Coming Soon: Paxton {Southern Illinois Baby Photographer}

Here's a sneak peak of Paxton's second photo session.
He's 11 days old in this picture. This session went MUCH better than the first.

Weddings: Linsdey & Ben {Southern Illinois Wedding Photographer}

So, I kind of forget to get this posted.....should have been done months ago. This was my very first wedding which took place on a beach in Destin, FL. Not only was I nervous about it being my first wedding but also because it was on a beach!

Of course people weren't nice enough to move out of the frame for the pictures so any shoots of the ocean at one point in time had people in them (most of which you really didn't want to see in their bathing suits). While I was quite nervous and thought of at least 50 other pictures I wished we'd have taken once the wedding was over, I'm happy with how things turned out.

Couple of lessons learned: 1) It gets dark fast once the sun starts to set on the beach - be sure to always bring a flash. The grey cast people have once the sun hits a certain point in the sky isn't the most attractive color for humans! 2) I now understand why photographers won't let people snap pictures behind them - the subjects you're taking pictures of tend to look at the people they know taking their picture and not the 'photographer'.

Big ol' THANK YOU to Lindsey and Ben for trusting me to take your wedding pictures!

I hope you enjoy them.

The parents of the groom escorted by their grandson.

The mother of the bride escorted by her son.

The groom waiting for his bride to walk down.

This great picture was taken by my assistant, Arielle.

One of my favorites!

Siblings

The bride with her father.

Coming Soon: Baby Miller {Southern Illinois Baby Photographer}

Meet Miller: he's one month old for his first photo shoot and did great. His parents and older sister got in a few pictures also, those will follow in a few days.

Isn't he just adorable!

Babies: Introducing Paxton {Southern Illinois Baby Photographer}

Introducing Paxton Carter who is 5 days old today. Isn't he a pretty baby!

Paxton hasn't quite figured out the concept of sleep and wasn't much in the mood to have his picture taken. No more than he's slept in the last couple days we were hoping he'd be out for his first photo shoot.....no luck. I was only able to get a few shoots and we're going to try his session again in a few days after he's hopefully achieved some much needed zzzzzzz's.

Coming Soon: Eubanks Family {Southern Illinois Family Photographer}

This was suppose to be a single picture sneak peak of the Eubanks who gathered at the Rend Lake Golf Course this evening for Evelyn's 90th Birthday. I took so many different groups of family pictures that I had to post more than just one for their sneak peak.....