We had the wonderful opportunity to photograph some dear friends of ours, the DuBose family, during a very special time in their family.  They are expecting a new baby girl in July!  It is such a blessing to watch so many families growing all around us lately.  God is so good!  Ben and Emily are already fabulous parents and we know that this little girl is blessed to be born into this precious family!  We don’t photograph very many maternity sessions, but when we do we love for it to be a family session!  We love photographing mom with her belly, but our favorites are when you can see the excitement from the whole family!  This session was definitely not any different!  You can see how proud her big sister, Bella, is and how in love Ben is with his stunning wife!  We can’t wait to meet and photograph the newest DuBose in July… just wish we knew her name    Congratulations friends, we love y’all!  Enjoy your little preview!

Todd and Jenny Treece welcomed their beautiful baby girl, Hadley Jo,  to this world on April 26th in Clinton, AR!  We were thrilled to be asked to photograph Miss. Hadley’s newborn session and we definitely captured some beautiful memories for this sweet family.  Todd and Jenny described a serene location on her parent’s land that was perfect for Hadley’s outdoor shoot!  This same land is where Jenny had grown up, rode horses, and later married the love of her life, Todd!  So, her family’s land was a very fitting location for another milestone in their family history!

You wouldn’t know it from these images, but this peaceful sleeping baby girl did not want much to do with getting her picture taken!  We spent a majority of her session trying to get her to sleep, and all of our efforts gained us about a 20-30 minute window to capture as many images as we could!  We are SUPER patient and we “let” baby be the boss for the most part.  We would have loved, loved, LOVED to shoot for 2 hours straight with this adorable baby, but we made the best of our time with her and got so many sweet images!  We hope you enjoy a few of our favorites from her session and be sure to leave her some comment love below!

We are so excited to finally be able to share Amanda’s bridal session with you all!  Today is Chad and Amanda’s wedding day! We hope that their wedding day is everything that they’ve dreamed of and we pray that God blesses their marriage!  We were not able to photograph their wedding, but we definitely enjoyed shooting their Engagement session and Amanda’s bridals!  Both sessions and their wedding took place at Chad’s parents home right here in Searcy!  Their property had so much to offer and made the perfect setting for Amanda’s bridal session!  We love Amanda’s take on the modern vintage bride and she is STUNNING!  Our favorite part of Amanda’s wedding dress is that the skirt is detachable to allow a shorter party dress for their reception… how cool is that!  Two dresses in one… yes, please!  We hope you enjoy a few of our favorites from her session as we could have chosen so many more!  Happy Cinco de Mayo!!

Meet Brantley!  This sweet little guy is adorable and we had a lot of fun with his mom, Megan, and his grandmother, Mary!  He definitely gave us a run for our money by pooping every 20 minutes!  Once we got him all cleaned up and settled back down, he would poop again!  Oh, boys!  We ended up getting so many sweet shots of him that all the fuss was definitely worth it!  Hope you enjoy a few of our favorites!!!

Meet the newest addition to the Bohn family, sweet Asher!  This little guy was so easy going and precious!  We had a wonderful time photographing his newborn session and meeting his momma, Kaci.  We look forward to watching Asher as he grows!   Here are a few session favorites of ours… enjoy!

We finally are able to share this beautiful bridal session with you!  You may remember Sara from a previous post of Barrett and Sara’s Engagement session in Conway, AR. If you haven’t seen it yet, you definitely need to!  We traveled to Batesville, AR to photograph Sara’s bridals at the home of Shelby and Beatrice Moore, her in laws.  Their home was gorgeous with perfect views of the valley, and make the perfect backdrop for Sara’s bridal portraits!  We hope you enjoy a few of our favorites and be sure to stay tuned for a preview of Barrett and Sara’s wedding day!

Did you see how awesome Sara’s emerald engagement ring is!  We love it!  We would love to hear your comments below and be sure to check us out on Facebook!

One of our favorite things about being wedding photographers is not just photographing a couple’s wedding, but their engagement session!  We include this in all of our wedding packages for so many reasons, but mostly because they are so much fun and it allows us to really get to know our couples!  Oliver and Sarah’s session was no different!  It is is so fun to go back to the place where a couple first met.  For Oliver and Sarah this was Hendrix College in Conway, AR.  We walked all around the campus and got awesome images in a location that is special to them!  We also love to showcase something that a couple loves to do together.  Oliver and Sarah love to play soccer, so we just had to go to the soccer fields and get some fun shots there!  We headed down to Burns Park in Little Rock and when we got there, we had the most beautiful light to work with!  Love, love, love!  And not to mention how adorable this couple is!  After we knocked out some fab shots of  them by the soccer fields, we drove over to Two Rivers Park to finish out their session!  We hope you enjoy a few of our favorites from their session and we can’t wait for their wedding on May 26th!

This past weekend we spent some time with PJ & Lesli for their engagement session and had a blast getting to know them better!  This couple is super chill and laid back, and the love they have for one another is so evident!  We can’t wait for them to exchange their vows on July 14th, 2012!  Enjoy a few of our favorites from their session and be sure to leave them a comment below!]]> http://www.ilovethp.com/2012/04/18/searcy-arkansas-engagement-photography-pj-lesli/feed/ 0 http://www.ilovethp.com/2012/04/11/searcy-ar-childrens-photography-kelley/ http://www.ilovethp.com/2012/04/11/searcy-ar-childrens-photography-kelley/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:00:48 +0000 tmhoward http://www.ilovethp.com/?p=746 NOTE: the images in this feed have been downsized or removed for copyright reasons. To see them in their unmodified state, please view the original post by clicking here.

We had a great time photographing sweet Kelley yesterday evening as she just celebrated her 2nd birthday!  We have been dying to do a shoot in this field of red clover that Taylor came across, and Kelley’s session was perfect for it!  We were able to get a lot of sweet shots of Miss. Kelley, but I only wish we had a camera for behind the scenes!  Kelley’s parents, Tim and Kacy, were absolutely hilarious when they were trying to get Kelley to smile!  I suppose it’s a good thing (for them!) that we don’t have any photographic evidence of them acting silly dancing around and making funny faces!  Enjoy a few of our favorites from her session and be sure to leave some birthday wishes for this adorable little girl below!

Last weekend we made a trip to Collierville, TN to meet up with one of our awesome couples, Joey and Paige!  We are so excited to be photographing their wedding on August 18, 2012 in Indianapolis, IN!  Before we started Joey and Paige’s engagement session, we decided to take them out to Bonefish Grill!  We wanted the opportunity to get to know them both better and talk all about their big day coming up! We’ve been dying to try out this restaurant for awhile and let me tell you it didn’t disappoint!  After dinner, we began our exploration of the cutest town in America!  Collierville, TN is absolutely gorgeous and we would love to go back for a weekend or something, seriously!  We are glad that Paige recommended this town as the backdrop for their engagement session!   We walked all around the downtown area and then headed out to a little spot recommended to us by Jessica Risinger of Jessica Risinger Photography!  Their entire session was full of fun and laughter and we can’t wait to spend more time with this sweet couple!  We hope you enjoy a little sneak peek at their session and be sure to leave them some love below!