Staley Family is on the website!! Go to aprilcarterphotography.zenfolio.com/staley2017 to view their full album!!

McCoy Family is on the website! To view their full album, go to aprilcarterphotography.zenfolio.com/mccoy2017

Check out this adorable sneak peak!! Such a fun family session-these kiddos had me rolling!! They were so cute!! Thanks for a great time!! McCoy Family Sneak Peak!!

What a fun session I had today! These kids were adorable!! (Is that ok to say about a boy???) He definitely makes you work to get smile!! :) Here is the sneak peak to their session!

This is your wedding. Do what you love. Invite the people you want. Dance to the songs that bring you the most joy. Eat the best food you'll ever have. Be the king and queen of the rest of your life. Enjoy all moments. Share the photographs with your children and grandchildren. Most of all spend the rest of your days with the person you love. 

Congratulations to Emily and Thayne! What a beautiful day and a wonderful wedding for an amazing couple!! Emily was simply stunning! Her smile was so contagious! Here is a peak at their special day.

I have been dying to share this engagement session! These two were so much fun and they are so cute together! We managed to get through the whole session without getting rained on, which was a miracle! But on the plus side, it made for some pretty impressive skies! So, here is Emily and Thayne's engagement session. To view the full album, go to aprilcarterphotography.zenfolio.com/emilyandthayne

Day 26: Dance Girls

Dancing is like dreaming with your feet! -Constanze

Day 22: Basketball Team

I already posted the team picture the other day, but wanted to put it with the individual pictures that I took yesterday. We are just missing one boy's individual picture. I'm so glad that they were all good sports and let me practice shooting with my big lights!

To view their full album, visit aprilcarterphotography.zenfolio.com/jhbbb17

Day 19 & 20: Birthday Girl!!!

Sisters: 
There's a special kind of freedom that sisters enjoy.
Freedom to share inner most thoughts,
to ask a favor, to show their true feelings.
The freedom to simply be themselves.

Happy Birthday, sis! Hope it was great!!!

Day 17: Jr. High Boys Basketball Team

What a great group of young men. They are doing awesome this year!

"Teamwork is the beauty of basketball.

Five people working as one.

You become selfless."

-Mike Krzyzweski

Day 11: Pretty In Pink

Playing in the snow was one of my favorite things to do as a child. We would play until after the sun went down and come in soaking wet! My kids haven't hit that stage yet...they play for a little bit and then want to come in. So I try to enjoy the moments when they want to go outside and play! Today was a perfect day for that!!

Day 8: Natural Light

Ever since Saturday, my #3 has been asking for her picture to be taken again. She will stop what she's doing and say: "What about this smile, mom?" That's one thing I love about a 365 project-my kids become comfortable behind a camera. The other crazy thing-she was my baby when I did my last 365 and she'll be turning five soon! Where did the time go?!!!

Day 6: Indoor Lighting

I inherited my grandpa's indoor flash setup this past year and have only used them once, and that was outside. Terrible, I know, so today I decided to set them up in my front room and fiddle with them a little. I'm not totally comfortable with using external flashes and really need lots of practice! My girls are great at volunteering to be my models. My littlest was being quite the helper tonight and I'm totally in love with this image! I can't believe how fast she has grown up. She loves to keep me on my toes, making messes with everything she touches. (Notice the blue marker smudges on her arms!) But she likes to surprise me with a sweet personality that is best described by looking at her face in this image. Love her to pieces!!

365 Photo Project

I'm doing it again! Each day for this year, I will be posting a photo. I'm feeling like I'm in a huge creative slump and need something to help me get going again. I hope that you will join me on this amazing journey!!

Day 1: Magic in Books

There truly is something magical that happens when you open a book! I saw a similar picture on Pinterest and wanted to see if I could recreate it with my Christmas tree before we took it down. My three oldest girls were excited and had LOTS of ideas! My youngest didn't get too excited, as you can see, she's not in the picture. This shot was a lot harder than it looks! I'm hoping to revisit it again and again, learning more lighting techniques and positioning.

Jacobson Family

Finishing up this family session tonight! To view the full album, visit aprilcarterphotography.zenfolio.com/jacobson2016.

These cute boys were troopers today! It was freezing cold, but they still managed to give me some great smiles and poses! Being silly works magic on bringing out the best smiles!!

Lind Family

To view their full album, visit aprilcarterphotography.zenfolio.com/lind2016.

Black & White

There is something about side profiles of little kids in black and white that totally grabs me! I'm not sure why, but maybe it's the raw emotion shown on their little faces. I love this image! I think it's my favorite one out of all the pictures I took of this cute little guy! He didn't want to smile, and in this shot he was trying really hard not to!! But I love how this one turned out!

Jacobson Family Sneak Peak!

I am a lucky girl and love my job! This was such a sweet family! Their little girl will be well taken care of with these three big brothers!! So sweet!

Lind Family Sneak Peak

So thankful for this amazing family! Aren't their boys the most handsome cowboys ever??