Stacy Claire Boyd !!!!!! Great new holiday cards....

I am so fortunate to be able to carry a dear friend of mines holiday cards and sticky labels to finish off the envelope!!!! Stacy claire boyd has a terrific new line and Stacy has allowed me to carry her products. This is going to be so great for my clients, shoot the photo, they choose it from the proof gallery, choose holiday card, sticky, font and quantity and the holiday cards are finished. How easy can that be???? Thank you Stacy and wait till everyone sees the great new line you are offering!!! Here are some of the samples.

Mr. Fabulous comes to town!!!

Preston Bailey came to town and my friend and amazing flower designer, Dorothy McDaniels hosted two evenings of elegance and fun with the first (night private VIP party) kicking it all off. Food was amazing and the flowers, well Dorothy and her designers definitely out did themselves. Preston, (designer to the stars) entered from behind a cool curtain and quickly hugged and greeted all the guests. He then spent the remaining evening signing hundreds of books and spending a great deal of time with each guest. He was terrific and showed such interest in each and every person. I was lucky enough to be asked to take all the photos and what great fun I had.

The next night was in a huge theatre in the round, dinner and lots of various demonstrations then a great speech from Preston that had you laughing and hanging on his every word. He and his assistant, (Rae) were such lovely guests and I really think that Birmingham pulled out all the stops and showed him some great southern hospitality. Again I was lucky enough to take some photos so hope you like them.

school days, work days, friends come to town

Things have been crazy since my last post....School started and I officially have a child in the 7th grade. He even rolls his eyes just like a preteen should. Everyone warned me about these years but I never thought it possible. Someone has taken my sweet little boy and replaced him with someone that thinks I am pretty dumb......

In any case, I am adding a ton of photos...the first are my friends and family that once again were displaced during the hurricane season from New Orleans. They didn't stay long this time but I did manage to get some shots of them all.

The last few days of summer

Ah, so sorry that summer has come to an end, that means no more lazy days soaking up the sun on the beach.......Are you kidding me, I wish....I did how ever take a ton of photos this past week. Oh and yes I did get to enjoy the sun the last day I was there.

Every year I get to take the photo of a little girl, and her family. They are near and dear to me and I have such a good time watching her grow.  Some of her photos are on my site, check out what a big girl she is getting to be and what a doll.  I also did a photo shoot for a line of jewelry as well as some friends of mine that are about to celebrate their 50th anniversary.  Let me know what you think.

What a really neat family!!!

Last week I had the pleasure of shooting a family of four boys, their significant others(2) and their mom. This is a surprise for their dad. What a nice group, the boys were handsome, smart and very funny and the mom well she was totally lovely. I really enjoyed the interactions between them and saw what a terrific mother she is and mother- in- law she was going to be. I only hope that one day my kids adore me as much as they all adore her.

I loved taking the photos from behind with the boys facing the water and I loved taking their feet. I will have many more to add later. Their mom chose the shirts and they looked so adorable and had such fun doing this for she and their dad!!!

summer is winding up..............

Well I can't believe it but the summer is about to come to an end. My son starts 7th grade (yikes) and that means I have to be back into a schedule again, a tight one at that. We go from school, early in the morning to after-school activities then the battle over homework. Ah what lovely memories!!!

Beginning a new school, 7th grade at that age I guess he will act like he no longer likes me, I have no decent advice and my mere presence will be worse than the plague itself. So far none of these things have happened so I am savoring the last few days of him still being a kid and not a preteen. AAh the last few days of childhood and summer, how delightful!