Umm.. where did a year go? This was last year’s Xmas card shoot. I have this horrible wonderful idea to shoot our family Xmas card in Disney World this year. We’ll see how that goes…
Happy Friday!!
When I really started to get back into photography (after my twin hiatus) the Winklers were living in Shanghai and Hong Kong! We’d been chatting on Facebook at the time and had been planning this shoot way back when. Well they finally made their way back to the states and got settled into a beautiful home in my dream neighborhood and alas it was finally time to shoot. I LOVE LOVE LOVE that we did this whole shoot right in their little community, picture perfect and yet so meaningful. Now don’t get me wrong, shooting little tiny ones is always fun and their spontaneity makes it exciting but shooting older (I realize “older” is a relative term, but with my own kids being 4, 4 and 1.5, the Winkler kids felt all kinds of mature 😉 ) kids is so great. Especially these ones! And I can honestly say I have never had such real smiles and giggles come so naturally, it was amazing! Seriously, all I had to say was ‘everyone look at each other’ and they would all burst into laughter. Although pictures often tell a different story, family photos can often be stressful…but this shoot was anything but. Aubrey had the model poses down, Colin was full of energy and the biggest smiles and Quentin, I mean look at that face! I am so glad you guys are back because I’m going to look forward to this shoot every year. Thank you guys for an awesome afternoon and showing me around your beautiful neighborhood!
I have been lucky enough to have been shooting the Battaglia family for the last couple of years. Well, this year I had the pleasure of shooting not just their adorable fivesome (a shoot I so look forward to every Fall) but also Beth’s whole side of the family. Extended family shoots are always FUN and CRAZY and I was especially looking forward to this one. Well, the Meyer clan did not disappoint! So, let me just rattle off my Top Five tidbits from this shoot…
Good news is that the Barbeys are gracing my blog again! Bad news is that this officially wraps up a triple session package with one of my favorite families. First, beautiful Briana turned one! Then, beautiful mama was ready to pop so I was lucky enough to be asked back for a maternity session 🙂 And now, sweet, perfect baby Harper has arrived!! And when I say perfect, I am not exaggerating… When I walked in and saw that precious little face, my first words were, ‘OMG, how is she SO perfect!?’ At five days old most newborns are still looking a little ‘rough’ shall we say? You know, maybe a little asymmetrical, sporting a scratch here or there from those still unclipped nails, perhaps a few milia… But not Harper! She was born camera ready! Thank you Katrina and Mike for letting me back for the trifecta! And Mike, I promise I’ll stay away for awhile now 😉
Every time I shoot with this beautiful family I think to myself, ‘it can’t get any better than this.’ Then along comes our next shoot and it’s as if the seas part and boom, it’s AMAZING! We went back to Independence Grove for cutie Candence’s One Year pics. I still can’t believe it was just a little over a year ago that we hit up this same spot for Gina’s Maternity Photos (yep, those are the same TOMS from the maternity shoot that little Cadence is sportin’ now ;)). Well, once again we had the most beautiful day… but better yet, this time around we had Cadence there to add to the awesomeness. I hadn’t seen Cadence since we shot Cadence’s Newborn Photos last August. Let me tell you, she was wide eyed and bushy tailed back then and she still is now!! When she was just days old we were all ‘go to sleep baby girl!!’ but this time around her spunk and energy was AMAZING! I’m pretty sure I kept her going well into her usual nap time and she was a blast the whole time. Thank you Gina and Jory for coming back for more. I look so forward to every shoot with you guys!