My favorites of 2012... so far.

Hi everyone! I haven't written anything in a while but instead of throwing my excuses at you I want to share with you what I have deprived you of so far this year! This is going to be a "catch me up" of J. Bell's favorite shots of 2012... so far! I have done a little bit of everything - from babies to a wedding!

My 2012 kicked off with my awesome sister session in Ybor of my gorgeous life long friend and her beautiful sister. I love this shoe shot - It really defines these sisters. I love the quote, "sisters are different flowers, from the same garden." I won't get into this session too much because I did do a whole post about it. :)

And then the boudoirs started....

I decided I was going to offer boudoir sessions for Valentines Day this year. I wanted women not only to have something to give to their men but I also wanted to give some women an esteem booster! Ladies, won't you agree - There is nothing like seeing a photo we look good in to make us hold our chin up a little higher! So my boudoir clients that booked before Valentine's day got a 3x3 accordion mini album to give to their man for Valentine's day!

Let me just tell you... these are the coolest little albums! They are completely customizable from front cover to back cover to the type of paper its printed on! LOVE THEM!

Here are my favorite Boudoir shots of the girls I have permission to show...

And these are my favorites from my bridal boudoir session I did. I loved doing this type of boudoir! By the way the "YOU by Natalie" logo is my new boudoir only facebook page. I thought it would be better to seperate the kiddos from the booties! :)

Now with Valentine's day and my mini boudoir session over...
My first engagement session of the year was a fabulous one! This gorgeous couple got engaged on 11.21.11 and I was the lucky one that got to capture how cute they are!!

I couldn't pick ONE favorite! :)

My cousin called me up and asked if I was available to photograph her beautiful family... umm OF COURSE! Look at that gorgeous family...

 And this is my most favorite photo of them all - He calls his little sister "Sweet Pea" and I just happened to have a heart candy that said just that on it!

The beginning of the year would not be complete without a maternity session and there was no one I would have rather photographed than my amazing friend and her husband! They will be welcoming baby Beau into the world soon! Ok - It was hard for me to choose a couple to post as my favorites so you will have to go check out all of them on my facebook page! www.facebook.com/j.bellphoto

Wanna see the cutest little man to ever step foot in my studio?

seriously... CUTEST! This is PJ and when I heard his mommy was pregnant I knew that the cutest most beautiful little boy was going to be born to her! I was right!

These last favorites of mine are from The Reeves wedding on 2.25.12. I was an assistant photographer to one of my fellow photographer friends at Heaven Sent Portraits by Natalya (amazing photographer btw!). I loved everything about this wedding. It was vintage country complete with lace and mason jars - decorated beautifully! I am so grateful that Heaven Sent allowed me to capture this beautiful day with her.

 There is just something I love so much about the contrast between a beautiful bridal gown and a grungy dirty background! And who doesn't love Cowgirl boots with a wedding dress.. I mean besides David Tutera!

 This is the most AMAZING guestbook idea EVER!! A tree with no leaves was painted on a peice of canvas and the guests leave their fingerprints as the leaves! LOVE!! If I wasn't already married I would steal this idea!

That's it so far for 2012! It has been a busy year so far and I am so ready for what is yet to come! :)