Reya is Here!!

I'm sure you've heard that a mother's instinct is always right. Well, I can tell you that in Reya's case, this is 100% fact. As you read in my previous post about Snehal, she knew Reya would be here early and boy was she right! We are so lucky we scheduled her maternity shots when we did!

Reya is the most beautiful little girl. So small and so full of potential. I just LOVE newborns. Mom looks stunning, as always, and dad and big brother seem totally at ease. Additionally, Reya's grandparents are here from India until December to help mom adjust. How lucky is Snehal???

I hope you enjoy your sneak peek! There are so many more images coming your way next week. I have to stop myself or I'll stay up all night!!

Oh Baby!!

Last night I had the enormous pleasure of photographing the beautiful Snehal! Snehal is expecting baby #2, a girl, in mid August, but has a pretty good feeling she'll go early, so we made sure to get this session in at least three weeks before her due date. I should note that her son is confident the baby is coming "tomorrow morning".

Snehal requested artistic images that are inspired by the beauty of the scenery as well as some more traditional maternity/family shots. I think we captured that vision quite well! Though, as you can see, she could make any scenery beautiful. She is stunning!

Thank you so much for allowing me to photograph your gorgeous belly and your charismatic, adorable, and warm family. It was such a pleasure. I hope you enjoy your sneak peek! Your completed slideshow will be emailed to you soon!

Welcome Baby Brody!

Today I was in Plymouth, MI, photographing a new baby boy, Brody. Brody, along with his brother and sister, welcomed me into their home and were wonderful hosts! Even Woody and Jesse came out to play for a while :)

Newborns are so, so sweet and I LOVE photographing them. Enjoy every minute of this time with him...as you know, it is so fleeting. Thank you so much for having me out today and I hope you enjoy your sneak peek. Your completed slideshow will be ready soon!

Jessica is One!!!

You may remember Jessica. I've photographed her in the belly, right after birth, at 6 months old, and now at her first birthday. How can you not love these blue eyes?

Jessica and her sister, Lauren, came to the Toledo area to have their portraits taken individually and together. They did such a great job! Even got a hug from big sister.

Thanks so much for your continued support and loyalty. I look forward to watching these girls grow both behind, and in front of my lens.

Enjoy your preview! You complete slideshow will be ready very soon.

My Contest Winner!

Back in May, I set up a booth at our local summer festival just to spread to word about Aunt Spray Photography. In lieu of simply handing out literature, I decided to hold a give-a-way. The named pulled out of the box received a free, full session and a cd with full printing rights...a $390 value.

Our lucky winner was Jenna. Jenna and I met up at the Botanical Gardens and she was so generous to share her prize with her two crazy cute nephews, her very good friend and her friend's family. This was such a fun shoot! Not only did I get to photograph kids, I was able to photograph FOUR GENERATIONS of beautiful women! If I look even half as good as Dorothy does when I'm 98, I will consider myself beyond lucky.

Jenna, I hope you enjoy your sneak peek. I will be working on your images for the next week or so. When I finish, I will email you the link to your private, online gallery. Thank you so much for stopping by the booth and for letting me photograph you, your nephews and your friends.

Family Night!

My aunt and uncle are visiting from Nashville for a few weeks with their family. We all met up at my grandparent's house for some casual portraits of the kids. The kids were great, especially considering there were 5 of them...all under 10! My aunt's sister also came for some portraits of her daughter with her cousins and a mother-daughter portrait. The weather was great...clear and low 70's. Much better than the hot humid nightmare it's been recently.

Here are just a few of my favs....the rest will be added to the gallery in about a week. I hope you enjoy these!! And happy 4th to everyone!

Happy Birthday, Meadow!

My daughter's friend is 4-years-old today!! I met her family at the Toledo Botanical Gardens for some 4-year portraits to mark the event. It was a beautiful, but hot, night and Meadow was beyond cooperative. She did a great job! Miss Meadow, I hope you enjoy your "sneak peek" of your pictures and we'll see you friday!





And one cool family shot :)

Portrait Party, Livonia, MI

Today we beat the odds and finished our portrait party BEFORE THE RAIN!!! Thank you so much to all the families that came out today. It was a great day and I enjoyed all of it. It was tough to pick which images to showcase here...there are so many good ones :)

Let's start with the son of my hosts:


And now his cutie pie cousin:


And now the son of the host's very good friend:


Here is the son of a friend and former co-worker of mine:


These kids belong to the sister of the host's soon-to-be sister n' law (follow that?;):


These final three images are of my former co-worker and friend's neighbor's kids:




Many thanks going out to my wonderful hosts for organizing this party, supplying food and drinks and picking the location. I will be working on these images all week and will be sending out links to private galleries to each of your guests.

I hope you all enjoy your preview!!