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.

I have to say that I’m very excited to post this sneak peek. I love this family, I love this little boy, I love the light we had tonight, I love what they all wore to the session, AND I love how connected they truly are to each other.   We originally thought we would spend the session focused on sweet baby L but after mom and I talked, we realized we would make sure we got PLENTY of family shots in too.  I really really wanted to get some sweet shots of this family doing what they do best, loving on each other. I think we scored! Along with some SUPER cute shots of little L, as well! Enjoy.

And one of my favorites from the night!!

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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.

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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:

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I’ve been photographing this sweet little one since last year, when she turned 3 months old.  She’s always been beautiful and she’s always been alot of fun to photograph.  I’m a little sad that I won’t be seeing her every 3 months now… I’ve really enjoyed watching her grow!  She’s walking, crawling, and generally just being CUTE!  Enjoy.

Her eyes, really are this fantastic!!!

I got the chance to photograph this sweet little girl’s big ONE year portrait session.  I’ve photographed her cousin and was kindly referred (have I mentioned how much I love referrals??!) to this sweet family!  This precious girl was a little serious with me, very interested in ALL of my chairs (lol) and was NOT sure about her cake at first.  I got some beautiful shots of this sweet little girl, here are a few to enjoy for now!

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So this session was just MEANT to be.  Mom and I both wanted an outdoor session for little Mr H for his one year session.  His first birthday, however, is in the middle of December.  We all know that we have mild winters here in TN (no matter how  many times we pray for a White Christmas!!) but today was an EXCEPTION.  Today was crazy warm and even the thick clouds gave away to beautiful sun!  Just wow!  So we had a great session walking around the square of Franklin, TN.  We had some GREAT store owners who very gracious in allowing us to use their benches (Thank you Ivey and Prim and Paper)!  Put it all together and we had a super fun session.  To top it ALL off, this is my last session of 2009.  What a great way to end an AMAZING year.  Thank you to all my clients from the past year! To celebrate that, Mr H’s mommy gets a larger than usual sneak peek… enjoy!

To start it off… some amazing connections here.  This momma and daddy LOVE their son and you can just FEEL it, being around them!

I’ve photographed these sweet children THREE times now.  I have loved watching little M grow and getting to see big M turn into a little lady.   This time it was little M’s FIRST birthday session, yay!  At the last minute we decided to use the last few warmish days of this fall for an outdoor session.  We used the lovely Oakland’s Mansion area and had a fun time.  We have plans to still do a mini session for little M’s cake smash, so look forward to that!  Enjoy!

Summer

Happiness, this little bit of precious just EXUDED it!  She LOVED her momma and grandmomma and it showed!  If I coulda, I woulda smothered this sweet little thing in kisses and hugs and I bet those two do on a regular basis.  I was privileged to meet baby A, her mom and her grandmom today.  I rescheduled them for this week because the weather was GORGEOUS and there are still some areas left with beautiful fall foliage that I didn’t want to miss out on.  The clouds started rolling in but  not before I got to photograph this beautiful baby to my heart’s extent!  Enjoy.

Summer

I first heard from Chelsie last month.  She was hoping for a session this fall for family portraits.  Unfortunately (as some of you might know) I am VERY booked, especially on weekends this fall.  She asked that I put her on my waiting list for anything that canceled.  So after a last minute cancellation, I was able to call Chelsie and her family and they were able to meet up with me, YAY!  I was pleasantly surprised to find out how much of sweet, beautiful family they are!  They’ve recently moved from out of state and I do hope this starts to feel more like home for them soon.  Here you go guys, here is your sneak peek, enjoy!

Summer