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If you’ve been following me over the last two or three years, this family will look very familiar to you. Our good friends have added one more to their family. This sweet little girl is now 4 months old! My how time flies. What a sweet family enjoying one another during this sweet moment.
Well, this weekend I had my last two sessions for awhile. I’m hoping to take several months off to adjust to having two little ones at home but am booking sessions for the fall. Saturday, I photographed three cousins, aged 8, 2 and 1. It was quite a high energy time and it definitely wore me and my 38 week pregnant self out. I came home, put my toddler to bed, picked up the house and was asleep by 8:30! I’ll be blogging these hopefully later this week.
THEN (what I was thinking, I’m not sure!), the next afternoon, I photographed Easter Portraits for the Junior Woman’s Club’s Easter Tea. I did this last year and photographed 25 little ones. This year, however, the Bunny came out of retirement and brought many of it’s followers with her. I photographed 45 (yes, 45!) children/groups of children/families in 1.5 hours. It was very high paced and exciting! Shockingly, I wasn’t too tired the rest of the day. I thought I’d blog a few of the sweet/funny ones.
You might recognize this little guy from last year. He was full of energy last year, but a little somber (tired, I’m guessing) this year. He didn’t want to sit by himself so we tried getting him with momma. He wasn’t really interested in looking at the camera, but I captured this sweet snuggly moment of the two of them. They came back towards the end of the time and we tried a family portrait instead. He had a few more smiles to share then!
We had children of all ages!
We photographed families this year, which provided a little more variety.
This was one of my favorites! We absolutely could NOT get all three kiddos to 1) sit 2) look at the camera and 3) smile all at the same time. A very tough combo indeed! But we got them all having a good ol time. I just loved this one in black and white.
It was so great to have the bunny out this year, but he definitely caused a little slow down in the pace as some kids had what I call the “santa clause” syndrome. They cried when the bunny came anywhere near them! It was quite the miracle we got the one we did on the right of the little girl not crying. The mom was SUPER sweet in reassuring me she’s okay if we only get one of her daughter crying. Low expectations are awfully nice sometimes!
And then we had a few who wanted to be in the picture with the bunny, just didn’t want to get too close!
This was the second who didn’t want to get too close. It just cracked me up.
We had our family’s portraits taken recently by my dearest friend Sommer Carlin of Sommer Photography. You should check her out- her work’s amazing! She’s also running an amazing promotion right now- $200 off a newborn session! Check it out.
Sommer was a sport, to say the least! This is my favorite of our family portraits… and you’ll notice Hudson was NOT looking at the camera. That was pretty much how the shoot went. Getting Hudson to do three things at once- sit, smile & look at the camera- was impossible! But at least he’s doing two of the three here, right? I have a whole new appreciation for the moms and dads on that side of the camera, feeling terrible that their child’s not cooperating. They’re not necessarily a bad child- they’re just a child!
Mommy (me:) & Hudson
Daddy & Hudson
Oh, can’t forget about baby #2 (who continues to be nameless b/c of our indecisiveness).
Me & Adam (my dearest husband).
And as crazy as it seems, this “shoe” picture is my absolute favorite from the entire shoot. I just love the colors and textures of the porch and how it works perfectly with the colors we’re wearing. I want a humongous canvas of it for our guest bedroom… but I’m still trying to talk hubby into that purchase:)
Many hours in the works, I finally finished Hudson’s album that encompasses the first 18 months of his life. From the hospital to the big boy bed, my little boy is growing up! I’ve been needing to create a sample album for clients to see just how beautiful and AMAZING my albums are. So, of course, what better subject than my little Hudson for my sample album 
My 5×5 & 8×8 albums are a much simpler design, but my 10×10 albums have a more unique, special look to them that perfectly compliments your most beloved images.
Meet the Freemans, some of my favoritest people in the whole entire world. Leslie and I were bosom friends (anyone out there seen “Anne of Green Gables”?) in college and our husbands were best buds. Actually Adam (my hubby) and I were dating, then they started dating. God’s the one that actually put them together, but I’d like to think Adam and I had some kind of hand in it:) They’ve been overseas for the last three years, are back to visit for a few months and they stayed with us for three days. Since college, 7 years and 3.75 kids later, it felt like nothing had changed. Anyway, I was so honored when she asked me to photograph their sweet little family while they were visiting!
One of the awesome privileges of my job is meeting/getting to know better my clients through the process of creating their precious portraits. This family was no exception. I actually have known them for a couple years and was SO excited when the mom asked me to photograph their family. As you’ll be able to see below, they are the COOLEST family EVER. They were absolute hoots and kept me laughing as they laughed. Alot of teens can be too “cool” for their family and pictures but these kids really enjoyed each other. I could brag all day long about them, but I’ll go ahead and let you see their family’s portraits!
The mom was the vision behind this shoot. She did a stellar job at thinking through the style she wanted to achieve with her portraits which included location and clothing. Such creativity. It was fun to shoot in a new location!
The mom asked me about trying to produce a photograph similar to the “Abbey Road” road. Here was our best effort. Not bad:)
Boomer Sooner! (she attends the University of Oklahoma, my alma mater:)
I photographed this sweet family earlier this month during a visit to our family in Tulsa. This park was incredible! It had it all- sadly most of it was not in good light so we were fairly confined to the “good light” areas. A bit sad, but a few of the shots captured the beauty of the park.
And of course the girls had to play in the leaves.
Leaf war!
The mom told her her younger girl has been in love with these fairy wings and thought they might go cute with my pettiskirt. So we put the two together and it couldn’t be a cuter duo!
The fall is the time for family portraits… I’m guessing as families think about sending out Christmas cards. This is my favorite one of their family. Everyone’s looking and smiling and that in itself is a miracle!
And of course I took a few of the 11 month old. I recently purchased this vintage style radio flyer tricycle as a prop and it came in handy with this little cutie!
I finally finished his 6th month portraits. It’s about time, right?
he’s started eating everything in sight. leaves included.
definitely my favorite from the shoot.
my little man of many faces.
this is his newest thing he does. sucking on his lip. i was glad i captured that moment since he does it so quick.
in the first picture, he’s pondering the meaning of life. and in the second one, he’s surprised by something.
Say hello to the Osborne family! We shot at the coolest location, the Hawk’s Creek Golf course clubhouse. An interesting tidbit about it was where it is built (in Westworth Village) was country back in the day (1925) and the wealthy of Fort Worth would build their country homes here. Amon Carter had his built near this one, but apparently his wasn’t built of rock, so it didn’t last. It’s one amazing structure- sort of resembles a castle.
this is my blooper for this shoot. I just love the expressions of the parents. And the son’s cracks me up too! He was just chilling while the his sister hammed it up.
The first picture reminds me of myself when I was younger, always trying to love on my step brother. And of course, he, in his macho-ness, had to play mr. cool and sluff off his little sister.
So full of energy. We took several run breaks.
I love this sequence. I had 5 or 6 I loved- same pose, slightly different expressions and hand motions. Do you LOVE this apron peasant top? I’m pretty much in love with it and those adorable pants. Koodos to Barbie Ford of Posh Petunia.
So dreamy.
I think this is my favorite. I just love her expression. And wouldn’t you know she posed herself.
I really like this one too, though.
Another pettiskirt! I love them. They go with just about anything- including cowboy boots. Thanks to Angela Wilde with Miss Things Boutique for her amazing work!
What girl doesn’t just love to twirl in such a fun skirt!
