Black & White Wednesday: Elegant Young Lady

In December I had the privilege of meeting and photographing this very elegant young lady.

Her mom called and asked if I'd take some photos of her daughter to surprise her grandmother for the holidays.

Apparently, the only thing on Grandma's Christmas List was photos of her grands.

Well, as the story goes, Grandma was in tears when she saw these images of her stunning granddaughter.

Actually so was her mother and, I have to admit, I too, got a bit choked up when I saw them.

(I think she looks like Ingrid Bergman in the above photo......she's got real STAR quality!)

She has a classic timelessness that makes me think she could have lived in any era from the 1900's to present day.

Like a Princess in a fairy tale...that alabaster skin, those sparkling eyes;

she looks downright REGAL!

Oh, and this stunning girl...is only TWELVE years old!

Thank you sweet girl for letting me capture the beauty that lies within you!

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Black and White Wednesday: Sweet Sisters Growing Up

Do you recognize this beauty?





Look closely...this gorgeous blonde is the younger half of the Sweet Sisters dynamic duo that live across the street from us.

WonderBoy struck gold when we moved in here 7 years ago.

(And he knows it!)

Maybe you'll remember them from this post or this one.

Here's Blondie with her big sis...

whose legs, by the way, have grown so long this year

they'd make a Victoria's Secr*t model jealous!



And those "baby browns"...I'm sure they're breaking hearts daily in her 7th grade classroom!

I don't know who loved playing dress up more, the girls or their mom and me.

I loved capturing a little vintage look for these shots.

I can just see the boys in the 5th grade knocking each other down

to get the seat that stares at this smile all day!

Even the Boy Wonder couldn't resist a little old time cameo between his two "bestest" girls!

It's Black and White Wednesday!

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click on over to

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