pure photography by april cochran-smith

the thompson family

Here's a photo shoot from back in October that I've been waiting to blog.  This is the family that I've photographed more times than any other.  If you want a reminder, here's their blog post from last year.  It's so funny to look back at last year's pictures and see how much everyone's grown!  Not to mention, there's a new baby in the picture now (pun only slightly intended).  Luckily, she's just as cute as the other three.  Not that there was any doubt that she would be!  So, without further ado, I give you the Thompson family...

Not enough, you say?  Ok then, here's a slideshow..

samara cuties

So, while at the Samara Garden Party last weekend, I couldn't resist getting a few pictures of some very cute kids.  I think you may even recognize one of them from my website!

welcome baby (to-be) olivia

I went to my cousin Emily's baby shower this past weekend & couldn't resist taking pictures of all of the amazingly cute kids that were there. Of course I took pictures of Emily & all of the sweet decorations too. Here's a sampling of some of my favorites...

he was worn out...

christmas cards

Just wanted to let everyone know that the final day to order Christmas cards is December 10. If that deadline is too soon for you, another option would be a New Year's card, which I think is a really cute idea. It doesn't have to be sent by New Year's, just sometime in January, so that makes the deadline a little more flexible. Here are a couple of card samples. I used some pictures from Baby R's photo shoot for them...

These first three cards are all the 5x7 folded style. Basically, they're your traditional card style...

#1 FRONT:

#1 INSIDE SPREAD:

#1 BACK:

#2 FRONT:

#2 INSIDE SPREAD:

#2 BACK:

#3 FRONT:

#3 INSIDE SPREAD:

#3 BACK:

The next series of cards are the 5x7 flat style. They can be either a one sided photo paper greeting card or a two sided postcard style on traditional greeting card stock.

Make sure and click on these next 3 to see them larger. They have some really cute details that you can't really see when they're this small...

baby r

Here are a few shots of one of the cutest, most cooperative babies that I have ever photographed! She was so good in front of the camera that I'm pretty sure she's destined to be a model. She's 6 months old, which I've come to realize is the perfect age to photograph. They can sit up on their own (more or less) and can't crawl away yet. Definitely makes my job easier. Hey, what can I say, I'm lazy sometimes....

Can I just tell you how much I love her mommy's hair? I really want to cut mine and this is so cute...