Back in 2007 I heard of these amazing little fella named Beau Stanley, who was fighting with all he had to beat this High Risk Stage III Neuroblastoma diagnosis he was given.  His strength and courage overwhelmed me!  What could I do to help this family on their journey?  I couldn't give me any medicine but I knew I could document his journey.  After I talked to his mom, Jennifer, I knew this was a project that would hold a special meaning to my heart.  The goal was to follow Beau through his journey and document any of the moments Jennifer wanted documented.  The first decision Jennifer made was to have a session with just him.  So one beautiful afternoon Beau's grandma and cousins met me out at the farm and we did his first official session.  Once we achieved that goal, we set another session to capture some family pictures.  Unfortunately due to his progressing disease we never got the chance to fulfill that session.  Early one morning my phone rang and I heard the news I hoped I never would....the disease was causing Beau to loose the fight, he was not expected to live through the next day or so.  On November 17th 2006 Beau earned his angel wings and went to Heaven.  I was being asked to cover his viewing and funeral.  I had never covered anything like that but all I could think was this was still part of his journey and it was I could do this amazingly difficult time for Jennifer and Parham.  Almost 2 years to the anniversary of Beau going home I had the honor of continuing to cover the journey for the Stanley family.  Since Beau has gone to Heaven an amazing fund has been started by the name of Beau's Buddies Cancer Fund.  This particular fund recognizes through personal experience, the struggles that cancer patients and their families endure.  They raise money locally and help families locally.  So what better way to raise money than to have a concert!!!  And what better person to have to do you concert than Country Music Recording Artist, Heidi Newfield.  The concert was amazing and her connection to this particular organization and community was breathtaking!! Here are some of the images I was able to catch 

OHHHHH how I love the Hunt Family!!  I have known them for years and they are so much fun!  When Tim called me with the idea to do some pictures of them in their Halloween costumes, all dressed as super heros, I was all over it!  So Indiana Jones aka Timothy, Wonder Woman aka Denise, Superboy aka Samuel, & Batboy aka Elijah all followed my lead as I gave them a little direction and below is what we got!  I love it when families make memories like this for their kids..HOW COOL!!!

Back in October I took my yearly trip to CT to shoot with Carla and her amazing team!  And what a weekend for me to come hang out.  She had a double header and I watched her rock both weddings like it was no one's business!  On this particular wedding the venue, Barns at Wesleyan Hills in Middleton, was amazing and I was a little bummed that it was a washout!! UNTIL Carla pulled out all the stops, had a back up plan for pre wedding shots at an amazing theatre THEN did some sick off camera lighting for the ceremony! So I am posting some of my favorites that I took that day while I was second shooting but make sure you head over to her site to see her AMAZING shots!  

Donna and Andrew, your wedding was over the top and I am sooooooo glad I was there to see it!!! Carla you are so awesome!! I am so grateful our paths crossed...you are a mind boggling teacher and an amazing friend...until next time!!

the one of a kind flowers were created by DATURA

If you are looking for some really cool actions to do your blog posts the above images were done using MCP Actions..thanks a million Carla for telling me about them.....Definitely worth the investment!

Before each of you double up with a gasping OH MY GAWD!!!!! These are not pictures of Chris snuggled up to another woman this is his twin with his beautiful wife, Crystal, and their kids!! This past weekend we headed to Linclonton to see them and his sister from Florida for a few days.  And since I wa there why not do some pictures :) So here are some of my favorites!

Lori recently saw a special I ran at the Bellefont Plantation and contacted me about having her family pictures done there.  It had been a while since I had seen Kennedy so I was floored when I saw how much she had grown! I love it when I can make sessions fun for my clients, so after a few moments I knew finding animals with sweet little Kennedy was how I could make that happen, most importantly striped bugs. But while we searched for animals we took pictures. Kennedy has the greatest expressions and frequently had me laughing!! Here are some of my favorites!