Hello friends!
Sorry things have been quiet around here, I’ve been dealing with lovely pregnancy sickness and catching up on editing. Just to keep you all updated of what will be happening in the upcoming months, here’s some information to keep in mind. I will be shooting sessions until the Christmas cut off date, take December off (with the exception of weddings and sessions already scheduled) and then shoot sessions for 2 weeks in January. After that time I’ll be going on maternity leave and will be shooting a VERY small number of sessions until May, when my wedding season begins. I’ll be accepting a few local (Nashville area) weddings for 2011 but on a very limited basis. Feel free to send an inquiry about your 2011 Nashville area wedding for open dates and pricing. Then, for the 2012 season, I will go back to shooting destination and travel weddings.

Below are the dates to keep in mind:
November 22 – Christmas cut off. All sessions must take place before this date to be back in time for Christmas.
January 18th – Last day for portrait sessions. After this time I will officially be on maternity leave and won’t be accepting any more bookings.
May 22nd – End of maternity leave. I will be accepting weddings and sessions for dates after this point…including Nashville weddings.
Turn around time – Current editing & delivery time is 4 weeks for lifestyle sessions and 10 weeks for weddings.

I’ll leave you with a few images from a recent session. I loved this family and it made me SO excited to have a new little one of our own!

One quick bit of news before I do my Monday work post…. I joined Photos For The Flood and donations are going directly to Hands On Nashville and the Nashville Red Cross. More information below! Hope to see you there!

The next few weeks are so, so exciting for me and I can’t wait to dive into it all. First my new logo will be finished (WOO!), then I’m off to weddings in North Carolina, Florida and the Virgin Islands. Until then, I want to blog a few images from Sydney’s session with you. Syd is such a character and I’ve been chasing her around for sessions since she turned one… and she’s 5 now! Where does the time go??!?!?!



We ended the sessions with a dip in the pool, since Syd is quite the little fish!

For those that weren’t attached to the news channels all weekend, our sweet Nashville was hit hard with storms and serious flooding. Hundreds of people are without their homes and need help, so we’re interrupting this work day post to mention a few resources where you can help out:
Hands On Nashville
Red Cross
If you’re a Nashville area vendor and want to help out our community:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=114205038614710

Makes me sad that one of my favorite shooting locations is completely underwater….

We’ll be helping out locally until roads clear up and we can reach my in laws in Leiper’s Fork. Thankfully they don’t have any serious home damage but they’re unable to reach the road because the floods ripped the bridge from their driveway and they have extensive property damage.
Much love to those in our community, our prayers go out to you.

Welcome to our new blog!!!

Yes, yes, yes…I know I said I was going to wait until Valentine’s Day to release the new blog.  My excitement got the better of me.  ;)

First off, announements!  Thank you to all that entered the contest!  We have extended the give away and partnered with Dandy Lion Events to offer the winner even MORE!  You can now enter until Feb. 20th (midnight, central time) and those that have already emailed me will be part of the considered entries.  This includes you Nashville brides!  Even though I chose to take on travel/destination weddings, I still want to give back to a community that I love.  If you haven’t entered yet, head on over to the Dandy Lion blog to read all of the information and enter!

We are also featured on the Simply Stunning Blog today, as a Vendor Spotlight!  Go over and visit the beautiful Kristin Kaplan, who is a mac n cheese lover as well!