exploring a small town.

a little time of exploration in downtown wheaton....

kicking off the summer with the wheaton carnival.

fountain.

summer has hit! after a long end to winter and not a very long springtime, summer has finally arrived here in wheaton, il. these are just a few photos of the fountain in adams park.

enjoy!

n

new advertisements!

micah.

my nephews are two of the most important people in my life. these are some photos of my oldest nephew micah. he has the funniest personality and is one little sneaky kid! i always enjoy phone calls from my sister telling me stories of what micah's newest discoveries of the day are.

kitty & june

kitty and june are the craziest pets i've ever had in my entire life. i know that may seem dramatic, but ever since june (our airedale) has been around, our house has been insane.

kitty is our seventh month old kitten. she is a "rescue" cat. my best friend, janell, found her on her doorstep one night and to make a long story short, she came to live with me in miami before i got married. nathan (my husband) and i drove her up with us on our big move to chicago.

june is our eight week old airedale. she is a handful. it is hard to believe that we picked her out because she was the calmest dog in the crate... she's made my life in particular very busy, but like all dogs... you just gotta love them.

i decided to post some photos of them, as i'm sure this blog will follow them as they grow and i have more stories about their crazy antics.

-n-

new town new thoughts.

on march 8th my life changed in a huge way- i got married to my best friend and soon after moved to a new city. life has been insane since then as i adjust to a new life, a new role as a wife and try to figure out just what God has for me next in my story.

as many of you know i obviously have a very big passion for photography. i tend to underestimate myself a great deal and it is because of constant encouragement from my friends, family and especially my husband, i've decided to pursue a new career. natalie patterson photography is the culmination of many dreams and many years of hard work and study.

apart from photographing weddings, family and other celebrations it is also about my study of the craft of photography and how i believe it translates into helping us understand different elements of our environment.

i have many exciting photo opportunities coming up this summer... a shoot with the fabulous jill devries and a few weddings including the wedding of a close friend kathy miersma :). i also have a vacation coming up to northern michigan to visit my family and a chance to do some exploring in mackinac island--- all of these adventures with my camera in my hand, not bad.

peace.

natalie

dante de la fe.

these are very special photos to me. katie has been a friend now for the past ten years. she is one of my sisters best friends. katie and my sister both called one another on the same day to tell each other that they were pregnant.... low and behold on january 24, 2009 they both had baby boys.

here are some photos of dante.... and a surprise guest at the end.

-n-

what a beautiful & proud mommy.

peek-a-boo

bigggg stretch.

dante and his new friend... birthday buddies.