I was so nervous and ecstatic when Amanda Keefer contacted me about sending in an image for Fox 35 News. She mentioned that Chrissy Allen, co-founder of PLAYGROUND Magazine was looking to use this image of Amanda and her family, in a segment about holiday family portraits. I was so nervous the next morning as we had the news on in the background, as we tidied up the house a little for my parents' visit that day. I almost thought my image didn't make it into the story and I had put my iPhone up and closed the camera app, as I had planned to snap a pic. Well lo and behold the image came on last during the segment and I quickly grabbed my iPhone to grab a pic, which turned out fuzzy but I was so excited I didn't care. This image is from the online video segment which I took a screen capture of. You can watch the full segment on Fox 35 New's Web site here: http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/good_day/092211-family-photos.

I absolutely love photographing this family! They are so adorable and make for the most gorgeous subjects. Jonathon and Noel wanted baby number three's gender to be a surprise, so how happy do you think they were when he came out a boy! Jonathon has now guessed all three kiddos gender's correctly. So much for the old saying about Mommy's instinct! They are such a happy family and I always hope the best for them.

I've been photographing the Mangin family for over three years now and have watched their family grow with the addition of their second little girl last year. Gina contacted me recently when her second was turning one to do some family portraits and take her one year old portraits. Time flies by so fast when they're little! We headed over to one of Walt Disney World's resorts for some fun family portraits. It's one of my favorite places to take portraits the the lucky kiddos were headed off for more fun at Downtown Disney afterward. Thank you Gina for being such a valued client and I look forward to seeing you all again next year!

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So excited to see one of my clients in this latest issue of babyourself magazine! That's my photo in the bottom right corner of page eight. Check out the latest issue. It's such a fun magazine for pregnant and new mommies!

I love Canada! So any opportunity to talk about it or meet someone from there, I'm all over it! Shannon is a fellow photographer from Edmonton, Alberta and she contacted me to say they were visiting Disney and needed to get some family portraits done. I know how hard it is to take time for your own family as a photographer, so I was more than happy to help. We had such a great time at one of the local Disney resorts.

This is one of my favorite families to photograph because they are so sweet together! I'm a little behind in my blog posts, because little man is already here, but I definitely needed to post these adorable pictures of Mommy-to-Be and her adorable family. I can't wait to share portraits of their new little boy. Jonathon was all too excited when they found out it was a boy. He's guessed the gender of all three correctly and they wanted this one to be a surprise too.

In case you haven't seen it yet, one of my portraits was published in the recent Summer issue of PLAYGROUND Magazine. You can see more of Amanda's adorable baby belly from her portrait session here.

Anastasia has such a gorgeous family and it's always a pleasure to photograph them. She's a natural in front of the camera and so are her kiddos! Her twins definitely gave me a run for the money though, since they were already scooting at 6 months old! They had their own agenda and that was to grab leaves and grass. It was so much fun and I enjoyed hanging out after the session as much as during.

Our good friend Ander recently graduated with a Master's degree, and most of his family made it to Orlando to celebrate. His brother and sister-in-law were expecting at the time, so couldn't make the trip. Regardless, Ander's Mom wanted to get some portraits of everybody together while they were having a good time in Orlando. I really love how the group portrait in the grass turned out! We had a great time hanging out with all of you and thank you again for the Disney passes!