Aimee & Miles {mommy&me} - Coffeyville, KS

This is one of my favorites! Everything about these two was so sweet - lots of love here! I really get a sense of satisfaction doing portraits for people I know and being able to give them something to remember & cherish. I went to high school & college with two of Aimee's siblings but hadn't yet had the pleasure of meeting her. She's great & so is this adorable little guy:

I wasn't going to spill this location before, but I think everyone around here knows where it is already, so I'll divulge. We went to the old stone pool house here in Coffeyville so we could use the blue door. I guess Aimee & all her siblings worked at the pool so that was neat to have in her pictures! She had seen the blue door background in a recent maternity session and loved it, and then when we walked up to it, she said "Oh. Well that's kind of ugly in person!" Photoshop magic I suppose! ;) Anyway, these speak for themselves:

 We then moved on to another favorite spot - this one I'll keep a secret. I have been wanting to use books in a session and had packed up some Suess, and here comes Aimee with Where the Wild Things Are. PERFECT!

 

 "I'll eat you up, I love you so."

Lastly, we moved on out to the pasture to play in the wild flowers. Just kidding, Miles was really done with pictures at this point, but he was still SO well behaved! He did great, and his auntie was there making him smile.

 

 

 

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Rubi {maternity} - Coffeyville, KS

This shoot was so effortless, quick and pretty much every click of the shutter resulted in a great image. That's probably because Rubi is so gorgeous! See:

She was so laid back and up for whatever shot I had in mind - even if it meant traipsing around bare foot or rolling around in the grass. And I LOVE this location we chose. I won't give it up, but it is hidden in plain sight and though no longer in commission, it has seen lots of visitors in its days here in Coffeyville. Here are some of my favorites.  Enjoy!

 

 

 

                             

 

 

 

 

 

Golden Tornado Softball {Team}

GO NADO! If you're a follower of my photography, you might notice I've been a bit absent for the last several months.  Here's why!  I am the head coach of the Golden Tornado softball team at Field Kindley High School in Coffeyville, Kansas. I had planned to take our team photos last year and never got the time, but I was so excited to do it this year and I think they turned out great.  Here's my favorite:

I want to show off these pictures, but what better place to show off my athletes as well!?  Coffeyville is my hometown and I played for this team all through high school.  When I took the program over last year, I inherited a team who was winless for at least four straight years, totaling somewhere around 80 consecutive losses. Other than successfully raising my children, I have no bigger goal than to better this program; well, not just better it, but completely rewrite its history. Slowly, but surely, we are on our way! Last year, we added another 17 losses to the tally.  This year, however, we got four wins!  After five seasons with zero wins, we got four in a single season (and that number should've been double that)! I do think I'm doing a nice job coaching, but as much as I wish I was still playing, it isn't me out there doing the work. My athletes are gritty, coachable, hard-working, aggressive, strategic, determined, and positive. They're just young, which means the best is yet to come.

Check these stats out:
*Team batting average improved from .111 last year to .344 this year.
*All returning players increased batting averages by at least .100 - some by over .300.
*One player hit .545, two hit over .400 and four hit over .350.
*Over 100 more runs scored this year.
*Increases in every hitting category.
*Pitchers halved their ratio of walks to strikeouts.
*Committed fewer defensive and baserunning errors.
*Opposing teams scored fewer runs.

Okay, okay, now for the pictures! 
LOVE my catcher shots!

 

Individuals - we did some regular and most girls wanted to try some backlit shots.  Love how they turned out!