Oh how I love great black and whites! There is just something so raw about them when there is no color and you can just appreciate the details in the photo. Sometimes I prefer nice bold colors, but lately I have really been loving black and whites. I was editing more of my sister's engagement photos and fell in love with these ones.
With this move across the country about 4 weeks ago my poor camera and blog had been neglected. I have been letting the time get away from me and then I realized that Madison turned 4 years old on Christmas Eve and I never took her photos! UNACCEPTABLE. I couldn't believe I let 3 months pass without taking her photos. Well, this week I finally was able to find a day with great weather and a willing little girl....and she rocked it out! She is really starting to enjoy being in front of the camera and is turning into my little model. There is this great park/trail area that my mom took us to and we found a great location. I am really excited with the way these turned out!
Here is my 4 year old (who acts 14 these days) loving the camera :)
This is my fave of the session....can't resist these black and whites and that perfect smile :)
Can we say ATTITUDE....haha! Love it!
Of course I had to snap one of both the kiddos together....Logan's 2 year photos will be gracing the blog in August :)
I am ecstatic that I was finally able to sit down and edit these photos! I was patiently (maybe not so patiently) waiting for my new laptop to arrive from Chicago. Yes, my amazing hubby purchased, set up, and overnighted it to me so that I could get my editing done :)
This beautiful couple is my amazing little sister and her hubby-to-be! I was so grateful to be able to tag along last weekend on their engagement session. I am the maid of honor in her wedding so we were lucky to book the lovely Karen Stott to photograph their special day. Karen was so sweet to let me come to their session and bring my camera :) I had the opportunity to watch, learn and snap away to get my own photos....not to mention it was such a fun day! Luckily we dodged the rain and were able to use the overcast skies to our advantage. We met in the tiny town of Brownsville, Oregon and found some amazing locations!
I have been waiting to get these photos up and I LOVE the way they turned out! I hope Kara and Ryan love them as much as I do.
Now on to the eye candy.....Warning: this is a very, very long post! I couldn't resist :)
I seriously couldn't choose favorites because I love so many of them! Love you two bunches and I wish you all the happiness in the world :) Can't wait for your wedding day!!!
XOXO
I have been SO horrible about posting any photos lately.....especially of my own family! Shame on me!!! It's been a busy time around the Verbeke household! I have held off on any photoshoots lately due to everything else I have going on and not having enough time to devote to it :( I am hoping that will change once I get moved and get settled in. We have made the decision to move to Oregon and live near my family. I am super excited about this decision, but at the same time a bit stressed because we have to leave my husband behind for a little while so he can finish up his time in the Navy. I know everything will be fine though and God will pull us through it as a family :) For now, I wanted to just post a recent photo of each of my kiddos....they are growing up too fast and I haven't been very good at keeping up with the photos of them! I need to get my camera out more than I have been and savor all the moments I can while they are small.
Last Saturday I had a super quick session with the Crothers Family (the twins have been featured here on the blog a few times now)! They wanted to get a few family photos from Christmas cards and we managed to find a day where the weather wasn't too terribly cold to get outside. It's getting so cold here to do anything outside so we lucked out finding a day that worked! This family is so adorable and the boys' have the best personalities!
I hope you love these photos! I think we managed to get some really great shots in such a short amount of time :)
I had the opportunity to take some photos of Baby L last weekend and it was a great experience! His parents are good friends of ours and asked me awhile back to take some photos for them once he arrived. He joined the world on October 20th and he was 11 days old when we took these photos. I must say that newborns are extremely tough to photograph! I don't have much newborn experience so I was excited to try it out and see what I could come up with! That said, we were able to get some great shots but Baby L was not in picture taking mood that day. He slept a tiny bit at first and then was not a happy camper when he was moved, touched or uncovered. We even tried keeping the house super warm and using a heating pad but he was not liking what I wanted to do :) Of course it was understandable seeing as that we stripped him down to his "birthday suit" and interrupted his day. I don't know that I would have been happy either....haha! W family, thank you for letting me practice and photograph your bundle of joy. He is such a blessing and I can't wait to see him grow!
Here are a few of my faves...
Proud Daddy :)
His big sister just adores him...
Tiny smile :)
What a beautiful mommy Baby L has!
I had my first Holiday Mini-Session last weekend and it was an absolutely GORGEOUS day for a photoshoot! I know Meghan from work and she approached me about Holiday Photos awhile back for herself, her boyfriend, and her adorable dog. I was thrilled to be able to do these photos for her! She is the sweetest person and it was so fun meeting outside of work for a quick session. Meghan, I hope you all love your photos and they look great for your Christmas cards :)
Aren't they just so cute?!
