Jessica has the best bone structure and the best wedding dress body ever. Plus the fact that she’s so very comfortable in front of the camera and TONS of fun to be with.

From the day since her wedding, which I was able to attend as a guest and not a photographer, Jess has been eager to shoot this session. The location we chose is actually a local crane company’s yard. They’ve been gracious enough to let me shoot there a couple times. So without further ado, the awesomeness that is Jessica! Sorry for the image heavy post, I had so much amazingness to work with!

Here in good ol’ Louisville (read: Looahvul) there’s a pretty active forum for local photographers of all levels to get to share and learn and all that.

Recently, they started a Portrait Project, where anyone can sign up and we’re randomly paired with a partner, and then you take each others portraits. I’ve participated in the first two so far, and it really has been a blast.

My first partner was Mikki, she started off by saying, “I hate having my picture taken”. Great, no pressure. We ended up meeting some of my fellow photog friends and having a blast.

LPC Partner Project Round 1

I chose this shot because her hair in her face was very representative of her feelings toward the whole portrait thing.

With round 2, I found myself paired with Miss Alice. We started emailing about setting a time to meet and shoot, and one of the first things she tells me via email is, “I don’t like having my picture taken” Anyone noticing a theme here!

LPC Portriat Project 2

She told me it wasn’t near as painful as she thought.

Sign ups for round 3 started today, so be sure to check back!

I took these shots for Mrs. A all the way back in January, and since they were a Valentine’s Present for her (lucky) husband, I’ve had to wait so long to post them.

She was a natural in front of the camera and we had a blast!

Since it’s February, and I’m in a lovey-dovey, happy mood, (hello, Valentine’s Day and we’re thiiiis much closer to warm weather!) I’m offering a 20% discount on all portrait sessions.* Engagement, Family, Boudoir, Maternity whatever!

Your session doesn’t have to be in February, you just have to book it this month (sign the contract, place the deposit)

To book your session, you can contact me by leaving a comment or send me an email to Courtney (at) CourtneyParisPhotography(d

Without a doubt, my favorite subjects to photograph are my two, adorable children.

A few weeks ago we had a beautifully warm day so we played in the back yard and cooked hot dogs over the fire. Ms. Bug has always been an eager player and subject for me, and honestly who can resist snapping pictures of this cuteness?

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My neighbor has the most amazing house and decorations I’ve ever seen. Seriously, it’s beautiful and stunning and well, I can’t explain how amazing it is so I’m just going to let you look at pictures.

A dear friend of mine and her husband recently adopted 2 baby boys. They’ve actually had them since a few days after birth, but the adoption just recently became official.

Since she moved to Texas several years ago, it’s been a while since we’ve seen each other, and when she came home for Christmas this year, I was elated to take pictures for her.

Silas is one of the smartest and most polite little kids I’ve met. He’s also very musically talented.

For Christmas cards this year, Silas’s mom wanted shots of him with his current love, his guitar.
Seriously, how cute is this kid?

My friend Scotty with Think Photographics is participating in Can for Comments this holiday season, he brought it to my attention and think it’s a great idea.

During this crazy economy the local charities, shelters and closets are going to be hit even harder, and I am so blessed to have a job that provides for my family and enables me to continue to give back.

So here it goes, between now and December 14 for every comment that is left on the blog, I’ll donate one can of food.

Book a portrait session with me and mention this opportunity and I’ll donate and extra $10.00.

Visit here over the weekend to get a complete list of other participating photographers!