When Beth and I were talking about Family Portraits this year, we were thinking of new venues…I like to test new spots out with their family:-)  We are also always looking for great places that allow the kids to be themselves but also get great shots!  We have been talking about Land Park FOREVER so we finally made the trek and it paid off! 
Love the above shot mostly because you can see MJ running like a madwoman in the background…

MJ would only sit for TWO shots so Josh brought in the pumpkin as stand in:-)

LOVE the way Beth is looking at Josh!

Sometimes you just have to let the kids lead, so when MJ climbed in the next window I knew it was my chance…she smiles as long as she feels in control…we make it work for us!

“swinging!”

And AWAY she goes!

This was the first shot…remember the two I was talking about:-)

Holden wanted to join their family:-)
I LOVE that Beth has the same natural family portrait philosophy…that’s what makes her a great friend, sister and most of all assistant!  She is always with me on shoots now, and I love her eye, her ideas, and her willingness to try to get people to just be themselves…It’s so much better for us to get shots of your family and kids being themselves than a posed unrealistic shot…
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Tonight we went to a local park and took maternity pics of Beth…We tried to do Family pics, but MJ was not quite cooperative…we got a few…but I will save those for another post:-) This is my first time shooting at this park…I LOVED it! the trees and the random colored walls, not to mention green space, and the awesome older houses that line the other side of the street…definitely going to come back here:-)

Since Beth and I are usually working together to shoot other people…(she usually comes along as an assistant:-)) it was hard to remain serious while doing this shoot…well its kind of hard for us to ever be serious…and Josh was Definitely NOT helping the serious factor:-) But it was fun!

LOVE this shot…

Fun Stuff! It’s so easy to shoot these two, because they naturally have fun together:-) Nothing is forced…I love it! It has been so fun living so close throughout our marriages:-) Fun to watch the relationships grow and mature…but still remain fun!

the bridge is fantastic!

Beth you are of course gorgeous…and such a beautiful pregnant woman…
Thanks for being such an awesome sister!

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When you are 8 months pregnant, photographing a family can be hard…you just have a harder time getting up from laying on the ground to get your shot:-) That said I feel great so when a friend asked me to shoot her kiddos, I thought nothing of it…We scheduled it and when the time rolled around, I totally forgot Beth my trusted sidekick was going to be out of town! So I enlisted Tom’s help with Holden and the shoot, and made a DETAILED list of the shots I wanted…

Um, clearly I had never done a family shoot with 4 kids…That list went out the window within 5 minutes…These kids are awesome and even though they are all related they each have a different personality…so I wanted to capture that…so we played around a bit switching back and forth between groups and individual shots…it was fun!


I love shooting a family, and getting to spend the time with them and seeing them through the lens, which tends to capture things you don’t see in the everyday!

These boys are so cute, and their big sister is so beautiful!


Holden is starting preschool in the fall, and I am hoping he will get to go to school with their littlest guy, for him and for me…I would love more chances to hang out with my friend…


Seriously I know my friend was worried about the chaos of shooting 4 kids, but I like the images, and I had fun…and it wasn’t too much trust me…Tom and I walked with Holden to a nearby restaurant for lunch that day…so clearly I felt fine:-)

I tried out some fun stuff on a couple of these…per mom’s request…I think we both like them:-)

Thanks S fam!

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