Shircarra & Jacob.. PLUS ONE!

Shircarra and I went to school together at BPCC. She messaged me a while ago asking if I would mind taking her and her soon to be hubby's engagement photos! She sent me photos of her ideas and we set a date! I saw the video that was uploaded to Facebook of Jacob proposing to Shircarra in front of their family and friends, and thought it was so perfect. Of course I couldn't be happier to have been their photographer! Jacob & Shircarra met over three years ago through mutual friends! Shircarra is a full time nursing student, works at the hospital as a phlebotomist, and co-owns Cindy's Performing school of dance. Jacob is an assistant basketball coach at Northwestern State university, where he obtained his Masters in sports administration & also teaches at the local private school. Jacob asked Shircarra to take his hand in marriage on July 4th 2013! She happily said YES and they set their date for June 28, 2014. Shircarra & Jacob recently found out they are expecting! So much joy is coming their way and I surely enjoyed sharing it with them during their session. Jacob and Shircarra, thank you both so much for allowing me to step into your world and get a little glimpse of y'all's sweet relationship. I really enjoyed balancing your ideas with mine for what turned out to be a perfect session. I know y'all will be wonderful new parents and I can't wait to witness that either! I wish you all the best in your journey through life together! 

Paisley is ONE!!!

Bryan and Brittany brought Paisley to see me for the first time at my watermelon mini! I fell in love with their little family! Paisley was so cute and she was a giggle box the whole way through the session. Brittany emailed me a while back to make sure we could do Paisley's one year old photos ON her actual birthday! I love when parents do this!! We went down to a field and Brittany had so many cute props she made for Paisley. We had a cake for the end but Paisley wasn't sure about it! I am so glad that I am the photographer they chose to be able to watch Paisley grow because I really enjoy it!! Bryan and Brit, thank you both so much and I hope I get to continue to work with ya'll through the years! :)

Back 2 Dance!

As some of you may know by now via my blog or just by knowing me personally I am dating Blake, who's mother is Susan Meyer. She is the owner of Susan's Studio of Dance and Fitness in Haughton. Mrs. Susan and I have become close lately and we were chatting one day about what inspires me and cool ideas for my upcoming mini specials. I love to do minis because they are a great way for several families to get a few neat photos for a great price. After doing some pondering we tossed around the idea of a "Back to Dance" mini. It was a great idea to both of us. She got one of her girls to come model for me. This is Shelby! Shelby has danced for Susan for years and is extremely flexible. We met downtown and got these shots! If anyone is interested in dance photos similar to these I would love to do something like this again! Contact me via email; LaurenRinaudo@aol.com. Thanks so much Shelby for being a model that stayed out of breath! ;) You did amazing!

We need a GLAM SHOT!

So, a couple of blogs up you saw and read about Miss Caddo, Shelby! After looking at the three final photos we both decided the photo of her needed to be a little more glamorous since it was for a beauty pageant. We decided to do a reshoot to get "the one!" So here we have the final photo of Shelby that we are certain will take her to the top! ;) Just GORGEOUS!

Senior, Shelby Ann!

Shelby Ann is good friends with my buddy Mac that I blogged about a couple sessions back! Shelby's mom called me and wanted some cute shots of Shelby in her element but all dolled up for the year book. We decided a natural shoot would look best. Shelby is a senior at Evangel Christian Academy. She loves going to football games and routing on the Eagles! Congrats Shelby Ann, class of 2014! I hope your senior year is awesome! :)