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Everyone should book an extended family session at least once in their lifetime. A big family session like this can include anyone -- grandparents, adult siblings, cousins, in-laws -- the whole crazy bunch. Sure you will get the photo of everyone smiling at the camera, but you will also get those priceless connections of everyone in your tribe.
If you haven't ever done it, book one now. You will cherish these moments with your family forever. I promise.
I just dropped off a gallery of canvases to this amazing family. They are planning to put them over their couch in the living room. Do you have a blank wall in your home? Fill it with big canvases of the ones you love. It will put a smile on your face every time you walk into the room.
You have a ton of photos of when they were babies -- when they first learned to sit up and walk, their first birthday, their first day of school. But as they grow, life gets busier. There are soccer games and birthday parties, softball and dance class, homework, and let's face it, they'd rather hang out with their friends more than you. Family dinners become inhaling something in the car on the way to hockey or baseball or soccer or music lessons or play practice.
But it won't be long before even these days are gone. And you will want to remember how they were now. How you can still laugh and hug and love being a family even though the sticky toddler kisses have been replaced with kids taller than you. Because even this is a short window, and someday you will be wishing you still had to chauffeur your 14-year-old to practice. Treasure these moments and schedule a family photo session now. You won't ever regret it. <3
The kids are back in school, our entire family has recovered from the flu, and now it’s time to take a deep breath and look back on all of the great moments from last year. What an amazing year it was!! Thank you for sharing all of your families with me and allowing me to capture so many images of laughter and love. Here are just a few of what made it so great.
I love when I get repeat clients and get to watch the kiddos grow from year to year. I first photographed these three when the youngest was just turning one. And now look at them. She can keep up with her big brother and sister no problem!
Every year spring officially starts for me with the daffodils blooming. There is still a chill in the air when the crocus and hyacinths first peek out of the ground. It’s like they are hinting that there is more to come. A few warm days in a row bring the magnolia blooms. And then come the daffodils. It’s a sign that the days are getting longer, the windows can stay open and everyone’s mood lifts just a little. Every year I eagerly wait and check the arboretum’s bloom report for their peak time. And then I drag my kids out to romp in the fields of yellow and white flowers. It’s become a family tradition now after five years. My son would much rather be playing street hockey or basketball on the driveway, but on this one day he puts all that on hold to please his mom. Thankfully, my kindergartner still loves running and leaping through the fields taking great pleasure in trying not to step on any blooms. To her, it’s still a great game. I’ll take it. Welcome back spring!
Do these crazy warm temps in February have you thinking of what’s to come? It’s not to early to book your summer photo sessions now!
