Thursday, September 30, 2010

Soon there will be three

Brandy and Terry will soon bring their first born into this great big world and they are Oh so happy. Brandi contacted me about doing some maternity photos for her and I was thrilled to document this special time in thier lives for them. My favorite part of the whole session was toward the very end. Brandi was sitting and all of a sudden he moved, not sure if he kicked or rolled or what but I could see her belly move! She said "Did you see that?" I said "YES!" I told her a story of how one time when I was sitting at the doctors office waiting on a visit when I was pregnant with Tay and I was HUGE, and she kicked and you could see my belly jumping like crazy, I leaned over and asked this lady beside me, "did you see that" Ha! It is amazing how it all works. It is amazing what GOD has created for Bradi and Terry to love for eternity. I tell you, a child is a pure blessing from GOD and you will not believe that you can love someone so much until you lay your eyes on your child for the very first time. It is amazing! Ok, now...Duh duh, the pictures....






I hope you guys love what you see so far;) Thank you for letting me be a part of this special time in your lives!

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Changes

I have made some changes to my blog as you have already seen...and my website;) I had a new logo made by the awesome Morgan Kervin and basically totally changed everything! I am trying to really work on branding myself. I know that it doesn't totally have to do with just the logo, or the website or the blog but with ME and who I am. I think the new look kind of represents me a little better. I would really like to know what you guys think;) If you would like to leave me some blog comment love, well then great! Or if you would like to leave a comment on my Facebook page about it, you can do that here. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy the look new as much as I do. I plan on it staying for a long time, well until I get a new blog from wordpress, that is;)
Much Love, as always

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Breaking The Rules (almost) with Callie and Rebecca

This session was one of the funnest I have had yet. It included, an orange tutu, some clapping (okay, a lot of clapping) and almost having to break some rules. This was Callie's 6 month session and we were just a little bit behind with her being about 8 months old, but it was perfect. It started downtown and the weather wasn't looking as if it wanted to cooperate. Should we go ahead with it? YES, we should! Callie was in the greatest of all moods, despite the downpour that came and that we had to wait out. Yes, we literally stood under an awning for about 30 minutes waiting the rain out wondering if it would ever stop. Rebecca checked her blackberry a few times to see what the doppler was saying...It wasn't looking in out favor, but we waited. Just as we were thinking that we should give up, the sun poked it's head and we had hope. Callie of course was smiley the whole time which made the waiting seem like it went by super fast. It stopped raining and we were off....to Neyland Drive. We had an idea, an idea to cuten (yes, cuten is a word...it means get Callie all dressed up in her tutu and her bow so we could see what rules we could possibly bend or break). Then we saw him, he was there for a reason. A security officer standing at an open gate at the stadium just waiting for us to come on in. Or not. We walked right up and asked. He said no. We were quite sad and a little mad, but we walked around the stadium and did what any other moms would do, we tried to find another way in. No luck. We took some pictures elsewhere and walked back to the car, I glanced over and guess who waved me over. It was him. Yes the security officer. He said that we could come in but very quickly. We were so excited. Now, when he said quickly, he meant it. We were in and out in 30 seconds flat. I have never felt so much pressure in my life. It was so worth it and I think Callie loved it. She looked around and seemed amazed by it all. By this time our session was coming to an end but not until we changed outfits 2 more times. Callie, Oh don't you worry about her. She was loving it. She smiled and clapped the whole time. Well until the very end until she fell face first into the grass and that is the only time she cried. Seriously. Now, are you ready for the best part of the post, the pictures? Ok, here they are!
this next one is my favorite from the whole shoot

this is where she had just fallen in the grass face first, and she got kinda mad:(

                    

Monday, September 20, 2010

I dream. BIG

I often dream about if I will or will not one day become a "professional photographer". I read about how so many others started and I realize that everyone starts 'somewhere'. I think about so many things I could be doing or not doing and then I think about the fact that I have only been doing this for a little over a year. I think alot of times I am really hard on myself, alot harder on myself then others are on me and I'm not sure why. There are many things that I need to work on but I know that I must take things one day at a time and God will place things in my life as HE wants them to be. HE knows the plan for me and always has. All I know is I have a love so deep for photography that it must be shown. I cannot hold it in or my heart would literally burst into pieces. I have this longing for some'thing' to fullfill my life with great pleasure daily. That 'thing' is photography. So, to sum things up, no I am not some great big star...haha, way far from it! But, in my heart, when I capture that shot that makes a mother or a wife or a husband say OM-Goodness that makes my dream seem so real.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Turning two is not so hard to do

