Today, I’m just getting right to it…..ta da!  Short and sweet today.

Jaclyn and her horse…wow!   We had an amazing shoot out at Jaclyn’s property including streams, horses and fields.  We ventured a bit down the road and found an old abandoned tractor in some beautiful flowery weeds.  My kind of shoot!

I love shooting at the River Market!  Pumpkins and belly shots; gotta love it!  Josh and Shelby were such a stylish and fun maternity couple and soon you will see a shot from their newborn session.

Who would have guessed that we would have had such a great day for senior pictures in late November?  This is one of my favorites from Courtney’s shoot.

Baptism such an important and special moment in the life of a believer and it is always a joy to me to take pictures of this event at our church. 

On to week 2 in my February Favorite Four fabulosity!  I am loving revisiting all these pictures.  I feel so blessed!  2009 was such a wonderful year with wonderful clients and great memories!

I had a hard time choosing which one of Hannah’s to post.  There is one shot that is a close up and her eyes are crazy beautiful, but this shot won out for me because you can see her crazy beautiful eyes plus I love the rest of it.    I can find a “field” in the middle of the city and if my client’s willing to lay down in it…presto – you get this! 

So many shots from this session vie for my heart, but to me there is something about how this gorgeous dog is looking straight at the lens and Grandma and Gracie have their eyes closed while hugging each other and the dog.  Melt my heart!

Gorgeous girl.  Gorgeous eyes.  Period.

Shoots with senior guys =  laid back, down to business and may involve graffiti.   Guys are usually ready to just “get’r done” as fast as possible with minimal stress.  I was so happy with this session with Tom and the shots by the graffiti were my personal favorites!

Blessings to you until next time…..

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Day 5 of February’s Favorite Four.   I will be back at it on Monday since Sunday is a day of rest!  Have a great weekend everyone.

I love this picture for so many, many reasons!  I completely loved working with Kelsey, one of my Senior Spokesmodels, and her shoot was full of laughter and fun.   I about went crazy over this window display at the River Market Antique Mall.  They do some pretty fun displays and this one just worked perfectly with her outfit and her personality.  Isn’t it fun?

This is one beautiful girl here.  Personally, I think she is a natural as a child model.  Don’t you?

I don’t just love this picture because we had a cat show up and visit us during this part of our shoot, but it doesn’t hurt!    Emily was adorable enough, but then the cat shows up and was all over her with it’s adorableness. 

Maybe today is animal day.  I didn’t really think about it when I picked this picture of Ali and her dog, Zoe, as one of my favorites.   Since I really stress being unique and individual, it only makes since to allow clients to include a special pet in their portraits.  It is so worth it!

Before I hit the gym, I better hit you up with today’s Favorite Four!  Have a very happy Friday!!

It was one of those perfect fall days, with perfect leaves, perfect sun and a perfect client!  Haley, her mom and I had a blast on her sessions and this senior could seriously work the camera. 

Not sure whether Pastor Ed Akers goes by grandpa, pappa or poppy, but he sure has the heart of this granddaughter!   Over the summer, I had a fun trip back to my home, Ohio, with my daughter Leah and while I was there got to shoot this entire ministry family from Grove City’s Victorious Living Christian Center.  I love the way they are smiling at each other….priceless.

Rosemary, one of Thrive’s Senior Spokesmodels, is one gorgeous girl who spends most of her life dancing.    It was hard to pick one of her pictures because they were all so amazing, but I had to feature my old school bike, which I dig but is hard to fit in my car.  

When I wanted to build my bridal portfolio, I instantly thought of  Liz.  Liz is a drop dead gorgeous bride that I go to church with and she was so happy to be my model this day and put her wedding dress back on and head out with me for some bridal portraits.  I choose this shot to feature because of her smile/laugh; it is so her and I can’t help but smile when I look at it.

Blessings to you until next time…..

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Today we are adding a member to our family.  A little puppy is coming to live with us.  I am sure I will post pictures of her soon, but I thought I better get my favorite four posted now before things get crazy around here.  Without further ado…..today’s Favorite Four….

