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’ve photographed little David as a newborn and now I got the chance to photograph all three siblings together.  David wasn’t really sure he wanted to sit with big sisters but we pulled out some great images, nonetheless! 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.

So I’m sure you’ve probably noticed that the blog has been painfully ignored the past few weeks.  In an effort to make the fastest possible turn around for all my clients await proofing galleries for Christmas cards, etc – I put blogging (and Facebook posting) on hiatus.  So starting today, I’ll be posting a few images from some of the sessions I had the past few weeks.  I hope that everyone had a delightful Thanksgiving and that the beginning of their Christmas season is going smooth and wonderfully!

I’m starting off with one of the winners of my giveaway.  Unfortunately my first winners had things come up and they were not able to make it for their free sessions so we pulled more names out of the hat.  SOO, I was able to photograph this sweet little girl again.  If you’ve kept up with my blog, you’ll have seen her throughout her first year and here she is again at 18 months.  She is ADORABLE!  Enjoy!

I had  a chance to photography sweet little C in his home last week.  Mom and I had a good time invoking the best smiles, giggles, serious stares and mischievous little grins out of this cutie!  The little guy is the younger brother to 3 adorable big sisters and mom has had them each photographed in their baptismal gown, at around the same age.  We couldn’t let him go without the same portraits!  We then moved on to some sweet images of him just showing off his latest skills!  I can’t wait to see what he’s up to at our next session.  Enjoy!

It was a hot evening and little August just wasn’t so sure he wanted to smile tonight.  Actually, he was PRETTY sure he just wanted to jump into the creek and cool off!   No matter the conditions, August is a total cutie and I think we got some definite keepers!  Enjoy.

Summer

Okay so some newborns sleep.  And some eat.  And some fuss.  And some pee on us and some poop on us.  And you NEVER know what you are going to get.   So every session is interesting and different, just watching to see what kind of baby you’ll get.

So meet Mr Luke.  Precious little guy, 2nd born son to a sweet, fun family.  His mom and I had a great time chatting while we worked.  And let’s just say that after Luke… well I have a LOT of laundry to do!!    Enjoy.

Summer

That’s right, I had the opportunity to photograph newborn twins and they were sooo sooo sweet! I was able to do some shots of them, on their own and then some of them together. I have to say, they were soo much more peaceful and content with all my positioning and moving, when they were together! The BEST part was when their hands intertwined on one of the shots, with NONE of my doing! I can’t wait to see these two grow up and how much they’ll love on each other then! Enjoy.

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The final session for Miss A’s first year!  She really wasn’t so sure about our location choice this year but with the help of “photographer’s assistant”
dad we got some great big smiles out of her! Enjoy

This first image is the Whitehill Photography’s take on an image that mom had with HER mom, in the same sweet dress (that grandma made!!)

And if you remember her previous sessions then you will notice the other dress in all the other shots.  Its been so fun to watch her grow and  fill out the pretty dress.

3 months:   http://www.whitehillphotography.com/blog/2009/10/sweet-baby-girl-a-3-months-murfreesboro-infant-photography/

6 months:  http://www.whitehillphotography.com/blog/2010/01/im-back-and-a-new-session-blogged/

9 months: http://www.whitehillphotography.com/blog/2010/04/murfreesboro-photographers-all-smiles-for-her-9-month-session/

And now here she is at a year:

Summer

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