FAMILY: cousins comin' to town

These girly girls and their fun-loving on-the-run cousin will have many great memories together. I love the special relationships that cousins have--it's amazing-you could live miles apart from your cousins and see each other only a few times a year, but those few times are often the highlights of your year. I loved that although these cousins are long distance, there was no warm-up time needed--they played and laughed and truly enjoyed each others' company.

P.S. Does the cute blond look familiar? :) This second time around, he was less afraid that I might be the babysitter and that mommy would leave any minute.

FAMILY: from 2008

I am finally catching up (sort of). This was from my very last shoot of 2008, taken on 12/31/08 for the client's extended family. This is the client from a few posts back who has referred a ton of people to me (she was also referred by another client). Did I mention how much I appreciate referrals? :) This extended family shoot would not have been possible without my photographer friend, Pei Ketron. Check out her signature shot from the day.

The large group:
above image by Pei

FAMILY: extended family

FUN extended family portraits! Laughing to myself as I process... :)

Family: Can't rain on this family's parade!

Even the rain couldn't stop this family from smiling and having fun!

Cousins, aunt, and grandma

Mom organized a photo shoot for 3 generations of women in this family. You could tell they are a close knit family from their interactions and I always love watching kids show so much love to a new baby cousin.

Something in the water

The joke is that there must have been something in the water because all these girls are cousins from two sisters. Four girls from one mom and three from the other. They love each other like only sisters can. It was a pleasure to photograph this close friend's family.

Fun family shoot!

Do you recognize mom, dad and baby from this shoot? Well, mom organized an extended family shoot for Grandma and Grandpa and this family loved to have fun! There are more pics to come...I'm just playing catch up. :)

Here's one for now:

Four generations

This is one of those shoots that just tug at the heart. Daughter hired me to photograph her grandmother, along with her own mom and her daughter. So, I had four generations in front of me and I could just see the love that each of the women had for each other. This is one of my favorite expressions that grandma gave me.