Happy belated anniversary Mr. and Mrs. S!  We were so honored to finally meet you in person (my parents have such wonderful things to say about the two of you…)!  K, you have a gorgeous house, and an even more amazing family!  Thank you for inviting us into your home for a warm and intimate shoot with your family.  I loved the overall plan for spontaneity, coupled with a few more “formal” family photos (everyone always wants at least one photo where everyone is looking at the camera).  I’ve always loved color, and I didn’t realize until I was processing your images, how cheerful your couch photos looked with the infusion so many brightly colored accents.  I felt like the smaller accent pillows, magazines and block game really added some vibrancy…which was so appropriate for the kid photos!  Our shoot was filled with laughter and energy, and finished off with a family dinner at dusk.  Thank you again for your hospitality…it was such a pleasure meeting you all!  I mixed some of the “formal” shots with some of the more candid/blooper shots in your sneak peek 🙂

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Our client family was back home visiting, and we carefully planned our shoot months before the actual date.  We had great weather earlier that week, so I didn’t think we were going to have a problem at all…but as I started driving to our shoot location, it started to rain…hard.  As I climbed that steep road, it got to the point where I couldn’t even see the street anymore, because the rain was pelting my windshield.  Ugh.  Definitely no chance of doing our shoot there  🙁  I have to thank our families for being so flexible.  Out-of-town shoots are hard to schedule and coordinate to begin with, and next to impossible to reschedule (we know families are here for a vacation, not to continuously head out to photo shoots  😉  ).  It wasn’t raining as hard when I got back down to the bottom of the hill, but the ground was still wet, so our locations were still limited…especially with little ones.  We don’t want them sitting and walking in mud!  We ended up at a beach…this beach was windy (as it typically is), but at least it wasn’t actively raining, and the ground wasn’t saturated.

The girls did such a great job, especially considering they were riding around in the car for awhile before our shoot.  Just look at those cute smiles! Even our furry friend participated (which can sometimes be difficult in the midst of multiple distractions).  All in all, I’m so glad that our shoot worked out!  Thanks again for being so patient and flexible…it was great meeting all of you!!!  Here’s your sneak peek:

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