Finally Paying Up

For March Madness 2009, I gave up grocery shopping, and took bets on when I would cave in. 

I almost made it a month.

Tara was the lucky winner of the guessing game, and I promised a photo shoot to the lucky winner!  We finally got a chance to square up, and it was FUN.  Tara is a budding photographer herself, so we edited together and traded tips & ideas.  Your family is beautiful Tara, start rocking the San Diego photography market!

This was actually our opening shot, in getting her to cooperate with the camera:

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Growing Up

Emily is getting married!  Once upon a time in 2007 I had a new camera and was dying for some practice shots - and Em was my very first senior shoot - see here if you want to see how she & I have grown :) 

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Logan - part three

I am still amazed that we got this many young ones to smile so beautifully - simultaneously - for this perfect family picture.  Only two head swaps were needed, and only one of them was a child.  Let's see if you can guess who.    I loved their spring colors, too.  All in all, it was an ideal shoot, and I'm happy to come to Logan as an excuse to visit if any others in the area would like to schedule shoots on the same weekend.

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Logan Sister - part 2

Maja and Brian haven't had pictures since their wedding, over 2 years ago.  I think they're as gorgeous as ever, and they were totally willing to humor me when I stumbled across this vintage skating rink.  LOVE!  I'm so happy to be related to beautiful subjects on all sides of my family.

Lucky in Logan - part one

I would be so happy to have all little girls - Arianne is living the dream.  I'm so happy to have nieces finally, too!  We have been trying to get family pictures for almost a year now, but every time I visit Cache Valley I seem to bring the rain with me... we finally got lucky! 

And I love this first picture - except for one thing.  Can you see what it is?  *wink* 

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Oregon Lighting

Kaelene combined family pictures & large family pictures, and we had a fun time playing around on one dark evening in Lake Oswego.  Weather in Oregon is always a gamble; I feel like I'm finally outwitting it with a flash.  Nearly all of my shoots are done in 100% natural light; but this shoot is 100% flash and I'm pretty pleased.  It was lovely to meet you and your fun family Kaelene, I appreciated all of your suggestions and all those playful men!

Siblings.  Gotta love it.

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