While this family isn’t really my family they are as close to it as a friend can ever get!  I have had the joy of watching each of these cuties grow up and I treat them exactly like I would my own.  That means I get to spoil them rotten and whip them into shape whenever needed-like my own I try to just spoil them!  We have had countless spend the nights and many a laughs together.  We’ve shared the joys of every aspect of eachother’s lives-we cheered eachother on and  suffered through eachother’s recitals!  We’ve seen The Wiggles, Blues Clues, and Ringling Brothers…the list of things we’ve done is endless and I can’t wait to keep adding to it  over the years.  The bond our families share is one I will treasure forever and so it was with the greatest  pleasure that I went out Sunday night with them to take these shots!  I absolultely love the vivid colors and best of all I love that I got to capture their family, ever aspect of it!    

Thanks to you all for the greatest family friendship a girl could ever ask for!  Who knew that 14 years later we’d still be hanging out every weekend!     Love you guys!

Gin

And they wouldn’t be the family I love so dearly without this last shot-which in the end may capture who they are better than anything I could ever set up! 

It’s not easy getting the family all together for a picture but to include our beloved family pets is even harder-but people are always so happy when they do!  It does make for a crazier session but when you get “that shot’…well, then it is all worth it!  I have to say we took these pictures on the absolute perfect day!  The colors are so natural and rich-I was pretty envious when taking these as I knew how perfect the colors were…I wish I had taken my kids out that day too!!!   

Gin

I have been hopping lately!  I am pretty much booked out for the holiday season now and I have been shooting family after family these last few weeks!  I have had so much fun with each group-I have been quite impressed with the number of families that have chosen to take the time to come together for their holiday cards and annual pictures.  I have many sessions to update but I’ll start off with my second shoot from today.  LOVE this family and once again they surely didn’t disappoint me with laughs!  What is a skeleton in a bed called?  LAZY BONES!  Thanks girls, for that great joke…I am sure my kids will love it too!

Gin

I have so many other great ones from this shoot but I can’t post everything, I suppose! 

WOW, it was WINDY last Sunday when we ventured down to the beach to capture some precious family portraits.  This is the fifth year I’ve had the pleasure of photographing this family.  It is absolutely amazing to me how much they have grown.  We had a fabulous time, wind in all, getting these pictures.  I will say the wind made us move inland a little so the trees could take the beating instead of our hair!  But in the end, I love the shots we got and we still managed to get that beach feel in many of them.  Thanks guys for another fun year!

Gin

I love doing family shots.  I will admit that even I don’t have enough portraits with all of us in them.  We always plan to do it but then time is not on our side.  I am always happy when families take the time out of their busy lives to cordinate their outfits and step out for a family session!  I know one day they’ll look back and be thankful they did!  We had such an enjoyable time yesterday in Winter Park taking these pictures.  Having two young boys can get a little hairy at times as they don’t love to sit and take pictures but these two set the bar high for the rest!  They were ABSOLUTELY perfectly behaved, making my job oh so easy!!!  Thanks to you all for a lovely afternoon and some great pictures!  What a gorgeous family!

Enjoy!

Gin

I love this little lady-I’ve been photographing her since she was 2 and pretty much she is ALL mine-lucky me!!!!  I have to laugh at her though because if she ever ends up being photographed by someone else they are going to have to work hard!  She is SO comfy with me and my camera that she gives me her total self-while mom doesn’t always love it I sure do because I get her personality in every shot, every last ounce of it!   Have I mentioned before her mom also brings a ton of the cutest darn outfits I have ever seen!  And as usual, I couldn’t be more proud of these pictures-but then really, I don’t think you could take a bad shot of this beauty!

Enjoy!

Gin

Well, we are once again approaching the holiday season and this family got a jump on it and got their pictures done before the BIG rush begins!  I met up with them Saturday afternoon and we had a great time just playing around and getting some great shots for treasured memories-AND for their Christmas cards-BONUS!   I can’t wait to design their cards with these super cute shots!  Hope you enjoy and thanks to this wonderful family for some fun laughs!  The kids were GREAT! 

Gin

This was a little girl I photographed a few weeks ago-I am so bad about updating the blog during the summer when the kids are home!  Tsk, Tsk…

Gin

I’ve said it before, I LOVE newborn pictures-love the way they look, love taking them…there is no way around it except to say I LOVE newborn pictures!    Check out these super cute ones I did this week and I’ve got another one to share from a few weeks ago as well.

That’s all I’ve got to say about this little guy.  We had a great time meeting up in Winter Springs this weekend!  Mom and Dad joined in the fun and we just played around and captured a few fun moments!  Of course, when you are one the leaves on the ground are far more interesting than me but I still think we managed to get some sweet shots, but then how couldn’t I with a face like his!!! 

Thanks guys for a fun morning!  Just glad we beat the rain!

Gin

And one last one that I just love even though no one is even looking at me!!