Carrie & Kattie | Sister Session | Altavista, VA Photographer

Remember Kattie's Senior Session? Well she contacted me shortly after it to schedule a fall sister session! Of course I was happy to photograph her again:) And it was so nice to meet her sister, Carrie! These two sisters were a lot of fun...and showed me some beautiful countryside! We headed up to their farm by Leesville Lake, as well as an old country store.

Here are a few peeks at their session from yesterday evening:

The ladies with Pa's tractor:)

I absolutely LOVE this one...

Both ladies play basketball...

Carrie plays college ball for Hollins University, and Kattie plays for Gretna High as well as a travel team, Piedmont Pride!

We finished up their session lakeside...or should I say IN the lake!

Told ya they were tons of fun! So brave to get into that cold water! And then to jump up and down in it!

This photo is priceless!

Thanks ladies for contacting me for your sister session! I hope that you and your family love your photos:)

Leave them some love in the comment box below!

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- MB

The Custers | Family Session | Chatham, Virginia Photographer

The Custers are some good friends of ours who live out of town...so since they were in for the weekend, they booked a session with us for their little family, and for Layla's turning ONE! We were so excited about this session! Layla is just too cute...and her Mommy and Daddy are so much fun to be around! I seriously think this is one of the cutest families ever!! It was too hard to pick only a few faves, so here are quite a few;) I'm not quite finished with the whole session yet, but these will hold them over!

Sun-shots are some of my favorites:)

Layla knows "nose!"

Daddy love:)

Mommy love:)

I don't know about you, but I think Layla looks a lot like Mommy here:)

There are too many of Layla on the quilt that I love!

Sigh.

Such a sweet, fun family!

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- MB

Previews! | Danville, VA Family Photography

Jennifer called to book a session with her and 4 kids...I was excited to do it because I have "shot" her kids before and already knew how beautiful they were! We discussed the style she would like and she mentioned using a chair. I told her I didn't have one, so we both set out looking. Well, Jennifer scored the chair, and it was the perfect color for the field shots she wanted in front of her house! We started off downtown...then headed back to the field. We had such a great session...Here are a few previews to hold them over until I'm finished:)

Aren't they all gorgeous?! I can't wait to finish this session! Be sure to add us on Facebook so you can keep up with our latest sessions!

- MB

Franklin Previews | "Me & My Boys" | Chatham, Virginia Photographer

Heather is a friend that I went to school with that I haven't seen in years! We keep in touch some on Facebook, but to say I was thrilled

when she asked me to do photos of her and her boys would be an understatement. I see pictures of them online often, and their cuteness is just oozing!

Here are a few previews from their session yesterday!

Sigh. How can there be so much cuteness! Look for another post of more of their photos to come soon:)

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-MB

The "D" Family Children | Gretna, VA Family and Children Photographer

These kids were so awesome to photograph! We had to get the cutie with curls to come around to the idea, but once that was done, it was all perfect! Seriously, I was intimidated at first by the idea of 5...but I couldn't have asked for the session to have gone any better! Aren't they all beautiful! And all 5 have gorgeous eyes!

She is so beautiful...I am dying to do her senior photos!

I love laughter...and the wind-blown look here:)

These 3 were too funny! Especially the cutie in the middle:)

So sweet:)

Pretty girl:)

Thanks to their Mom, Rebecca, for asking me to do these! I look forward to working with you more in the future!

-MB

The Ashworth Family | Gretna, VA Photographer

Susan came to me wanting photos of her family...I had no idea how much fun this session would be! These guys were hilarious! After dealing with tons of blinking, "bright" conditions, and a breeze, we did manage to snag a few good ones:)

Thanks so much Susan for having me do these photos for you!

-MB

My photo was a favorite! | IHF Weekly Challenge: Family Fun | South Central VA On Location Photographer

So, a few days ago I posted a photo into the I Heart Faces weekly challenge: Family Fun. And it was selected as a favorite! It is very hard to get selected in these challenges...there are so many amazing entries, and I would hate to be the one that has choose! Maybe one day I can be in the top 10!
Here's my photo again:

This photo is of Andrea and her 2 boys:) We had fun at their session this past fall...this was my favorite from their session and also one of my favorite photos from 2011. 

