• children & families,  pets

    the nevi family

    Probably fitting that the last family on my blog for 2013 is my bestie. So glad I was able to take pictures for them this year as a way to thank Jen and family for everything she does for me. Wouldn’t be able to get thru life (and especially busy season) without her.

    You can see some of their previous sessions here, here and here.

    Daddy is a walking jungle gym.
    Timmy’s BFF Jack. He always has the best faces for our sessions. 

  • babies,  children & families

    the owen family

    Another favorite and long, long time bsquared family (who happens to be related to the family in yesterday’s post) for their annual bsquared photos. It was a bit challenging with the littler two, but thankfully some nice lady with a big dog walked by and got their attention and laughs, and she hung out behind me for a few minutes to keep their attention. Hey, ya gotta use whatever means necessary!! You can see some of their past sessions here, here, here, here and here.

  • children & families

    the lerh family

    My zillionth time photographing this awesome family of four- always love seeing them and having a great time on our shoots. They braved a chilly day for some pictures of their gorgeous girls. You can see some of their past sessions here, herehere, here and here. (told you it was my zillionth time!)

    And told ya they were gorgeous girls. 

    Favorite picture of dad. He looks so happy!!

  • baseball,  children & families,  personal

    “the making of” the beyrer family christmas card 2013

    Since I’m blogging from vacation, I realized I don’t have the actual card or file with me but I do have all the pictures we used on the card plus a few more.

    Last year we were supposed to do our christmas card shoot at Ducks Stadium, but Sandy hit and that was cancelled (along with everything else in life)so this year I “upgraded” to Citifield. You all know how much my family (other than me, of course) loves baseball, so I figured a baseball themed shoot & card was the way to go.

    Booking a shoot at Citifield was quite expensive (but I figured I wasn’t paying for the photographer so it kinda evened out) and there was a completely RIDICULOUS number of rules as to where you could and couldn’t go. Mostly where you couldn’t go. We had what was basically a babysitter with us the whole time, to make sure we didn’t walk on a single blade of grass. Cmon. The season was so over by the time we did the shoot and its not like we were wearing cleats or like I was using a tripod. Couldn’t even go out to the pitchers mound. Seemed kinda like a ripoff to me.

    Grandpa Jack’s brick. We were allowed in the dugout. Both home and visitors. But you couldn’t sit or stand on top of the dugout because it might ruin the sticker on the top. Really? This is an outdoor stadium with rain and snow that falls on the dugout, right? You could get close to the grass but not ON the grass. Silly. I know the boys are a little orange in this picture but the sun was reflecting off the warning track dirt and I couldn’t get rid of the whole color cast. We were hoping for a David Wright or Matt Harvey sighting but no such luck. We did meet Alex the announcer though. He does all the inside the park announcements. He was very nice.The press room was pretty cool.And the Jackie Robinson Rotunda. Thats pretty much it. So all in all, while cool it was definitely a little disappointing especially considering the price tag to shoot there. I would be much more understanding of the rules if it was during the season, but they would have had 6 months to remove our footprints from the grass.

  • bar/bat mitzvahs

    emma’s bat mitzvah

    My last event shoot for 2013, and it was a super fun one! I was lucky enough to photograph Emma’s big sister’s bat mitzvah a few years back and was thrilled to be asked again. A candy theme for Miss Emma (maybe cause she’s so sweet?) with lots of family and friends to help celebrate and show their love!

    When a dress is made for twirling, you must twirl.