preslie enters our world

here she is...


my sweet little granddaughter Preslie!

Everyone is doing well and her big brother Cayzen is all smiles.

catching up and catching my breath (part 3)

Although I have done others.. the last one i am going to talk about today is my own daughter ...




She is expecting my second grand child, first grand daughter, any time now..


You have to know that she hates to have her photo taken which as her mother .. a PHOTOGRAPHER.. it's a little frustrating for me... so when she asked what i wanted for Mother's Day.. my response was .. "i want to take your maternity photos." So how could she refuse... and although she wasn't too thrilled about it.. she did it and after a few moments.. she relaxed and had a good time.. and I want to say .. my daughter is a prime example of how once you get started and just let me do my work.. you will really really enjoy it..



So thank you daughter of mine for doing this..


and thanks my grandson for being such a good big brother to your little sister.. I am sure she loved the car.

catching up and catching my breath (part 2)

So as far as the photo shoots...

this next set is from a client I have done numerous times..

Her sister who lives in alaska was here in florida visiting with her new baby..

So while she was here we did a family portrait for them to give their mom for Mom's day!!!


So you will see sisters and brother horsing around.. Miss Macy who I have done a couple of times before. And finally her sister and the new baby mitchell.


I always have a good time with these guys. And I always love the results..

catching up.. and catching my breath...

Hi everyone.. i know it's been a while since i posted but I have been so busy.. which is a good thing..

But i am going to take this opportunity to catch up all at once.

Since I last posted two months ago (ouch - sorry) I have done a few photo shoots and a non-profit event.

Let me start with the non-profit event I did. On April 19th I did the black tie Gala for Directions for Mental Health located in Pinellas Cty.

It was a blast and everyone was so nice and a good time was had by all.

Here are a few of photos from that event.

thanks to everyone at Directions for letting me capture your event. And double thanks to everyone there for letting me take your photos..

a little of my personal life

my family and i recently went through a traumatic thing.

I normally wouldn't share this with the world but i feel compelled for some reason.

within 24 hours.. my daughter and her husband (and all of us) were

told my two year old grandson had luekemia and then told he did not..

you can only imagine the emotional trauma that we felt then the unmistakable elation - when we found out he didn't.

with that being said.. shortly after finding out he didn't.. it dawned on us that we were very very blessed as we were on the pediatric oncology floor and realized that many others were dealing with life and death everyday. So I want to say how much i admire those parents and their children for dealing with that on a daily basis and how scarey it must be for them. How i pray that they find small moments of peace in their lives as they are dealing with cancer.

and for everyone else.. cherish your moments with those that you love and try to be kind to one another.. even strangers as you never know what might be happening in their lives..

I have posted two photos..

the first one will be us (obviously I am taking the photo) waiting for the results of the bone marrow results.. to have it confirmed that it was luekemia and the second one is my grandson a few days after he was home.. ALL BETTER!!

thank you Lord.

ps also.. on top of all this.. my daughter is pregnant with their second child.. a little sister.

new galleries added to web page

i have added a few new things to the web site..
under 'my work' there is a new gallery called 'giving back' it is a short little documentary of a few of the non-profit photography gigs i have done. this is my way of giving back. I feel there is nothing as rewarding as giving back to the community you live in. I have been blessed in many ways and since i LOVE taking photos.. what better way to help these agencies then to give them something they can use and help their cause.
I have a couple more coming up in the next few months.. so be looking for those.
If you have a non-profit that might need some extra help .. let me know.. i do this for free and i am happy to do it.
Enjoy.

this little bunny...

.. this is avery...

she is.. a sweet little thing.

Born on her late grandpa's birthday..

An angel sent from heaven .. says her Grandma..

I would say she is right.

Welcome Avery.. to your little corner of the world.