C.C. Miller Photography bio picture
  • Yep. I am a photographer. And I definitely never saw it coming when I decided to start a little blog about our family called "Miller Party of Five." Starting the blog made me finally pull out that long forgotten Nikon that my husband bought me for my first Mother's Day. I signed up for a photography class, and I fell in love. I practiced. I took hundreds of pictures of my kids. I posted them on my blog. Before long, people wanted me to take their pictures. So began C.C. Miller Photography.

    I am a natural light photographer who loves to have FUN capturing you being YOU. What does that mean? If you want to stand in front of the camera all posed while fake smiling for an hour straight...I am NOT the photographer for you. If you want to have FUN and be yourself and you want me to capture THAT, then count me in.

    Yep. I am a photographer, but the most important thing I am or ever will be is a wife and mother. I married my high school sweetheart. We are the epitome of " opposites attract." He is perfect for me in every way...even the ways that absolutely drive me crazy! When we were just kids, we dreamed about marrying each other and having a family. Now we are living that dream together. We are the Miller's, A Party of Five. How would I describe our life? "CRAZY, but nice." What will you find in our blog? A little bit about everything I love most: My Family. My Friends. Photography. Cooking. Planning and Throwing Parties. "Junking" (aka thrift store shopping with my girls). And of course...Some funny stories documenting this crazy little life of ours. Thanks for stopping by. I hope you see something you like. I hope you see something that makes you smile or even laugh. Most of all, I hope you see something that inspires you to pick up your camera and start capturing your life's moments.

I HAVE THE HOTS FOR….

My photography assistant.  Now before you jump to conclusions, he just so happens to be my husband.  That’s right.  Michael shot a wedding with me this past weekend and I just finished editing his pics.  WOW!  I am so proud of him and can I just say that we had so much fun together!  Here’s one of his shots.  I’m not done editing the wedding so I can’t post any of the actual bride and groom but this is one of the church that he snapped.  I thought it was pretty cool! 

 P.S. – If anyone knows someone who is getting married at some type of tropical location (i.e. Hawaii, Mexico, etc…) and they need wedding photographers,  feel free to give them our names!  No, I’m not joking.  In fact, I think some type of free session should be involved to whoever refers said people to us.  Vacation with the hubby while shooting a wedding?  Ummm, yes please!!!

Elane

Glad I could be a part of making this all happen:)
You two are the best team EVER!

my nephew is cute

Seriously?!?!  I could just eat him up.  He is so darn cute.  My sister-in-law came over for my nephew’s 3 month shoot and I could hardly stand it he is so cute.  He is at that ridiculously chunky, ridiculously cute age.  It’s going to be awhile before I can finish editing his session because I am currently in “wedding editing” mode from my wedding this weekend.  So G – here is one to hold you (and me) over until I can finish the editing.  When are you coming back over?  I Miss Mr. Chunkiness already. Oh, and on a side note – I am totally loving my new photography room.  This picture was taken there and I have two more baby sessions scheduled this week that will also be in my new room.  Love how the natural floors and white wainscoating is photographing!  What do you guys think??? 

Elane

What a CUTIE!!

Gina

Thank you Aunt CC!!! I love this pic and can’t wait to see the rest. But please don’t be in a rush to get them done—I know you are SO busy!

Ice Wars.

One thing I have learned is that no matter how many times we build a house, we will ALWAYS make mistakes.  The trick is learning to look on the bright side and focus on all the things you got RIGHT, not all the things you got WRONG.  So…I will be choosing NOT to focus on the not-so-smart decision to put an ice maker in our kitchen.  An icemaker, that is, that has no lock and is completely accessible to all children…including the one year old. 

And here is what he does when you tell him “No more ice Coco.”  Fun times in the Miller household.  This goes on ALL day people.  ALL DAY LONG.

And I do have other children.  I just realized that I haven’t posted any pics of them in forever.  I will try to fix that soon.

Oh Coco, I love you and your fluffy 80′s bangs. No one else could pull it off ;) !
Cori

He is so adorable! That cracks me up because Eddie and I have often discussed our one must when we build one day is an ice maker in the kitchen. However, I never thought about the kids getting into it either!

Stacee

How can you say no to that sweet face! He is adorable!

Saying “no” to a one year old that really wants something is exhausting. Good luck with the ice maker. And he is VERY cute!

Oh that’s funny. At least he’s stinkin cute. Look at those curls!!!

PHOTOGRAPHY UPDATES…(& Subscribing)

I have been getting lots of emails about Fall family picture sign-ups.  In case you missed this post back in May, I quit booking appointments for new clients throughout the summer so I could focus on building a house, moving, and being a mom while building a house WITHOUT losing my mind.   As you’ve probably already read, we just moved into our new house and I am continuing to take the month of August off so I can get settled and get everyone started back to school.  (You can guarantee there will be future lunatic rants  blog posts about this subject in the near future.  I am not handling the fact that my baby boy will be starting ALL DAY KINDERGARTEN in three weeks).   But, back to the subject at hand….

FALL FAMILY PICTURES – Yes, I will be posting sign-ups for Fall Family pictures.  I am not exactly sure when or what they will look like.  I am thinking through lots of ideas and Michael (the hubs) and I are going to spend some serious time talking about my business and thinking things through while I am “off” in August.  At some point, I will post on the blog with information about what we have decided and dates that I will be available to take pictures.  I have been saving email addresses of people who have contacted me about taking pictures but the BEST WAY to ensure that you will know when I post about picture sign-ups, is to SUBSCRIBE TO MY BLOG.    Check out the far right portion of my menu options where it says “enter email.”  Simply enter your email then hit “Subscribe.”  Anytime I update my blog, you will get an email.  So…if you definitely want to sign up for pictures and are afraid you will miss my post, just subscribe!

We’re In & Baby Blues

WE’RE IN!!  The movers didn’t arrive til 4 pm on Saturday night but we somehow managed to get everything in by midnight.  We are still unpacking and I am getting ALOT of help from this little guy….I pack he unpacks.  I unpack, he repacks.  I can’t get mad at him though.  Just look at that little face.

 Oh yes, and these pictures were taken while I was attempting to unpack my new “office.”  We totally designed this room for photography – huge windows to let natural light in, natural wood floors, and big white wainscoating!  Should make for some cute pictures!  Can’t wait!

OK so seeing these pictures of my little man made me think about how many times I get asked, “IS THAT YOUR BABY???  WHERE DID HE GET THAT BLONDE HAIR AND BLUE EYES?”  Well, here is where he got that blonde hair….This is a picture of his daddy when he was about his age, maybe a little older.

And here’s a picture of his daddy that I snapped a few weeks ago.  I think you see where he gets his baby blues from as well….

 OK I have stalled long enough.  Back to unpacking.  On today’s agenda….the upstairs.  Wish me luck!

Elane

Two VERY handsome guys!!

Kara

What a beautiful baby boy!!!! I Just want to kiss him. ;)
Good luck with the unpacking……………….can’t wait to see your new house.