A few more from Saturday

Just a few more images to post from Saturday's mini-sessions. I'll be posting a few more in a couple of weeks!!

My first time working with twins and it was so fun!

Love this one!

And this one too...

Gorgeous! See, winter can be a great time for pictures! :)

Too funny... definitely the ham in the family

Thank you to all the wonderful families who donated their sessions to various charities to help the earthquake victims in Haiti! I loved working with all of you!

Nashville Family Photographer-Haiti Charity Sneak Peek

I can't describe the amazing time I had today shooting the numerous families who helped raise relief money for the victims of the Haiti Earthquake last month by donating their session fee. It was an absolute joy to be around these amazing moms, dads and kids. Here is a sneak peek for those whose permission I have received thus far. (Note: I edited these this evening on my laptop since I'm away from home. Hopefully everything looks good. :) )

Haiti Shoot tomorrow!

Just as a reminder, the charity photo shoot is tomorrow and I am so excited! We have had some great families sign up and I'm excited to be doing a lot of shooting. Thank you to everyone who signed up and if you are interested at the last moment please shoot me an email! Images to come in the next few days!

Celebrate!

It's great working with repeat clients and this particular birthday party was a long time coming. I shot Josh's birthday party last August when we first moved to Nashville and was lucky enough to shoot Hayley's birthday party on Saturday. The celebration was originally sheduled a few weeks ago but when we received a snowy, icy mess of a storm it was canceled and rescheduled.


It was a fantastic cowboy themed party complete with roping bulls, pinatas, banjo players, pin the tail on the donkey and more. Cheryl of Better than a Butler did a fantastic job organizing and executing the event.

Before the party, Hayley had a basketball game she was cheering at so I went to take a few pictures.

Hayley and her cheer squad
Cutest little girls ever!

Content after the team won the game

The balloon artist, I would dare say, was the hit of the party

Cupcakes from Gigi's Cupcakes (delicious!)

Delicious punch and food

The brilliant idea of having a drink bar that included hot chocolate and candies to melt inside the hot cocoa. I loved it! Drank way too much chocolate though.

There were two banjo/guitar players there who kept us entertained. They were kind enough to let everyone play with their instruments.

Pinata time!

And a mad dash for the candy

Hayley got some help from Dad blowing out her candles

And everyone went home with party favors: candy and treats inside a hot pink cowboy boot.

I'm so happy I was able to be a part of another birthday party with this family. The party was so much fun and relaxing. Thank you and Happy Birthday Hayley!!

Snowday

We had a real snowday today! I say "real" because we had a couple of snow days a few weeks ago but it was the weakest "storm" I have ever seen. :) No offense to people from Tennessee but 1 inch of snow is not a storm in my book nor is it a reason to shut down schools for two days. Last night and today was different though. While we only wound up receiving about 4 inches of snow it iced throughout the night leaving a slick 1/4 of an inch thick layer of ice on top of everything making for very slick roads.

We remained close to home today and church has already been canceled for tomorrow which means more time being inside but we'll enjoy the time together.

Ella and I decided to explore our winter snowscape this morning and here are a few pictures of that little adventure. Ella would finally get comfortable walking only to fall down again. By the end of our excursion she was wanting to be held. Good times.

This is the view from outside our apartment

Ella getting ahead of me and not realizing it

My child never wants to look at the camera. Sigh...

Photos for Haiti

Have you been wanting to help the people of Haiti somehow no matter how big or small? I have and I feel like I've been brainstorming ever since I first heard about the devastation. And I have finally come up with an idea.

On February 27th my goal is to do up to thirteen, 20 minute mini-sessions. For those interested in a session I ask that you donate $50 or more (please feel free to be generous!) to the charity of your choice (this will count as your session fee). Then you will choose a time below when you would like to do your session and finally, you will email me to confirm that the time slot is still available. I kindly ask to see a receipt or email confirmation (with confidential information blacked out) stating that you donated before the session takes place. Each session will include either one 8x10 print or one digital image. For any additional images that are purchased I will donate 75% of the proceeds to the American Red Cross.

For additional information please see my website: http://abbierufener.com and click on the link "HAITI".

The times are listed below:

Saturday, February 27th

8:30

9:00

9:30

10:00

10:30

11:00

11:30

Lunch from 12:00-1:00

1:00

1:30

2:00

2:30

3:00

3:30