Some fun stuff

Last weekend we went to the Great Raft Race (is that what it's called?) down the Rio Grande. My husband took the kids down before I could get there, and they found a really good (and muddy) place to watch the boats float by. If I'd known how muddy it would be, I certainly would have dressed the kids differently, or at least brought a change of clothes. As it was, once you're muddy, you're muddy! You might as well play in the mud some more! It was fun all around.








We ate dinner in Old Town & since I had the camera (and another session down there) we did some playing on our way home. I love my handy-dandy models! :)

Backyard fun

I'm not having time to blog all my sessions... which is great, right? But I loved these & had to post a few. This is a really neat family I just met; shhhhhh, they're a Father's Day present. :) I love using people's back yards - maybe because I love pictures of our family in our back yard. And isn't their dog great? She didn't always want to be included, but she did end up being in some good ones.

Thanks, it was so great to meet you!

Studio family portraits

And now for something different. :) This family was expecting to take pictures in the back yard, but on their way to my house, less than 1/2 a mile away, suddenly a huge windstorm arose! Everything was fine, I'd just raked the leaves off the grass & set up a chair, and by the time they arrived there was no using the back yard without blowing away. They very nicely agreed to use the backdrop that had been set up for antique portraits.

My kids also think it is important for you to know that the beautiful mom painted these shirts - they were so impressed, and so am I! (They know I'm not good at drawing, and they don't consider photography art, so I am officially NOT an artist to them. Their dad is, and they are, but not me.)

Anyway, don't they look so great? :) (Much better than they would have in the wind outside...)











I wish I looked this good in pictures with my kids! :)

More antique children's portraits

Some more antique portraits. I am loving these!

These two are some of the most beautiful children I know. They really got into the tea party setup - it was fun to watch. When we tried to bring one of them out of the background so we could get individual pictures, it was not fun without the tea set! Luckily the toy airplane and firetruck were also fun. :) This session was also full of such great expressions - it made it hard to narrow down my proofs (and I ended up with definitely more than I'd planned, something I'm trying to work on...) Thanks so much for coming - I love these & it was so great to see you again!

Antique portraits, darling little boy

I can't believe this is my second post in one day. I've been doing a ton of sessions & just cruised through a couple of them today. I still have 3 more to go, so if you're waiting.... I'm working on it! :)

This little guy could NOT have been cuter. He came, he played, he was so funny & cute, and in about 15 minutes I got way too many great shots. (Sorry, I know that can make it hard!) There are so many that I love from this session that I would be hard pressed to pick a favorite, but it might be the balloon-spike (below). We had finished & he was playing with balloons - good thing I kept shooting.

Thanks so much for bringing me your darling little boy! It was so nice to meet you all!

First birthday portraits (and a cheerleader too!)

I think birthday cake portraits are SO fun. I so wish that I'd thought of doing them with my kids! Luckily, there are other moms out there who also like the idea, so I get to have fun with other people's babies & their cakes. :)

This session started out neat & clean though. The new 1 year old, and her sister, were beautiful & really sweet together. The baby has a special pink rubber duckie, which I think is so cute.













The big sister is also a cheerleader, which makes for some really fun pictures!





The baby did not particularly enjoy wearing a tutu. :) But maybe that was because there was cake, just out of reach! Once she got the cake, she knew just what to do. She was perfect! She didn't mind being covered with frosting (what a pretty cake!) and used the chocolate duck topper as a spoon to scoop it up. Yum!














Sooooo much fun, thanks for coming girls! Happy birthday!