Beautiful, Inside and Out.

My grandmother is beautiful. She is loving, warm, kind, and gentle. When I was younger she would make a yummy cake for every occasion, she always had cookies and ice cream, and loved to spoil her grandchildren. She wasn't afraid to scold us when we were into trouble, and she was always making sure I had socks on feet so I didn't catch a cold.

She loved on her grandchildren every chance she got.

She babysat all of us pretty often. I knew she loved to take care of us. She would let me sit in her lap and hugged me close while watching TV. There was a lot of love... and laughter. I love hear her laugh. She laughs big... it's infectious.

My sweet Mimi has Alzheimer's Disease. And she is beautiful, inside and out.

Oh Christmas...

Every year Christmas just comes a little bit too early. The tree lots start selling all those wonderful smelling trees, twinkling lights start going up everywhere, Christmas music is playing in every public place, and it drives me crazy. I complain that I want to get through Fall & enjoy Thanksgiving first... but my crys are ignored, and the Christmas craziness goes on.

This year, ladies and gentlemen, I have joined the excitment.

Christmas could not come fast enough for me this year. I started craving Christmas music, and lights, and cookies... ehem, well- Christmas cookies that is.
& I'm not ashamed to say I joined the Christmas lovers out there early this year. My tree went up Thursday night, and Frank Sinatra's "Christmas Dreaming" is in the record player. Don't worry, I won't be joining the ones that leave the Christmas lights up on their porch all year long... I'll have my decor down by at least February ;-)

BRITT FARRIS PHOTOGRAPHY / Flowery Branch, GA Photographer / Big Sister, Little Sister

These two beautiful little girls are my good friend Lindsey's .cousin's .daughters.... Didja get that?? I think that makes them Lindsey's second cousins... but she is more like Aunt Lindsey to them :)

We met in little downtown Flowery Branch to get some shots of the girls as a gift to their parents from Lindsey. They were a lot of fun to photograph... total hamming it up for the camera! Doug and Tracey, thanks for letting me photograph your girls for a bit... hope you like the results!

BRITT FARRIS PHOTOGRAPHY / The Hien's Family

Cherry and I met about 7 years ago ((I think that's right??)) at a camp we were both counselors at. She was just as bubbly, crazy, and energetic as I was, and we pretty much knew right away we would best friend's forever :)
When I got the news she was engaged to Justin I wondered what this man who had my best friend's heart would be like. I knew he would have to be Godly, protective, strong, & a good listener with an exciting outlook on life. That's Justin... and he couldn't be more perfect for her. Miss Annslee turned 1 in June, and is going to be a big sister next summer!
Nathan and I went to Myrtle Beach with this precious family a couple weeks ago, and I was super excited for the opportunity to do a session on the beach! It was really windy, but we made it work :)

How adorable is this sweet little girl?? I just love her :)




























Nate played with Annslee while I got some shots of Cherry & Justin... how perfect are these two for each other??












Love you guys!!!

BRITT FARRIS PHOTOGRAPHY / Flowery Branch Children's Photographer / Jayden Turns 1!

When this little cutie's mommy asked me to photograph him for his one year pictures- I was excited. When she told she wanted them to have a country theme and she was dressing him in overalls... I got really excited! :) (I even wore my boots for the occasion!)
Say hello to the sweetest little cowboy in Flowery Branch- Mr. Jayden...




















Seriously, how adorable is this little man??




This is the reaction you get when big dogs start barking in the background :)






My favorite from the session!

BRITT FARRIS PHOTOGRAPHY / Gainesville, GA Children's Photographer / Christina and Taylor

I met Christina and her little mini me when we first moved to Georgia. They lived 2 apartments underneath us. Christina has since become a very close friend, and I was so excited for the opportunity to photograph them! Little miss Taylor was not so much into the picture taking at first, and then it just became a game of running from the camera which produced some fun laughs :)
This little girl is going to be breaking boys hearts one day! I mean, she is beautiful, right?! Here are just a few of my favorites from our session at Gainesville State College...

Did I mention how beautiful this little girl is??





Running from the camera... told you it made for some fun images! :)


Little Model...




















You can see where Tay gets her beauty from... Christina, you are gorgeous!!


Love you girls!!

Jumping in!

I'm standing at the edge, but I won't jump in. It's the summer before 5th grade. Everyone's screaming "jump! just jump!" I refuse to look up.. I just stare into the water. Why am I up here?? I just learned to swim for goodness sake- now I'm standing on the edge of the diving board, trapped. I can't back out now... everyone's watching. So I jump. It was like one of those life changing- "I did it!!!" moments... silly, I know... but I overcame this seriously huge intense fear of jumping in the deep end in front of my friends.
I did it... I jumped... and it felt amazing.

It's been 3 years and 3 months since I married the love of my life, Nate. Early on in our relationship I knew Nate was the one I wanted to spend my life with, and I knew my purpose and passion was to be his helper... in ministry, in life. Nate inspires me with his creative mind everyday. I know without a doubt we were solely meant for each other, and I am reassured of that constantly. One of the things I love most about our marriage is that in the years we've spent together I have been pushed to do more, grow more than I have my whole life. I've always had this creative juice flowing through me that I could never seem to pour into anything. I needed someone to believe in me, to give me that push... and Nate came along showing me how much he believed in me, constantly pushing me forward.
I've always had a love for photography, but the past few years my passion for it really started surfacing. I started with a point a shoot, then switched to film, and just got a DSLR about 3 months ago. I'm still at the beginning, and always will be because there is always more to learn & there will always be someone ahead of me... but for the first time in my life I'm doing something simply because I love it.
I'm unsure of what the future holds (aren't we all?? :)) but my Dad has always told me life's about the journey... This is mine.