tyson |newborn|

02cthe arrival of this little guy might official throw me into “old” status.  baby Tyson has made me a great auntie.  I remember my great aunts having wrinkles – good lord, do I have wrinkles??

but back to Tyson.  isn’t he gorgeous?  and how about that mama of his?  she is so in love.  and his daddy was fantastic.  he spent most of the session bouncing and shushing ty to keep him relaxed.  the poor baby had a tummy ache and just wasn’t so excited for his super-model debut.

it was a great photo session, and once we got Ty to sleep, he was totally into his photo shoot.  heehee

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addison |senior|

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the first time I photographed Addison was when she was turning 13, and look at her now! she has always been beautiful, but now she is just gorgeous!  we had a great time wandering around the west bottoms scouting fun places to photograph.  we were smart enough to choose the hottest day of the year (it was 98 as we were shooting), so we were super grateful for the tall buildings casting shadows.

the west bottoms is so intriguing to me.  I like to think about it 100 years ago when it was booming with people and activity.  I love thinking about locations as they would have been decades ago.  I am noticing that people are coming back to the west bottoms, and that is super exciting to me.

so here is addison rocking her photo shoot in the west bottoms!04

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making photographs

welcome to the newly revamped simply|moore blog!  I have tried blogging several times, and I just never follow through.  the thing is – I love writing!  so, this time, I am all in! I want this blog to be a place where I share my photography and my life.  you may learn more about me than you care to.  😉

I have always been making photos.  I love that phrase – making photographs.  it sounds so beautiful.  making portraits really is a beautiful thing – as long as I don’t have to be on the other side of the camera.

that’s sounds terrible, I know.  I am trying to be better.  I really am.  I realize that there are very few photos of me and my mom when I was a little girl.  there are tons of me and my sister, but few of us with our mom.  the two I have found are true treasures to me, and I wish there were more.  I want to be able to give my boys enough photos of us together so they never have that feeling.

for the past year, I have tried extra hard to make sure I am in photos with my boys, and my husband.  I will never be as thin as I would like, or as stylish as I hope, but my boys aren’t looking for that.  when I was little, my mom was the most beautiful person on earth.  I like to think my boys feel that way about me, no matter how I feel about myself.  of course, in all honesty, I absolutely photoshop every single photo of myself that I print or upload – a little “help” in the fitness and style departments never hurt anybody.  heehee

so here in my “hello” message, I am also encouraging all you beautiful women out there to not forget to make photographs of yourself.  you are beautiful, and you deserve to feel that way!  any photoshop after the portrait is made can be our little secret.

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