Liz + Weston = Engaged! :: Elizabethtown Portrait Photographer

Even though my first love is photographing high school seniors (girls), then babies, kids and families~ I was so excited (like jump-up-and-down-giddy excited) when our good friends daughter, Liz, contacted me about portraits~ engagement portraits! This was a first for me~ it was fun to try something different and since Liz also has an eye for photography, it was extra sweet to collaborate on a few ideas.

These high school sweethearts are such an amazing couple and everyone who knows them, adores them.  Liz currently attends Millersville University, majoring in social work and minoring in photography~ she has a huge heart for kids and helping those in need. Weston is finishing his last year at IUP and will have a degree in music education with plans to return to Central PA and teach. Their wedding date is set for next July, and one thing about their future together is guaranteed: they will be an absolute blessing to the people around them in the years to come. Here are a few of my faves from their session~ please leave them a love note in the comments section at the bottom :-)

Summer Fun :: Lebanon County Children's Photographer

Children's portrait sessions are so much fun, and this little six-year-old girl happens to be my god-daughter and totally has my heart. With her sweet voice, infectious laugh and charming manner, it's useless to resist! I was so tickled that she still likes her fairie costume and she's not 'too grown up' to enjoy wearing it. We had to wait out a little rainstorm before heading over to a local playground, and ended the session with a slice of summer fun~ watermelon! These are some of my favorite shots from the evening~ such a blessing to watch her grow and change over the years. These images will be priceless memories as she grows up!

Darling boy :: Marietta Baby Photographer

Oh, this summer is just getting away from me! We are enjoying every moment of these wonderful days when the kids are still young~ our oldest turned 12 this summer and I feel like time is on warp-speed... wasn't she just a kindergartner last year? I look at this little guy and just know how short the time is between him being a baby and turning into a little boy... and can see it happening already!

Our dear friends, Jen and Stacey, have been blessed with caring for this precious little guy who has the greatest laugh and eyes to melt your heart. And don't get me started on his precious pout! Stace is a chef and fabulous stay at home dad, and Jen is an artist whose every waking moment is spent thinking about her son! It's been a long, precarious road to get to parenthood for these two and they are relishing every moment~ some times God allows us to go through challenging times even though we don't know why and can't see the end of the journey... and this time, the gift He gave to Jen and Stacey is a darling little boy was more than worth every mountain and valley they had to travel. The best part is, their son will only remember happy days filled with love, laughter, baseball and looking for the moon (his very favorite activity :-)

Here are some images from his one year old portrait session, and more recently at eighteen months. Enjoy!