It’s 1 a.m. and I promised myself I wouldn’t go to bed without posting this peek from my most recent high school senior photography session. I know she’s dying to see them. I simply don’t have one singular favorite … there are too many to choose from and so many more where these came from.  So this peek is long, but so worth the wait.

If I were going to write a long story to go with this post, it would say something about her reminding me of the classic beauties from another era, especially in the vintage dress and the field of flowers. It would say something about how we had perfect overcast skies the day before our scheduled session and a forecast of bright, sunny skies the day of our session. It would say how much I longed for nice, overcast skies (nature’s perfect filter) the next day and, to my surprise, woke up to a thick layer of fog. It would say something about the abandoned old barn where we shot in the fog and found the most magical light. It would talk about the fact that we had beautiful, open shade everywhere we wanted to shoot that morning and the shots straight out of camera were simply stunning. But it’s 1 a.m. and I know she’ll be way more interested in the pictures than my words. And I need to pack for a welcome weekend away from the computer … bringing my camera just for fun to capture Bella at the State Fair.

So, without further ado, meet Elle. Class of 2010. Classic beauty.

… and red … and pink.

She’s a girl of many moods, pensive expressions and full on belly laughs. So why not many colors? I’d say with eyes like that, she can do just about anything she wants to do.

You’ve seen Esmee on the blog since she was just a beautiful bump in mom’s belly and, at our most recent 9-month session, she shook things up a bit, straying from her signature pink (think “girly girl pink” … loads of it in her closet and her gorgeous nursery) for something a little outside her norm. In true diva style, I’d say she worked it! Enjoy some of my favorites from her session. Next up on the blog: Elle’s high school senior session.

And who among us  could blame them?

Meet Aishlynn. Blue-eyed beauty. Avid reader. “This close” to being a mover and a shaker in the toddler ranks. And future Husker, Class of 2029.

Meet 10-day-old Grace (born the same day as Hannah in the next post below) and her very doting big brother. This was the second of two wonderful families and their beautiful new babies that I photographed recently. I tell all new parents who are hoping for a shot of an older sibling between the ages of 2-5 with the new baby that we often just go with the flow and see what we can get. I have to say these two little guys (see next post for the other new big brother) broke the mold in terms of sibling shots. I felt like we hit the jackpot because they were so eager to love on their new baby sisters.

Enjoy some of my favorites from Grace’s newborn session. All images were shot with natural light and my trusty Canon 24-70/2.8L. Both gorgeous hats are the artistry of  Angelbeez. Watch the blog tomorrow for one-year-old Aishlynn and her bright, big blue eyes. Yep, it’s officially the busiest season!