Happy New Year

In 13 hours I will be boarding a plane out of Atlanta headed to New York City to celebrate the new year in Time Square! YAY!!! I'm sooooo excited!! I'll be there for 3 days experiencing the big apple!

I wanted to write this last blog post of the year since I won't be able to blog in NYC. I'm pretty excited because I started this blog last year on New Years Eve 2007. That means the blog is officially one year old tomorrow! When I started it, I never realized the huge role it would play in my world of photography. It's been fun!

Now that I've completed my new website, my next project is redesigning this blog. It will be SO MUCH BETTER. It will have a fabulous new look, be more user friendly, and be much more organized. I just know you will all love it! It should be complete in early 2009!

As this year ends, and the new one begins... I'd like to wish you all a wonderful new year. Never give up on your dreams... they CAN all come true! :)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

PS- I'll have LOTS of NYC pictures for the blog when I get back!

Nothing like family

My family is in town for the holidays and we decided to update the family photo... which is always interesting! The pictures came out really cute...

Here is one of my favorites of my three siblings left to right: Stephen, Hanna and Michael. It truly captures all of their personalities to a T!




My fabulous parents with their 4 children, me included!!




The whole clan. I love my family! They are the best!!

Merry Christmas!!

I hope everyone has a wonderful one filled with love and happiness! I know I will!!

Here's a picture from when I had my well behaved dog sit her tush in snow the other day. :) She is such a good girl.

Goofballs

At every photoshoot, there are ALWAYS those hilarious shots that I snap in between the "good" shots. The ones where because of the awkwardness of being photographed, the subjects in front of the lens feel the need to act like a total goober by doing the craziest things. I LOVE IT!!! The next 3 photos are some examples of what I am talking about from 2 different sessions.

The first 2 are from one of my favorite families in the world! The Guffey fam! I'll be posting their session soon, but for now...

These four brothers are so silly!




Jeff loves to be the center of attention 24/7. You can see that here as he hops in and ruins a perfectly intimate family portrait. ;)




There are plenty more of those goofy ones to come!! I had such a good time shooting their pictures! They crack me up non-stop!

The next one is from Ashi's photoshoot, lots more to come on hers as well.

This is just classic Ashleigh... classic. I love you bee-you-tea-full!

I heart shoes!!

I'm organizing and cleaning out my closet today and I came to realize I have a true obsession! SHOES!! I decided to count every pair that I have. I refuse to tell you the number... just know that it's a whole lot! (I'm not as bad as Carrie Bradshaw though!) I just love shoes! They make you feel so good everytime you get a new pair! I know most women can truly relate to me on this. Men don't get it... it's just part of our DNA! We can't help it! :)

I need a bigger closet. This is one of my favorite pairs!

It's finally here!!

Okay, so I think the website is officially up for everyone (I hope!). It's taken me so long to get it finished but I kept my promise to myself and everyone that it would be up this month!! YAY!! It always feels sooooo good to accomplish your goals! I'm so very proud of the new site and hope you are able to enjoy it!

It's not 100% complete yet, but at least I got it online! Whew! I'll continuously be adding new material to it so always be sure to check back! I know in the past I haven't always been too diligent on keeping my website updated... But I promise this time that won't happen!

There are so many incredible changes coming up in my life which I am so excited about! A HUGE one is that I am finally going into business on my own. A lot of you know I have worked at another photography company for over 7 years. So this is a BIG DEAL! I cannot express how stoked out of my mind I am about this! I always knew it would happen one day... just never knew when! I can honestly say it's happening at the most perfect time in my life. God has truly been SOOOO GOOD to me! I cannot thank Him enough for the many things he has blessed me with. I truly feel like the luckiest girl on this planet. There are so many exciting things to come for me in 2009! As things unfold, I will be sure to share everything that is happening with you all!

For now check out the new website if you haven't already! :) www.dellafiora.com

Website error!

Okay, so apparently because my website server is switching over to a new company... it's having some issues right now. So some people are able to see the new site and some aren't. I am so sorry!! :( It should all be resolved hopefully by the end of the day! Keep checking back if you aren't able to see the new site!

EEEEK!!!

I am soooo oober excited right now because my website is going to be launched in the next 24 hrs!! Get excited everyone!!

More fun in the snow

BFFs :o)

Snow!!

It's a Christmas miracle! As I type this it's pouring snowing outside my window!! In LOUISIANA!! Ahhh!! It's SO BEAUTIFUL! I only wish I had a photo shoot scheduled this morning! I would LOVE that!!

Mischa was running around like a crazy dog! She LOVES it! haha!

Fallon & Shawn!

No time to write much but wanted to post a few of my favorites from a couple's shoot that I did! Fallon and Shawn you guys did so great and I had such a good time with you both!

I love the fall colors in this one!




I just love it when couples make each other laugh. :)







Fallon has such beautiful eyes! I'm so jealous!











Look at her amazing ring!







Love this.







Such a hott couple!!



This shot makes me happy!!! They are so cute together!







And last but not least... this one reminds me of a perfume ad. So sexy!




Fallon and Shawn, you guys are amazing! Thanks for giving me the opportunity to spend a few hours with you capturing such a special time in your life! :)

Quick update

It's December 1st... I've been on vacation in Atlanta this past week for the Thanksgiving holidays and I did NOT want to come back and face reality! I was really enjoying not working, eating lots of delicious food, sleeping in, and spending time with amazing people. I have SO MUCH TO DO before this month ends... actually, I have to get it all done before Christmas! I'm so excited though because right after Christmas I am hopping on a plane to NEW YORK CITY for New Years! YEEAHH!!! I am soooo pumped! That is going to be such an amazing trip and I am geeked out of my mind about it!

