> Nelson, Nevada Ghost Town Photography

Danielle, Ralph, and Ava were former Groupon customers of mine.  For our first photo session, Ava was only about 6 months old!  This time around she is almost two and full of energy, opinions, and personality.  I loved it.  I love capturing who people are.  It is my most favorite thing about photography.  It's so easy with kids this young because they aren't trying to impress anyone or feel uncomfortable in front of a camera yet.  They are just themselves and I think it's a beautiful thing. Danielle had heard about the Ghost Town in Nelson, Nevada and chose it as the location for their photos.  I had heard of this place before and have always wanted to have a session there, so I was beyond excited when I called the owners of the "town" and found out that it was ok to shoot there (even on pretty short notice)!  <<< yay >>> A husband and wife own the buildings and maintain the "town" and were as nice as could be in email, on the phone, and in person!  So refreshing!

I met the Garone family there on Saturday and here are some of my favorites from our session! Thanks for reading!

> Henderson, Nevada Portrait Photographer

Emma Claire is the daughter of my friends, Frank and Andria, who used to live in my neighborhood in Henderson!  Soon after Emma was born, they moved back to Tennessee to be closer to family but just visited the neighborhood for the first time since moving.  It was so great to see them and to see how much Emma has grown!  It was a breath of fresh air to have a baby around.  So tiring though!  This little girl can run and run and run!  Here are some of my favorites from our time at the park.

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Megan is one of my best friends from High School in Wisconsin.  She now lives just outside of Chicago with her beautiful little 3 and 1/2 year old daughter Mackenzie. I photographed Mackenzie last year when I was home for Thanksgiving and it's amazing what a difference less than a year can make!  Last year Mackenzie was a little shy and this year she came running up to me to say hi and was posing like crazy for me:)

I was just in Wisconsin to be in a friends wedding and while I was there, we decided to take some more photos of Mackenzie.  This year we went to Waldvogel's Pumpkin Farm.  It's a local farm that has a lot of attractions for kids in the Fall like a corn maze, mini petting zoo, a haunted grainery,  a pumpkin patch, hay rides, train rides, and much much more!  It's really a fun place to go, even for adults in my opinion.  Especially because of the delicious caramel apples!  Megan used to work there when we were in High School so it really was a perfect spot for our photos.  Mackenzie's grandparents joined us too for the afternoon.  Here are some of my favorites from our afternoon at Waldvogel's Farm!  Thanks for reading!