That is what I wrote on my calender! She contacted me a few months ago with an idea and a love of sunflowers,  we waited and waited some more for the blooms to make it happen.  In our small town there is a small garden with an amazing display of sunflowers every year, we got luck as this year they planted the shorter variety making for a better picture, and the garden is easily excessable.  Me and sunflower girl had a good time running around in the garden and being creative with all it had to offer, the light was beautiful, and the heat was tolerable.

We have put together new Senior Packages for all you new seniors about to start the shortest year of your lives.  Make sure you ask about them when you schedule your shoots, they are so new we do not have any documentation on them yet.

I love summer - it is ridiculously hawt here and shooting in the middle of the day has almost become out of the question. But going to the park and playing dress-up before dinner is still in the cards.  Some of my wee friends came and played and let me shoot for fun for an hour or two the other day, letting me explore some long-time-coming ideas I have had stored away - totally refreshing my creative batteries!  I hope everyone is staying cool as the really hawt weather is about to descend on us here in GA. One more of Princess Em: we will all miss you when you move away to somewere even hotter than here.

I was up in the city for a doctor appointment early this morning; and, because of scheduling difficulties, the little dude had to come with. We only made it through the appointment because my husband started talking about Fernbank, and it is one of Will’s favorite places. So guess where I spent the rest of the morning? We had a good time looking at the dinos, and then we dropped by the hubbie’s work and took him to lunch. On the way out the door, my phone rang, and I saw it was one of my favorite photogs: Mr. Jeremy Harwell. I always feel so special when he calls me. Anyway, we had a great chat, and I plan on seeing him very soon for some yummy lunch. I also know he reads this blog so “Heya Jeremy, see you soon!” So the day has been unexpectedly fun and full of love. I hope you all have a great, if not better, weekend!

I am showing more of this beauty as I am behind on everything. We have finally got the shopping cart up and working (yeah!), so if you login and it looks different, just know you will be getting an email soon with instructions.

I am also happy to show off the article the local paper printed up on me. Don’t I look pretty.

She slept like a bear, hibernating, and pretty much let me do what I needed to get these shots.  She is itty bitty, and she curled up in my bean bag like a bug in a rug - only to get ticked at me when I removed her for a sec for a position change.  Oh, and check out that head of hair - I mean WOW!

In other news, we are about to roll out our online shopping cart, so ordering will be a breeze from here on out. I am so excited about it I can hardly contain myself.

Don’t worry! I am going to go ahead and buy her parents a bag of sticks for Christmas - because they are going to need them to beat back the boys in a few years. We finally were able to go outside and shoot for this babe after a rainy day made us reschedule, but it was all worth it. And she was a real trooper with all my crazy ideas (and four outfit changes).

On other fronts, our Senior schedule is filling up. So if you have been meaning to make an appointment, you should definitely call to reserve a time as we are only doing 25 this year. It has been a baby boom around here lately, so I am looking forward to getting out there with the seniors and getting really creative (and, as always, totally crazy).

Because I am a huge Coldplay fan, in honor of them being #1 with Viva la Vida, some music for your listening pleasure:

The twins were a dream to shoot. They slept so well, let me wrap them, and snuggled - so cute.  Mom loves sepia prints so we are finishing a lot of the pics that way, and I thought I would show that technique off here for you all to see (the brownish toned one).

On another note apparently, there was an article about HiF Photography in the local Citizen weekend edition paper. I have not seen it yet but am very excited.  If anyone runs across it, please email me a link as I have not been able to track it down yet.

We are back from a great, long weekend away; and, as usual, I am trying to catch up on all that was left behind in favor of fun. I have had several great sessions lately that I want to share here, and I am going to try desperately to get to it all. Oh, I absolutely must share the twin newborns I shot right before I left - just beautiful!

We spent Father’s Day in Boston and had a great brunch with some family at an awesome restaurant on a lazy, rainy day. It was perfect. I can’t tell you how blessed I am to have such a wonderful husband who is the most amazing father. I really could not have asked for anyone better to raise my child with. -love you, sweetie

Like a gaggle of geese, that is what it sounded like at this daycare. I photographed all of the kids the other day and had a great time getting to know them all and watch them play.

We are headed out on a jet plane tomorrow morning to Boston, and Little Dude is very excited about the plane ride and seeing his Uncle Jake.

The office will be closed until next Wednesday, so if you have any pressing questions or want to schedule a shoot, please email Steph at steph@heartisfound.com, and she will get you all squared away.

a little something for your listening pleasure:

Six months already! I love watching them grow and change. It never gets old! Is she not becoming the most beautiful child? Mom is going to half to shop around for some really big sticks to beat off all the boys.

I wanted to let everyone know we are leaving the office for a few days next week. I will be returning phone calls, but email will have to go unanswered until my return (I have no idea how the internet access will be, and I am going to be very busy). We are traveling to Boston to do some shooting and some visiting and some doing of nothing. Later this year we are also going to be traveling to LA and the surrounding areas. If you are interested in a shoot, send me an email, and I will let you know if I can fit it in. If you are interested in my schedule for Boston, let me know now as my time will be limited and will go on a first-come-first-serve basis.

On a side note, I have started adding some of the music I listen to here. I spend a lot of time an my computer proofing, and I like to listen to stuff that makes me think of happiness and light ;)