For the love of DOG.

Do you recognize that beautiful girl from the last blog post? Charity happens to be one of the two ex-co-worker's that I mentioned! I adore her. I also adore a good pet photography session, if you don't know me personally, than you might not know that I am slightly obsessed with my pets. My husband and I are both HUGE animal lovers! So when people approach me (sheepishly sometimes) to do a pet session, I am not only ALL OVER IT, but they quickly realize there is nothing to be sheepish about. There's a reason why people cry harder when a dog dies in a movie, than a person. Unconditional LOVE. This beautiful, sweet girl, BECCA (photographed below) is no exception. I wanted to puppy-nap her by the end of the shoot, and I know my husband would've been perfectly okay loving this creature! But fortunately, she is already so loved and blessed and probably wouldn't want us to puppy-nap her. ;) Enjoy. I certainly did!

Landon happens to work on a tug boat for his profession,

so it was totally fitting that one pass by during their shoot!

Look at sweet Becca's face. Charity said "She is not food oriented 

(when I tried to bribe Becca with dog treats), she is affection oriented."

Amanda & David Engagement

 I say this a lot, but I have a great time with my clients. I love my job. Amanda & David are no exception and they are the kind of couple that I found to be hilarious and adorable and I could instantly relate with them. I had a fantastic time at our shoot, and told them so! Work can sometimes feel like...work, but not this day. It felt like hanging out with buddies. AND they brought their puppies and you guys all know how I feel about that. (I would be an animal hoarder if it wasn't weird and crazy). Anyway, I hope you enjoy their engagement photos. I decided to shoot all in film (haven't done that in a while), sometimes when I know that the pressure is off, I like to use my oldschool Nikon, just so I remember how to use it. Film still captures so much more than digital photography! The technology hasn't quite caught up yet, in my opinion.

 If you feel like this picture looks fake, 

it's bc it was. We actually shot in a warehouse

in L.A. ;)

The puppies! 

This was kind of a joke-shot, but those ducks didn't

seem to mind at all!

Meet Lucy.

Anyone who knows me personally, knows how much I love animals. Getting to photography Lucy on a beautiful Sunday afternoon was totally right up my alley! How cute is she?

Just a teaser!

This afternoon, I went to a place I had never been before. The Des Moines Pier. The weather was FREEZING but beautiful, and I had a great time seeing S & meeting her parents & "siblings." I have only gone through the photos and just edited the 3 shown below, but am sitting here cracking up. The Moore family was wonderful, relaxing and hilarious to photograph. Fun people! I will have to post a couple "funny" shots later so you guys can understand what I mean. Here are just a few....the rest will have to wait until I am back from Longview-Christmas festivities. Merry Christmas! 

Raven's perfect nose!

Jack, I'm pretty sure he's a mama's boy.

Don't you just want to stroke his ear?