New Website & Blog

Here is the link to my new website and blog:
www.kristishanksphotography.com

New Blog

The time has come to move to a bigger and better blog and website for my photography pictures. I have been working on my new website and blog over the last month and am almost ready to go live. As many of you have probably noticed I haven't posted to this blog for some time due to building the new one. You can link to my new blog very soon. I will paste the link on this blog when it's ready.

Sully- 18 Months!

This little guy never ceases to amaze me. He has been though so much is his young life, (you can read about him at: www.newsfromthenagels.blogspot.com yet he continues to smile and brighten everyone day that meets him. Though this session was mostly about Sully we did manage to get a few pictures of big brother and mom & dad. The candy was a great prop and kept the boys entertained so some time. Hope you enjoy- Kristi

Heinz Boys

These boys are so adorable! I love photographing families from my church. I feel a great connection to them and since the kids know me their photo-shoots usually go very well. I loved their hair and facial expressions and I found out that tickling their feet was the trick to the laughing smiles. They were so good and I believe both got to get ice cream afterwards. They are expecting a little sister from China in the next month or two so say some prayers that everything will fall into place soon so they can finally hug her! God Bless- Kristi

Froke Maternity Session- Sioux Falls, SD

I truly enjoy taking pictures. Going into each photo shoot be it a wedding, a newborn, a senior, a family or a maternity session I really try to capture the true person. I love using props that they bring from their homes as it is something they can go back to later in life and say, "you used to fit in that basket...," or "You loved listening to the music from this giraffe when you were in my tummy..." There are so many touches one can add to a photograph which can make them turn into memories. I hope that I create wonderful memories for all my clients. Jessica & Travis are expecting a little boy in March, already named Charlie. I am praying for a healthy baby for you both! I hope he enjoys the memories we made with him in your tummy. The Belly Book you brought is so wonderful I think all new mom's should have one (The Land of Knod.com). Charlie is going to be so lucky to have you for parents! God Bless- Kristi

Happy Birthday Allegra!

Wow, one already! Where did this last year go. I went back and looked at her newborn pictures and what a change! She is now a little toddler walking around, she still seems awful little to be walking to me. I have enjoyed getting to know her and your family over this last year. I hope you love the pictures, though she wasn't very smily, we still got lots of precious shots. I hope to see you all again in the future, may do some alley shots downtown of her this summer. God Bless- Kristi

Newborn- Alayna

Wow, I've had a lot of newborns in the last few weeks but since they are probably one of my favorite sessions to do I enjoyed every minutes of them. Each is so different and unique it makes every session interesting. Little Alayna here is destined to become huge Iowa Hawkeye fan if her parents have their way. They are brain-washing her early! Alayna was so precious and adjusted great to all the crazy positions and props I put her in. We even got a few pictures with a smirk on her face. I didn't think newborns could smile yet, but Alayna might just have proven that wrong! Hope you all enjoy. Keep sending all the newborns you know to me, I absolutely LOVE photographing them. Blessings- Kristi