Allie recently turned two and I seriously don't know where the time has gone. I know, I know babies turn into toddlers but time really flies. This little lady has the cutest most fun personality and always has. She was seriously cracking me up. Like the whole time. I'm not quite sure that she was thrilled that I was snapping pictures the whole time, but she was sure to make sure I was coming along wherever she went. Now, of course her mommy had to be coming too. But she would say " Come on Cisty" It was so cute. And this girl can really take down some fruit snacks. I mean she was loving her some fruit snacks and cheezits. I'm quite sure she ate before she came but I guess the special treatment and bribing of the snacks, well she just had to take advantage while she could. What girl wouldn't? And, what doesn't go better together than fruit snacks, pearls, and cheezits? That's every girl's dream if you ask me. Our pick for location was The Ramsey House, which is a very beautiful and peaceful place. Basically, my day was full of fun and I owe it all to the cutie, Miss Allie.

Allie, You are very special to me and I hope your birthday was a very happy day. I love your two front teeth and the way you say my name. Thank you for the hugs you always give me at the end of every session.
Love, Christy
                                           "I Love your two front teeth"

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

mommy and daddy to be. to carly.

Baby Carly will soon make her debut in this big world. She has a really great set of parents to greet her when she does. Their names, Jesse and Tassie. We had a super duper early session down at Ijams and it was quite beautiful there that morning. It was cool, (breeze blowing cool, not John Travolta in Greese "cool") the sun was shining, the birds were chirping and we even heard some kind of gun going off. Ok, so that last part is not so soothing sounding but it really happened. We thought it might have been fireworks since it was Memorial Day weekend but Jesse was pretty sure it was a gun AND since we do live in East Tennessee, he was probably right. Ok, so I am serious when I say that I was put to shame by a 36 week pregnant lady. Please let me explain. Tassie was walking like there was no tomorrow. Now, I have been pregnant three times so I know quite well how she feels right about now and I was a bit nervous when it was mentioned about about us walking as far as we did, but she was a trooper! She didn't complain not one time! We had a great time and got some good laughs in. I cannot wait to meet baby Carly. And I hope her new favorite sound is a Canon shutter;)

                  "And I hope her new favorite sound is a Canon shutter"

Friday, September 10, 2010

going blank...

I have tried something a little new recently and well, you can say that it just really hasn't worked! I started brainstorming ideas in my lovely new planner that I got for my birthday. This is something that I have been wanting so that I would not forget all these wonderful ideas that flow through my head daily for blog posts. I figured I could jot them down in my planner and then I could use them for future blog posts when I saw fit. I have this really bad habit with forgetting if I don't write things down. I used to be wonderful at remembering but now I refer to myself as "the sticky note queen" because I have a major love affair going on with sticky notes! Anyway, so I have all these ideas in my planner for blog posts and I just can't seem to put into words something that I want to write about. It's like I am going blank lately. I don't know what's wrong with me. Sometimes I think I WAY over think things and wonder if people are really even interested in my blog and what I am even writing...I look and think "no one ever comments" but then I also remember something that my good friend Rebekah Tillotson said "Don't ever measure the amount of success your blog has by the number of comments a post obtains. Don't be discouraged and keep writing and posting (if this is what you WANT to do with your work.) Many people admire in silence. In fact, that is what many people do in the arts. It's an inward conversation with themselves." Then i breathed a sigh of relief because she is exactly right! And I should be writing because I want to as well! I mean of course I want you all, meaning my faithful blog readers, to love reading my posts, laugh at them and even think "geez this girl cannot spell worth a flip" but I also should do it for ME. I think that is why I am going blank because I am focusing way to much on things that I shouldn't be when I just need to relax and write from my heart. Instead of a picture with this post, I want you to please listen to this song at the end if you have a moment. It is wonderful, simply beautiful and has an incredible story behind it. It proves how great our GOD is.

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Ninety Three

She tells me everytime I see her how "good" I am looking, how pretty my hair is, how she loves my home and how well I keep it, and how I look so much skinnier since the last time she saw me;) She remembers back when I was pregnant with Taylure and she came to our baby shower at our home. I am talking about Joe's adorable mammaw otherwise known to us as Mammaw Tipton;) She is the sweetest thing and she loves to talk. She will tell you stories from way back when and she has the quietest little voice so you really have to listen up to hear her.

My wonderful mother-in-law asked me to take some photos of Mammaw at her 93rd birthday and of course I was so excited! I hope these photos captured her to what all of the brothers and sisters and grandchildren know her as, which is a sweet loving woman. Now, here is the best part...the photos...
Joe told me that this isn't even half the family.
poor Mammaw is in the front probably thinking "get me outa here"
I think Mammaw is telling Joe one of her stories.
this is her cool, fashionable side

Mammaw, We love you so very much! Thank you for always making me feel skinnier than what I really am;)
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