Woke up with the sun this morning, fed the dogs, and then headed out to Crocket Park in Brentwood. It was perfect weather this morning, so crisp. I really enjoyed being awake this early, out driving. Crocket Park is such a cool place to shoot! They have a couple historic homes that the city has preserved by relocated them to the park’s property. A few images we shot behind a barn that had it’s stone pillars set in the 1850′s. Gotta love the south!

Here are a few of my favorites from my family portrait session!

Wow is all I can begin to say! These are by far some of my favorite family images to date!

We had scheduled a late afternoon shoot but as we all know in the Tampa during the summer at 4pm a thunderstorm can roll in at any minute. Well that’s just what happened! We decided that the next morning would be our best bet for keeping dry. Small price to pay when you get to shoot an amazing group of people in an excellent location like the beaches of Florida.

This first set is mostly images from the picnic area at Honeymoon Island. There were some great palm trees and a field of flowers that made for great shade and happy kids. In the next few days I’m going to be uploading a second sec of the beach shots. Lots of splashing in the water and exploring the boulders on the coast in the radiant summer sun!

So I’m here down in Tampa and loving Florida. Today, we traveled with my sister-in-law to the park with her friend to take a few snap shots of the family. Wow, what a fun little shoot… nothing big planned, spur-of-the-moment and they turned out beautiful. So much so that I’m posting more then I typically do, not that I’m partial at all to my nephews. ;)

One of my favorites is the 3rd shot of Noah recovering from a boo-boo in moms embrace. Second runner up goes to 3rd from the end with Bradley sitting alone trying to shove as much of his popsicle into his mouth as possible. Kids are crazy!, funny thing is seeing these photos brings me back to my childhood when I was doing just the same. Oh and 2nd to last… ha look at Noah eyeing that popsicle!!!

Last week Renee and I were able to spend some time with Steve, Emily, and the ‘soon-to-see-the-world’ Jackson. Emily wanted to capture some shots of her and Steve in their nursery. Let me tell you an expert designed that nursery! Full on color scheme of light blue with a slight beach feel wrapped in to boot!

After we left the nursery we made our way outside to a field of wildflowers near Green Hills. The sun was setting faster than I desired so I grabbed my speedlites and snapped a few shots of them against the golden sunset.

Afterwards they treated us out to Pei Wei which was a treat beyond measure! We had such a great time talking, when we started to finish up, we looked around to find that no one else was left but us and the kitchen staff was closing up shop! Great people we hope to spend more time with soon.

Enjoy!

We’ve known Amy and her photogenic family for some time now, and it’s always a pleasure to snap shots! We traveled down to their new home last week to talk some needed pictures of their growing girl Sydney. She’s such a bunch of smiles; it was great to be able to capture this moment for Sydney. I was preparing the photos for Amy and while looking at the first 2 shots below I thought, “How cool would this be if I had pictures like these of me romping around!” When Amy and Trent came to pick up the prints, seeing their joy made me realize once again why photography is so important and worth it!