// The Longeneckers - Him and Honey - Nashville Film Portrait Photography

Last month we had the pleasure of photographing this precious little family. Sara is an amazing makeup artist here in middle Tennessee and her husband Michael is one crazy talented handyman. Seriously, I love lurking through their house when I visit because he has always done so many awesome things to it! Sara worked her makeup magic for my bridal portraits, wedding, and maternity photos, so obviously I'm a big fan of hers! We snapped some adorable photos of her little family of four one morning in Dickson, and we even had Michael's parents and sisters join in! We've never photographed this many people in one setting before so it was a fun experience. You'd never know it was so incredibly hot and humid by looking at these folks, right? And how cute are their kiddos?!

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// Toby in Florida - Him And Honey - Nashville Film Portrait Photography

One of the perks of having such a cute kid is that we get to photograph him everywhere we go. We went a little overboard in Florida, but this is the product of only two rolls of film! You can tell he was a little exhausted in many of them. Sometimes he just like to give some lip haha! Catch him any other day and he's all "Can you guys take some pictures of me now?" - no joke. I probably could (and should!) have narrowed them down more, but I'm a biased mom. I think he's a total ham and I know we're going to cherish these photos forever. (I say that every time I share photos of him, don't I? ha) That last photo really gets me though! That's totally a Toby face...

Today we're driving 12 hours to the Atlantic coast! We're spending a few days with our best friends in Wilmington and I'm so excited to get there! Mike and I haven't been to Wilmington since we got engaged in March 2012, so we're stoked on getting our Nikki's Sushi and Opera House fix. Crossing my fingers for perfect weather and smooth sailing. See ya on the other side!

You can see more of our film adventures over on the Him and Honey blog! xo

// Him and Honey - Nashville Film Portrait Photography

Happy Monday! We're gearing up for another productive week around here. We're barely a week out from our little road trip to see friends and we're trying to ready the blog, get the house in order, and plan out what we want to see on the road and while in Wilmington. We'll be armed with all of our film gear so if you're in/around Wilmington (or Chattanooga, Atlanta, Augusta, Columbia (SC), Charleston, Savannah (GA), Charlotte, or Asheville...) and you're looking for some snazzy portraits, get in touch! We'll be hopefully passing through each of these cities and we love a good excuse to hang out for a while! Also, if you've got suggestions on places to check out in any of these cities, send us all you know! We've been planning our trip via Roadtrippers and I'm already feeling like we need to make an extra trip to Georgia to check out all of the covered bridges! haha

We're offering both mini and full sessions on our trip, and we've love to share your faces on our blogs. We're hoping we can tack a few extra days onto the tail end of our trip to celebrate our one year wedding anniversary coming up (!!!). It's less than 4 weeks away now. That's insane! It feels like our wedding day was just last week. Speaking of weddings and all that good stuff, aren't Paul and Madison adorable?! We had the honor of shooting their engagement photos and we can't wait for their wedding plans to fall into place. They were so sweet and so awesome to hang out with for the day.

The perfect way to start a Monday... seeing two people totally in love. If you want to see more of our film photo work, check out our Him and Honey website and blog (just disregard the About page... it's on today's to do list)! We've got another session to share with y'all soon! Not to mention the four sessions from this past Saturday! I'm geeking out just thinking about how amazing the photos are going to be. Seriously, we get to photograph some seriously photogenic folks. Anyway, I hope your week is off to a great start! xo

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Mike and I were busy with Him and Honey photoshoots in November. We ran a little portrait special and we were tickled pink at all of the clients we got. Each one had a unique story and experience to share! We really love these intimate family/couple shoots. I wanted to take a quick minute to share a few of our recent favorites with y'all.

If you're interested in booking a shoot for you and your loved ones, please don't hesitate to give us a shout! We shoot locally here in Nashville but are available for travel. So grateful we get to do what we love every single day!

The Littlest Flynn

This kid. Man, I'm tellin' ya. He is something else. I'm in love with these photos that Mike captured during a "dad and little dude" day at the park when I was in San Francisco in June. We just got them back from the lab and I don't think they could be more perfect. I'm just a little jealous I wasn't there to take part in Las Paletas and jumping off stairs. He captured the moments so beautifully.

We've been ending each night with a park venture lately. Toby has made all kinds of new friends, and he's taken an interest in football, too. The other night we were at the playground watching him play with a new friend and then that sort of awkward thing happens: You see a stranger's child push your own kid down on the playground for the first time. We kept our calm and watched the situation to see if they were just playing (we think they were, it didn't seem malicious at first) but all of these thoughts came over me. We watched for another minute and saw Toby push the kid right back, and then we called him over to us on the bench. I quickly spoke up and said "Toby, we don't push other kids on the playground, ok? That's not very nice." He said "Yes ma'am" and went back to playing. I thought about it a lot over the next day or two and even brought it up to Mike last night while we were sitting at that park once more. I told him "I know I shouldn't say this, and it's probably all sorts of wrong to admit, but when I saw Toby push that kid back the other night, I was a little bit proud. Not that he'd resort to violence or being a bully, but because he stood up for himself. He didn't whine or cry to us about it. He just wouldn't be pushed around by a bigger kid." Mike said he thought the same thing, and before I told Toby not to resort to fighting he was going to tell him that if another kid ever did that to him, to do it back, but he figured my response was a little more mature.

I know, I should never condone or tolerate any kid being a bully (even my own) but really, part of me was proud that he wouldn't just take it lying down ya know? I guess we won't know for sure if they were playing or not (Toby thinks they were), but I guess a little rough-housin' is normal for boys. It just got my brain thinking about all of the experiences we'll have as he gets older. First day of school, first crush, first broken heart, first fight (I really hope not, but you know...), etc. 

Every time I look at these pictures I see a three year old going on sixteen. That's such a cliche, I know, but it's true. To see where he's at as opposed to where he was when he first moved in, it's incredible. Anytime he goes to his grandparents' for a visit and comes home a couple of days later I'm floored by how much I feel like he's grown. I guess those are the transformations you don't really notice much when they're right in front of you, but these pictures speak a thousand words.  This is a new chapter for us, and so far it's been really really fun.

If you'd like to see the rest of the photos from this outing, check them out on our Him + Honey blog!