Third Birthday Session {Fort Smith, AR Photographer}

Its been two years since I last photographed this sweet girl, and now she's turning 3!

 

 

I was in love with Miss M's sweet little voice. We had some great conversation about flowers, Minnie Mouse, her doggy Bella... So precious. She came armed with her umbrella and Minnie outfits. 

 

I had asked her to pick a couple flowers. Its best to busy toddler hands during a session. She was very concerned, at first, that the flowers were dirty, but once I assured her they weren't we had to hang on to them for the rest of the shoot. I asked her what they smelled like. She told me "Yellow."

 

 

Looking for fish with Minnie. I asked her to check for fish. She took this job so seriously that we had a hard time pulling her away for more photos.

 

Still hanging on to the flowers haha!

 

Im always amused when a toddler doesn't want dirty feet. My children are tiny cave people, and I rarely see them clean. She needed to stand on the blanket to keep the dirt off.

To end, I wanted to take a couple with Mom.

Little girl is making this face because I accidentally let the white balloons float away. I was so happy to spend an evening with Miss M. She invited me to come play at her house and to meet her puppy's. I guess that means she liked me too <3

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Fort Smith, Arkansas photographer specializing in newborn, children and family portraits. 

Goforth Wedding {Fort Smith, AR Photographer}

This was a special event for me to photograph. This was my first formal wedding. It was an exciting and scary first. Weddings are a whole different ballgame. You aren't photographing a situation that can be redone if an error occurs. You are documenting a day that this couple can never get back. 

There are so many sweet moments to be captured. I got to be a fly on the wall.

Having had my own wedding nine years ago I am able to realize that the only memories of my big day are what is recorded in the photographs. I barely slept the night before my ceremony. I was bouncing from hair, to makeup, to dressing. Finding my marriage license. Talking to out of town family. Everything is a blur. I didn't even remember what my own wedding cake looked like until flipping through albums recently with my daughter. What I have to trigger memories are the photographs taken by my photographer. 

Loved the cakes by Sweet Boutiques in Van Buren, AR.

I edited several hundred photo's for this special bride. Instead of filling this post with 

every photo I whittled it down to a handful of my favorites. 

I love these images of the bride. Originally she had hoped to have her wedding outside, but being June the heat and potential for rain kept her planning an indoor wedding. We did want to take advantage of the property. I love the way her white dress is contrasted by the rust of the barn and old car. There was actually a small rain shower that rolled in right after taking these images.

 

I very much enjoyed the venue: Weddings at the Bowery

The owner was so kind and attentive. The farm land surrounding it was beautiful.

One of the more amusing events was the garter removal. The DJ instructed the groom to dance for his brides approval. When he met her qualifications he could remove the garter. I was laughing so hard its fortunate I got clear images.

He did, eventually, receive the thumbs up

After the brief rain shower we had some wonderfully humid weather for a few family images.

All I had to do to get genuine laughing was to ask this family to look at each other. 

Some of my favorites are the Bride and Groom alone. We snuck out to the sunflower patch for a couple minutes. It was so fitting that the Brides bouquet was sunflowers. I am so happy to have been trusted with this couples day. Thank you so much for this opportunity!

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Fort Smith, Arkansas photographer specializing in newborn, children and family portraits.