Prop Sale AKA Christmas in May

This is one of my favorite times of the year... the annual prop sale at Macy's. It is like Christmas all over again. Except the presents are neked mannequins and you have to fight a hundred other crazed mannequin lovers for them.

They hold the sale in a parking lot/field and crazy people, i.e. me, camp out over night to get a good spot in line. Then when they open the gate, everybody runs around like crazy trying to grab all of the cool stuff that you see in the stores.

I hope the sight of neked mannequin butts doesn't offend you.

I mean, how gosh darned cute are these dogs???? We have their big brother at home. Our mannequin family would be complete if only we could bring home one of these little guys.

I see you.

I see you again.

Look, its a Britney Spears mannequin!!

It appears the Britney Spears manaquin made this baby mannequin cry. There, there baby mannequin. Don't cry. 

Goodbye from all of the mannequins! 

And Baby Makes Three.

Like I said, there have been a bunch of babies being born and I've been lucky to shoot some of the cutest, littlest, squishiest, sweetest ones. This precious girl is only 8 days old which is perfect for this kind of shoot. The younger they are the more they sleep, the more they sleep, the more pictures like this one you can take.

And this one.

I love how she is all tucked in like a football in this picture.

She really was a tiny thing. Her head wasn't even big enough to fill her mom's hands.

She liked to sleep squished up and half folded over.

Mom may not be getting any sleep, but you wouldn't know it.

I love the next three pictures with Dad.

His sweet gentle love was a contrast to his fiery tattoo.

Vern - this one's for you. I hope you're feeling better!

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Introducing...

This precious baby is just one of many that I have had the joy of shooting lately.  She was an absolute doll. 

Congratulations Mom & Dad.

Family Ties.

Meet Stephen and Anne and their three lovely daughters. They are going to be featured in a local magazine and needed a family picture. This is take two. The first time we scheduled the shoot a big storm rolled in and the lighting was dark and dreary. It didn't match their personalities at all so we rescheduled. This time a cold front had just moved in and it was chilly out-especially when the wind blew which was a lot. But the lighting was nice and they were troopers. Here are just a few of the shots I like.

These sisters are awesome. They were great fun to shoot. Climbing up in this tree was their idea - I swear!

So can you see who the girls get their good looks from? (Sorry Stephen!)

This family has a great personality, great kids and a great location for shooting. I'd come back any time.

In The First Month.

In the first month you will fall more in love than you ever thought possible. Even with the never ending dirty diapers and sleepless nights your love grows by leaps and bounds daily. And after only an hour together he captured my heart.

Cathy & Carlos - thanks for introducing me to this mellow little man and letting me shoot his debut.

Precious little body parts....

Dad loves his little man.

And mom's in love too.

These are just a few of my favorites. There were many, many more. Wait till you see the ones with his big brother.


They change so fast. In just a blink of eye they go from being tiny and helpless to little people with their own personalities. Whether it is a Day in the Life Session, part of a Watch Me Grow package or a Baby Portrait Session, capture this time before it's gone.