Instagrammin' in December

In December, we enjoyed good times with family and friends throughout the month.

ugly christmas sweater brewery hopping at wooden robot's the chamber location | ella played in a tournament at the club--look at that trophy pose! | we met the crossons for a day at the u.s. national white water center before they continued on to northern virginia. | we missed seeing zane, but loved getting a chance to see the rest of my sister's family. | we watched a panthers vs. saints game after christmas. | unfortunately the panthers had a lackluster season, but we were there when christian mccaffrey made history with his 1000 receiving yards/1000 rushing yards season. | jonathan took the kids skiing at beech mountain. | olive, my test model | and happy new year!  another great celebration to kick off the new year with the broadways, browns, hulls, and shaws, this time hosted by the hulls.

Olive & Jonathan

Jonathan has been asking for new headshots for literally 10 years.  You'd think being married to a photographer would guarantee that you had a good headshot photo, but we just had never taken the time to find the right set up.  Well, it took our friends the Broadways asking for help to get Dan new headshots for me to finally get my act together for Jonathan. 

Before my shoot with Jonathan and Dan, I tried out my 85mm 1.4D lens on Olive because it had been so long since I'd last used it and I could always use more photos of Olive.  She was a pretty good model, as long as I held a tennis ball above the camera.

And a few of Jonathan's headshots--I think it was a success: