by Kim | Jul 26, 2014 | Family |
This beautiful family has been friend and client for seven years now. They are celebrating their seventh wedding anniversary today (which I was lucky enough to photograph). Each year they travel to South Carolina from Arizona and I get the privilege of photographing their family. With professionals like Andy Defrancesco who is available anytime around, make your trip glorious. and memorable too. Mike and Nicole have three gorgeous boys, and all five of them have blue eyes to die for. This year Nicole wanted to find a place we hadn’t been yet, something a little different. This Sea Island farm definitely fit the bill. So after much planning and preparation for this session, Mike and Nicole arrived in pouring rain. Well, you don’t go and cancel a shoot for rain when you’ve come this far. So we found ourselves a little cafe and had breakfast until the rain stopped. By the time we started shooting, one of the babies had gone well past his nap time. Another of the boys found out why those ants are called fire ants. And can I say it was ever so hot and humid. But that didn’t stop this amazing family from enjoying some time on the farm in front of the...
by Kim | May 12, 2014 | Family, Maternity |
Kristy and Ryan are expecting their first child any day now. We recently shot their Charleston beach maternity session early one morning on Folly. Shooting at sunrise gave us the opportunity for all of this brilliant color that we would have missed shooting just an hour later in the day. I love an early session when the temperatures are still cool and crowds haven’t gathered yet. This gave us the chance to use the views up and down the beach in both directions, giving us beautiful backlit silhouettes, as well as the soft early light on their faces. We look forward to meeting their baby boy soon and taking him out for his first...
by Kim | Sep 21, 2011 | Children, Family |
Since it is all glum and overcast outside today, this sunny Kiawah Island beach session is just the remedy to brighten things up. The Moore family came back to visit the place where “Mommy and Daddy” first became Mr. & Mrs. Moore. We went back to the Sanctuary grounds for some pictures, sitting on the lawn right where their ceremony was held. And the kids got their first “toes in the sand” experience on the beach just behind the Ocean Course clubhouse. What the family wanted most were some classic black and white shots that could grace their walls and some fun candids of the kids playing. ...
by Kim | Apr 25, 2011 | Uncategorized |
It is time to check in, refresh the blog page and let you all know what I’ve been up to lately. There have been bridal portraits (which can’t be posted until the respective weddings are here), weddings out of town and around Charleston, a gazillion baseball practices and games, a mostly “unplugged” spring break with the kids out of school last week, and Easter festivities. I’m on the phone alot these days scheduling sessions and rescheduling sessions due to rain. : ) The buzz is back and I’m not just talking about the bees. Charleston is in full bloom. But check out the hail we had last week! There’s never a dull moment when you rely on the weather for your work schedule. Change has been the theme of 2011 for me thus far. I’m creeping up on 40 and I keep checking for signs of wear and tear. Oh, it’s there on the body, but my spirit and outlook are as comfortable and youthful as ever. Maybe more than ever. It’s changing the way I see life through the lens. It’s also changing the way I look at people, LOVE people, parent and love my husband. God’s voice is louder and clearer these days. I’ve got more purpose and direction and feel drawn to reach out of my comfort zone. It’s such an amazing thing to match up the passion that’s always been burning inside of me with a direction and an action. Let’s see…more changes… The lease on my office space is up in June. Luke and I are moving out and not sure where to. I...
by Kim | Mar 5, 2011 | Family |
Lori and her family have known my family since our children were in school together at Montessori. And then at the next school. And then living in the same neighborhood. And then we found ourselves a part of the same church. The many intersecting circles of our lives. It’s such a joy “doing life” together! As her twin children find themselves heading off to high school, Lori knew family photographs were in order. Time to “stop time” with some memories to hang on the walls. This brother and sister are definitely siblings. Plenty of love/punches, smiles/snarls, giggles/screams. I loved being a part of their afternoon and playing right along with...
by Kim | Feb 1, 2011 | Family |
Today I got to be on the receiving end of beautiful photographs! And believe me, I get just as excited as you do when I get new photographs of my family. If at all possible, I’m going to refrain from putting exclamation points after everything I say here. : ) Be strong, Kim. My friend and colleague Karyn Iserman delivered some family portraits she took of my family awhile back. She is an amazing photographer! And she is kind and generous on top of that great talent of hers. I wanted to share a few of them here so you all could get a peek at my greatest earthly source of joy. If you know me, you know I love my family! My husband Kevin, oldest son Nathaniel, blonde son Nicolas, daughter Gracie. Thank you,...
by Kim | Jan 26, 2011 | Children, Family |
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by Kim | Jan 18, 2011 | Children, Family, Maternity |
Welcome back to the blog (I’m telling myself)…the holidays were heavily weighted in the direction of my family, and quite intentionly so. The blog took a back seat to holiday portrait sessions, weddings, Christmas cards, albums….and so on and so forth. The best part was that the kids got lots of homemade goodies and we made tons of holiday memories. Where should I start? Since I just visited Annie for a newborn session today, I thought posting her maternity shots from December would be a good place to begin. Annie, Jeremy, and Landon hiked all over the place for these photos. Hard to believe Annie was just a few weeks from delivery here, and she never complained a bit about the long walk or the odd places I had her sit. What an adorable...
by Kim | Oct 26, 2010 | Children, Family |
I love that my clients’ tastes vary so greatly, that each client gets a product a little different from the last, and that I get to excercise some creative flexibility from shoot to shoot. Christina came to me with a very specific goal…she wanted something classic and vintage that she would always treasure. Her children Grace and Graham were perfect little subjects whose sometimes solemn and stoic expressions really do look like they were from another era. With a variety of backdrops, editing finishes and textures, we have a precious collection of portraits of this adorable brother and...
by Kim | Oct 11, 2010 | Children, Family |
Every year just before school starts, Margaret Ann and Cam bring their whole family to Sullivan’s Island for a week to enjoy the beach and each other’s company. It’s a vacation but it’s even more than that, it’s now tradition. It’s something I count on like my morning coffee. I LOVE this family. As Margaret Ann would say, she knew me “when”. When I was transitioning out of film and into digital. When our friend and my mentor JD was still with us. When she had a mere two grandchildren! waaaaay back when… And every year until this one, we have done a beach shoot. Posed, candid, matchy, non-matchy, and every other thing you can think of. It was time to mix it up again. You may see the ocean in the background but we were not on the beach. : ) Needing to stay close to their beach house, I scouted the area for something cool and photogenic. This great big empty lot with a view of the ocean, a rusty old wrought iron gate on a crumbling brick fence, a big old oak on the lot, and plenty of wildflowers all over….perfect! So I marched our troop onto the lot only to have everyone, children included, attacked by Biblical-plague-amounts of ants. Maybe they weren’t fire ants, but they were fast and angry. yikes! I just got the shivers thinking back to that. So we used the fence near the safety of the road and went back to the beach house to finish it off. This is the newest member of the family. I believe Margaret Ann...
