ryan *cotton picker/corn thrower/hay jumper pro

you might remember at the fair when i introduced you to ryan - he was playing in mud puddles and being adorable.  well... his mama contacted me right after i shared those pictures with her to ask me about doing fall pictures of her little boy - and that is how i found myself hanging out with this cutie and his mama on this BEAUTIFUL sunday afternoon.  we played in corn, cotton and hay, climbed on tractors, picked out pumpkins and ran all around darden farm in smithfield.  get ready to fall in love:

light! the gorgeous gorgeous light!!

ok. seriously.  can we say model? this needs to be in some sort of jeans advertisement.  children's levis maybe? i don't know.  i'd buy them.  and i don't even have children.

i just love him :) can i keep him? please?

ya'll come back now, ya hear? :)

benji *warwick senior '11

benji... where to start?  you trespassed with me on government property and were willing to wake up before dawn to do this shoot in the middle of the week THE DAY YOU LEFT FOR COLLEGE. crazy.  but i am SO glad you were willing to make the effort.  this guy is a riot and has some seriously fabulous shoes.  this shoot was a blast, mostly because benji and i talked/laughed/goofed off the entire time.  from virginia to oklahoma, best of luck benji!

benji was thrilled to be wearing his college gear

one of the better 'serious face' ones - hopefully this works out well in between your brother and sister's!

let the parade of shoes begin :)

we really weren't supposed to be on this beach...

i loved this outfit.  benji seemed most comfortable in it (it may have something to do with the fact that by this point we had been hanging out for almost an hour. but whatever.)

if you ever release your own album, this needs to be the cover:

and this was his expression when he finished telling me the story of how he decided to go to Oklahoma University:

(i think he made the right decision) 

fun fact: benji was a boy scout! (these are for mom haha)

THIS IS MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE.  benji, this is the one i texted you a picture of when i was editing that night... i was JUST. THAT. EXCITEDDDD.

best of luck at OU!

summer [senior portraits]

summer is the type of girl you sit next to in class and have no idea how wonderful she is, until she decides to let you in on a few of her little secrets: that she's a sweetie, loves to laugh, and is a major catch ;)  initially summer was quiet, and when i first introduced myself she seemed sortof shy (which made me look and sound even more outlandish than usual), but by the time the rain rolled through and we had to boogie out of the open air, she was throwin around the model poses and laughing with me!  it was exciting to see her open up as the shoot progressed - being in front of a camera can be unsettling, but it didn't phase her!!

these were taken behind true value in windsor, and there was all of this random stuff around... like these wooden pallet things that i almost convinced summer to climb on top of... almost... haha

she didn't know i took this one :) she was adjusting... sitting on a little wooden pillar is much more difficult than she makes it look

adore.  she's such a natural!

that's all for now folks! you may be seeing more of her in the months to come... family portrait session is in the works!!

maddie *little miss thang

oh maddie :) this little girl is a SPITFIRE and i love her. she has such a big personality!! she wanted to wear her cowgirl boots for her photoshoot, so she borrowed her grandfather's hat and we headed out to one of the many local farms. her daddy also likes old cars, so we asked Mr. Proffit if we could shoot on his land, which he has decorated with all sorts of old-timey goodness. prepare yourself for the sass that is about to ensue!

such a cutie!

love this one :)

she likes vogue-ing

one of my favorites!

serious face again

framing!

by this point she had gotten more comfortable, so her personality started showing <3

yyeeeeaaaaaa hhhaawwww!

this is maddie: big grin and hair in her face! i kept pausing for her to get the hair out of her face, but she said 'hair in my face, that's just me' and she was right. it's perfect miss maddie :)

alright. here you go papa. the old timey truck. maddie's mama said that he was gonna pay more attention to the truck than to maddie!

poor thing had to take her boots off because they were giving her blisters - she's a trooper though

ooohhhhh hheeyyyyyyy maddie :)

love this one too

crazy kid - i think by this point she was thinkin 'alright miss caitlin, stop askin me to do such ridiculous things'

we played in the dirt :)

these boots are made for walkin...

yes. yes. yes!!

miss maddie - i hope you enjoy these. i had so much fun with you and your mama!

<3 caits