Fall Photo Shoot

We were lucky enough to have Regan take our family pictures for the 2nd year in a row back in November. The weather was perfect and we met on a Sunday afternoon in Chapel Hill. We met on campus and started out at the Arboretum, where Ed and I had our engagement pictures taken. Deuce was NOT feeling it. All week leading up the the shoot he had been saying "cheeeeeeeeese" every time I took a picture of him. I just knew we were going to get some great shots of him. But as soon as Regan pulled her camera out he refused to look at her, much less speak. I was so sad. I don't think he smiled for one picture all day. And if she did happen to capture a smile it was because she was awesome enough to chase him around when he was playing football with himself. We brought the football thinking it would be a good distraction while we were taking pictures without him but he wouldn't put it down and it became the all important prop. And when we went to the stadium, the football team came out to practice so Deuce wouldn't take his eyes off of them. The photo in the blog header, yeah, he's waving to the team...

I was a little worried that there wouldn't be one good picture but I was wrong. They turned out so much better than I expected because Regan, well..... she's pretty much the best evahhhhhh! And the football, I love having it in the pictures because it represents our family so well. Enjoy. 

Christmas Card Photo Shoot

Yesterday was special...


A friend of mine from high school (who now lives in Clarksville, TN) has recently started her own photography business.  Regan and I graduated together and her older sister graduated with Ed.  I contacted Regan several months back when she was "officially" starting out about taking pictures of us whenever she made it to town.  So we made a plan.  Regan's parents still live in Chapel Hill and her in-laws live in Greensboro so she told me she would be in town for Thanksgiving.  We decided to schedule a shoot for the day after Thanksgiving.  Well on Friday the weather was crappy, cold & rainy so we rescheduled for Sunday, while Regan was on her way out of town and back to TN.  It was still cold, Deuce had a couple of melt downs, we had to stop for him to eat and then subsequently spit up on his nice orange Polo outfit (I mean that's what babies are supposed to do though, right?) but it was beautiful outside and it was so good to see Regan after so many years!


Regan's husband Josh is in the military and is over in Afghanistan right now (on his 3rd tour!!!) so she is keeping herself super busy with her photography business - plus a full time job.  Josh will be starting the MBA program at Kenan Flagler Business School next fall so they are moving back to Chapel Hill!  YEA!!!  So for anyone that is interested...check her out!  She comes highly recommended from me!


Click here to visit Regan's photography blog.


This is a sneak peak of the shoot yesterday that she just sent me.  I am so excited to see the rest and pick out the shot for our Christmas card this year!