLark has some great pictures from her wedding that were taken in the snow… so I thought it would be neat for her to have a maternity session in the snow as well.  I loved so many of the shots that I’ve had a hard time narrowing it down.  Here are three of my favorites…

After we finished up outside we headed back to her house for some shots with her girls.  I had a hard time choosing from these as well.  I couldn’t help laughing as I was editing today!

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One of the highlights of staying in St. Louis for the holidays this year was getting the chance to schedule a few portrait sessions.  One of those sessions was the (very chilly!) day after Christmas with the Goodman family.  The Goodman’s have 3 sons who all live out of state with their families.  They were all in town for a few overlapping days and wanted to schedule a portrait session.  It was really fun to photograph them at the home the boys spent a lot of time growing up in.  Here are our favorites…

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Here is more of the Phillips Family, all part of their commission for us to capture Caleb entering this world. First of all it turned out to be a 70° day in St. Louis in November and we were able to enjoy some shooting outside with Caleb, who at 6 days handled everything like a champ! Second of all, we all had a blast. Here are my top 3:

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More from Huntleigh’s 4th birthday bash coming soon!!  For now enjoy these of Huntleigh and little sister, Lucy, getting into the party spirit with some balloons!

I met Katherine and her adorable litte guy, Bryce, at the end of October for a maternity shoot in beautiful Forest Park.  The timing could not have been more perfect.  For starters… it wasn’t raining… like almost every other day that month… and Katherine ended up having that sweet babe in her belly EARLY!!  We actually shot the newborn session before I even finished editing her maternity pictures!  I can’t wait to get those up as well!!

I LOVE this picture!!  What you don’t see is what Katherine is looking at… and that’s Bryce taking off in the other direction.  That dude is fast!

A little sunlight on the belly.

The story behind this is actually pretty funny.  A tree service was trying to move some logs and dropped a huge load on the road right in front of us.  It was really the way they were transporting the logs that was so funny.  It turned out great because Bryce was still for about 5 minutes!! 

He also noticed this wooden car through the trees near where we were.  He was halfway there before we even noticed he was gone!

This picture makes me laugh… it’s his don’t mess with my baby brother face!

Thanks for a great afternoon Katherine and Bryce!

David Grossman, one of my coworkers at MRH Middle School (he’s the digital literacy/technology coordinator) and his wife Kathy invited us out to New Town, MO for a shoot.  They are just a cool and laid back couple and let’s just say they make taking pictures easy. As Grossman would state they, “Rocked it Out!”

Here are Alyssa’s Top 3:

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Here are my Top 3:

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Since I’m posting, here are my top 3 from Alyssa’s short session with the Lindman ladies.

Two weekends ago we were able to share a little California love with the Morgan Family.  Abigail was up for her 6 month photo session and so we decided to throw the whole family in as well.

The Moon!

The Ladies.

Skate or Die!

Big brother in charge.