ANYWHO-- I just wanted to let you know that I plan on launching my new website before December is over! I'm SUCH a perfectionist and the reason it's taking me so long to finish it is because I never feel like it's good enough, or complete. So I've just decided that I am just going to launch it even if I don't feel like it's done. No more putting it off, or excuses. Just going to do it. Period.

Wish me luck because this next month is literally going to be the busiest month my life has ever seen! Here we go!

I love fairies!

I just got done shooting little Blakeleigh's pictures. I am wore out because she is a handful! But I just HAD to hurry up and put a couple of the pictures on here because they are ADORABLE!!! Blakeleigh's mom is my cousin, Chasity, whom I love love!! I'll have more later but for now...

Doesn't this picture just make your heart happy? :)




Haha, I just love all the personality in this family shot!!

Busy Little Bee

The rest of this month through December is going to be VERY busy for me! I'm just warning you! From now until New Years I have several weddings, photo shoots, my regular work schedule, lots of traveling, the holidays, etc!! But I have soooo many great shoots coming up that you are all going to just love! I am so very excited about it all, my brain is oozing with ideas that I can't wait to try out!! So I apologize now but I guarantee you this blog isn't going to get updated nearly as much as I will want it to in the next few weeks! Boooooo! I promise to try my very hardest even if it's just a teaser here and there. ;)

Life is going tremendously right now! Busy, but incredible! God is so good to me, I really don't know why sometimes... but what I do know is I am so grateful for it! He is an amazing Father and I am so lucky to be His child!!! I have never been happier than I am right now!

For now I will leave you with one of my favorite pictures from an engagement session I recently shot of the amazing Karina and Danny. :)





Stay tuned for more!

Way overdue!

Finally! Some time to blog! Get ready, cause this one is going to be a long one! I'm combining three different sessions into this one blog post! WHEW! It's all dedicated to families and children. I have more pictures to put on here, but this should give you all something to look at for a bit.

FIRST OFF! -- Emily and Jon's beautiful family! Okay so I love this girl. I have known Em for about 12 years now. She was homeschooled just like me and became one of my dearest friends! This girl is AMAZING!!! I can't say it enough... she was my inspiration and someone who truly impacted my life when I was a teenager. Em is truly a real lifelong friend. :) I love you EM!

She has a GORGEOUS family! They live in Houston now, but we managed to squeeze this session in at 7:30am on a Saturday morning while they were in town for business! I'm glad we did because look how great they all look!! ---




How cute is Gavin?



Elliot has a natural mohawk!! I love it!!!



Elliot wasn't feeling this one too much, haha!



Look at these two lovebirds.



I shot Emily and Jon's wedding back in March 2001... which was one of the first weddings I ever shot. I had to dig and dig to find this picture, but it was well worth it! Good 'ol 35mm film! This was a totally candid moment by the way!




NEXT -- Keesha and Aaron! I met Keesha a couple of years ago. I was supposed to shoot her wedding, but she had to change her date on me and I was already booked on that particular date so I wasn't able to! Which was a huge bummer for not only her, but me! However, I was able to shoot her bridal and engagement though and we totally hit it off and have been friends ever since! I love it when clients turn into friends! Keesha and I have a lot of laughs and always have a great time together as well as great conversations. She is a huge support in my life and has a great heart! She has a beautiful family!

Could you get any more picture perfect?



I love this of the whole family admiring the latest addition to the clan. :)



Isn't he precious!?



Love it.



Dylan and Chase are so sweet!



Awww!




Keesha- We HAVE to get together soon! :)

And last but not least, Cecilia's baptism!! It's pretty obvious I adore this child. Haha! She really is a great baby! I am so glad I get to be in her life and watch her grow! Her mom Zoe is my best friend whom I love dearly. I am so happy I was able to be a part of this special day. :)

Godmother (and aunt) Rochelle.



CC was totally enamored by father Andrew. She loved him!



With mom and dad.



She was all smiles while this was happening! So cute!!




Okay, that's all for now!! Have a fabulous Monday evening!!

Sean's Senior Pics Part 1

Sean told, not asked, told... me about a year ago that I would be shooting his senior pics even before he was a senior. It was so cute how serious he was about it. Not that I would have said no, but if I had wanted to, there was no way he was going to take no for an answer. He knew what he wanted and he was going to get it! And he did!! Below are a few pictures from the first part of his senior pictures. We will be shooting the 2nd part in the spring before he graduates. Sean is such a great guy and has such a tender and sweet heart. I know Sean is going to go on and do great things with his life! I fully believe in him!! He comes from a TREMENDOUS family whom I adore.

More to come!!

Don't you just love all his cute freckles!?!



He's from Louisiana, but he's a HUGE Texas fan. What is wrong with this picture?







Such a stud.

So so sorry.

I know that I am majorly slacking on this blog. And I deeply apologize! My life has literally gotten CRAZY BUSY!! I have no time to do anything anymore! I really hate neglecting this blog... it frustrates me!! I'm hoping sometime this weekend I will get a chance to make a post or two. :) I HOPE!

Keesha's family: sneak peak

Keesha is one of my best friends. I just loooove this girl!! She is awesome. I will tell you all about her when I do the actual post for her session. But here is a little sneak peak of her family session I just shot!

Baby Logan! Isn't he CUTE!?!?! I hope I have babies this cute!!



The whole GORGEOUS family!! Don't they look like they are a fake model family? haha! They are just so perfect, every single one of them!