Finally!

It seems like Jacque and I moved this shoot dozens of times - sick kids, poor weather, work schedule, poor weather again.  I'm so glad she kept coming back to make it happen - the result was worth it!  What beautiful people.

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Sunny Winter Mini Shoot

We thanked our lucky stars for sunny and [relatively] warm weather today - the forecasted 20's turned mid-30's and we were grateful!  There's a great smile on the little miss near the end; still she was a doll for all of them.

3 Mini Shoots

I've fallen behind on my blogging for mini shoots, so here's a quick catchup of some darling families and the Christmas card shots we got.  I love 20 minute sessions when it's cold outside!  They make it so easy; all of these kids were fabulously behaved and made our job pretty simple [and fun!].

Arizona

Gorgeous weather necessitates photos.  It just does.  And after freezing in my Utah mini shoots, this session was downright balmy.  Mary is the cousin I idolized for my entire growing up, and still do in so many ways.  It was so much fun to catch some quick pictures!  I especially love seeing every hair color represented.

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Little Boys

This has become an annual tradition, since Ty was six months old.  It has been so fun to watch your family grow, and to *try* to capture that energy on camera!  I think we got the energy for sure... just maybe not 3 consecutive smiles.  Truth be told, I love group candids perhaps more than anything.

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What I do for Fun

Some photographers take time away to take pictures of landscapes, flowers, etc.  I just can't get away from taking pictures of people.  Test driving the D700 this weekend, I wanted to play with real, cute subjects without any pressure.  So I borrowed these twins and their gorgeous front porch and we had fun, fun, fun for part of this morning.

They, in their darling 2 year-old language, said "We need our arms around each other!"

When I suggested kissing, here's what they came up with.

They started to get curious about this humongous camera I was following them around with.

"My turn to see it!" says the brother.

I'm a little bit in love with this front door, and just might copy it someday when I get a house of my own. 

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Let's try this again, eh?

My worst nightmare came true, and I deleted this shoot from my memory card before it was uploaded.  I know, five years of doing this and you think I'd know better, right?

I'm so glad it wasn't a wedding.  Software can usually recover these things, but for some reason, not this time.

Rest assured, I learned my lesson.  Never again.

Aaron and Katie were so good to humor me and repeat the session, same time, same place, same clothing, one week later. *Which* all ended up being a good thing, because little Miss Em was a bazillion times happier in the second shoot, so it's a win-win for all involved!

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