Looking forward to participating in future challenges:)

I Heart Face Photo Challenge: Family Fun | South Central VA On Location Photographer

This week's I Heart Faces weekly challenge is Family Fun. I don't enter often, but when I saw this theme, one photo popped into my head...so how could I not enter?!

Be sure to head over and check out the other photos:)

MBP Faves of 2011 | Post #7 | South Central VA On Location Photographer

Post 7! If you haven't read the 6 previous posts, you will want to!

So on to more of my favorites:) 

Kim's senior session was so full of her creativity. She had so many ideas and props! I loved this one with the waterfall so much...

As you can see, she loves zebra print!

I just love this one...and the processing tint.

This one is so serious, but I love the way it looks.

The Rowles family are very near and dear to my heart...Jarret had returned from Afghanistan to his lovely wife Victoria, and their daughter Kylar. They flew home for a month, so we definitely squeezed in a family session! It was one of my favorite sessions of the whole year...as you can probably tell, because I had a really hard time narrowing down choices!

Jarret calls this the "Simba" photo:)

Sweet family:)

"We're gonna getcha!" Love the emotion here:)

I love photographing LOVE.

The Tantaquidgeon family fought a chilly wind for their session, but they were tough!

Probably my favorite B&W image of the year.

2012 Senior Kristin

Fall session with the Perkins family...Joshua really wasn't in the mood for photos, but this one was a favorite of mine!

I still have a couple more posts to make...but if you want to see all of my favorites from 2011 now, you can check them out on my fan page!

MBP Faves of 2011 | Post #6 | South Central VA On Location Photographer

Post 6! If you haven't read the previous 5 posts, you will want to! I'm blogging about my favorite photos from my sessions in 2011.

This lovely couple had me do their engagement photos in October...and they were married a few days ago on New Year's Eve! Congrats to Jess and Jonathan!

I just loved this one of her ring, but them kissing out of focus just makes this shot!

Love this one with the sun back lighting them:)

The Owen family was a lot of fun to photograph. Little Peyton is so funny! She kept calling me a silly goose...which was one of my tactics for keeping her attention:)

I love fun shots like this one.

This is the shot they chose for a large canvas! So sweet:)

This was my favorite shot of 2012 Senior, Katy.

Renee and Brian's engagement session had a lot of favorites for me, but managed to narrow it down to 3!

This one was one of Renee's favorites too!

I absolutely love the emotion in this photo...

Be sure to check back for a few more Faves of 2011 postings! If you want to see all of my favorites from 2011 now, you can check them out on my fan page!

MBP Faves of 2011 | Post #5 | South Central VA On Location Photographer

Post 5! If you haven't read the 4 previous posts, you will want to!

This maternity session was fall festive:) I got to photograph their newborn, Balian, once he arrived. You will see a couple of him below:)

I LOVED this shot of her belly:)

6 month old Connor was so photogenic!

Andrea and her boys are always fun to photograph...this is probably my favorite life photo of the year!

This couple returned to where it all began for their engagement shoot...

I love this one...and her shoes! (Same couple as above)

Andrea and Balian's newborn session:)

Balian with my farmers milk and egg setup!

And with the plane Andrea brought for us to use! I really love these 2 photos:)

If you want to see all of my Faves of 2011, you can check them out now on my fan page! Look for more posts to come to finish out my Faves of 2011:)

MBP Faves of 2011 | Post 3 | South Central VA On Location Photographer

Here goes post 3! If you haven't read the 2 previous posts, you will want to! 

Meet gorgeous Laura...I couldn't choose just one from her session! I loved them all, but here are 4 favorites!

Love those shoes:)

Yes, she got in the water!

Gorgeous "mermaid" :)

1st newborn boy session ever! 

The Perkins Family summer session:)

Little Joshua is such a cutie!

Be sure to check back for more posts from my Faves of 2011! If you would like to see all of my faves now, you can check them out on my fan page!