As you all know, I’m currently taking a little break from my business as I focus on homeschooling my children.  BUT (you knew there was a but coming, right?!) when a friend you’ve had since FOURTH grade has a baby… well that makes you NEED to pull out the camera, right?!!?  I had hoped to photograph sweet little Emalyn throughout her infancy but alas, moving four hours away throws a few kinks in the plans!!

So, here we are THIS precious baby turned SEVEN months on the day of our session!

Photographing babies who can sit up and smile and coo is just fun.  Photographing those same babies outside in my favorite field, at sunset is just ridiculously fun.  Add ALL that together with the fact that little Miss Emalyn is SERIOUSLY SERIOUSLY SERIOUSLY adorable and soooooooooooo happy — you’ve got it… I had the most FUN ever.  We changed this baby FOUR times, we put her in fields, in baskets, on blankets, on little doll beds and in her Mommy’s arms.  She was happy and sweet and never even fussed.  Especially once we let her chew on a little grass (hey, its fiber, right?!?)

So now I present quite possibly the happiest sitting up baby that I have ever ever photographed.  She’s got blue eyes and chubby cheeks for days and she’s gonna melt your heart. 

So this is just a tiny little scraping of all the FABULOUS images I capture of sweet little Emalyn.  Sooo, I think this will be PART ONE of a blog post for her!   Hahaha, my blog, I can do that, right?!

Enjoy!

Summer

I’m a planner.  I like to plan things.  I like to plan for sessions, I like to plan birthdays, I like to plan vacations.  I like to make lists.  I REALLY REALLY like crossing things OFF my list.  I like the KNOWN.  I like having a plan and knowing what path our life will travel on.  So when I started this business, I had a 5 year plan for Whitehill Photography.  So far, things were going great along that plan and were moving even a bit faster than I planned.  I prided myself on what I had accomplished as a NEW photographer here in Murfreesboro.  I prided myself on every gorgeous smile, every ray of sunshine, and each and every home that had my portraits hanging in it.  I never would have imagined that in such a short time, I would have been voted Best of Parenting 2010, Favorite Children’s Photography.  I never would have BELIEVED that I would have been voted Rutherford County Ruthie’s, Best Photographer 2010.  I was in awe and amazed by the path that God was leading me on.

Then sometimes things change.

And then sometimes things change ALOT.

As of June 2011, Whitehill Photography will no longer be located in Murfreesboro, TN.

Its a simple matter really.  My husband’s job is moving.  And where he goes, I surely will follow.  As of right now, we don’t know the full details of WHERE we’ll be moving.  It could be as simple as a short move northwest – to Nashville.  It could be as far as moving states away.  But what I do know is, our time here in Murfreesboro has come to an end. In a few weeks we will know the full details and I’ll be sure to keep my fans and clients in the “know”.  If we are moving to Nashville, then I can certainly still have sessions with my clients here in Murfreesboro!

So what does this mean?  Well I have an email inbox full of requests for Spring, Summer and Fall sessions.  As it stands, I only have 2 months to try to fit everyone in and with full sessions and ordering prints, I just don’t see how I can manage (especially considering how much rain we usually get in the spring)  So for the first and probably only time, Whitehill Photography is offering mini all digital sessions, at a very very affordable price.  These sessions will be 30 minutes sessions (not themed for any season, etc) of your choice and with the price of the session, you will receive a disk with all of your digital proofs and rights to reprint those images!
The sessions are only mini sessions (30 minutes).  Therefore they will not be available for Senior sessions, infant (babies under 6 months) sessions or extended family sessions.  There is just simply NOT enough time to try to attempt any of those sessions for a mini.  IF you are really wanting a session with me before Whitehill Photography moves and you would like a regular full session then I do have a small handful of full session dates available.  Please contact me quickly, however, I do believe they will go quickly!  All full sessions will be allowed a discount of $50 off the session fee.  That only applies to full sessions booked.

Below is the flier with the full details.

The last time I saw baby B, he was just a sweet, peaceful newborn and now he’s a sweet, silly, fun little 6 month old baby boy!  I’m not going to lie to you, this session was hot and MOSQUITO filled.  I know his lovely family got attacked and I kept feeling like I was getting bit on my back but I thought, surely not, NOT through my shirt.  Until I got home and I had THIRTY THREE (yes, 33) mosquito bites THROUGH my shirt, covering my back.  I’m still itching and applying cortisone as I edit these super cute images.  And man, this little one is a CUTIE!  Enjoy!

He got a little tired, how cute is THIS??!!

Summer

YAY another return baby!  I love being able to watch these little ones grow and to document all their new milestones.  It really is a blessing for me.  Mr A is as cute as ever and has a super sweet smile.  Even his serious look is precious!  We had fun with lots of animal noises and plenty of raspberries being blown!  Enjoy.

Summer

So I’ve been back to work this week after a much needed and MUCH enjoyed vacation!  We had a beautiful Christmas and an amazing time outside of Chicago with family.  I am so blessed with my little family, I can’t begin to explain or put into words how much I love them!  I hope to share some pictures from Christmas, etc soon!

BUT for NOW, I have a client awaiting a sneak peek.  Sorry for the small delay!  You’ve seen this sweet baby before and she was back this week for her 6th  month session.   Sadly, little baby A wasn’t so sure about our session and refused to give us even ONE big smile and we TRIED.  All my clients know how hard I work for those sweet smiles and this was NO session was no exception.  Smiles or no smiles, she’s still a beautiful baby and here she is – sitting up like a big girl now!

Summer

Here is sweet baby B again, back again at 6 months! We met tonight at Old Fort Park in Murfreesboro.  I just knew that mosquitoes would be a thing of the past since we’ve had some frost and very chilly night.  Apparently NOT, we were unfortunately swarmed.  And poor Miss B wasn’t so sure about the whole thing at first.  But her opinion of me and my camera luckily turned around and we got some gorgeous images!  Momma, you are getting a big sneak peek, I just could NOT pick!  I’m sure you won’t mind!  (Oh and can I just say how happy I am to see the beautiful sun again!?!)

We were a bit rushed to get a good family image, dad had to go back to work!  I think we scored!

Enjoy!

Summer

Baby H’s mom scheduled a session with me, looking for a particular image.  She’s hoping to capture her son in a very specific way, an image that she’s always hoped she’d have of her son.  Unforunately, big boy H was NOT giving us a bunch of big smiles today.  We made just about every silly noise we could think of and finally.. finally… I think we got a few!  I hope this is what you had in mind momma!  Don’t worry, there are some more for the gallery! Enjoy!

I couldn’t not show this one.  I know he’s not giving us that sweet smile but man, he’s CUTE!

He got a little sleepy on us after being so serious but we managed to find a few more smiles and sweet looks.

He likes his toes!

Summer

I’ve been privileged to photograph M&M before and this time we added a few more with Momma “M”, as well! Beautiful, sweet children and a beautiful sweet momma, definitely!

Big M recently turned 5 so we documented her 5 year portraits.

And sweet baby boy M is sitting up and has passed the 1/2 year mark now!

And Momma M wanted some with both her sweet children!

Enjoy!

Summer