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Hi everyone!

These are my favorite photos of 2011! Please click the movie above to view in a larger screen. For best photo quality please view in medium zoom not full screen. 2011 has been another great year for Samantha H. and we are excited for all that 2012 will bring. Samantha H’s 3rd year…here we come! I am not always available when people need me since I live across the country but I am so happy for the photos I was able to take this year! I am excited for our Minnesota Summer 2012 trip after we have baby #2! Please email for more information if you are interested in a session. I look forward to seeing all of you and for the eventful year ahead.

Enjoy your weekend! Samantha

Sidenote: Happy 18 months (1.5 years old!) to our sweet son, Dean!

“Home is wherever I’m with you…”  -Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

This Arizona move has been a big change for our little family! Also, it was quite the road trip getting out here with a 1 year old and 2 dogs! We made it though and are getting all settled in. I don’t know quite what the next 8 months holds for Samantha H. Photography. What I do know is that I am appreciating the slower place and I welcome this break to recharge. Of course I am still going to continue offering my photo services down here (& Minneapolis next Summer) but I am going to take full advantage of this down time.

I want to spend more time on personal photos as we explore this new area on little weekend trips. We have a lot of traveling to accomplish before we move out of here and we need to spend as much family time as possible because with the Army you never know what’s coming next! So if you need me I’ll be down in Arizona…enjoying this amazing view! I do miss all of you in Fayetteville (and of course Minneapolis—I’ll see you again!) and thank you for helping this little business grow. Keep in touch!

Stay tuned for some NC —> AZ road trip photos!

If you haven’t already you need to go to iTunes and purchase this catchy tune. Or you need to listen on their myspace page…the theme of our Southwest road trip and I guess the Army experience in general. Enjoy! http://www.myspace.com/edwardsharpe

Hello and happy Tuesday!

I arrived over to their house right after dinner time and first we hung out by the pool taking casual photos. I was happy for this time to get to know all 8 of them plus, Jackson, their Doberman Pinscher. I loved the relaxed beginning to our session and then they changed into their photo outfits. They each picked something comfortable to wear and I LOVED all the bright colors they chose. Everything just worked together and the lighting was just bright & perfect! I have become accustom to chasing my 1 year old son around for photos and this was truly a breath of fresh air. They were such a cooperative group and I hope they enjoy these photos as much as I do. This was a unique session that will stand out in my mind for years to come.

Enjoy the photos and your Tuesday,

Samantha

I have taken their photos for two years now, this was our 4th & final (before our Arizona move) session. We went to the Cape Fear Botanical Garden in Fayetteville and we had such a fun time exploring around the garden. They had renovated the garden since I had last been and it was just gorgeous. Please click the links below to see past family photos and homecoming photos. This photo session marks another deployment and I am so glad I was able to capture these photos for them.

First session in August 2009

Homecoming 1

Final homecoming

Thank you so much for trusting me to photograph such important moments in your family life.

Enjoy, Samantha

Hi everyone!

Samantha H. Photography is moving to southern Arizona in a month! In celebration of our upcoming move, Dean (our son) needed a pair of cowboy boots before we left for the Southwest! I thought you would enjoy these photos of Dean and the update on the Arizona move. I will still be coming home to Minneapolis for photo trips and wedding photography as always.

Enjoy, Samantha

the little chubby legs inside the cowboy boots are SO adorable! I just can’t get enough of these photos-there were a lot more to choose from these are just my favorites!

they love their momma.

Meet 11 day old baby boy, Rhys (pronounced Reese). What a beautiful family and a gorgeous little baby. Happy weekend to you all!

Enjoy, Samantha

Here is a good story for you! I met this lovely lady on a connection flight back from Atlanta to Fayetteville. We happened to sit by each other and start chatting while Dean (then 9 months old) was all over the place! I found out that Tiffany was also from good ol’ Minnesota (what a small world) and her soldier who was also from Minnesota and stationed in Fort Bragg like my husband, had just asked her to marry him!! I told Tiffany I was a photographer and we exchanged information.

Then about 5 months later I find myself driving down with the family to Myrtle Beach, SC to take engagement photos for them. She is now living and working as a nurse down here. So as I complete my how small the world is speech, please enjoy this photos of a couple so in love! One more thing I am SO excited to take their wedding photos in 2012 back in the Minnesota homeland. Happy Monday! More previews to come soon.

Enjoy, Samantha

Can’t wait for your 2012 wedding!

Last year I photographed their pre-deployment ceremony and now a year later they are home from Afghanistan! I am so happy for all the reunited families, please take a minute to enjoy some of my favorite moments of the homecoming below. Click the link to see last year’s pre-deployment ceremony.

I know I haven’t posted in a little while. July has just flown by (as Summer always does) and I have been meaning to post photos for awhile now.

As I was leaving there was a family walking towards the parking lot. I just loved how they were walking all together with his Army gear in tow. They are all back together and their going HOME as a family. Just makes my heart melt!

Hope you enjoyed the photos,

Samantha

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