FURRY FRIDAY vol. 6

Hey!  I know that I've been MIA for the last couple of weeks on the FURRY FRIDAY posts!  I HAVE still been photographing at the Lynchburg Humane Society each week - minus my bridal shower weekend in Connecticut!  So, here's installment number 6!  Enjoy some furry friends before your weekend!

Bailey!

Georgie!

Roxy

Snap

Ace

Gabe - while his surgery was healing!

Gabe - now!  He's really getting around!

Jackie!

Shay!

PERSONAL | Brittany's Bridal Shower

I shared with you all in my March post that my sister, Brittany is getting married!  We are now about 2 weeks away!  Last month, I traveled up to Connecticut to celebrate with our family and friends at her bridal shower!

Britt decided she wanted her shower at the Wheeler Library.  It was originally the secondary school and now houses the public library for North Stonington, CT.  I loved reading and spent a lot of time there!  I had one of my first paying jobs there and for a while wanted to study library science in college.  Honestly, I really love researching and finding information!  I did homework after school and discovered my love for nonfiction books on the World War II era.  It was fantastic to be back after so many years!

Since we were in a library, the decor had a vintage feel that utilized the books and some other library items - such as a card catalog!  As always, my mom, my aunts, grandma and friends did a terrific job with the planning and decorating - spending countless hours working on each detail!  Friends and family made tons of beautiful cookies as favors for the guests!  We, the bridal party, planned all the games for the afternoon!  The whole day was filled with a lot of love, laughter, gifts, and reunions with family and old friends!  Read on to see some of my favorites!

 

FAMILIES | Meeks Family Session

I LOVE this session!  Terrie wanted to gather her family together at a place significant to all of them, so we decided on Camp Hydaway, where they work each summer.  I've shot there one other time (for Jon & Jackie's couple session!) and let me tell you, it's quickly becoming a favorite location - so many completely different areas!  We spent our time in the upper part of camp for this session! 

As the sun went down, the light was just to die for!  Of course, we had to get some images of this whole family together!  There isn't a more polite, friendly, easy going and fun bunch of kids than these four - which is a tribute to their mom!  It's no wonder it was super easy to spend a Saturday evening with all of them!  They laugh a lot and get along tremendously well!  A couple of months ago, I shot Tyler's senior pictures and Terrie wanted to make sure that we got some individual portraits of Trevor, Kaitie, and Kaylie also during this session!  Here are some of my favorites!

FAMILIES | Espenscheid 4 Family Session

Back in May, I had a fantastic family session with the Espenscheids and all their grown children at Peaks View Park here in Lynchburg!  You can check out that session here!  One of their son's Derek and his fiance' Amanda came back to visit with the grand kids a few weeks ago!  So, of course a session for the four of them was in store!  We met a Riverside Park so the kids could go to the Sprayground after our session (it's been hot!).  I had previously scouted the park for some session locations but ended up doing most of the images at the Miller Claytor House which is accessible from the park.  The house has a beautiful garden and was the perfect setting!  I didn't even know it was there so I'll definitely be shooting there again in the future!  Check out some of my favorites below!