Jacksonville FL Portrait Photographer - Alayne

A couple of weeks ago, while in Jacksonville Florida, on a SUPER windy day, I had a fabulous time helping Alayne add to her modeling portfolio. Alayne had some great location ideas for photos and I thought it would be fun to add a little extra drama with the post processing of the pictures, to really play up the textures. Isn't Alayne beautiful?!






A big thanks to Alayne's husband, Matt, for help holding the off camera lighting. :)
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Jacksonville FL Portrait Photographer - Katherine

While I was in Jacksonville Florida last week, Katherine asked me to help her with some updated headshots for her portfolio. My camera loves Katherine and I'm always more than happy to create a new portrait of this gorgeous girl. She's a photographer's dream with her distinctive hair and expressive eyes. Maybe we'll see her face on an ad campaign someday!




While you may think it's warm in FL in March, not so much this year! We about froze for a few outdoor shots, the wind was bitterly cold! But Katherine doesn't let on that she's cold and sitting in a puddle. :)
Contact me today about a portrait shoot for you! Every woman needs great pictures of herself, any excuse for a photo session will do! :) Click here then the contact tab to reach Jan.

Jacksonville Children's Photography - The Nephews

My holiday visit to Florida was unusually cold, and I was disappointed not to have multiple opportunities to take my nephews outside for pictures to capture all the cuteness. I enjoyed spending tons of time with them indoors, but I think we were all getting cabin fever. Finally, after several weeks we had a day that was almost warm enough to be outside. We missed that window when Lincoln was barely walking, so I had my work cut out for me. At 1 and 3, Lincoln and Lenox are busy boys! This is the best example of what happened when we tried to get a shot of them together:
The motion and excitement captures them and their relationship at this stage and makes for a really fun shot. Still, photographing their sweet faces separately was a bit more doable to get those expressions that we know and love.








I'd love to work with your family next time I'm in Florida. Click here then the contact tab to contact me about photographing your children.

Jacksonville Kids Photography - My Nephews: Lenox & Lincoln

Lincoln has turned into a little boy; his first birthday was last Sunday. He was just a baby last time I saw him in July, not even crawling yet. It is amazing how quickly children change and just reminds me how important it is to take pictures often!
I had such a great visit over Thanksgiving and spent as much time as possible with the boys. In between them being sick, holiday activities, etc. we squeezed in a quick photo shoot too. We'll do a full portrait session and use some other neat locations in Jacksonville over Christmas. :)

Here's my sweet Lenox, almost 3:
Lincoln wasn't as happy as usual, but he's cute anyway:

It's so much fun to watch the boys interact:
Though sometimes Lenox loves Lincoln a little more than Lincoln would prefer:
I think Lincoln will be off and running by Christmas, he can take 5 or 6 steps alone already:
And he has that pointer finger working well to communicate his wishes:
If you're in Jacksonville, Florida, I'd love to be your child's photographer too! I'm down from Arlington, VA frequently so it would be easy to schedule your portrait session. Contact me today by clicking here, then the contact tab.

Me with the Nephews

I enjoyed spending the last few weeks visiting my nephews in Florida. They are growing so fast and doing so many cute and fun things! Being the photographer, I rarely am in any pictures, so I made sure my sister took a few of me with the boys last week, even though it was so hot at 10am that Lenox was sweating before we'd been outside 10 minutes! But we got a couple of cute shots. :)

Lincoln is almost 8 months and Lenox is 2 1/2.

photo credit to Susan

Jacksonville FL Beach Photographer ~ Lenox and Lincoln

Time for the annual nephew beach pictures. :) Sadly, it's been a really rainy week at the beach, but the sun peaked out enough last evening for some beautiful shots of the two sweetest boys.
Lenox is 2 and a half and Lincoln is 7 months. Lenox is a detail oriented boy who loves puzzles. He's been excited to help Grammy and Aunt Jan on the 1,000 piece puzzles this summer. If you point him in the right direction with pieces he can put them together. What an amazing boy, if I do say so myself. :) Lincoln is super energetic, I may not be able to catch him next summer! Right now he's at my favorite stage to photograph, he can sit well but can't get away from me.

The boys adore each other,
though sometimes that looks a little uncomfortable on Lincoln's end.

Lincoln still has his funny wrinkled nose smile, and is finally getting some teeth.

I still love his profile!

Lenox is "feeding the geese".

The Boys

Jacksonville FL Wedding Photographer - Alayne and Matt -

More pictures of Alayne and Matt from our fun shoot in Jacksonville a few weeks ago on a beautiful, warm afternoon. (Boy does that sound good now! :)) They are such an elegant couple that it was hard to pick only a few favorites. So, here's a sampling. Enjoy!