It's all about what you talk about....

Although, I am technically taking pictures of your child during your session, the camera is truly secondary. I like to talk to the children I photograph and get to know them. They know lots of things and love to tell you about them. For example, I had heard that Aidan's Dad was a Bronco's fan. So I assumed Adian was too. He informed me that he was NOT! Naturally, I asked him who his favorite team was and he said the Oakland Raiders!!! I was so excited and told Aidan that we were Raiders fans too...and we are forever friends from now on and this was his reaction:

Cool thing about kids Aidian's age is that they can easily pose and do things that you tell them to do. He was a great sport and when I asked him how this hat made him feel he said very casually and quietly, "good".

Thanks Adain for doing such a good job. We loved having you over!

McKenna did a fantastic job when it was her turn too. She turned on the charm the minute she stepped into the studio! See!

McKenna, sitting so nice and looking so "pretty", right Amanda, I mean who doesn't love being told that!

Charming!

Then it was Stella's turn. And she is really busy and therefore The Boss. I just take her lead and we basically play! But I was able to come away with a winner like this one:

And her little grin captured in this one.

Sweet, sweet, sweet (yes, she really does require 3 sweets on this one) little brown eyed girl!

Weeee.....

Sort of proud of the next five images. I really don't know how I managed to get the series of shots in focus. Still fun though!

Lisa and Curtis brought along this old sled and it ended up being a fun prop to use in some of the photos. By the way Lisa I will include this little sledding series on your disc.

What a good lookin' bunch!

This next was one of my favorites of this session. Mainly because if I was the Mom of these three it would tug at my heart strings! So handsome!

Let's Go!

One more family to share. This group of six was ready to rock and roll right when I got there. They were the first family to head out into the snow with me. We worked quickly because it was cold, but so pretty. Once again I have to say the kids were so good! I love all of their outfits! And how on earth can these kids be any cuter! And a great big THANKS to Kari for being kind enough to let me borrow her snow boots the entire day because I didn't think to bring snow appropriate shoes...you saved me!

The fellas.

The girly, girls! Beautiful!

Darling group of kids!

Prepare yourself...

Be warned that I will be using words like adorable, well behaved and fun, in abundance over the next few posts. This is one of the families from the group session that I mentioned in the last post. I want to point out that it was approximately 22 degrees outside during out time together and the kids did fantastic! All of them were extremely well behaved and how could we not have fun exploring in the snow for good spots to take pictures.

You call this work...

As I drove away from this session, I was grinning because my time spent with this group of kids was a snap. Everyone was so helpful and didn't need much direction from me. Ethan even called himself a poser...I wish I could post all of the things he came up with!


We had to work quickly because we met around 3:30 and it is starting to get dark at 4:30 in Oregon. Brock didn't want to take his turn at first but he quickly changed his mind when I told him that his stuffed animal that he brought along with him was going to help me with the camera.



Amelia and I talked about the new movie Tangled. She said her Grandma took her to see it. I think she is a special little girl to get to go see that with her Grandma. As I opened these images I can't help but think Amelia looks a bit like the girl in Tangled. Don't you? Amelia was so helpful too. She wanted to hold my reflector for me and I asked her Mom if she could come with me on all my shoots.

Hayden, my forever blue eyed friend!!! We talked about her best friend in the world, Claire Bear. I know Claire too and knew the subject would bring a true smile!

Ruth was busy watching her brothers and Amelia came to the rescue and played peek-a-boo behind me to get Ruth to look. She sure is sweet. She even showed me how she can play pat-a-cake and wave!

Thanks again Amanda...I still think it was funny that as we walked back to the car we had 10 kids behind us! We Rock!

Thank goodness for nice weather...

I was so thrilled to know that the weather was going to cooperate with me today. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to meet up with this Party of Six...

This family is, well, my family. Steph and Byron are my Sister and Brother In-laws. In-laws aside, they are one funny couple. They are parents to...

Sir Tamar, who was not giving up the toothy grin for me right away. However, he did let this one slip in and I caught it. Although, he is 10, he was looking much more like a college student to me. Listen to your Auntie when I say, "Stop growing up, would ya'".



Lord Joshua, made me work extra hard to get a grin on record. He quickly flashed this grin at me and I think it is a handsome shot! Well done Josh!


Miss Ellie, wasn't shy at all with the sweet smiles and she even gave a giggle or two. I am really like this one of her. Blue is such a good color on her!


Lastly, Mr. Nolan, who has never, ever, turned away from Auntie's camera, was giving it up for me. Way to go young one.

Two young men and a little lady...

My friend Janica asked me to take some pictures of her family. I am so glad we got together. First of all, her daughter, Akaila, is just too cute and full of spunk! Near the end of our session I layed down in the grass on my tummy and guess what she did. Exactly what I did. See what I mean...what a good little girl!



She didn't hold back on sharing her smiles and personality with me and my camera. It is going to be hard for me to choose the best images because there are so many cute ones.


Her big brother is very smart young man and I might need him to come with me on some of my photo sessions to scout out good spots for pictures. He told me, as I was taking some pictures of his sister, that he found a cool spot. He was right this little hollow spot in this tree trunk ended up being my favorite too! Way to go Ryan.



And Braxton was willing to give me this very handsome pose. He looks so grown up to me. Janica I hope you like what you see so far and thanks for asking me to take these!

In case you are wondering...

it is images like these that make my heart go pitter pat. This is why I love photography. This is why I really enjoy taking pictures of children. Because I can freeze time. I was able to record how sweat Eden is at 6 months old. How well she can sit up like a big girl.

How cute she looks in her little yellow sun dress.

How I didn't take it personally at all when she did this:

How cute it was that she loved peek-a-boo and her Mom whispered to me "It never gets old".

How even at 6 months she understands the importance of accessorizing.

Oh, I should mention that she brought her 4 older sisters with her too. Princess Claire:

Miss Nellie:

Miss Brooke:

and Miss Sophie:

In case you were also wondering where these young ladies got all of their beauty...it is all her fault.

Thanks Allison for bring the girls out and making my camera look good!