What a fun bunch this family was! It was a great start to the day. Although it was realllllly cold. I looked extremely fashionable in by ridiculous hat and Uggs, but had to keep warm! I kept telling dad to loosen up, just cause he was sooooo uncomfortable in front of the camera. I think I got a few of him getting loose. The kids were great and real troopers in the cold. I think they had some fun. The little girl was totally freezing and had definitely had it by the end. Got some great ones though. More good looking families- love it! And thanks to the whole family for laying in the cold, wet grass! I think it paid off in the end!

Wrapped up the post processing on this tonight. I am loving the artistic look these photos took on. I was bummed in the beginning of the shoot because it was so cloudy and dark, and then just dark because it was late, so we had no natural light. Only lamps. And you know how I feel about the flash (I LOATHE the flash) so I wasn’t sure how much I would like the end product. But I really, really love them. I hope the parents do too!

A very sweet and happy little family they were. So comfortable and relaxed with the baby- not nervous like first time parents can often be. The baby was (obviously) so so adorable and pretty easy going. She was a little upset from time to time when we were nudging her into different outfits and weird positions, but she seemed to like it overall and spent a good deal of time staring right at my camera- can’t ask for more than that! Dad was very brave (after some coaxing) to let me put her on the pool table and I am so glad he was cause I love those shots. Some great naked curled up baby shots too. I think those are my favorites. I don’t know- it’s too hard to decide.

The last one from yesterday. Whew.

Although we were missing one sibling, the shoot went well. These two are "the dancer’s" younger siblings and really just as nice and sweet as she is. All three were supposed to come yesterday so we could get a good Christmas card shot. However, the oldest girl’s birthday was the other day and a few of her friends from school threw her a surprise party at the last minute. So, instead of a group shot, I got a few good individual ones that could match the dancer’s head shots so we can put together a card anyway. They were troopers even though it was getting a little chilly out and were doing everything I asked of them- and came up with a few great ideas of their own, too. A few:

Part of yesterday’s shoots. This was the Wal family and they were really sooo cute together. The little girl is a complete baby-doll. She seriously looks like a little doll- so beautiful. Somehow she became my little friend, asking me to pick her up toward the end. So sweet. She’s not even two yet but her speaking abilities are unreal. I really thought she was at least 2.5- very impressive. Mom and Dad were so nice and very helpful. I had a bunch of favorites from the shoot- it’s so hard to choose which ones to post since she is so photogenic and the interaction is so sweet.

Another one from today. The younger boy goes to school with my boys and I met his mom a few years back (they were not in the same class until 1st grade) and we became fast friends. I think we all (at least I did) had a really fun time at the shoot and the boys had a great time well….just being boys. A lot of wrestling and running. And that’s when I got the good, natural, non stiff smiles. A fun family, so it the interaction was real and easy. I like it! And C, I am keeping my promise about none of "those" pictures on the main page!