The Tholen Family - Gainesville, FL Family Portrait Photographer

Meet the Tholen Family! I was so excited when they contacted me for a family session. And they have twins. Not just any twins - Cute, Adorable, Sparkly-Eyed, Pinchable-Cheeks Twins! This brother and sister duo melted my heart the first time I met them for our consultation, AKA Playdate! We read books, played with toys and got to know each other before the big day. Their parents both grew up in Gainesville and we were all in high school together. Different grades, and we didn't really know each other, but I am so glad we finally did on this Sunday morning in June. The sun was out (as were several animals, including a large tortoise and some sandhill cranes!) and the twins were ready to go! There was a lot of laughter, even more smiles and hopefully oodles of new memories made for this super sweet family. L&J, thank you so much for asking me to capture this special age in your babies' lives! I truly had a blast and look forward to our next playdate!

The "right" spot... Ponte Vedra, FL Maternity Photographer

When Jake texted me about a maternity session for his wife, Rebecca, I was thrilled. Jake loves his wife and thinks she is absolutely beautiful. When she's pregnant, multiply that by 100!! It is the cutest thing!! I think he glows as much, if not more than her! I hope I was able to capture even a percentage of this in the following images.

When we first started brainstorming about the session, I immediately started thinking of ideas. They wanted it at the beach, which is one of my favorite places to shoot. We had everything planned... wardrobe, different locations and times, everything! And then we were told otherwise. Because the clouds started rolling in as I was making my way toward St. Augustine... and they didn't let up. After some dinner and much consideration, we decided to head north to escape the storm (which took us further away from our planned locations). So we drove. We drove to Vilano and no change in the weather. We were already there, so we decided to just keep going. And go did we! We ended up in Ponte Vedra, just a couple miles south of Sawgrass. But the sky cleared and we arrived at the right spot.

After unloading the cars of children, gear and at least a week's worth of clothes for Rebecca, we trekked across A1A (fighting off the largest mosquitos I've ever seen, I might add) and found the spot. The right spot. A giant "E" in the sand told us so. Until we saw that, we thought our plans had been ruined... we couldn't get the shots we wanted, the weather wasn't coorperating, nothing really went as planned. And then we knew why. We had planned the shoot for the wrong location all along. And here are some of the shots in the "right" spot...

Miss Lily in Micanopy - Gainesville, FL Child Photographer

Wildflower Sessions - Gainesville, FL Outdoor Photographer

Some shots from Spring 2011 Wildflower Sessions

Farrah's Maternity Session - Gainesville, FL Maternity Photographer

And then there is Farrah... more pics of her and her sweet family coming soon too!

Tillmann Maternity Sneak Peek - Gainesville, FL Maternity Photographer

Really looking forward to sharing more from this session! Stay tuned...

JANUARY SPECIAL!! Gainesville, FL Lifestyle Photographer

The holidays were crazy and you were just trying to get your cards and gifts ordered! But what about what YOU wanted?? Here's your chance to order the products you want for your home and/or office! For the next two weeks, I will post your gallery at no charge! That means even if your session took place months ago...January of 2010 for that matter... I won't apply the reposting fee! Once you indicate that you'd like for me to repost your gallery, I'll send you an email with the link and password letting you know that it's up. You will have 7 days to go through your gallery, place your order and look forward to all the fun stuff headed your way! I'll be adding new products over the next week.... storyboards, collages, jewelry... so be sure to visit the Lifeprints Boutique!