Its a Doggie World

These lil furry friends are our babies Diamond & Princess Buttercup. Diamond has been with us since Christmas 2008 and Princess Buttercup joined our family in Spring of 2010. Both of our ladies have completely different personalities. Diamond, much more mature than Buttercup, is coming into adulthood and doesnt run around as much as she used to. Princess Buttercup on the other hand LOVES to make a mess, just like a kid, RUN & PLAY, just like a kid, and SCREAM & YELL, just like a kid. She very much loves to be the center of attention. Diamonds favorite thing to do is sit in your lap and be held like a baby and talked to. She welcomes you to wrap her up in a blankie and rock her to sleep. SHE LOVES IT! Buttercup however, wants to jump and run, her favorite game is throw her squeeker mailbox toy and over and over and over and over again..LOL.
Diamond is a Shih Tzu & Maltese mix breed, and Buttercup is full blood Shih Tzu. We love our babies to death. And couldnt imagine our days without them. They welcome you home each day with overwhelming unconditional love. Its a truly amazing thing to have a creature that can say no words, still show you loads of love.
As I sit here writing this blog I can hear them upstairs running around like craziness. Buttercup is well known for her going into the bathroom and pulling the toilet tissue across the house. Her tiny lil teeth will shred a piece of tissue into a zillion little pieces. It just blows my mind!

Princess Buttercup

 Together they are companions and best friends. Apart they are lost and lonesome. Either will cry for the other if one is gone. They are a pair these two.

 Diamond is a gentle spirit. Very loving and sweet. I've noticed with her growing older she isnt as welcoming to strangers as she was a few years ago. But shes always loved to be held and loved on by her family.

Diamond

Annouce it to the World!

Tell the world that your new bundle has arrived with a unique and original birth annoucement. During your newborn photo session, discuss with Rev your ideas about what you may want your annoucement to reflect and say. Planning a special birthday celebration and want to send invitations that are orignal and a gift? Each annoucement is created solely by Rev, no purchased templates are used in any of her annoucements or photos. Making each photo and annoucement completely unique and special.

Annoucements are a great way to annouce your upcoming birthday, engagments, or  special events. Contact Rev for more information about annoucements and photo sessions.

A wee bit of Heaven

Meet Eric Lee Hand, the new edition of Becky & Gary Hand. A bundle of sweetness this one is, Eric was such a gentleman to work with. He was awake for most of the shoot, and gave us beautiful poses. I call him a ham..lol.

Little One

Although photographing babies are alot of work, they are one of my favorite subjects to photograph. When working with an infant you have to be patient, careful, and willing to dumped on, sometimes literally LOL. Its ok, I'm a mom first so it isnt a big deal to me. But when they start crying, WOW..watch out! Often times when I have a frustrated little one, I take what I can get. Its part of the personality, so why not capture..the TEMPER! But for the most part, babies are either in a great smiling mood or in a peaceful slumber during their session. Either way, I love aiming my lens at them and capturing a tiny piece of what makes us love them. 

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Favorite 2011 Summer Adventure

Well the summer of 2011 has come to a close, and looking back I wanted to post a few photographs from my favorite adventure from this summer. My first real visit to Cincinnati, Ohio. We stayed four days and toured the city, played at the park, and discovered its a zoo out there! Here are some of my favorite photos from our visit to Cincy.

The Tyler Davidson Fountain, also known as Center Square Fountain, was dedicated in 1871. A beautiful centerpiece for a beautiful city.

This was my favorite thing to photograph in the city the evening we explored. I fell in love with the romanticism of the fountain. People would just sit, alone, and admire it for hours.It amazes me that something like this can bring so many people from all walks of life together in one place, and nothing need be said, just contentment.  It is a wonderful things to see in person. You may also reconize it from the late 1970's comedy show WKRP in Cincinnati. It was shown in the opening scene each episode.

KINGS ISLAND

a great place to relax, exert yourself, and get really wet!  We did all three..LOL. These are a few of my favorite photos from our trip there. We were kinda busy jumping on and off rides, so I didnt get to take many.

Now my FAVORITE part of Cincinnati..the ZOO!

http://www.cincinnatizoo.org/

OMG! I'm 40 yrs old and the only zoo I've ever visited in my life was Louisville Zoo. I just never had the opportunity to visit others zoos before now, and all I can say is WOW. It is a spectacular zoo. PLEASE visit it as soon as you can. The staff was extremely pleasant, and we went on a really hot day. I was happy that we chose to visit during the week and there were no crowds. Visually the zoo was exceptional. So many exhibits that were informative and entertaining. It was so nice to see animals that we dont have at the Louisville Zoo, and to share with staff and other zoo visitors about our own zoo. I was completely satisfied with my visit, other than the heat. I found myself not wanting to leave and cannot wait to take all the kids back for a visit as soon as possible. If you ever get the chance to visit, be sure to check for the opportunity to feed the giraffes. That was a once in a lifetime experience I will never forget. I was in photography heaven at this zoo! Hope you enjoy the photos.

What a face right? This was the sweetest Manatees you will ever meet. All the manatees we got to meet that day were rescued and are slowing returning to thier healthy happy selves. These Manatees will soon return to the wild where they will be among thier own, in an open sea to swim and swim..yay!

http://www.cincinnatizoo.org/savingspecies/savingmanatees.html

What I love about the photograph above is not only the sunshine breaking through the spiked leaves, but the layers of canopy.

Well duh! Who doesnt love flowers! I just thought this was a beautiful display of color and texture.

This lil guy, yep! Strike a pose! What a handsome lil fella.

This is actually one of my favorite photographs from our zoo adventure

Very Kewl!

Sarah's Smile

Sometimes I just like to put alil sunshine in someones day by photoshoping a photo of them I've taken. I work it up and turn a regular picture into a piece of artistic FAB! This is Sarah, the beautiful daughter of my high school bestie. She has the greatest smile, and I just had to share. Work up a photo today on a photo editing program. If you dont have one, visit http://www.picnik.com/app . This is a great site for resizing and all sorts of fun photo editing. I used photoshop CS5 to edit Sarah's photo. But sometimes for fun I use this website to do a quick edit or two. Its a fun way to play and share photos...enjoy!!

A Marine Wedding