Racheal

Since I have posted to my blog.   To all of you who TRIED to follow, I am sorry I let you down.  Now, that being said, I have LOTS to fill you in on.  I am a grandmother now, and absolutely LOVE my grand baby!  He is the cutest little red headed boy I think I have ever seen!  ( I am not biased at all) LOL!

My youngest daughter is finished with high school and on to greener pastures, as the saying goes.

And just when I thought that our life was just the way that we had planned it to be, having the freedom now to travel, to have our home to ourselves, you get the picture.  Well God had a different plan for us.  We now have my great niece and nephew living with us.  Now Hailey has been with us for a total of about 3 years, but her older brother came to us right before school started last year.  So as it stands, I am now “mom” to a second grader and a sixth grader!  Fun times!

Here are a few images from my daughter’s senior session, enjoy!

 

 

This is Candy, and she was the lucky winner of our facebook contest! She won a Bella Portrait Session complete with hair and makeup. Here is a quick peek. more to come…

Hey Ladies, I am hosting a Bella Portrait Contest, and am inviting you to enter.  All you do is go “like” my facebook page  Bella la Vita Photography

Once you like my page, then email me a photo of yourself to:  rach@mybellalavita.com  I will be accepting submissions until July 15th.  On the 16th I will make the album public on my page, then all you do is send your friends to like my page, then like your photo.  That’s all there is to it!  The person with the most likes wins!

All voters MUST like my page for their vote to be valid.

Winner will receive a Bella Portrait Session plus professional hair and make up.  The contest ends on July 26th and the winner will be announced on July 27th.  Good luck!

 

When Karen first called and set up their portrait appointment, I thought, this is going to be nice.  What I didn’t expect was three very beautiful ladies, dressed oh so stylishly, and who made me and my camera very happy.  Here are a few that I would like to share.

 

 

 

I have had the pleasure of knowing and working for Anna’s family in the past, but I had not met her until we met to discuss her wedding, and I was just drawn in by her.  I loved everything about her from her classical taste to her very infectious smile.  By the end of the meeting, I could not wait to photograph her wedding.  From the blue mason jars with candles in them to the old doors dripping with spanish moss and a sign saying Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man, there was no detail missed.  Here are some highlights.

The last time I blogged about them was when we had an unbelievable time at their engagement session. I thought that they could not possibly top that, but boy was I wrong. From their downtown apartment, to the BB Club, to poker and pups, they had it going on.

When I showed up at Duff Green to start Evan’s session, there was a good chance it was going to rain, the sky was angry looking, and I just knew that we would have to re-schedule. As we started shooting, the sky let go, and it rained, no, it POURED!

We used every possible nook and cranny we could without getting out in the rain, and just when I decided that it was a total bust, the rain stopped. We jumped in our cars and rode to the Old Courthouse Museum where we managed to get some great outdoor images. Then Evan stole my heart when he asked if we could go to a run down old school to do some more images. All in all it turned out to be the most fantastic day. Here’s a peek at what we did.