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    10 Things about Me

    1. I am a mother of 4 children all under the age of 7 and LOVE IT!
    2. I am addicted to explanation marks and over use them for everything!!!!!!!!!!
    3. I am a native Floradian. I lived in Jacksonville and Pensacola.
    4. I will forever eat animals crackers and gummy bears.
    5. I am afraid of the dark and would sleep with a night light if my husband would let me.
    6. I have been married 8 years and counting!!!
    7. I lived in China for almost 3 months in my early 20s.
    8. I workout solely for the purpose of eating.
    9. I use to be a juvenile probation officer, so don't worry I can handle tough kids. :)
    10. I LOVE PHOTOGRAPHY because it can always bring back a memory of a special time in our lives. My family and kids are growing quickly and I just want to cherish those little moments forever!

    My name is Crystal Nix and I love my family and photography. I am a mother to four children under the age of 7 and LOVE IT! Also, a wife to Marine helicopter pilot; whom I like to think is pretty awesome! In my mind family and photography goes together. I have always been somewhat of a photographer. Since I was in middle school I was the one that always had the camera and took tons of pictures every where I went. I still do this today with my family. I just feel that this life moves so quickly and I have to capture it before the moment is gone forever.

    How did I get started in photography? Well like I said I've always loved it and my neighbor Tess (http://www.thereasagwinn.comi>) is a wonderful photographer helped get my on the right course. I asked her to give me some pointers and she did a great job, because believe me I spent tons of time reading technical books and didn't get what they were saying one bit. After her little crash course, off I went practicing and learning on my children and anything that wouldn't run away from me. Then of course I started begging my friends to let me photograph them and I found that I really enjoyed catching those precious moments on film for others.

    So here I am following my dream and capturing life as it passes by, so I like to think I am helping preserve a little bit of history for the people of my community.

Hannah turns 2

I have had the pleasure of watching Hannah grow since she was 9 months old. She is not only one of my cutest clients, but a neighbor too. She is just so full of life!! She is a very busy little girl and had me leaping, running, and panting throughout the session. It was all totally worth it!

 

 

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From Then until Now

I think one of the biggest compliments you can pay a photographer is becoming repeat client and secondly referring other clients to the photographer. I have been so amazlying blessed to photographer this family 3 times now. When I met them about 7 months ago they were in the early stages of pregnancy, the second time was for their maternity session, and lastly was the welcoming of their newborn girl Lilli. I love getting to know my clients and how they met. These two have known each other since they were 12 years old. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT! They are so cute together and you can tell that they truly love one another. I think back to when I was twelve and wonder if my husband knew me then that he would know all my dirt. Hummmm. The greatest thing was seeing their pictures of them as young teens and early adults together. They have truly been through it all together. I wish them the best of luck and hope to photograph little Lilli as she grow.

For the love of Newborns

I have been terrible at keep this blog up this past year and there is so much of my work not represented. I wanted to devote a whole blog to all the newborns I have had the pleasure of photographing this past year. It has only been a handful, but they are all just to beautiful to keep to myself.

Shepard 9 months

I felt so blessed to end the year with this session. What an amazing and beautiful family! The best part is I get to see little Shepard in March for his 1 year birthday. He was has the most adorable chubby cheeks and the most amazing blue eyes. Planning this session was tricky since Obama was in town and roads were being closed everywhere at random times of the day. I am so thankful we choose this location because it was just perfect for this little guys 9 month pictures. Keep your eyes peeled for the cutie next month.

Children of 2011

I decided to share my work from 2011 in categories. I decided to start off with kids since they are by far my most favorite to photograph. After looking through my work during 2011 it made a realize how much more I wanted to focus on children in 2012. If you are looking for a session just for just your kids I would love love love to photograph them in all their cuteness!