Time to catch up

It seems lately that I have been so busy shooting and working on images that I haven't had a chance to enter anything on my blog.  Not necessarily in order, here are a few of my recent photo shoots in a quick little summary.

First I want to share a few photos from a great little family session I did for the Langhover's in Eureka Springs, AR.  They are living in a beautiful home known as the Penn Castle that was built in the late 1800's and they invited me to come to the castle and take family photos for them. It's an amazing location as you can see from a few of the images below.  They are a great couple who have adopted little Layla.

These images are from Steve and Lisa's wedding at the historic Crescent Hotel. They are one very happy couple. Congratulations, you two!

And this was one of my favorite sessions. The Hackenmueller's have been married 60 years and their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren gathered to celebrate. I was fortunate enough to capture the family early one morning.   This is one of my favorite photos of the lucky couple.

Time out for family

Happiness.  Having my family all together in one spot... that makes me happy. 

Now that our son, Austin and his wife, Hailey have moved back to the area we have more opportunities to see them and that is so wonderful for me. Our son, Ryan and his wife, Amanda and our grand daughter Madison live three hours away and we see them as much as we can. They planned some vacation time to come home and visit over the last week, so I planned some photo time.

They are all familiar with being chased around by mom and the camera so it doesn't take long to get them in the mood.  The hardest part is setting the self timer and jumping into the shot.

We took a lot of images, but these are a few of my favs:

The whole gang in serious mode....

and this is usually what happens before long...

Austin and Hailey

Madison with Ryan and Amanda

Ryan took my camera and got a few of mom and dad...

Having fun with Madison..

a special moment between Madison and Amanda...

Austin and Hailey are always fun to photograph

Thanks guys for fun times.. can't wait to do it again!

Gladden-Nance Family photos

I love family photos. They are so special and so important at the same time.

What a blessing it was for me when my friend, Grace asked me to come and capture a few family photos for her during a casual reception for her son and new daughter in law who had recently married. It's the blending of families and this was a time when all of the family members would be present and an excellent opportunity to gather a few shots. I was so happy that I had the day open.  Some of my favorite shots from the day are below.

Even the dogs are related and it was a chance for mother and daughter to share a photo!

This has to be my favorite shot of the day. Lovely Grace with her newly married son, Will, and her beautiful daughter Crystal.

All of the family in one spot.  What a great day!

The view of the lake from the house is outstanding and such a beautiful spot for this gathering.

Lindsay and Dusty Married

I try to blog events in the order that they happen, but lately that's not always the case. I posted Lindsay and Dusty's Engagement photos earlier this month. Now it's about time I got the wedding images up for them to view. I've been behind in my work and slow to get this done. Even so, it was a great wedding with so many wonderful participants and lots of photo opps.  It's been years since I have seen such a big crowd of beautiful flower girls.

Here's a little taste of that day's event, a small sneak peek for Lindsay and Dusty.

Morgan and Charles ( Eureka Springs Wedding Photographer)

I had been looking forward to this event for quite some time. Morgan, Charles and I had been trying to settle on a location for photos before their wedding ceremony and were running out of options. Fortunately, one of Morgan's friends had this lovely vacation home in Holiday Island, just north of Eureka Springs, where Morgan was to get ready for the ceremony. It turned out to be a wonderful spot to capture some "before" photos and that all important "first look".  Morgan is a beautiful bride and so easy to capture in photographs.

I usually try to keep an air of comedy going when I am shooting a couple before their ceremony, but this time I didn't have to. Charles kept me in stitches from the moment he entered the room. He could swing a  great "serious" look for the picture, then he was back to keeping the smiles and giggles going.

We stopped in downtown Eureka Springs at  Harding Spring for some beautiful garden photos before heading out to Circle of Light for their ceremony and reception at the lake.

Final shot of the night, giving it my best shot at OCF.  I'm happy. 

Have a great sneak peek, Charles & Morgan.  I'll be in touch.