Here they are, the models. No, really. They are. These girls are my boys very good friends from the beach since they were about 2 years old. They have been on the blog before, over the summer, but just snapshots from the beach. But here is the real deal photoshoot. I was so happy their mom, who is my good friend, asked me to do their Christmas pictures this year. They are models in real life so they are awesome to shoot- they follow every direction to a T. And could they be any more beautiful? I had a blast, I couldn’t stop taking pictures!They even got to meet Santa as a bonus. And then they came back to our house, played the Wii with the boys (they were all so glad about that) while their mom and I built the card. Can’t wait to show you that one!

There are just some children/babies/families that are SO super easy to photograph. Well, this was one of them. Not only is this family incapable of taking a bad picture, their little boy is just super cute and so happy. It was such a breeze! The hardest part was picking out which pictures to use as keepers cause they were all so good.

And the funniest part of this shoot…another 6 degrees of separation thing. They were referred to me by the Wal family who was originally referred to me by a woman who takes my scrapbook class. So this is like a 3rd generation referral. With me so far? Well, it turns out that the dad/husband of this Wsl family, his sister bought my parents house earlier this year. And he and his dad are in construction and are doing all the work on the house. Pretty funny, huh?   Can’t you just hear "It’s A Small world afterall" playing in the background?

My last one from Sunday. Sorry for the delay. Been innudated with card creations for clients and just life around here. Now I am all caught up- not that that status is going to last very long at all.

This was one BUSY shoot. These boys are real, real boys. Yelling, screaming, running, moving, GOING! It was definitely challenging getting any shots that were more than a big blur. They are both super sweet though. The older one was so excited to show me his basement playroom and all his stuff. After keeping them inside for a bit of the shoot, they lucked out and got to go out and play in the snow for a little while. I was freezing, but poor mom had on cute little leopard print flats with no socks. I don’t know how much longer they stayed outside after I left…probably not too long, especially with mom’s footwear!

I know that the picture below of the little one looking up into the camera is blurry (what a surprise, right?) but I couldn’t resist that face bigger than the whole world!

Another branch of the infamous Sil family (another family that I seem to be turning into their own personal paparazzi- between parties, photoshoots, and christmas sessions, I am seeing these folks a lot). Which is all good, because they couldn’t be any nicer. How did I end up so lucky to get so many nice clients??

Anyway, not only did I get to photograph the immediate family, but grandparents and an aunt and uncle too. The little girl is such a pip and a total ham. I see a future in modeling. Mom is pregnant with TWINS (so you know we had a lot to talk about- I tried to convince her to get a baby nurse!) so she is going to be a very busy mom in a short while.

And by the way, it snowed here today. Snow. December 2nd. Too early. But it did look good for the pictures! Their house is decorated to the 9’s and is so, so beautiful. Just like their family.

Another of Saturday’s shoots and it was a fabulously photogenic one. These girls are so super gorgeous and quite spunky and fun. Great combination for a photographer. Plus the fact that their grandparents own a puppy store so they have three little dogs to throw in the mix. They had a great bay window in the livingroom which was just full of light= happy me. I was informed that they both want to do commercials. I think they would do great!