Bow wow WOW! A few more furry friends.

Had to share a few more furry friends! I've come to realize that taking pictures of dogs is very similar to taking pictures of toddlers. Lots of work!

Woof! Woof! Our best friends.

Because our furry friends need some love, and portraits, too!

Three year old boys are CRAZY!

This little guy took a little while to warm up to being a model, but once he did... well look out! He went all out. There was a bit of a tumble while racing with his sister, which ended in tears. We thought pictures might be done, but lucky for us our little model pulled through and did way better than we all anticipated. He danced, he rode the tricycle, he played ball, threw rocks. Success! 

Another thing I love capturing are the small details of the moment. Years after the images have been taken you always have a ton of pictures of a child looking straight on and smiling. You tend to forget the short little legs, the chubby hands, the dimple of the elbows (my favorite). I love capturing those little things, no less important, often overlooked. 

Fun Family Session!

This session was a two part session, half family and half little boy. The girls had their turn at being models last fall, so now it was baby brother's chance to turn on the charm.

Taking pictures can be daunting with children, especially if you are stuck with a very short window of time to get those "precious" moments. I remember taking my then 2 year old to Sears to have his picture taken with his cousins. We got the last time slot of the day and managed to rush the boys there. Insert toddler meltdown, and a picture taker that was ready to go home and not willing to wait out the toddler mania. So we ended up having to leave without any pictures taken. Our 15 minutes were up and they were closing. Boo. 

In retrospect I wonder, why didn't we hire a real photographer? Someone who can wait out the hesitancy, who runs around and acts like a maniac in order to get the kids loosened up and smiling REAL smiles? Ah well! Luckily we were able to get some really great smiles from these guys and me acting like a crazy person was at a minimum (or so it felt to me, I'm sure Mom and Dad didn't think so).

Family sessions typically take the entire hour, and sometimes a wee bit more. Kids need time to warm up to the idea of having a person follow them around with a huge camera in their face. 

Some of my favorite images are the candid moments of parents interacting with their kids, or the kids interacting with each other (or just being themselves).  

Next post, our little model boy. 

Summer is crazy!

I am still alive and even though I vowed to blog more I got swept away in the craziness that is summer. Kids out of school, and the nice weather... well.. what can one do? 

It was also a necessity to buy a new computer, one that would work a bit faster than a snails pace when editing. So I have mostly gotten everything transferred over and am back, shortly. 

I will be away from the "office" from July 18-Aug 9. If you are interested in a session please email me and I will get back to you as soon as I am back to business. 

THANKS!

B&A day.

Before and after of a quick sunset shoot. 

I did love the pink sunset, but it wasn't going so well with the cooler hipster theme that I wanted for the images. 

Scaredy Cat: Stylized Portrait