Herbie The Love Bug!

So I was just up in Michigan visiting family over the 4th and on the way home off the side of the IL interstate was Herbie! I had to drive to the next exit, turn around and drive back a couple miles then pull off the highway to see him. Oh but that is not all! I also had to walk through very tall grass/weeds that I was certain contained snakes... but being the photographer I am :) I did it anyway! I hope you enjoy these images. I will post my 4th of July images soon, I got some nice firework shots.

Liam Michael Hollingshead

Baby Liam has arrived! Here are some of the images I took of him on his first day with us. This won't be the last you see of this little munchkin... I'm sure once I can get my hands on him again with my camera I'll post more! Click on any images to view them larger!

Grandma saying a prayer before he came

Both Grandmas

Kristi sneaking up to the door to hear something and telling us to be quiet!

She heard crying! He's here!!!

Kenny came out to deliver the good news. Deniese was very happy to hear everything was okay!

Kenny and his mom

Kenny and his mom

The Doctor

First set of footprints!

Mom and Dad

Featured on the Photographers of Etsy blog

The Photographers of Etsy group with whom I belong to has a blog that I follow which showcases some of the groups work. One of the bloggers, Michelle from zuppaartista, has created a wonderful post which shows my B.B. King's Blues Club image from my Memphis trip this past January. You can check out the post here.

Thanks Michelle for thinking of my work! Here my B.B. King's Blues Club:

A quick Monday morning post...

Stop on over at http://qbranchltd.blogspot.com/ where I have been featured in the weekly artist blog. I met pastperfect through Photographers of Etsy and I am very excited that I was chosen for this weeks blog! You can check out their esty stores at: http://pastperfect.etsy.com and http://qbranchltd.etsy.com


Happy Holidays! I have new images that I am going to try to post later this week... it's that crazy time of the year, no time to get anything done!

Old Rustic Cars in HDR

Well I have been busy working on photographs! Here are a few of the latest shots that I have been working on I also took these shots and made them into a 2009 calendar which I will be selling in my etsy shop. They should be ready this week, I'm waiting on the processing to get done and then I will have them up for sale. I'll post some photographs of them on here and a link to the store if anyone is interested in them! I know they will make great christmas presents for me this year!

I spent some time driving around where I live and found some wonderful old rustic barns and automobiles. I LOVE shooting anything old, rustic and broken down. I just think it has so much character! Below are just some of the cars that I came across. The barns I have not gotten a chance to work on yet but I will post the barn images once I do get them done.




I found this old Plymouth on one of the back roads by my house. I took a ton of images of it because I thought it was so cool looking! The above image is my favorite shot.














I think this tire shot is my second favorite.


The seats were just springs... so cool!








This truck has a funny story, 2 years ago on our wedding day my husband and I took some of our wedding photos in front of this truck... we went back 2 years later for some shots and the date we wrote in the dust of the truck is still visible! I had forgotten all about it!