Meet the Boney Family!! This family is so near and dear to our hearts!! We get to serve alongside Anna and Bradford every Monday night at YoungLife and we are so thankful for them! Thank you for the blessing you have been to us. Here are a few of my favorites :)

Oh man do we love this family!! It has been the biggest blessing to watch Chris and Annette raise two adorable boys!! We love you guys and it so fun to watch Luke and Bennett grow. Here are some of my favorites from their mini session! 

Welcome to the world Mary Garrett!! You are so beautiful sweet girl, and have a family that absolutely adores you. Congratulations Mary Elise and Clay!! Carter is already such a great big brother :) 

Kicked off my first mini session with this sweet family! The docks at DI really made for a fun background and Leah is just getting so big. I have loved watching her grown over these last few months. Here are a few of my favorites :) 

This past Friday morning I got to meet the cutest family from Arizona!! They were in town for vacation and wanted family portraits on the beach. Conner, Ryan, and Gavin are the cutest and we had so much fun together during their session. Gavin had just turned one so we had to grab a few shots just of him. Hope you enjoy the rest of your vacation and Disney World!!

I had the privilege of photographing the Rising Family a few weeks ago and let me tell you, they are so adorable. Carter is two and has so much energy! I loved being able to play and chase him around while capturing him in his element. We started in Hyde Park and ended on Bayshore which made for some really beautiful backdrops. The sweetest part of this session is that Mary Elise shared with me that they are expecting another addition to the family in October!! I am just so excited to meet baby Rising and watch them grow. Thank you for choosing me to document this special season! 

Emily and Robert are proud new parents to baby Eli, a sweet, healthy, and growing baby boy! You may recognize them from their bayshore maternity session here. Eli's fox themed nursery completely stole my heart. It truly was absolutely adorable. Luke is already an amazing big brother and so proud of Eli. Here are a few of my favorites from Eli's newborn session! 

I mean, come on... I don't know if I have seen a cuter little boy's nursery. Every little detail was so cool and Jack was just as content as he could be in his precious home! The pops of gold, blue, and white is just so beautiful to me!  Jack's bright blue eyes will stop your heart and he has the most charming smile. We started the session in his nursery and then ended on Bayshore! Happy 6 months Jack! You are so loved. 

Y'all!! Hayden and Shannon (aka our sweetest friends) are officially back in Tampa and doing incredible things for the Lord. Hayden is the new student pastor at Christ Community Church and we couldn't be more excited to support them in this new chapter. We took some fun roof top shots for their moving announcement and like usual they are complete naturals in front of the camera and the most hipster couple I know ;) Meet the newest addition to the Roberts family, Zion their pup! He is adorable as well! We love y'all!! Excited for lots of frouple dates in the future! 

When Hana reached out to me that all of her family would be in town which included 4 generations, I just thought how special this would be to document for them! She wanted to surprise her family with such a thoughtful, meaningful photography session as a gift to them! It was so fun to see how excited everyone was about the "surprise" when I got to Ballast Point Park. They are a family marked with years of laughter, love, and joy! 

I adored getting to meet the Toomey Family during the rush of the holiday season. Everyone meet Matt, Jess, Erin, and Murphy (their precious lab). We met in St Petersburg in Straub Park. I had never actually been there before but it was such a pretty location and beautiful weather! Miss Erin and I sure did become fast friends as I held a stuffed animal on my head while shooting and was pulling out every trick in the book to make her look at the camera and smile! Hey, anything for the shot right?! 

It was such a honor to photograph this family because Aaron is a talented photographer and I always consider it a privilege to work with another photographer. They have also been some of  my biggest cheerleaders (whether they knew that or not!) I left this session encouraged and blessed that I get to do what I love and document life & family that is raw and real! The light couldn't have been more perfect this day and I adored watching their family interact. It is so clear how much they love each other and love the Lord. 

My heart was in a puddle after I took these images. I think the whole world stops when a newborn smiles!  Later in the session, Luke started to get a little fussy, and my heart melted again when Daniel got out his guitar and started playing a worship song. Luke stopped crying immediately and there was a peace that fell over the room. Everyone relaxed and Luke just watched his dad....

First of all, if you have never had the honor or meeting the Fisher family, man they are a breath of fresh air. I met Hanna first through our student ministry and then met Emma and Chad through other church events. They are so full or life and their story is incredible. We are blessed to know y'all!

Second of all, This is definitely the most nautical session I have ever done, and I loved every minute of it. When Emma asked me if I would be willing to get into knee deep water to capture her family in their element, on the water, I was completely up for the challenge....

Meet The Chapman Family!! I met this awesome family from working on staff with Justin who is an incredible worship leader. Justin and Kristin have the sweetest kiddos, Emma, Olivia, and Graham, and also have a heart for fostering...

Meet my family (part 2)!! Over thanksgiving break I was able to make some images for both of my sister-in-laws and their ADORABLE families. I mean we might be biased but we have the cutest nephews and nieces in the world :) Meet Kenneth, Kristin, Trenham, Rhett, and Folwer (aren't those the coolest names ever?!) I

Man oh man! Where do I even begin? Meet my family y'all! Over thanksgiving break I was able to make some images for both of my sister-in-laws and their ADORABLE families. I mean we might be biased but we have the cutest nephews and nieces in the world :)  

I can't say enough sweet things about this family! I had the best time with the Roberts siblings at the University of Tampa last month. They are such an amazing family with the biggest hearts! I've gotten to know them through working on staff with Past Todd for a short time....

Miss Haven Augusta was born on November 7, 2015. She is such a beautiful, happy, and dearly loved baby girl with the cutest big brother Leland! I just love the images of Haven smiling at her mom. It is clear that she already knows how loved and adored she is! It never gets old to me to capture a child's first few days of life... 

Now that the holidays are over and we are moving into a brand new year, I thought it would be fun to share some of the highlights from my first ever ABKP Holiday Mini Sessions in Hyde Park Village that were so successful! 

I have had the privilege to meet and photograph the sweetest families, like the Shields family. We walked around Univeristy of Tampa to get some great shots! There sweet puppy Sofie truly was the happiest most content dog I've ever met. She gave me a lot of cute smiles. 

Meet the Echols family! I had the honor of working with Eric on staff at our church and getting to know his beautiful wife Nicole and the rest of the family. They are one of the sweetest families Chase and I have gotten to know during our time in Tampa....

Man, this family. Where do I start. The Lord sure knew what he was doing when He brought Keri Anne and Will into our lives.  This past year I have photographed their family quite a lot! I started to get a little sentimental thinking that a year ago we were taking their maternity images in the same place! 

What a joy it was to be able to photograph Emerson when she was only 5 days old. She is the tiniest, cutest little baby girl! Weighing in at only 5 lbs she probably wins for the smallest baby I have ever photographed.