Adler couldn’t be more pimpin with my Kanye shades and his Lightning McQueen Jammy Tee. Things at SHP are pretty busy right now…mostly because everything else is so busy. A lot of fun is being had, but the picture editing needs to climb up the priority list a bit. I’m excited to get some of this new stuff up to share, so keep an eye out!
*shot with an SB600 and Umbrella above camera left.
Being a part-time photographer for the last 2 years has taught me a lot…I’m constantly learning, constantly finding new ways to improve the end product…so what do you do with Client photos that you’ve already delivered? In this case, Adam and Kelly aren’t getting married until September. We took the engagement shots MONTHS ago, but now that I’ve added some techniques to my workflow in photoshop, I went back and found a couple images that could really use one last look. Here are the 3 that I grabbed and pumped up a bit:
Elijah was sleepy tonight, so we couldn’t help but play with him while he slept so we could take pictures of him naked. Definitely the pics that his girlfriend in highschool will cherish. 
We love how sweet he is! Who do you think he looks like?
One of our best family friends, The Claytons just had their second child, a girl named Lottie. Their son, Colby, is only 4 weeks older than Adler, so it’s pretty awesome (and a bit crazy) that Lottie is only a few weeks older than Eli. I went to their house over the weekend and snapped a couple pics. Here are two of my favorites so far.
My new umbrella is rockin and just couldn’t not post these! Have a great week!
Patrick came into town for a couple days to meet Eli and hang out. It was a great time and we had some fun with our cameras…here are a couple of fun ones.
We’re officially a family of four. Everyone’s at the house, everyone’s getting used to the new edition, including our two dogs who don’t quite know what to think. It’s so great to have Elijah home. It’s been a long week, but thanks to family and friends we’re getting a little rest (we’ll take what we can get). I’ll be heading back to work on Monday, so I’m trying to enjoy time with my family, bonding with my new son and helping Adler to get to know his little brother. Here are a couple more that we took at the hospital before leaving. 
My second son, Elijah Beckett was born today at 10:22 am. It was an all-nighter as we made our way to the hospital by 11pm. Things really did go pretty quickly though and by morning we knew we’d have our boy before lunch. So, here’s the beginning of Eli, I’m sure this won’t be the last batch of pics! :
