Tammy, Rob & Lexi

This is my dazzling cousin, Tammy, and her precious daughter Lexi, and her dapper husband, Rob. What can I say? It is obvious that these pictures are the embodiment of love. It glows in every shot, you can't hide it. As you can tell, Tammy is expecting another little girl in a few months, which may be partly to blame for her radiance.

Tammy had asked me a while back to take some pics of Lexi while they were in Texas - she lives in Connecticut. I swear that a baby gets grumpy automatically when a photographer comes around, its like they can sense it. Needless to say, we were a little worried that we'd be able to capture the real, darling personality of a teething 9 month old who does not want to be photographed. So, instead of the big, formal 'session' we just snapped a couple while her Mom & Dad were entertaining her. Looks like I will have to try that method more often, because she is too cute!!!

Courtney

This is the beautiful Courtney Gaines, she's a Senior at Belton and is oh-so-awesome pitcher for the softball team. She's had like one billion no-hitters (ok, so maybe I exaggerated, but she's good.) I am posting tons of pics of her, b/c I have so many great ones.

Check them out at http://www.shutterfly.com/pro/AmyBlackburn/Portraits/Courtney

As I was editing these pics, I was struck by just how beautiful she is! It is not only surface beauty, but she has an inner beauty that radiates from within. I am lucky to have such a great job that allows me to get to know so many great people- including Courtney and her mom. They are the sweetest people you could ever hope to meet. We had so much fun at her shoot on Saturday! It was another adventure with Amy, from alley ways to the Chinese Mansion (being there was a little surreal) these girls were ready for anything I threw their way. Thanks for an awesome evening, ladies! (and for the Starbucks!)

Justin

This is Justin. He's a senior from Cameron, and is big into 4H shooting stuff. (I am not pretending to know the technical terms...) I wanted to find some where a little rustic for his session, and I have a semi-relative (long story) who has a place out in Zabcikville (outside of Temple) so Justin & his mom, Lisa, met me and we headed over to the property together. I had never used this location before, but it has the coolest 180+ year old house on it and a broke-down shed and barn... so perfect... I have to say- Lisa and Justin get the Coolest Clients Ever Award!! To say we did not have ideal picture taking conditions would be an understatement. There was no sun, it was so, so windy, super cold, and the ground was basically just mud, but they never complained. They traipsed around this old crappy place with me and did pretty much whatever I asked. Lisa was a blessing. She could be counted on for a smile and laugh at any time! Justin has one of those super likeable personalities, and he obviously makes a great subject.

Easter Session

These are a few from Aiden, Rylee & Micah's Easter session. I had a terribly hard time choosing which ones of Aiden to post, I have so many great ones of him in that cute little outfit. I just wanna squeeze him! Rylee (in pink) is Aiden's cousin on the other side and she was in quite the mood that day. We had a hard time getting her into posing, but picking that flower seemed to distract her, so I snuck in a couple of shots while she was showing it to me. I love the one of her in the chair- that face sums it all up. And, then there's more of my Micah Brynn, check out this last one of her standing there looking over her shoulder at Aunt Hope (who is, by the way, the best baby-attention-getter of all time) it's my favorite.

1st blog

My Micah again :)

Quite possibly my all-time favorite picture, maybe b/c she's mine...?

So this is my first blog- lets call these shots a small compilation of my work. To check out more got to http://www.amyblackburnphoto.com - I was thinking that I'd get to post a couple of pics of each of my past jobs, but I must have been drinking heavily when I thought that! ha. I have to sleep sometime people.

Look for many more pics soon, I have 4 sessions this weekend... including Darren, Holly & Natalie's family portraits which I am excitedly anticipating! Check out the super cool belly at the top, that's Holly's. It was beautiful, huh?