Heidi Carter Photography

day 5 of summer mini's......done!

WHEW! today was a freakin day. lots of firsts. lets break it down...

before picture one, while i was getting set up, i went into the second garage where my daughter parks, to get some prop stuff out of there. that girls car was running. like she left it on all night running. i had to get that garage aired out. any critters in that garage, they dead. and right before said daughter was to get in the pool for the first mini, a bee stung her foot. the drama.

Pic 1: she witnessed the bee sting and carried on with the mini like a boss.
Pic 2: jackson would be my first kid to show up to a summer mini with crutches. him and i wobbled around like a boss.
Pic 3: all this kid wanted to do is be in the pool on a float. he didn't have time for any of the snow cone crap.
Pic 4: kid in the middle use to hold the title youngest human to ever come to one of my summer mini's. she was 2 weeks old for that one a couple years ago. well new sister just CRUSHED that record. and i highly doubt ANY one will ever be able to break the record (for my summer mini that is).......she is TWOOOO DAYS OLD!!!! long story how it all came about, but i'm so so glad it worked out!!!!
Pic 5: first time ever the kids came up to me after the shoot and requested a particular picture for their sneak peek. your wish is my command.
Pic 6: first time i've ever had fun hair that looked so awesome with my setup!
Pic 7: imma try to make this short. i have never been more scared of a toddler in all my life than with this one. the one crying. IYKYK. if she saw that i was looking at her, from like 50 feet away, she'd lose her mind. if chloe got near her, the meltdown got louder. mom brought a friend to help her with the kids. well that friend turned into heidi carter photography. i showed her a few things on my camera. turned the camera over to her and chloe and i went in the house and hid behind the shades.
Pic 8: this is what happens when the new heidi carter photographer works her magic with the scary toddler. and i'm so proud of her for the images she captured. freakin maddyn smiled from ear to ear for the new photographer.

now bring on day 6.........

day 4 of summer mini's.......done!
i'm so tired just from life today i don't have anything creative to say. other than today was another easy perfect day. did have a 15 min delay this evening with excessive storm wind. i'm limping everywhere. but i'm making it and i absolutely love doing these with all these humans. they truly make this such a blast!

now bring on day 5!

day 3 of summer mini's.......done!
today was another easy day with just 4 minis. praise the lord because 30 min before my first mini i had a big fall and broke my body. and i've been dramatic all day about it. speaking of dramatic......please check out last pic. this 14 (almost 15) year old young man that i have known for a long time had his fun at the very end of the shoot. he wanted to jump in for a pic. i let him. and please check out his face. i knew right then in there, in that split second when i saw that determination in his face, he was gonna cannon ball the water all over me. and he did. no worries, i moved the camera real fast so it didn't get wet 🤣

now bring on day 4!

i know this face. i've seen it many times over the last 12 years of doing shoots. he's so excited to throw the dirt in his hands on me. and i freakin let them do it every time. editing sweet rhett today!

just a sad YET exciting reminder.......one week from today i will no longer be posting on this page. still doing shoots for my regulars and friends. but it's time for me to go into "hiding" for a while to focus on my family more. my middle child is gonna be a senior this year and the boy of mine is gonna be a freshman. and if you know him, he is a full time job keeping him out of trouble. or at least try too. i thought when they were little they kept me busy. nah man, it's these teenagers.

tomorrow starts my summer minis and will run through the whole week. be on the look out for all the sneak peeks this week!

happy feakin saturday y'all. it's gonna be 107 today.