I have my share of little quirks & oddities, but some of them play to my advantage: like my love for big families.
It’s probably thanks to growing up in my own big family [I’m the oldest of 6 kids] that makes me appreciate & love big families so much! And now with my own little family – I appreciate Moms of big families so much more! Life is challenging and add a little person clinging to your leg 95% of their waking hours and it gets a little chaotic. So, take that & multiply it by 6 and you get the material of “super-mom” that both my Mom & Samantha are made out of!
I have photographed this family for a long time – since the twins were just little babies! And it has been so much fun to come back year after year & photograph Samantha & Jeremy and their little pack of people! I have to admit – some years it was really super challenging to get just one family picture with everyone in it & not crying! This year though, I felt like the tide had turned: as finally there were more “older” ones than “younger” ones and trying to get together for some group family shots was much less chaotic this year!
I’ll be super honest: these little humans are so so good. Sure, they have their spurts of wild & crazy, but who wouldn’t with fancy new clothes, hair all done pretty, and a beautiful park to explore? Overall, they are a blast to hang out with & they had me laughing the whole time. I simply adore them!
So, along with family portraits, we always update everyone’s individual portraits as well! I love that you can see each of their little personalities shining thru in how unique each of them sat & acted for me!
So, there are several families that I have photographed for a long long long time and I’m working on a special little project that highlights them & how far they’ve come [and how far I’m grown as a photographer!] Stay tuned!!
[…] Somehow – they called me back the following year & we did more family photos. And somehow after that, they called me again the following year for more family photos. And thus we’ve done family photos every single year since then. Thankfully, I’ve learned a little [yeah, a TON] in the past 6 years! Plus! They’ve added 3 more BOYS to the family since that first session! If you want to see more of their adorable family, I blogged the highlights of their session from last fall here! […]