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Hampton, Hampton, Hampton.  Thank you for being so easy this session.  Hampton’s aunt is one of my best friends.  So, he and I go way back!  His family lives in Hendersonville and are so kind to sometimes use me as their photographer.  So, on Memorial Day they made the trek down to visit family and to take Hampton’s pictures.  Well…  as luck would have it, it rained all day.  So we weren’t sure that we could have our session.  But, the sun came out for a quick minute and called and told them to come now!!  So, they rushed over to find me in my pajamas.  Yep, very professional.  Huey was very sick with high fevers and we had been up with her off and on that night and she was laying on the couch very sick.  Not to worry…  Hampton’s parents are doctors and his mom was able to give us some guidance on medication.  Off went Joe to get more medicine and we started on the session.  As luck would have it, Huey started throwing up again in the middle of the session and I had to run and deal with her while Hampton waited so patiently for me to sterilize everything and get back to my camera.  He was such a perfect angel.  If we didn’t have the interruptions, his session would have lasted 10 minutes.  Still, I think they were there for 30 minutes before the sun hid again and we had to stop.  But, by then we had hundreds of pictures to choose from.  He really was perfect.  Thanks Hampton.  You helped make that day so much better!

By the way, for those of you wondering…  his mom was forewarned that Huey was sick before they came and I made sure not to touch him and cleaned my hands constantly during our session.  She was so laid back.  I just love doctors!!  ;)

I just love Camille’s family…  for many, many reasons.  And I was so delighted when her mom called and asked if I would photograph her, Camille and her mom.  It was a Mother’s Day gift to her mom.  What a great idea!!!  I loved this session.  We went out early one Saturday morning on a wet, wet day.  We brought lots of trash bags and blankets that her grandmother had sown for her and set out for the park.  They were leaving for the beach that day and busy with packing.  But, for that hour all we were focused on was Camille.  What a gift for her.  When she grows up and looks back at these pictures, she will know that she was loved unmeasurably by many generations.  It was the best…

Thank you to all of you who participated in our bag contest this summer and for those that had fun following the entries.  I just loved seeing where the bag went with all of you.  OK, drum roll please…  the winners for the bag contest are as follows:

1 – Farthest from Studio – Katherine

2 – Most Locations – Alex

3 – Fan Favorite – Lucy

Call/E-mail me to select your winnings!!!  I am so excited!  Thanks everyone.

Eliza is a beautiful Baby Program client.  And she gave me one of my favorite pictures of the year.  See if you can find it!!!   Also, I got to do something really fun in this session.  Right before this session, her mom and aunt found out that they were both pregnant.  So, I took a pictures of Eliza holding (OK, well we could only get her eating) a sign saying that they were pregnant.  The weekend after they saw the pictures they went to see their parents and I added it as the last picture of their slideshow.  They said that it was a huge surprise and got it on camera.  I had to keep taking it on and off because they were slowly telling people that they knew.  I was so honored to be a part of the surprise!

OK, Hampton was a Baby Program client, but he grew up.  Booooo!!!  But, still they come to see me.  Yay!!!  So for Father’s Day this year, Hampton’s Mom wanted to give their Dad some pictures of them decked out in Wofford gear.  He played football for Wofford and she wanted him to know how proud she and the kids are of him and are of his accomplishments there.  So, we played and played on a hot summer evening and got these fun pictures for their dad.  Enjoy!