{portrait} i am...

This is why I L.O.V.E. photography!  Being creative, trying new things and having a blast doing it!!
Last month my small group girls and I got together and had another girly-night.  Food, photos, makeup and LOTS of laughing! Before the night began, we all came up with words to describe each of the other girls.  Words to exemplify our individual personalities, motivations and uniqueness.  I chose one word out of each list and we built our photo shoot around it.  I call it the i am... Series. These women are so much more than one word of course, but I think we were able to capture at least a small piece of what makes each of us...us.

{portrait} love is in the air...

I got together with my gorgeous BFF Jenica last week!  She is an amazing graphic artist and the owner of Love is in the Air Wedding Invitations. She's already designed my logo (I love it so much Jen!!) and business cards and soon will be working on some disk packaging for me.  Check out her website for all your event stationary needs!  We always have such a great time when we get together; we eat, we talk, we try our best not to ignore our kids, haha!  Jen wanted a new pic for her website so this time we had a photoshoot too!

Love you Jenica, you are beautiful inside and out!

{family&children} big family, big fun!

When my amazing and wonderful masseuse, Lisa , asked me to photograph her husband's extended family for her father-in-law's birthday, I was so excited. I come from a small family...like really small.  I'm and only child and my mom and dad only have one and two siblings respectively.  So when I get an opportunity to shoot a big family, I soak it in.  This family was so fun to work with and getting to photograph them at the St. Thomas Railway Museum was like icing on the cake!

captivating photography at st. thomas' mom to mom sale

Captivating Photography is going to have a booth at the Mom to Mom Sale in St. Thomas' Pinafore Park this May 14th.  We'll be there from 8:30am to 4pm among some great vendors and are so excited to be part of this local tradition.  Come on out and make sure to stop by our table for great promotions and a brand new contest!

{maternity} un nuevo bebé!

She's a Spanish beauty, he's the manager of a cookie factory and a volunteer firefighter...what better combination could you ask for in a creative maternity shoot?? 
Our good friends Josh and Raquel are expecting their first baby and I was thrilled to be able to celebrate that with them in this indoor/outdoor session. Raquel is absolutely glowing and they are both such fun and creative people. We are so happy for you guys and we can't wait to meet Baby Lunshof!

The photo idea below was inspired completely by the work of Laura Rauch Photography. I thought the concept was so original and fun. Thanks Laura!