Holiday card portraits: An Iris in the garden

This time of year, you'll find me stationed by the front window in the late afternoon, waiting for the mailman to deliver the last of the holiday cards. So you can imagine how happy I was to open an envelope and find a portrait I took transformed into a gorgeous card. Thank you, Swan family!

Here are a few more of my favorite images from a fall session at the Duke Gardens with little Iris (who chose her own outfit—what fashion sense!). Today seems like a fitting day to post her portraits, being her dad's birthday and all. Happy birthday, Christo!

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