A Happy Time with the {H} Family

What a true blessing it was to be able to take photos of this lively and happy family. They haven’t had the best year but you would never have known it by all the fun we had with them!!! We met at a special location and we had them traveling all over the place there, without ever a complaint.

It was extra special for me because I’ve known J since my now 29-year old son was in kindergarten. She spent a lot of time babysitting him and he loved her then and still does to this day. I hadn’t met her kids and it was a complete joy to see the kind of mom she is and what special and adorable kids they are!

We did have a few laughs trying to get both kids to smile and keep their eyes open at the same time, but we pulled it off enough times to make us happy! All the while, Mom was ready and waiting and beautiful when the shutter clicked!

I truly hope we’ll be able to take photos of this family as they grow and change. Plus, I have a special wish to photograph J and her horse one of these days soon.

This might be my very favorite!

I love, love, love this one because I think it captures the kids' personalities so perfectly...at least from what I observed!
I'll let you figure out what those are...

Blessings to you and yours,
Karen

"You are worried about seeing him spend his early years in doing nothing. What! Is it nothing to be happy? Nothing to skip, play, and run around all day long? Never in his life will he be so busy again." 

~Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile, 1762

Owen is One!

All we can say is…WOW!!!   Recently little Owen got to make his first trip to Arizona to meet his extended family and celebrate his first birthday all at the same time!  It was a whirlwind trip and we were blessed not only to be able to take photos of Owen and his whole family but also to be able to celebrate at his First Birthday Party and take photos of that milestone event!

We know boys are not supposed to be pretty or cute, but we think boys under a certain age are almost always cute!  But Owen…he is CUTE beyond words!!!  This is not to mention the fact that he was also jetlagged from a three-hour time difference and he was so good while we kept him out in the heat and took picture after picture, all with him in them. 

We’re so happy for all of Owen’s family that he got to make the trip west.  We think he has a pretty darned special family out here so we hope he gets to come again sometime soon and stay a little longer.  Meanwhile, take a look and enjoy every moment of his “cuteness”!

Oh…I almost forgot…

By far, our favorite shots of the whole day had to be when he was eating his cake!!  He was all boy during that smashup.  He started a bit tentatively but after that first lick of sugar, he was all in!!!!  Check it out…

 

Blessings to you and yours,

Karen

“Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.”

~Rabindranath Tagore

Top 'o the Mornin' to you!

I always heard Sunday was supposed to be a day of rest. Well Sunday is here, and there will be no rest in sight for me.  I've got a desk full of "things" that I have no option but to complete today. 

But in keeping my priorities straight I found I must first:
a) brew my morning cup 'o Joe and b) try out the lens we rented for our session yesterday.  We both have a lens like this on our "wish list" and with the hefty price tag it carries we decided we should first rent one and see if it was all it was cracked up to be...this "L" glass with a low "f-stop".  For those of you non-techies this means we can shoot with the lens wide open to create the "shallow depth of field" (blurriness in the background) that we like to see in some of our portraits. 

Karen tried the lens out at our session yesterday and this morning my beautiful electric percolator and Irish coffee cup and saucer were the most beautiful subjects I could find to test out that "depth of field".  Never you mind that reflection of me!  I love my first cup of morning coffee in a quiet house almost as much as I love our clients.  So..."top 'o the mornin' to you all!

Have a restful Sunday...go D-Backs!
                                      Tina