thomas family | faust park

This hill and home are quickly becoming one of our favorite places around town for an early evening photo shoot!

karalyn | faust park, fall 2012

Cute. Kid. Her curls sort of remind us of our niece's. But that smile is all her own.

faust park | taylor

Stunning eyes. Gorgeous hair. Haunting beauty. Meet Taylor.

tech specs: nauvoo, illinois

50mm, f/5, 1/800 sec.

senior photos + facebook covers: alyssa

People complained (a lot) when Facebook made the switch to Timeline a few months ago. Come to think of it, we did too, a little... But then we realized how much easier and fun it would be to display our images online -- in a 12-13 image FB cover photo collage format, like these three:

{851x315px collages built/edited in Photoshop CS5.5. Want us to make you one? Schedule a summer session soon!)
So, I suppose we're fans of the Facebook switch. And even bigger fans of Alyssa's beautiful collection. Here's one more from it:

happy first, peyton.

She's growing up! Our youngest niece, who turns 1 today, has gone from this, to this, to this:

Happy birthday, little friend. Happy, happy birthday.

they are SO sisters.

A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves – a special kind of double." ~Toni Morrison

No doubt about it, these two are so sisters. How else could you ever possibly account for such candid interaction and expression? Aubree and Kalissa, you are one awesome duo!

meet marissa, for whom summer is no match.

On one of the hottest, if not the hottest, nights of summer 2011, this super-cool head cheerleader and senior-to-be braved the high temperature and humidity in her cheer gear for this fun shot in Tower Grove Park.

Shot at twilight, you should have seen our team of three working to light the scene. Rather comical, but definitely well worth it!

Zoom Zoom Zoom (Sorry, Mazda)

Nothing flashy here for today's pic. Ran outside to see the moon, and, lo and behold, caught a glimpse of a cool blue sky as my neighbor cruised by (faster than 25 mph...speeder).