Monday, November 15, 2010

On-location Family Portrait

Just over a week ago, I took my gear to this family's home to try to get a good family photo of the whole clan, including Shadow the cat and Hobson the yellow lab.

Seeing as Shadow didn't really care to be close to Hobson, the session had its challenges (and a few yelps of pain as Shadow clawed to get away....), but we had a fun time and got some amazing images.


Here are a few of my favorites:
















Here's the Dad with his dog and their beautiful cat...

Halloween

Another Halloween has come and gone. A neighborhood group of friends had a Halloween parade through the local woods and this image of some costumed kids makes me think of a time long ago. It looks like it was taken on the English moorlands. The girls' Renaissance style queen gowns add to the mood.

Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween!

Toddler Twins in the studio
















Two weeks ago, we had a whirlwind of activity in the studio as these adorable twins came in for their first portrait.

They are beautiful little girls with lots of spunk!

Portrait Garden Family Session

This family was in for their first family portrait a few weeks ago. I've photographed each child since they were each 6 months old - and, oh, what beautiful children they are, inside and out! We had a fun time trying out different sections of the portrait garden and even went for a walk down the street to some local conservation land for something different. What a lovely morning and a fantastic family!

Senior Portrait in Portrait Garden

This young man, a senior at a local high school came over in early October for a quick senior session. We had a fun time and got some great images. He reminded me of his sister, whom I photographed two years ago - fun, photogenic and with a sparkle and kindness in his eyes.

Finally finding the time to post some images from the last two months!

Wow, things have been busy around here! Since late September, I've been running around, as evidenced by the fact I haven't had time to post anything.

The portrait garden was in great shape through the fall and still has some good areas that I can work in, thanks to the beautiful evergreens throughout. We had a constantly changing palette of colors from late August through late October and, even when I thought the good foliage was just about done, we captured some amazing and colorful portraits here. It was great fun!

These kids came the afternoon in late September when I found some extra inhabitants in our pond. A family of ribbon snakes (similar to the common garter snakes, but much better swimmers) came out of their hiding spot when I was cleaning out some debris before this photo session. Alas, they (the snakes!) were never seen again, but these six year old twins caught plenty of frogs. They (the kids!) were very, very fast and the poor frogs really didn't have much of a chance. Everyone had a great time (OK, I'm not sure if the frogs really enjoyed the photo session, but the kids had fun and the frogs came back out to sun themselves the next day... but were certainly more skittish than usual!).

I love this image of Big Sister taking care of Little Sister. So sweet and caring.

Another favorite is this one of the toddler. Something about the lighting and the garden path, and her expression.... it looks like it's from a different time. What beautiful children.