Baby's First Christmas

There's something magical about seeing Christmas through the eyes of a child.  This little darling just saw something absolutely magical in a Christmas tree and couldn't tear herself away.

And check out that smile!

Family Fun on Thanksgiving

People often think it's easy to take portraits.  Set them up, get them to smile, and click the shutter...easy as pie, right?

Well...

The thing is, every photographer has their expectations.  And the more experienced you get, the more skilled you become, the higher those expectations rise as a result.  (And yeah, we've all had our more cocky moments, let's be honest.  ;-) )

But people -- in particular, children -- can be a mite...unpredictable.

So we walk into the situation expecting to get shots like this:

Or maybe even something like this:

But in reality, what we more often get...is this:

And that's when the parent comes out with this: "We're going to take a shot of you crying now and show it to your future wife."

:-)

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

More Autumn Family Fun

After the last family I photographed, the mother's sister-in-law decided she also wanted to get some family photos done.  So I got to do TWO families in one week!  How lucky am I?!  :-)

Fall Family Photos

This week I had the sheer delight of photographing a family amongst the fall foliage.  Some of the moments we captured were just precious.