This morning we joined Jennifer and Olivia for a tea party in the park. They were so cute together and we had such a great time! Olivia has the most wonderful giggle! :) These are my favorite kind of family portraits! They say so much more about Olivia at 3 and how much Jennifer loves her than anything we could pose would ever say. We simply chose an activity that they like to do together and let it play out before us while we run around shooting. When you plan your portrait session in this way, the kids are so much more relaxed and so are the adults for that matter. Everyone has fun and actually enjoys having family pictures made – imagine that! ;) Here are my favorites from the session…

The setting could not have been more beautiful…

Don’t you just love them??

That wonderful giggle! :)

Of course we take some looking at the camera too –

This one is my absolute favorite! I love it – I see beautiful imagery every day and this one is such a beautiful moment that it makes me want to cry!

Jen – thank you so much for letting us share in yours and Olivia’s lives! She is such a little doll and we can’t wait to have you both over to see the rest!

– Mel

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Emily and Johnny are getting married in December and they are the cutest couple! We met up with them at Travellers Rest in Nashville yesterday for their engagement session. They are both so upbeat and after working with them yesterday, we’re really looking forward to their wedding!

There were all of these little pumpkins laying around from a kids festival they had at the plantation earlier in the day. We thought we’d have them lay on them while I climbed a tree to get this. :)

Then they climbed a tree…

We’ve learned some new tricks over the past couple of days so of course they got completely overused during this session – it sure is pretty though!

It’s been a pretty rainy dull week around here so we were so excited when the sun came out in just the most perfect way a couple of hours before the shoot. It complimented the autumn leaves so beautifully!

and then back to the cool new trick again. This is my favorite!

Thanks for joining us Emily and Johnny! Have a great weekend everyone!

– Mel

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My crazy college friend Jennifer is getting married next summer to her perfect match. :)

They got engaged at the Parthenon – right here to be exact –

We had such a good time with these guys – Jennifer can keep everyone laughing constantly and I was surprised to find out that Andrew is quite the funny guy himself – he was always so shy in school! Anyway, they wanted to play a little football during their session and man! They are rough!

Jennifer doesn’t always play by the rules when running the ball to the end zone. Hey Jen – we were thinking this one would be great for the save the date cards! ;)

How much air can you get?

Playing in the weeds…

and then collapsing in the spot lights at last…

It was great to see you guys again! Love you!
– Mel

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