Kalli Barker Photography

Though the wind could have ruined this session, I decided to embrace the “wind-blown” look.  I took Mackay out for some birthday pictures (a few months back) and cannot believe she is 6 years old!  This little girl could not be full of more attitude.  As soon as we got to the location (that I picked out), she had different ideas.  ”I was actually wanting something with taller grass.”  Or “I don’t like these trees here.”  I had no idea she would have cared or had an input, but looking back–of course she had ideas of her own!  This whole session (with my pregnant belly in tow) was full of me saying things like, “Stop posing yourself!”  ”Let me tell you how to do it!” And, “Can you jut your hips out any further?!”  But she knew what she was doing, or so she thought.  I just needed to click away with the shutter button and let her work her own magic.

Is it just me, or did this seem to be the season of no blue bonnets?  I did see them come out at the end of April, FINALLY, but nothing like in years past.  Here’s to hoping for a more bountiful blue bonnet season next year!  Of course this family wanted blue bonnet pictures this year, which normally wouldn’t have been a problem!  We pushed back our date once, but decided not to again when we still weren’t seeing the beautiful flowers line the highways.  We were able to photograph in a beautiful (bonnet-less) field, and I absolutely LOVE how the images turned out!  Sometimes things not working according to plan yields the best results, don’t you think?

This was such a special session to photograph!  This little girl is soon to be a whopping 8 years old.  She had on the fresh “high heeled” sandals and all.  The best part of this session was in the details–she is wearing her grandmother’s gloves (whom she is named after), and her mother’s bracelet from when she was a little girl.  How special she felt was oozing out of her and I just felt privileged to capture the details!

I can’t believe this is the third year in a row that I have had the amazing opportunity to photograph this little boy’s birthday party. He recently turned one year older and I was so happy I was able to be there to watch him celebrate with family and friends…and Transformers…and a giant bounce house…and bright blue frosting…