Because I thrive on uniqueness and creativity, going to a race track and posing a gorgeous girl with a dragster was ubber exciting!   I love shooting on location.  Sometimes when I think about having a studio, I think I would miss the excitement of going someplace new and creating portraits for clients that really are original and capture the essence of who they are.  This senior, Hannah, was not only a dragster champion, but an honor student and cheerleader and in her session we were able to capture all sides of her. I love it!

Every time I go back to Greg and Amy’s engagement session pictures, I am always drawn to this one.  They are all amazing in their own way and really captured the playfulness and fun of their relationship, but this shot in particular, at least to me, gets me right in the heart and puts a lump in my throat.  I loved the location, the setting of the sun streaming over them and the snap of the shot just before the kiss. 

I guess I really like sunset pictures because this is another picture that I go to in my love pile.  Morgan, one of Thrive’s Senior Spokesmodels, had her session on a smoking hot day.  We tried some shots with a colorful ice cream cone and it melted in seconds…not exactly my best idea ever….but, you would have never known by looking at her portfolio that she was in the least bit hot.   She is a strikingly beautiful girl and you can see her entire portfolio here, but this is the one I’m choosing for a favorite of mine.  Doesn’t it look like it should be on the cover of Seventeen magazine or something? 

For Katy’s shoot, we went a couple of places and we finished up on some railroad tracks with her guitar in hand.  I have some other favorites of hers that include her on the tracks with her guitar as the sun streams over her, but since I think I’ve pretty much worn out the sun flare pictures today, I picked this other guitar shot that I am crazy over.   Katy has amazing blue eys and she shines so bright in this shot. 

Blessings to you until next time…..

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Here’s today’s installment of 4 of my favorites!

All you have to do is look at Audrey’s eyes in this picture to see why I love it.  Mesmerizing!

I love just about every picture I take when I am shooting a complimentary Pictures of Hope NICU session.   This family was precious and shortly after my visit with them, they got to take their bundle of love home. 

I love this picture for many, many reasons.  First and foremost, this is my gorgeous niece Emily who flew here from Ohio for me to do her senior pictures.  It was such a special time for me.  Secondly, wow to wow on the beautifulness of Emily! 

Just one of those “speaks of itself” images of a pretty handsome Blue Valley West grad…..

Blessings to you until next time…..

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I thought it would be super fun to post four of my favorite pictures a day for the month of February.  These are in no random order and may be my personal favorites for several reasons;  it could be I love everything technical about the shot, or I have a fun memory associated with when I took it, or I love the person in it.  Pretty much – these pictures just make me smile  :)  !  So, please come back every day and check it out and feel free to leave me some comment love too!

So, I love this picture for several reasons.  One Alysha was about as sweet as they come and gorgeous too.  But this particular day wasn’t exactly “picture perfect”; it had rained like the days of Noah the day before, it was about 40 degrees and the wind wasn’t just blowing – it was gusting!  But Alysha had a very busy schedule and it was a “now or never” appointment and she was driving over 1.5 hours to meet me.  Her pictures – all of them – were spectacular and we were amazed that you couldn’t even tell it was gusty.

I picked this next picture of Amanda because 1) I LOVE COLOR and this so colorful and 2) who doesn’t love a carousel?  It was a gorgeous day and a gorgeous senior.  We had a  fun trip to make something totally unique for her senior pictures. 

This picture pretty much speaks for itself…..costumes, color, friends, fun!   Jenna was one of my senior portrait clients who came back to take some fun and memorable pictures with her best friends before heading off to college.  For the last part of the session, they dressed up as Tinkerbell, Snow White and Alice in Wonderland.  What’s not to love about this picture??  Seriously, right?

Today’s final pick is, to me, a picture that exudes the love and emotion of a couple waiting for their first child.  Matt and Tracy are beautiful people from the inside out and I felt that their maternity session was just magical; from the yummy light to their glowing expressions – it was pure magic. 

Blessings to you until next time…..

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email:  heidiabbott@thrivecreativestudio.com

phone:  913.526.9991