Families
These are some of my very favorite people. This little girl sports the name Drew and I have had picked out in case we had a girl (4 boys later I can safely say she will not have to share, lol!) and she and her parents have been behind my camera for several years now. I love the sense of spontaneity they bring to each session. Also, Jes is the bomb for outfits and can style her fam like a pro!
These beautiful people are some of my favorites. Forget “having a sense of fun”, these peeps have an expectation of it! The girls, though still young, are everything you’d hope to see in the next generation; they’re fearless, adventurous and not afraid to disagree and stick to their opinions. They also made me completely melt into mush when the youngest asked me to pick her up and the oldest took my hand to show me a shell in the stream. *heart eyes*
Head inside! I know, I know…how can I say that? But really. Fall this year has been as reluctant as my 5 year old eating his vegetables. Normally October is full of outdoor shoots and we sometimes get rained on and really dramatic cloudy skies or beautiful sun rays peeking from around technicolor foliage and I’m thrilled and my client families think I’m genius (well, sort of. Ok, not at all, but still). And everybody’s happy. Until there’s no technicolor anything…cue small panic.
Then Deanne asks if we could do her family photos at her home. Eureka! Of course!! Her home is decorated for fall. More importantly I found something amazing. When you have a family in their own space they’re more relaxed and more likely to move, speak and act naturally. Below are some of my favs and thank you for the reminder!
Fewer things make my heart go pitter patter like seeing an older brother take care of his spirited, independent sister. We were making sure to get a few of just Justin and Deanne and when we turned around big brother had helped his sister to the top of a huge boulder! Keeping up with them and out of the puddles was no joke, but they had me laughing and admiring their parents for raising such happy, adventurous kidlets!
After a week of rain and more in the forecast we weren’t sure this shoot was going to happen, but we decided to go for it and had this beautiful, glowy light that just lit up everyone’s faces. Take a look below, it couldn’t have been better!
When my dear friend and fellow photog, Corinne, asked if I could do this year's family portraits and her youngest's one year photos I was super excited. Here's why: her kids are like little models. For real check it out below. And happy first birthday, E!
There's a time during the summer months just before sunset when the light gets all glowy and soft that I LOVE...like love love love for portraits. It looks like the gushy, warm feeling of falling in love and is my favorite for families. Check out my friends Katie and MJ with baby J. They are gorgeous and funny and I love the way baby J is looking at his mama. All the heart eye emojis!
It was a balmy 93 degrees and HUMID, but these guys were the best sports and even baby J hung in there for an hour so we could capture his cuteness and this young family's love for each other. I'm so glad they have these portraits to remember this time when J is small and so squish-able.
