February 22nd, 2010
So I’ve said this before, but doing a family portrait session is so like a double edged sword. I love photographing all these sweet beautiful families and these adorable babies, but boy does it stink to not get to squeeze these bundles. ha ha! It’s not like I can say, “uhhh excuse me baby mama, can you hold my camera while I squeeze your baby?” So alas I continue my mission to capture my subjects and come home to my sweet baby and get all the squeezes I can handle. Ain’t life grand!
Here we have James (the baby of course, Cassie (mommy), and Patrick (daddy). I just loved this family. They were too sweet and so much fun for my camera. I’m dying for some comments so don’t be shy and please say just how stinkin cute they are.





















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February 17th, 2010
I loved that Caroline rocked her boots for this shoot. It made me smile. Can’t wait for their March 13th wedding!!



















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February 13th, 2010





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In October of 2004 I married the most wonderful man on God's green earth. It wasn't long into our marriage that he started encouraging me to remember what keeps me feeling young and happy. I then started to recall my love for the arts. Growing up, my mother was always painting and drawing and even now I have her paintings framed throughout my home. She and I used to sit together on Saturdays and draw together. I love those memories. I did manage to take some painting and drawing classes as a youngster, but was always discouraged at how long it took for the final product. So I eventually got bored and felt too frustrated to develop the talent. It wasn't until marrying Matt that all this began to surface again. Anyone that has met my husband knows of his love for bicycles so since he was riding every saturday, I seized the opportunity to get into a hobby myself that I could spend time doing on my Saturdays while he was riding. So one day I just decided to do it and went out and bought my first nice camera and signed up for a class in Greenville. I was in love!! Photography gave me the satisfaction that drawing did, but with an instant product.
Almost four years later my passion and talent have continued to grow and develop. I love what I do and I love people. The day I picked up a camera was the day I quit working.
I hope that my images inspire you in some way and that you see the world all the more beautiful because of them.
-Olivia