Wiggles & Giggles | Arkansas Baby Portrait Photographer

Capturing Weston's 1-year-old pictures was so much fun! He was actually still sleeping when I arrived, but literally 2 minutes after waking up you would have never known. He giggled and laughed and "told" me all kinds of stories. He is Mr. Personality!

Love this series...

For those photographers - I got to shoot this cute baby with my new baby, 50mm 1.4 prime lens. Check out that light and those eyes at shot wide open.

Again, those eyes....

For moms wondering what kind of clothing to wear for sessions, Weston's mom picked out great stuff. Solid, bright colors work marvelous. And I got lucky when I spotted this great little bench she had that complemented Weston's sweater perfectly!

A White House Christmas | Jerry Malzahn Art

After coming home from Thanksgiving, I headed to Dallas for a couple of days to babysit 9 (yes, I said 9) puppies for my friends. Why, might you ask?

Well, they had somewhere pretty special to be...the White House!

Jerry Malzahn was asked to paint an ornament for the White House Christmas tree. The theme for this year's decorations was "A Red, White and Blue Christmas".

Jerry is a phenomenal landscape painter which could be a bit tricky painting a small round ornament, but I think he did a magnificent job! If you look closely, you can see a tiny white chapel in the background.

While they were attending the artist reception in D.C., I was babysitting the 9 little bundles of joy and their 6 adult counterparts. I didn't take my camera so I don't have any pics of the sweet furballs. Sorry!

Here's a picture of a piece I purchased from Jerry for my dad a few years ago. It is still my absolute favorite one he has done. It is an elk standing in Odessa Lake in Colorado. To see more of Jerry's work visit http://www.malzahnart.com/gallery.html

A Little Cowboy | Family Portrait Photographer, Tennessee

So I've been just slightly MIA from the blog lately. But I have good reasons! I spent Thanksgiving in Tennessee with my family and favorite nephew. We took the 3rd annual Christmas Card picture. Hayden thought he was the coolest cowboy wearing one of my dad's hats. And, in case you're wondering, he is every bit the little ham he appears to be.

Stay tuned for some more cool posts this week. One involves, oh, let's say, um, .....the White House.