Note: For the privacy of the family I will only be using the initials of the kids' first names. The Carrell Family gave me the opportunity to do best of both worlds - an intimate at-home session, and then a fun outdoors session. Can we just take a moment to appreciate how perfectly they nailed dressing for family photos?! Also I can't help but love a good flat-brimmed hat. Courtney killed it! Toddlers can be challenging, and anyone who has ever been around a toddler will know

I did my first boudoir shoot last Friday with a friend...and let me tell you - I was not prepared for how difficult it would be! Luckily for me, Sarah follows direction pretty well and is generally stunning which made it pretty easy in that regard. What I did find difficult about it was directing - especially without recreating the same pose over and over. Posing one person is a challenge of it's own, but posing them in a somewhat-seductive matter is another. In all honesty,