First Communion beauty

We've been trying for a date for months to record sweet R in her First Communion gown, but the weather just wouldn't cooperate with us. Her mother made this beautiful dress and wanted something just a little different than the typical First Communion photographs. I hope we accomplished that here.
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R had so many of her own ideas...so many fun poses that she wanted to try. Here's one for you, R!



They treated us to dishes of gelato after the session, I tried a bite of Avocado (yum!) but ate Rose gelato, which tastes exactly like roses smell....crazy! We had such a great time, thanks to you both!

Goldrush and jumping!

Meet Goldrush. He was our faithful companion on one of my shoots from the weekend. He was quiet and posed just as we placed him...and preferred to look at the water rather than jumping in. Hmmmm, easier to photograph! :)
M and L, two others on the shoot, ;) and they loved to leap! Some really impressive height in the jumps from these two!
What a gorgeous family I had the luck to photograph! Sweet, fun and just a photographer's dream. The kids were so well-behaved that it may have been one of my quickest sessions yet!

The weather was perfect, and the garden was gorgeous! We had to tiptoe a bit around a wedding being held there at the same time, lucky bride chose a perfect day!

Look at these two cuties together....I love it!

And M loved to pose for me, we had a lot of fun keeping expressions real and flipping around for a quick shot. More of an outtake here, but I loved the movement.


Thanks so much guys, that was such fun!

More out-of-towners :)

I had the privilege to meet the second grouping of family members to visit my client today. So romantic and loving, and little H was gorgeous, a great poser for me.

Too cheesy for you, T? ;)

What a lovely girl. Sigh.
I'm such a sucker for the somber pictures....I know so many love the big smiles, but these are my favorites!
H and her buddy.


I love the joy of family interaction like this!

The same gorgeous location by the creek as shown below. Beautiful!



Thanks for spending part of your vacation with me, guys! It was great.

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My own babies

It seems like I never have the time to run after my own kids with the camera any more, I'm always shooting other people's kids. :) But I've made strides to capture them more often, they're what made me fall in love with photography in the first place. I wanted to get better shots of them, I wanted to really capture them and who they are.

So, while I owe them each their own photo sessions, I had to get this shot quickly. They cooperated....mostly! :)

Out-of-towners

A lovely couple will be hosting a couple different family visits and they commissioned me to get some shots of them while they were in state. This week it was their son and his family and I'll be shooting the next group over the weekend. This one was fun, I'm so excited to do the next one!

The property that we shot at was just extraordinary....here is a moment I captured as I followed the family down to the river.
Can you believe that this beauty is literally in their back yard? Amazing.
Sweet J was so great for us during the shoot and just look at those fantastic eyes!!!

What did I tell you.....gorgeous, right?
Little brother C, such a sweetie. I had to include this shot, it cracks me up. He was all smiles for his mom (and who can blame him?), but as soon as he turned toward the camera, this is the look I got. Love it.....vulnerable and real.
Back with mom....he's a happy guy!
And a fun one, working with textures for more of an antique look.
Thanks for the day, guys! Hope the rest of your vacation went really well.