Winter Wonderland {Three Forks, MT Photographer}

This shoot took place on Christmas Eve, and wasn't it a beautiful day?  Beautiful yes, but it was also very very cold.  I have known the Strohecker family since I was just a wee one!  I spent a lot of my childhood summers on the lake with Carrie playing hide and seek until it was too dark to safely play anymore.  Anyways, Greg and Laurie are engaged and had both their families around for the holidays.  Carrie called me on December 22nd to see if I was going to be in Three Forks for the holidays, and luckily I was and felt honored to be a part of their Christmas Eve.  

So on short notice and in the Montana cold we made it happen.  The kids didn't last long which was totally understandable, but we were able to get some great group shots (the main point of the shoot) as well as some cute couple shots!

Such a beautiful couple and so very in love.  Laurie is stunning!

Thanks for having me out the ranch and for being such troopers in the cold!  I hope you all have a wonderful 2011!

Holiday Family Cheer {Three Forks, MT Photographer}

So this will be my LAST post of 2010!  I can not tell you how excited I am for the new year.  2011 weddings are being booked, sessions are being scheduled, and seniors are starting to think about their graduation announcements.  I for one have already begun the countdown to Spring.  (I know- I know...we have a lot of winter to go)  

Speaking of winter, check out this beautiful family that I shot last week in my home town of Three Forks.  It was only about 25 degrees outside which is actually quite warm compared to today's sub zero temperature.  The original plan was for me to take some family photos of the Malmquists.  Well once the other families in this family heard the plan, they wanted in on the action as well!  We basically fit four family sessions into one and it actually went incredibly smoothly.  Plus the frost and the snow mixed with Jim and Diane's beautiful landscaping made for a perfect setting.  

Thanks for letting me be part of your holiday fun!  I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and have a very happy new year!

Pretty Miss Shainy Mae {Three Forks, MT Photographer}

Meet Shainy Mae Mack.  Shainy is not only my cousin, she is also my God Daughter, and I love her to pieces!  This fall I asked Shainy if she would mind helping me out with a quick shoot.  I had an idea for a new product I wanted to get ordered, and I wanted to shoot specifically for that product.  I wanted the photos to look timeless and elegant, and also show Shainy's personality.  She is such a little model, and very used to having her photo taken.  When Shainy was a baby, and I was in High School, she became my favorite subject.  She is one of the reasons why I fell in love with shooting babies and children.   She has a wide range of facial expressions, and she is just so darn cute!  

I wanted to wait and share these photos when I had the product to photograph as well so at the bottom of the post you will find the accordion mini album I made with Shainy's photos.

The above and below photos are my favorites from the shoot.

I also love the below photo because it is a genuine Shainy smile :)

Here are the accordion mini albums which are also calendars that I mentioned earlier.  They are wallet sized so they are perfect to carry around in your purse!  These would be great gifts for grandparents, and other family members!

On another note,  I just wanted to say how much fun it was to shoot Shainy, not only because we are family, but also because it isn't very often that I shoot one child at this age.  What I mean is that I shoot babies and I shoot families, and brothers and sisters, but I don't ever really get to dedicate a whole shoot to a child at Shainy's age.  Why not schedule a session of just one of your children, maybe the youngest since you probably don't have a lot of photos of just them.  Plus, I think is this a perfect idea for little girls, who love to dress up, and would love a shoot all to themselves.  So if you book a session for just one child between the age of three and 16 for the months of January and February you will receive three free accordion mini albums with your session as a gift!  Please contact me today to book your session.