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Take advantage of my Cyber Monday Session Deal today!  You can schedule a session by calling 352.610.1231. I can’t wait to hear from you!

A few days ago I put out a plea on my facebook page for a couple willing to donate their time for a portfolio building session.  My sweet friend Kim was kind enough to volunteer herself and her husband and I could not have been more excited leading up to the session.  Poor Quinton had no idea what he’d gotten himself into;  but thanks to his willingness, he and Kim now have some updated couples pictures!

I simply cannot state enough how strongly I believe that couples photos shouldn’t stop at the wedding.  Just as your children’s changes are worthy of capturing on film, so is your love.  Relationships change and grow just as quickly as our kids do, and a marriage that fights against the current to stay strong, faces changes, compromises and blossoms is worth celebrating.

Of course, if your husband is anything like mine (bless his heart!) then the idea of a photo session is not exactly top of his list of fun things to do.  So this is your chance, ladies.  There’s only about three times a year that your request for a couples session is hard to turn down – Christmas, your birthday and valentines day.  Take full advantage this holiday season and let your sweetie know what you would really love is some artwork of the two of you for your bedroom walls!  And just to sweeten the deal, if you book a couples session with Christina Ann Photography before January 31, 2011, you can enjoy 15% off all print packages and 20% off all a la carte items!

Now on to the pictures!

Quinton and Kim are getting ready to celebrate their 14 year anniversary. With as gorgeous as Kim is, I can only assume this means they were married at the age of 12.

See what I mean?  She’s gorgeous!  And I’m fairly certain she was a model in a previous life because this girl knows how to work it.

Fourteen years in and Quinton can still make Kim laugh!  Actually, there was a lot of laughing at this session.  Just a perfect example that pictures don’t have to be the steriotypical in studio, sit-up-straight, don’t wrinkle your clothes type of experience!

I tell people all the time not to worry too much about beautiful backgrounds for pictures.  You want to draw attention to the faces, not the scenery.  That doesn’t mean that it’s not fun to find awesome locations to shoot at, though!

Thank you again, Q and Kim, for being so willing to let me have some fun with you guys on this session!  I had a blast and hope you love your pictures just as much as I do!

I adore this family.  From the minute I got there I felt like family.  I’ve had the pleasure of photographing Jim and Danielle’s growing family this year and was thrilled to get the opportunity to capture some memories with the extended family.  And what a gorgeous family they are!

These little kids were such troopers.  Four kids at a session all under the age of three is no joke!  But thanks to the patience of their families and a little help from our friends M&Ms, we were able to make it through the session with no major meltdowns!

So happy to get a chance to capture a family picture of this family since they’ve added baby Zeke!

It’s easy to see where Danielle gets her good looks from, not to mention the super sweet personality!

This is Danielle’s brother Ron and his gorgeous wife Shannon.  I love this collection.  These types of “real” moments are always my favorite! 

Thank you for allowing me into your family yet again!  It was such a great way to start the weekend!

In the past year I’ve gotten lots of opportunities to photograph Sherry and her kiddos, and now I was able to have the pleasure of extending the family photography to her mother and sisters as well.  This session was a gift from all of the girls to their mom for her birthday.  Great memories are the best kind of gifts to give!

Since the family just grew with baby Tierney’s birth, it was time for a new picture of Granny and Papa with all of their (seriously) beautiful grand-babies. 

Mom and all her girls….or is it the four sisters?  They all share those gorgeous eyes!

And the gorgeous eyes got passed on down to the grand-babies too.

And, of course, I’m a HUGE proponent of continuing to get photographs throughout a relationship.  Don’t let the couples photos stop with the wedding!

A big thank you to Sherry, Brandy and Brittany for including me in such a wonderful birthday gift!  Hope these images can be treasured by all of you for years to come.

Occasionally I actually take my own munchkins pictures.  For some reason, they tend to not be as cooperative when it’s mommy taking the pictures.  Hmmm…perhaps you have that same issue?  All the more reason to call me and schedule an appointment for your sweet angels!

Even when not cooperating, they’re still pretty darn cute.

My sweet girl.  She’s entirely too much like her momma.

My mommy’s boy through and through.  He describes himself as my  ”bestie.”
Now off to create some custom Christmas cards!