All my photographer friends are going to be jealous when they hear about this session. I'm not kidding, this is what I had: adorable kids, beautiful family, un-crabby cooperative dad (no offense dads, but sometimes this is harder to come by than a happy toddler who skipped their nap and is hungry :D), perfect weather with golden afternoon light, natural smiles from everyone, and 24 fantastic shots that I just couldn't narrow down any more - FROM A MINISESSION!
and her name is Pinky :). She's Carly's favorite stuffed animal, so I'm really glad we got these images. Someday I think they'll be really special to Carly.
Then there's Coastie, who is just as special to Carly - and who always does GREAT at our sessions!
I'd guess this is at least my tenth session with Carly, maybe more - we go way back to those newborn days (hers, not mine!). She's a beautiful young lady with lots of sass and I look forward to our sessions each fall!
Beautiful day, beautiful setting, beautiful girl :). Danielle was so easy to work with and open to all kinds of ideas. I'm so glad she mentioned her guitar was in her car!
Look how much fun I got to capture at *this* session!
"Big sister" was there too, but she's too mature for such silly games.....
Oh, and KIDS! There were KIDS there to photograph too! :D Connor and Kate, who I get to see twice a year :). Thanks for another fun session, it is *always* a blast!
If you're a parent, I'm sure it will. This series of 'outtakes' turned out to be some of the client's favorite images from this session! It all started out so sweet...big brother sharing a sip of his juice box with his little brother.
Then a disagreement on whether he has had 'enough'....
...and inevitably, someone ends up in tears!
The studio holiday cards finally hit the mail on Thursday! In case you find yourself wondering how a vertically challenged person such as myself created an image like the one on the card, here's a behind-the-scenes picture for you. Special thanks to my tolerant husband, who loaded the *big* ladder into his truck and brought it to the beach for me without even once saying my ideas are a pain in the butt :).
And the finished card (if you want one and didn't get one, email me!)
How many kids can say they had a photo session...with a turkey? A REAL turkey? Probably not too many. But Evan can :D.
Evan was the contest winner for the most recent Manasota Kids Directory cover contest. Since our winner was going to be on the November cover, we wanted fall or Thanksgiving theme. I - almost jokingly - suggested to Peggy that it'd be great if we could find a real turkey that was tame enough to be in a picture with a child. Evan was up for the idea, so we decided to go for it.
Make sure to visit Manasota Kids to see the November issue! It's online now :)
Special thanks to Dakin Dairy Farms for their help with this shoot! Their turkeys were tame enough for what we wanted, and they arranged to have us come to the farm and have the 'turkey handler' there to help out as well! If you haven't done the Farm Tour at Dakin, you might want to check it out with your kids. Our homeschool group went there last year and everyone had a fantastic time! More info is on their website, and be sure to check out their ad in the Kids Directory as well:).
I could shoot all day long at Selby Gardens! There are so many great places for kids to climb and play, and a ton of places to set a family for a group shot.
When I did my first session with this family, the twins were just over a year old, and Ava wasn't on the scene yet. That was almost 7 years ago! I've seen them at least once a year since then, and we always have tons of fun :). The last session we did at Selby was when Ava was a baby, so it was nice to go back there with them again.
ps - congratulations to dad, Thomas Krug, on his recent election as a judge of the Twelfth Circuit of Florida!
...than a little girl in a garden? :::sigh::: it seems like yesterday that my own "little" girl was this little!
Claire is 2 now. I photographed her mom and dad's wedding, and Claire is a StarBabies graduate, so I've been lucky enough to see her grow :). I don't think we could have chosen a better place for her session- her dresses and her adorable personality fit right in. It's *very* hard to narrow it down to a few favorites for the blog...but I'm going to try :).
This needs to be a display print somewhere in my studio, dontcha think?
Or this one....
Or THIS one! She doesn't make it easy to pick!
Love these with mom and dad :).
Twice a year. For 6 years.
You've seen it on the blog before. Actually, you've seen it more than once! When it's birthday time for Kaden or Nadia, it's time to wreck a cake!
But wait - first we get some awesome images of the kids individually....
.... and some of the kids together ...
...and some family shots ...
...AND THEN it's cake time. This time it's Nadia's turn - big number 6!
Annnnd it doesn't take long to deteriorate to this...
...and we always want *this* when the damage is done. (I shudder just thinking about getting that thick buttercream frosting out of their hair...after it's dried in on the ride home!)
It's all in good fun, and these kids have a BLAST with their semi-annual cake smash. When you can top it all off with a sunset like this, what's not to like?
