SHP and The Hendersons: sneak peek!

Weather in Atlanta has been less than cooperative when it comes to photo shoots over the past few weekends. Wendie Henderson, who works for The Home Depot corporate offices here in town, was referred to me through an old friend whom I've shot numerous times and we played weather roulette for a few weekends, to finally just book our session on a Tuesday night. The summer light is great until really late, so we just found a great spot in their front yard and snapped away until the kids were "done with it". Such a cute family! I mean, how lucky can I get to have such cute Clients all the time.

Thanks Wendie and the Hendersons for making my job so easy!

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Wilhelm Family - Session #2

There's not much more flattering than when I client hires you again. Susan and Frank Wilhelm live in a really cool part of town, which I had no idea was as close to this park near The Prado. It will forever become a favorite family shoot spot because there's so much great light and shade to work with.

When we had our first shoot, their daughter was only 18 days old! So it was fun to see how big she's gotten. Thanks to a really cool family for coming back to SHP!

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The Ayres Family

Sometimes, as a photographer, you just get lucky and get to shoot the cutest people possible. The Ayres family was one of those times. Their girls were just SO Freakin cute the entire day, and held it together for almost 2 hours of shooting. I had a great time shooting their beautiful family at their house and then around Marietta Square, which is a great place to find a few locations all within walking distance. Plus, there was some kind of dance recital festival going on that weekend, so they took in some of the show after the shooting was done...I'm sure Nick was super excited about that part! :)

Thanks to the Ayres family for making it such a great day!









and this is when you know you've worn them out. :)

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The Blanco Family Rocked the ATL

Last weekend I had a really fun shoot with Cecile Blanco (of Stylemenow.com) and her super cool family. We were fighting against the weather, but in between rain drops we found some of my new favorite spots in Atlanta. I've shot at the Krog St. bridge before, but some new spots over around Atlantic Station will be a go-to area for some time.

Thanks to Cecile and the fam for making my job easy by just looking so darn cool!

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The Clayton Family Session

The Claytons (one of our closest friends) recently brought little Lottie into the world. I had the priveledge of taking some pics of her and the whole family. Just a couple from the day:

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The Clayton's New Addition.

One of our best family friends, The Claytons just had their second child, a girl named Lottie. Their son, Colby, is only 4 weeks older than Adler, so it's pretty awesome (and a bit crazy) that Lottie is only a few weeks older than Eli. I went to their house over the weekend and snapped a couple pics. Here are two of my favorites so far.

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Last Shoot of 2008 - Looking forward to 2009

2008 has officially come to a close for SHP. My next shoots will be in 2009, and it's nice to have a break from shooting, although I've got well over a thousand images left to go through for the three shoots I had last weekend. I went to St. Augustine, FL for Arin's wedding and had a blast with a really fun group. The next day I was able to book a family shoot (complete with 2 labs) and ended up with some fun images, although getting the dogs in the shots was a bit challenging.

One of the best parts of the weekend was getting to stay at a great B&B on the beach for the price of taking pictures of the place. It was amazing. The owner was so gracious, a great cook, and really fun to talk to. We'll definitely go back some time, just to hang out there. Here are a couple teaser pics from the weekend.










2009 is going to be an exciting year. From having our second son in February, to a total redesign of my site and blog. I'm still just working on a "plan", but will be excited to get moving on some new things in the photography world.

Hope all's well with you and yours. Merry Christmas! and God Bless.

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