The Nabe's

Macey just got a new baby brother, Wesley and Mom and Dad wanted pictures to show family and friends on Christmas cards:

Bridget & Toby

I loved this session and how the pictures turned out.  We took pictures down at the arch and at a church downtown with beautiful red doors- great for Christmas!  Take a look:

Laura, Eric, and Baby Logan

I was asked to take pictures at Laura's baby shower, so beforehand I went ahead and took some maternity shots also.  I unfortunately had some problems with the earlier photos I took, but all in all I think the pictures turned out wonderfully. 

Photography Class

So Andy bought me a photography class off of Groupon a while back and this past Saturday I went to the class.  It was pretty basic, a lot of stuff that I taught myself, but it was worthwhile.  I found a setting that I never knew existed on my camera (like I said I taught myself everything I know, I didn't know much).  It was a cool class.  It was in Forest Park and taught by a guy who's been doing this for a while.  It was a small class (only like 8 people) so I got some individual attention and got to ask some questions, like about that horrible sun who brightens all my photos too much.  He also talked some about composition, which from my somewhat of an art background I knew, but it was definitely good to get refreshed about the rule of thirds and so on.  Here are a few of the photos I took during class:

Fogas Family

I had the pleasure of photographing the Fogas family two weekends ago at the Great Basin in Forest Park.  Again we lucked out with weather and the park provided a great backdrop to great photos.  Gabriella and Christian brought along their pumpkins and bikes to use as props which worked out wonderfully.  They are definitely a brother and sister who love each other and love their parents.

The Bartons

You might remember this cute little boy from a few sessions earlier... Noah and his mom decided they should have some pictures with the whole family, including dad this time.  The Barton's are so fun to take pictures of and they are such a beautiful family- it's hard to take a bad picture.  These were taken at the current hot spot, Tower Grove's "The Ruins".  It was a beautiful fall day.  It was cool and kinda windy, but the trees were beautiful oranges and reds and yellows.  I really enjoyed taking their pictures and had a great time going through them and editing.  They were all so great I wanted to edit them all.  I think I'm starting to get a hang of this photography thing.

I love this.

Olmsted Family

 Courtney emailed me and asked me if I'd like the challenge of photographing a family of 8 (6 kids between the ages of 5-9).  And I accepted.  I was a little nervous because getting everyone to look with their eyes open and smiling all at once seemed like a challenge and 6 kids is a lot.... But the Olmsted family was picture perfect.  They all worked together and were so well-behaved.  It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon, the sun was a little bright, but I think we got a lot of great family shots out of it.