I just received my new lens for archtectural photography yesterday on my doorstep.  We already had plans for Jazz Under the Stars on the Dallas Museum of Art lawn so I didn't get much of a chance to test and didn't have a tripod with me but Campbell did do a walk around the block with me so I could test it out.  Not bad, I say!  I can't wait to do some more!

Hunt Building - Dallas, TX

Nikon 14-24mm lens, Nikon D700 camera

14mm, 1/13 sec, f4.0, ISO 800, handheld

Well... this week our son came home with his first black eye.  He said, "It's a shiner, mommy!"   (cutie)

So, here is how it happened...

He and some of the kids at his after school program were playing a game he called "Monkey in the Middle" -- sounds crazy to me!  Apparently the game consists of throwing shoes in the air and I'm guessing someone is in the middle???  So a flying shoe hit him in the eye.  Of course, my question was, "Campbell, was  there an adult in the room?"  Hmmm...

Oh well, I am sure it is the first of several over the course of his childhood, teen years, and possibly manhood.  I'm just glad this one was an "accident" and there wasn't anything worse that happened!

I tried for several days to have him let me get a picture of it and this morning he did.  And it makes me giggle that it was this morning after he had slept in a black "muscle t" (I usually call it something different!) AND he had his typical just woken up bedhead that I adore!!!

I am seeing a trend here... it seems I have been photographing a LOT of boys lately!    And this session was no different.  I loved chasing Aiden around and his little baby brother, Logan was as cute as they come, too!  We hung out in the front yard, the back yard, and inside.  Aiden mows a mean lawn and is excellent on the tricycle!  What a great workout!

Thanks for having me out to your home, Matt and Jenny!  And for the cool refreshing beverage too... ;-)

Enjoy your preview!

I could not have asked for a more beautiful day for a session than Sunday!  After all of the rain we have been having, the sky delivered with crystal blue and temps in the 70's!  It felt like heaven!  We spent the afternoon  exploring... and 9 year old (okay, almost 10!) David was ready!  We headed over to one of my favorite locations to shoot... Turtle Creek in Dallas.  We climbed up on the rocks, we waded in the creek, and he scared his parents and me half to death a few times!  But all-in-all it was a GREAT time! And we got some beautiful images!

Enjoy your preview, Arthur and Amy!

This is a day created to celebrate all of the wonderful mother's out there.  Motherhood has changed me in a way I never expected.  It gives you a kind of peace... a frenetic peace, but a peace no less!  This morning I am having brunch with just my husband and son.  I told them I wanted a quiet brunch with just the three of us since they are the two most important people in my life and I couldn't be a mommy without them!

When I was growing up I had the best mom in the world!  One of my favorite memories was how we always looked at houses on Sundays... even though we had no intention of moving.   And it is thanks to mom that I can sing almost every 70's song that comes on the radio to this day...  looking back she was pretty hip!  I love you and miss you mom!  You were taken from us far too early but I celebrate you everyday!

Happy Mother's Day to all of the wonderful mommies out there!  Enjoy every hug and kiss today!