Eden continued...

The more I get into these, the more I LOVE them! I am glad Eden's Mommy was good to go with processing these images with this softer look. I really love the way they are turning out and I had to share some more.

I love this one...so sweet with the little swoop of hair in the back that so badly wants to be a curl.

Look at her sitting so pretty and lady like.

Eden's One!

Eden turned one this week. Her Mommy, Allison, wanted to get some photos of her in her party dress and she even brought her a special cupcake to eat (I will post some of those soon) At one point during our session Eden's Mom mentioned that she was sort of going for a 50's vibe with Eden's outfit. When I started to sort and process a few of the photos for this blog post I felt like the pictures should have a softer look and sort of vintage feel. So I quickly sent a message to Allison to make sure she would like it and she LOVED it! That is one of things that makes custom photography so fun! We can work together to come up with images that are so personal and unique! Happy Birthday Eden....I sure do think you are one sweet little girl! Even if you made Mommy and me make all those silly noises and do all those silly tricks to get you to smile! Allison, always a joy to see you and it was nice to meet your Mom too!

I had to post this one again, bigger...Happy Birthday Eden!

The Hess Family...

This is Julie. She has been nominated for a very special award. Young Mother of the Year to be exact! In order to be prepared for a special luncheon that is coming up she needed an updated family picture and an individual portrait of herself. She contacted me and I was so glad to help. I think all Moms should have a nice portrait taken of themselves. Julie, you are so beautiful. It was so fun to hang out with your family and be a part of this process with you.

Julie and her husband Zan have 7 children. They are a funny family! Julie shared with me that she told all of the kids that they were to do whatever I wanted them to do! I should have asked someone to stand on their head just to see if they would obey Mom's orders.

We went to a location that is usually reserved for weddings and large functions. We had the entire place to ourselves and the weather was perfect. Julie, I am glad we decided on a morning session and not afternoon because it was really rainy on the way home.

Look closely, because I altered the sign above their head to read...The Hess Family Est. 1992 (the year Julie and Zan got married).

On to the Fantastic Seven!!!

These are for Goldie...

The next photos are the last from my session with the Burtons. Goldie needed some updated photos for her home of three of her kids. And because all of us are obedient and do what "Mom" says we headed out and Michele, Joe and Natalie took their turn smiling pretty for my camera. I was thrilled because I love to take portraits! What can I say it is my happy place!

I had fun talking to Michele. You see the Burton family and the Shinkle family (my husband's family) grew up together. So we had fun discussing which of the children from each family were close in age or went to school together. Michele had some funny stories to share about when she was a senior and my husband was a freshman(ish). It was good to meet you Michele and fun to talk to you. I think this first photo is one of my favorites of the entire session. So pretty! You are so photogenic with your red hair and killer baby blues!



This is Joe and he wins the award for traveling the farthest for this family gathering! He came from China to be there for his Dad's birthday. Does that make my little photography business international then?



When I was taking Miss Natalie's photos I told her she reminded me of Michele Pfeiffer a little bit...does anyone else see it! By the way Natalie, it was meant to be a compliment because I think Michele Phifer is super duper pretty.


This was just a silly shot that shows what a good sport Natalie was...she had this blue coat that just made her eyes pop and so we took this sassy snow bunny shot! Thanks for humoring the photographer.

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!

And the Award goes to...

I am continuing to work on the large family session that I mentioned before. As I said Goldie and Gary have 10 children. Camille is their oldest. As I arrived at the location that we were going to take the pictures Camille greeted me first. I knew right away she was the oldest. She was so organized and helped me get everyone where they needed to be when they needed to be there...I kept teasing her the she was the C.E.O. of the group!

I also decided as I was preparing these images that Camille and her husband, Ian, have the most fantastic smiles...therefore they are the Smile Winners of this session!

Camille and Ian your kids were so fun to work with. Camille, I thought it was so cute that your oldest wanted you near by to make him laugh and to make him smile! I also love that no one was afraid to breakout the "potty humor" either...what can I say that is the best way to get a genuine smile sometimes.

This young lady doesn't need much help to flash a beautiful smile....very quick to smile and happy!

And last but not least the youngest! I did a post about this young man and somehow it got deleted but it was super nice to meet him!

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.