My second winner of the spring giveaway was the McCreight family!  I haven’t photographed them in close to 2 years so it was great to see them and see how much Connor has grown.  Sweet family, enjoy!

Summer

You might remember that I had a giveaway recently for a free mini session and canvas.  Well Diane Baker entered the contest and won a free session for her family! I can’t wait to see which image she chooses for her canvas.  She has a beautiful family and we had a fun time in Murfreesboro.  Enjoy. 

I just love giggly, happy girls!  They remind me of my own.    Older sister LC loves the camera and is afraid to give me big smiles or sassy serious looks.  Little sister Lane is just a ball of energy with LOTS of sweet fun smiles and laughter.  Never a dull moment with these two and well I just love their parents too!  Sweet family.  Enjoy!

There is something you might not know about me.  I have an older sister and two young brothers.  There are four of us, two boys and two girls.  We’ve had our ups and downs, like all siblings do. But without a doubt, we all love each other.  We might fight like crazy sometimes but we’d fight harder FOR each other.  Always have and always will.  My sister and I are quite a bit older than our brothers.  In fact we were 12& 17 when the youngest was born!  And now, somehow, the youngest is a senior and about to graduate.  In all honesty, I don’t believe its really possible – I mean didn’t I just graduate myself (ahem over 10 years ago actually!)?!?!  Alas, here we are, about to send the baby out into the world.  Taking his senior portraits was a bittersweet time for me.  I know he’s excited for all the new paths before him.  I’m just in shock that it’s here so quickly!  Enjoy.

“When you’re down and troubled
and you need a helping hand,
and nothing, whoa nothing is going right.”

Close your eyes and think of me
and soon I will be there
to brighten up even your darkest nights.

You just call out my name,
and you know wherever I am
I’ll come running, oh yeah baby
to see you again.

Winter, spring, summer, or fall,
all you got to do is call

and I’ll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.
You’ve got a friend.

If the sky above you
should turn dark and full of clouds
and that old north wind should begin to blow

Keep your head together and call my name out loud now
and soon I’ll be knocking upon your door.

You just call out my name and you know where ever I am
I’ll come running to see you again.

Winter, spring, summer or fall
all you got to do is call
and I’ll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Hey, ain’t it good to know that you’ve got a friend?
People can be so cold.
They’ll hurt you and desert you.

Well they’ll take your soul if you let them.
Oh yeah, but don’t you let them.

You just call out my name and you know wherever I am
I’ll come running to see you again.
Oh babe, don’t you know that,
Winter spring summer or fall,

Hey now, all you’ve got to do is call.
Lord, I’ll be there, yes I will.
You’ve got a friend.
You’ve got a friend.
Ain’t it good to know you’ve got a friend.
Ain’t it good to know you’ve got a friend.’

You’ve got a friend.

Congratulations Zachery Scott.  Love you.  Always here for you.

Summer

(Lyrics are copyright of James Taylor, I take no credit for his musical skills!)

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 New Year is upon us and Valentine’s Day is right around the corner.  So its time to plan the Valentine’s Mini sessions again.  Very similar to last year, just a few changes and a week earlier to avoid the rush this year.  I’m offering a free 5×7 to the first 5 people who book a time slot and pay the session fee.  Just to hit the hightlights:  January 15th. 11am-3pm. 20 free mini cards with the purchase of a package (or meet the package minimum).  one child and one outfit.  15 minute mini sessions in studio.  3 different packages to choose from or create your own.  Can’t wait to see you all again!

Still catching up from November sessions!   I had the opportunity to photograph the sweet Bevins children in November.  SOOO well behaved, sooo sweet and it was an easy session full of fun smiles and giggles!  Enjoy.

Funny, polite, SOOO cute and just plain fun to work with!  You absolutely NEVER know what you are going to get with an 11 year old and a 7 year old together.  But I got a brother and sister who were just FABULOUS!  And did I mention how cute they were?!   Mom, you’ve done a great job on these two! Enjoy.

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!

Meet Jen and Dave!  They are a sweet, FUN, good-looking couple and I am honored to have photographed their engagement portraits.  Like so many great people that I meet here in TN, they are actually originally from Iowa.  They truly have such a sweet love for each other and I’m excited to photograph their BIG day next May!  Here is a sneak peek of what we got, we have to finish the rest of the session in a few weeks… the clouds rolled in and it started to rain.  And if you know me, you know how I HATE clouds while shooting! Enjoy.