Four generations of Family (portrait session)

I photographed four generations of a family this week. It was truly special to see the resemblances in the faces as well as the love they have for each other. After downloading the images and giving them a quick once over, I realized that almost every single one is a keeper. That almost never happens. Sure makes narrowing them down a tough job! Here are a few that I thought I'd share as a sneak peek for the family. Isn't this little guy so cute? He was an angel baby and peacefully slept most of the time. I love the "My Mom Rocks" pacifier.

At the park

Blessed with a rare sunny (and warm) day, we headed off to Summerlake Park this weekend. I had the point and shoot for some goofing off shots. Here is one of my little guy jumping off a cement wall. Look at the joy in his face! We are thinking of getting a big trampoline this summer so he can jump all he wants. I will also be ordering this photo in a super big size to hang in his room. I'm thinking 20x24. Prints look so much better huge and make such a statement in a room. 8x10s look like snapshots to me now that I've gotten used to printing everything large.

Maternity portrait shoot

This couple was so much fun to shoot. First of all, they had awesome style, a beautiful, beautiful house, and were up for anything. I almost had them wading in the creek behind their house. Was there a sexier pregnant lady ever? There were so many more to share but here is a sneak look. I totally fell in love with that little modern rocking chair so I had to incorporate it in a shot.

Beach Trip part 2

See the next post for details. These are just a few more pictures that Blogger didn't let me upload on the last post. One of these days I'll get a custom blog made...

Beach Trip

I expected it to be cold on this little spring trip to the beach. I didn't expect snow...on the beach. It was awesome. We stayed in a little pink house just two blocks from the ocean. It was rustic and lovely. There was no TV reception, no cell phone services, and the nearest grocery store was 10 miles away in Tillamook. A real vacation. We took advantage of the sun breaks between hail and snow and were able to enjoy quite a lot of time outside (even if it was freezing). Kian certainly didn't seem to mind. Unfortunately, Blogger only lets me upload 5 photos at a time so I will have to put the others on the next post. Which will be weird because this post will appear second. All these photos (in both posts) with the exception of the rainbow one, the bird one, and the vintage toned one of Brad, Kian, and Brisco walking away were taken with the point and shoot. I didn't bother editing any of them (except the vintage toned one) so what you see is what came out of the camera. Feel lucky if you live somewhere warm.

Big Sister

How time flies. Here we are at the end of March already. Despite the many signs of spring, it snowed today. How crazy is that? It's been a busy last month trying to do stuff to make this house more homey...we've lived here six months and I have yet to find places for all the framed pictures.
Anyways, I had the opportunity to photograph this sweet little girl and her new baby brother a couple of weeks ago. He was just 8 days old at the time of the shoot and so alert and mellow. I loved the light in their living room. Check out her eyes! I've got a couple of senior sessions coming up as well as a maternity session in the next few weeks. Tomorrow though, it's vacation time. We rented a little house on the Oregon coast. Hopefully we'll get some sun breaks so I can break out the camera. Perhaps I can talk my husband into doing a maternity shoot for me. I will post a few vacation pictures when we return.

Almost 2!

Kian turns two on Sunday. Hard to believe it was just two years ago that we brought him home and wondered at this tiny person who at once seemed completely foreign and totally familiar. Now he can tell us what he wants. Lately, the thing I hear him say the most is "I do it!" Yesterday, Kian's grandma and I took him to Toys R Us where he got to choose a special toy. The whole way there he kept exclaiming "special toy" because I had prepped him for the reason for our trip. Grammy bought him a little green riding motorcycle that makes revving sounds, and plays a really annoying song. He loves it, though. And you know what they say...if they're happy, you're happy.
I took a few pictures of him outside of the store where there was this great yellow grid of windows and a fantastic blue wall. Here are two of my favorites.