Beauty : Quad City Family Photographer

Beauty.
I can't think of a better way to describe this family inside and out.
Love them.
Tammie is my "cousin-in-law"...is there such a thing? :)
And I am sorry, but I cannot help but be just a little bit (okay, a lot) jealous of the beauty of the property they live on.
All of these pictures were taken right out behind their house.
Beauty.

They do this thing called the family hug.
I captured it here, and what is the one word that comes to mind when you see this image (aside from LOVE)?
Beauty.

Introducing, Sophia.
Wow, what a beauty!!!

And you have got to be kidding me.
I mean, this little man, Oliver is STUNNING!
If boys could be beautiful (and I think they can!!!), that is how I would describe him!

These two make some seriously beautiful babies!!!

This was a last minute photo session and on the beautiful day that we had today, I cannot think of a more perfect way to capture beauty than with images of this family.
Love you guys!

Knutson Family : Quad City Family Photographer

This weekend I shot photos of a beautiful family that I have the joy of calling dear friends!
I remember when their oldest was only 1...yikes!
It is pretty easy to get great images when my lens is pointing at the Knutsons.

The setting was so "them".
This family loves being outdoors more than almost any other family I know!

And these 2 girls don't complain about getting their photos taken, that's for sure!

LOVE this one of Delaney and Olivia!

I must say, the following 2 are easily my favorite in the bunch of pictures of Delaney and Olivia.
I can't imagine depicting their personalities much more perfectly!

Just One More: Quad City Family Photographer

Because it's adorable.

Sneak Peek: Quad City Family Photographer

This lovely family was a joy to shoot today.
The weather couldn't have been better and the subjects couldn't have been either!

I can hardly stand it...check out this adorable family!

And oh my goodness, this one was a JOY to spend some time with today!
I stole this beauty away so just the 2 of us could go off and chat while we did her shots.
Such a mature girl for her age!
And I have to say, she was quite the natural in front of the camera. :)

It was so wonderful to meet this beautiful family today and they made my "job" easy peasy!

I can't help myself: Quad City Family Photographer

I just can't help myself from sharing a few more of the DeCook Family.

Love this one with the shadows...

Ava and Daddy...

Mommy and Chloe...

I want to post more, but I'll restrain myself this time...I promise!

DeCook Family: Quad City Family Photographer

I love this family so much that these pictures truly bring tears to my eyes (tears of love and maybe a bit of jealousy of their beauty)! :)
Oh. My. Goodness.
Do you get much more beautiful than this?!!!

And there are moments when you snap pictures and just know that you captured something incredible and gorgeous.
This was one of those moments...

And just after that moment, was this one...

And this is just all Chloe.
She has some serious spunk, this one...

And my future daughter-in-law (crossing my fingers)!
Ava June is a beauty inside and out...

Really, I had to restrain myself from posting about 35 pictures on here.
It's hard to take a bad picture of this family.

With an 18 month old and a 3 1/2 year old as subjects, not only did I get some seriously beautiful pictures, but I also got my work-out for the day...so thank you! :)
I love you guys!

Amanda & Seth: Quad City Engagement Photographer

This photo session was probably my most fun to date.

These 2 were such amazing sports and I got LOADS of incredible images of them!
Can you just see the love?!!!
I can!
I feel it pouring out of these photos and I am not kidding when I say that my face hurts from smiling these last 4 hours that I've been editing them.
They were such great subjects and did everything I asked and more with huge smiles on their faces.
I can't decide which image is my favorite!

This one probably...

Or maybe this one (LOVE the baby photos!!!)...

Or maybe it's this one...

I give up, I can't pick just one!

This is the very spot these 2 will vow to love each other forever on October 30th.
SO CUTE!
Love the genuine excitement in this image...

Congratulations Amanda & Seth!
It was so much fun spending a few hours with you today!
Can't wait for the BIG DAY!!!