A girl and her horse, .... and goat, .... and dog .... and ...

Hailey is the daughter of some good friends of ours and she is graduating this May.  Hailey loves animals and when her mom asked if I could come out and take her senior pictures I asked if she would like to include Gypsy - her pony.  Hailey thought that was a great idea!  While we were out there we decided to go ahead and get pictures with the other critters too.  Hailey was one of the kids who showed their animals at the 4-H Livestock Show and Sale a couple of weeks ago.  She has a definite gift with animals.  I watched her with her animals at the same time as I watched the other 4-Hers.  I have to say she had the kindest hand with her animals and did a beautiful job with them.  Her little sister Julia got into the act with Maizey, their dog.

Engagement in Yorktown

I drove up and met Brooke and Will at Yorktown Beach on Memorial Day to take their engagement pictures.  They are getting married next June and their engagement party is in July.  Brooke's mom was along too and was kind enough to lug my extra camera around for me.  We had a great time taking all kinds of pictures and enjoying the live music coming from the patio of the Riverwalk Restaurant there on the boardwalk.  The whole ambience down at the Yorktown Beach was really cool, a great place to go even if you aren't taking pictures :-) 

Little Jack

My very good friend LeeAnn became a grandma for the first time three weeks ago. He is a beautiful baby and I had the privilege of taking pictures of him with his mommy and daddy as well as his Nonnie and great-grandma Nan. This family is very special to me and I loved spending the afternoon with them. Jack was an angel!

2009 Chesapeake 4-H Livestock Show and Sale

I had the pleasure of spending last Thursday and Friday at the Jubilee grounds with the 4-H Livestock Club. It was the 60th year for the Livestock Club.  There was one gentleman who had been with the club from the beginning of the club.  I have to admit I really didn't know what to expect. Lisa Kovacs who is the 4-H extension agent in Chespeake hired me to take pictures of this year's livestock show and sale. I had a great time and learned a lot. I am very impressed with the quality of the young people that show their animals. I could tell that a lot of work goes into the care and training of the animals. From the seniors all the way down to the youngest 4-Her, they all did a great job and I had a great time.

Meredith and Derek - Engagement Session

The weather finally cooperated for us and I was able to get together with Meredith and Derek for their engagement photos. Time is getting short for them, their wedding is in less than a month! We had a great time on the beach, I always enjoy getting to know the bride and groom better. I think their wedding is going to be so much fun!

Oplove - Rebecca and Ryan

I had a great time last night with this wonderful pregnant lady and her 6 year old son. We are crossing our fingers that her husband makes it home before his baby girl arrives. It will be close! We just barely got the session done last night when the dark storm clouds started rolling in. Ryan is such a good little boy, he had just lost his first tooth and was quite proud to show that off. We did a few shots "in studio" with Mom and then we headed down to the playground so we could get some "action" shots with Ryan.