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Category Archives: Children

Party of SEVEN

Remember Jerri & Jacob from their beautiful wedding last month? That day I had the double pleasure of not just photographing their wedding celebration, but also shooting family portraits for Jerri’s sister, Shannon, who was visiting from Mississippi. Jerri also has another sister, Lindsay, who lives in the Pittsburgh area, and wanted some family pictures, too.

Lindsay’s family is a little bigger than Shannon’s. Rattling off Lindsay’s kids’ ages might frighten those not terribly fond of the din of children. There are five of them, and they’re 11, 10, 9, 4 and 3. Yep, that’s right. I give Lindsay more credit than there’s space to list here, because she did not seem the slightest bit overwhelmed or stressed. And now that I’ve met these five kids, I can see why. I didn’t hear any whining, fighting, squabbling, moaning or grousing. I’m not sure anyone even rolled their eyes. (Lindsay, feel free to fill me in on your secret!)

Without further ado, meet Cameron.

Caitlin.

Emily.

Hannah

Joseph.

The two little ones were so cute playing together.

Just the girls. Hannah was not too crazy about getting these smooches from her sisters.

The boys were not going to go for the smooching.

I was so honored that the girls showed me their dance routine.We also spent some time enjoying the scenery. How could you not on such a beautiful fall day?

A picture of the parents – without kids? Absolutely.

Thanks so much to all of you for such a fun morning! It was a pleasure to see you again.

Randi Voss - September 21, 2010 - 2:50 pm

What a beautiful family!

Jennifer Stein - September 25, 2010 - 9:22 pm

Great family photos. They look like they were having a lot of fun.

Miley Cyrus - March 5, 2011 - 9:46 am

sooooo cute :D

So bad, it’s good = serendipity

It’s always rewarding when you imagine a photo in your mind, shoot it, and see exactly what you expected in the viewfinder. While that happens to me a lot, sometimes the result isn’t what I thought I’d get. Or even what I wanted. But sometimes serendipity happens, and you end up with something completely different. And even better.

Like when my family went over to the local high school for some exercise. Little Jonas loves to run on the track, which, of course like everything he does, is utterly adorable.

I thought it would be fun to get a profile shot of him running, using a slow shutter speed for some motion blur. But I got distracted and the little speedster was upon me before I knew it. No time to focus! So I got this gem. A complete blur, but I love it. I especially love that he is running toward the “3″ just as he is always getting closer to his third birthday.
Then it was time to rest. How could I resist the leading lines of the bleachers? And yes, I do love the 16-35mm lens.Jonas requested this one.

Just. Too. Adorable.

Ivona - September 10, 2010 - 12:23 pm

So adorable! I’ll never forget the video you posted where you were telling him how adorable he is and he responds something like, “Im not adorable”…ahhhh!! so sweeeet! You make me want to have children, haha!

Randi Voss - September 12, 2010 - 8:30 am

I’m so glad I got to preview a few of these last week. I’m so glad you’ve included them here because I thought they were so good. So cute, it’s good = Jonas.