Since I had a handful of mini or "short" newborn photo sessions in the last couple months (these sessions are shorter and include less digitals) instead of making multiple posts with only 5-10 images in each, I decided I'll just combine these sessions in one larger post (I'll probably do that for my fall mini's too :) )
Working with babies is such a blessing. These sweet little faces and getting in my cuddle fix pretty much is the best thing ever! I also love that I get to hang out and chat with new (or new again) moms; listen to their birth stories, chat about what it's like having a newborn again, etc. I just have to say, I have the BEST JOB EVER!
Miss {A} and family







Sweet little {C}







Miss {H} and family







Little {A} and big sis







This sweet shot just pulls at my heartstring as a mother who has had two miscarriages.
A "rainbow baby" is a baby born after a miscarriage, still birth or infant loss. This beautiful boy has 6 little angel sibling watching down on him!

I don't do too many high school senior shoots as I mainly focus on families and babies, but I absolutely adored this Senior Session. She was so much fun and I was able to make a fool out of myself in front of her, her sister, and mom (lets just say I fell and scraped my legs badly!) and they still trusted me to get amazing images for them, haha!
This young lady is going to do great things one day. She was so down to earth, well poised, incredibly sweet and a NATURAL model. I mean come on, look at these images! I had a huge gallery for her but here are her chosen images :)






WOW! I really have been lacking on my blogging. It's almost 2019 and I haven't blogged since spring! Get ready for a bunch of blog posts as I try and catch up on some of my awesome shoots from the past 6 months! (I have to share cause these families are awesome!)
Some of you Sun Prairie families have probably seen this adorable's family photos in a September edition of Sun Prairie Neighbors Magazine. I have started to partner with them to create features for their magazine. How cool is that?
Here are some of the chosen images for the magazine. This family was so fun and did so well despite the horrible mosquitoes that attacked us!






Just two nights ago our town suffered a horrible disaster. There was a gas leak causing an explosion and fires that lasted all night. Many businesses were demolished and we lost an amazing member of our community, a bar owner and volunteer firefighter who truly was the hero of the night. Our downtown will never be the same again. However, I have so proud to be part of a community that comes together when disaster strikes. Our entire little city jumped up to help wherever needed, restaurants were donating food, businesses donating supplies, families volunteering together to serve food or help evacuate people.
This family's session was done just a month before the explosion. Fellow photographer, Rachel Giblin of Rachel Manzke Photography and her family were being featured in Sun Prairie Neighbors Magazine and asked that I do their pictures for the magazine. I was so honored! Rachel has a studio downtown, about a block from the explosion, and she still doesn't know if her studio has any damage. Doing their family's session downtown was a great way to show how downtown Sun Prairie has become a part of who they are. It was an amazing night and great session. Seeing these images makes me a little sad knowing all that Rachel's business neighbors are going through and will have to overcome in the coming months and beyond. But we have to also look at these images with joy in that we know we are a town that can support each other and become stronger because of tragedy.
We will enjoy these images of Rachel and her beautiful family and know we are Sun Prairie Strong.





































I just LOVE working with babies and kids, especially newborns. Scott and I are done having kids so being able to snuggle them at work is such a blessing. I was honored to photograph all three of these kids for their newborn sessions. They are all so adorable and it's fun to see the similairiets they had as babies. Here are some favorites from Mr {J}'s newborn session with his big brother and sister in my Sun Prairie photo studio.







