Sweet Baby Boy

2 1/2 weeks ago my cousin Phoebe gave birth to the most beautiful little baby boy. I finally got a chance to meet him yesterday and little Buster got his first taste of what will undoubtedly be many many photo shoots.
I loved so many of the photos so I had to post a lot of them. Enjoy! I just LOVE a wrinkly baby!

Happy Birthday Phoebe!!

Photos on the beach

I had great time at the beach with this family. I haven't been to Ocean City all summer and it was so great to be able to put my feet in the sand. Here are a few of my favorites:

Emily

This is my second time photographing this little angel and it was so amazing to see, in just 5 months, Emily go from 'baby girl' to 'big girl'. I know I've said it many times before but I just love to see these little ones grow up and mature right before my eyes. I look forward to many more photo sessions with Emily as she develops into a beautiful little girl. Here are a few of my favorites from the other day.

Double Double Trouble!!

I absolutely adore this family. They were so connected and I just loved watching them interact. Here are a few of my many many favorites.
Marcy and Dave are the proud parents of an adorable set of twin 2 year olds and in a very short time they will be welcoming yet another set of twins into their adorable family. I love Lucy's scrunched up face in this one.

I LOVE this one!!!!
and this one!

New Website!!!!!

Check out my brand spanking new website courtesy of the rock stars over at Blu Domain!! I'm so excited.

www.HocusFocusArt.com

I'd love to know what you think so far!

Smith Family

I have to run right now but i wanted to get this adorable family on the blog before I left. Here are a few of my favorites from another great Maryland session.

I just love these eyes.

Cole and JD

These are my all time favorite twin boys! I always look forward to sessions with JD and Cole and their 1 yr session was no exception. It is amazing to see them grow into their own little personalities and see the differences develop between the 2 of them. I saw this super cute sticker on the back of their momma's car as i pulled up to their house and i couldn't resist taken a photo.

Thanks Kate for letting me continue to document their amazing little lives.

New Orleans

Never before have I felt so helpless as when I was watching Hurricane Katrina ravage New Orleans. To see all of those people young and old, rich or poor just waiting for someone to rescue them and trying to survive was heartwrenching. It's hard to believe that its already been 2 years already.

Part of my day yesterday was spent touring the city including the 9th ward where there is still almost as much damage as there was when Katrina hit. I would like to share a few of the photos that I was able to get.

This house was detached and floated off in the flood leaving only the front porch.

Since street signs and road signs were destroyed in the flood there were lots of homemade signs in their place. This man is living in a trailer where his home used to be. Katrina claimed the lives of both of his daughters and he has turned his property to a memorial to his daughters with plaques in their honor and a raised American flag. He had a sign posted that read "I am now home. I will rebuild. I am New Orleans!" Before evacuating this family left a message on what is left of their house reading "This was home"

It was heartbreaking to see the entire contents of someone's home broken and piled on the front lawn.

This house was demolished when another house floated over and slammed into it. Once the water started to recede a refrigerator that had been floating above the house landed and remained on the roof.

All of the houses in the area had the markings left from those who inspected the houses searching for those still remaining. Sadly this house shows that they did come across a resident that had not survived.
Please keep New Orleans in your prayers as there is still so much help that is needed.