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I LOVE seeing families return year after year, and always look forward to this sweet family. This was our fourth year in a row to get these girls in front of my camera, and they didn’t disappoint! The light was perfect, the weather was mild, and the clothes as gorgeous as always. This year we were able to shoot at their home (which, I believe, they started building the first year we worked together!), and it was stunning.
I have the best job EVER!
It sort of feels wrong to start a blog post with a black and white image. Don’t ask me why…color is my medium of choice (much to the chagrin of my son who is forever standing at my elbow and encouraging “Make it black and white! DO IT!”. If I had an editor, he would be it. WITH GREAT PLEASURE.).
And he would be pleased with the image I’m selecting to lead this sneak peek with. The rest? *SCREAMED* color…and fun, and happiness, and everything that a family session should be.
But the first…there’s just something about a family interacting and loving each other that deserves to be black and white. Love it.
If you haven’t yet, throw some leaves this Fall…All of you. It’s a wondrous thing.
I am behind at an EPIC LEVEL (the all caps makes me feel better about the drama I insert. F.Y.I.).
But seriously-this sweet family has waited forever for their sneak peek. And it’s so sad, because their session was EPIC GREATNESS. I mean, if you bring a dog to a session, it’s sort of a crap-shoot. Let’s be honest.
But you pair these kids with this dog and this light and this setting and *SWOON*, we have a fabulous session, all the way around.
Lainey, Cameron and Robert rocked. But Vincent gets the Golden Globe for being amazing patient and cooperative, and only racing to catch a squirrel once (or, twice…(*ahem* he paid me to be complimentary)).
Mr Beck is another of our fabulous, long-standing, annual Sugar kiddos that my camera just *loves* and can’t get enough of. This year he’s six (!!!), and as fun and engaging as they come.
We had a great afternoon, and somehow made it through our location without having to fight for space with a ton of other photographers (which, on a gorgeous saturday afternoon at this location is just plain lucky).
We did, however, work around a few brides and even a wedding, but stud-muffin and lover of having his photo taken that he is, we dashed around the tulle, tiptoed past the wedding, and had our best session yet!
Big brother Lee joined us this time, and watching these two together was just plain fun. Beck LOOOOVES him some snuggle time with Lee.
At the end, Beck turned the tables (and the camera) on me…I’m quite sure the photos he snapped of my wild-haired self aren’t blog worthy, but this one definitely is. XO, sweet Beck. Can’t wait to see you again!
Six years ago I met this family as I photographed their three month old daughter. They were, in a word, delightful. Funny, easy going, laid back, and enamored with their daughter and each other, they made my job *very* easy. A few years later they added a son, and we photographed his first year as well.
Suddenly, these kids are 6 and 4 (though I know, they look like their going on 16 and *at least* 7), but the love, the fun, the easy connection has never wavered.
Of course, it helps that they wheeled up to our session with a cooler of beer, offered me one, and basically said “Tell us what to wear and where to go”. LOVE THEM.
Sadly, I’m not a beer drinker, though I ‘m not sure drinking *during* a session would help their images stay in focus 
So I passed, but mentally put a check mark next to the ‘definitely attend their next party’ column, and off we went.
There’s something fabulous about combining one of my oldest (in duration, not age :O ) families with a brand, spankin’ new location. I got to stretch my creative brain a bit (so needed this time of year), and they trusted me enough to essentially bring their closet and let me go to town.
Win-win. All the way. And I couldn’t be happier:
(hear that sound? that’s her dad’s heart shattering into a million pieces. girlfriend is *so* 6-going-on-16)
(there’s a story here…we were walking to the spot I wanted to shoot at and I spied a dandelion. I snagged it, told the kids to make a wish, and took a step back. Ian wished that his grandfather “didn’t died-ed”, and blew with all of his might…
and sweet Ian, I’d give anything to make that wish come true. You are a rough and tumble little man, but have a heart as big as any I’ve met.
We ended our session by getting to play with the setting sun. I was a VERY happy photographer!
