When I am with these dear friends, it is so obvious to me how much they love each other and love to be together.  I am blessed to be able to photograph this family and “feel the love”!

Four gorgeous little ones and a handsome young man—now that makes a perfect fall photo shoot!

I had two mornings’ worth of portraits last week.  Here is a sneak peek of the first round of families and kids that I had sessions with.  As always, I had a blast!

The last family session I did included a wardrobe change involving the family’s favorite baseball attire.  Brilliant?  I thought so—I love brilliant clients!  These are some of the fun images we captured.  It seemed like the kids had fun playing and posing out on the baseball field and fun is always my number one priority! 

Love this one of big brother helping little brother:

Cheering on the Minnesota Twins!  What enthusiastic fans!

A few pictures from a recent photo session.  There are more to come, but I just had to share these first!

I love all the facial expressions in this one! 

I had the fun job of photographing these handsome little guys recently.  These are a few of my favorite pictures—and as with little boys, most were taken while they were playing!

So often I have moms asking me what their children should wear for a session.  I try to encourage them to choose outfits that are expressive of their children’s personalities.  Sure nice neutral colors work well for big groups, but I think bright and fun goes a lot further in making your pictures more memorable.  My goal as a photographer is to find a neutral background so that your child can really stand out.  Colorful and playful outfits make that happen, too.

Plus I think kids just have more fun when they are wearing crazy clothes!

Look how bright her outfit looks in comparison with the background….a pink bucket hat and obnoxiously over-sized galoshes say a lot more about my fun-loving five-year-old than a white t-shirt and denim pants would have.

Patterns seem like a no-no, but they can be fun and not as distracting as one would think.

Doesn’t she have the most beautiful eyes?  What a cutie and by far the most compliant and well behaved two-year-old I’ve photographed (and yes, I’m including my own in that comparison)!

With her big brother–I can’t help it, I LOVE this picture!

We took pictures in a local church–look at how sweet these two were, sitting patiently in the aisle, looking at hymnals:

And then we braved the cold for a few minutes to get a couple more pictures.

Pictures of the whole family yet to come…..you know me, I LOVE LOVE LOVE pictures of little kiddos!

I can’t help it…..even though we don’t get to see his cute face, I just love this picture!

A. had a formal dance the same day as pictures, so we were able to get some pictures in his suit, too.

A sneak peek for my friend!

Her three boys and her little girl:

We did some pictures indoors and then moved outdoors.

I loved capturing the sibling relationships–they have so much fun together!

Individual pictures to be posted soon!