This family photo session was a part of a bigger surprise photo shoot for Grandma & Grandpa’s anniversary… Shhhhh! I met these little ladies years ago through the Playmatters mini-sessions, and have been lucky enough to photograph them numerous times! This was the first time we involved Mom & Dad, and went outside for an outdoor family portrait session.
Miss A and Miss E are the sweetest little angels-- always so polite & sweet! But thank goodness Mom brought those Smarties!!
I photographed my cousin’s Bar Mitzvah in a very non-traditional way… it was done in installments– the party first, and then this past weekend, about a month after the big day, we finally did his Bar Mitzvah portraits. The weather was amazing, so after we took the pictures in the synagogue, but before everyone was tired of smiling, we went outside and took some great family photos. I tell families all the time that occasions like Bar/Bat Mitzvahs are great times to get updated family portraits– everyone has fresh haircuts and is looking their best, and it’s a chance to get out-of-town’ers and the whole gang together.
Everyone seemed to let loose during the outdoor family portraits– we had so much fun! I suggested they toss their youngest brother in the air, and… they did! Sorry JoJo! They were all such great sports, and we got some great shots!
Parents of big families are always apologizing to me for their kids… the noise, the fights, the crying, whatever! I love it! I love big families! I’m the youngest of four, so that chaos is what I grew up with, and I love to photograph it! This family came in recently and they were so great to work with! The kids were soooo sweet! This first picture cracks me up though– How perfect are each of those expressions!! Probably not what the parents will want to hang over the fireplace, but definitely worth a post on this blog!
Exactly where they all want to be...
I love how big families fill up the frame!
My sister-in-law & her sister asked me to take family photos as a great Mother’s Day gift to their Mom! The weather was amazing, and the Shaker Heights setting was incredible! We had so much fun! We yelled out so many fun kinds of food to get her 4-year-old niece to smile, that my pregnant sister-in-law told me that she left the session starving! Haha! Here is a peek at some of the fun family photos from their Mother’s Day photo session…
Some great Mother's Day Pix
Happy Mother's Day!
This new family came into the studio to view their proofs today, and we had so much fun looking at the photos from their newborn photo session! I have never seen a dad so madly in love with his little girl– I couldn’t stop smiling :-) What a lucky little lady… I can’t wait to watch her grow up!
