I think this was the last time I’m going to be able to do pictures in the field full of yellow flowers (for this year). I had a session this evening and we stopped by there and they were about gone. I’ll miss having that as a go-to spot.
Mr. J really wanted to pull the wagon all by himself and I just love the way this first picture turned out. He is great with his baby sister and she is just as cute as can be! Hope you enjoy your peek:)
or like a fly on the wall because it would have been so entertaining to watch me, this senior, and her mom attempt to get the stand-in-the-middle-of-the-street-downtown Houston shot. First off, I don’t normally go downtown on a Friday evening because I know that everyone that works down there is trying to get out of downtown to start their weekend. But I forgot that there is also a lot of people that are coming into downtown for sporting events, to eat, for concerts, theater, etc….
And the combination of all of these people coming and going was traffic! And lots of it. We would run into the street and I’d maybe fire off one shot when her mom would yell, “CAR”! and we’d run back to the side. We did this…ah, maybe…5,000 times give or take. LOL! Sometimes I didn’t even get to take a shot. I think one of the taxis would have definitely run us over if we hadn’t moved fast enough. It was fun though:)
Hope you enjoy your peek:)
This session was very similar to a couple other newborn shoots I’ve had lately. These newborns have come with older siblings. And all of them have been really good. Newborn sessions usually take longer than any other type of session and these siblings have to be so patient for such a long time. I can usually get some sibling shots in the beginning, maybe some family shots, possibly some shots of the older siblings but sometimes we have to pull something out of a bag of tricks…or in my case…a drawer of tricks. And this particular drawer has some old cameras, some stuffed animals, a couple of little hand held toys, and a obnoxious yellow rubber chicken. Once kiddos see me open and take something out of the drawer they become very interested in it. I have to be careful though because the biggest trick of all…THE YELLOW RUBBER OBNOXIOUS-SOUNDING CHICKEN…is quite annoying and once it’s out it usually doesn’t go back in. It makes the loudest, most obnoxious noise you’ve ever heard. It works really well at getting the kid’s attention and their smiles. But they also want to hold it (or hug on it as in the picture below) and squeeze it. And squeeze it. And squeeze it. If there are any photographers out there reading this and you have one of these I’m sure you are nodding your head in sympathetic agreement:)
My kids loved the yellow rubber obnoxious chicken when I brought it home. It’s since become off limits for them! The thing will drive you crazy but it’s there…in the drawer of tricks….and I’ll pull it out the next time I have a sibling that needs an extra trick to get that smile:)
Hope you enjoy your peek:)
This is a surprise Father’s Day present so if you happen to know the husband/daddy of these beautiful girls please don’t mention the pictures that you saw in this sneak peek:)
of yellow wildflower pictures?? It’s hard not to incorporate these gorgeous flowers right now because I know they won’t be around long. And I actually like them more than bluebonnets (gasp!)….there, I said it! I know, it’s like a crime to say that in Texas:) Bright yellow just seems like such a happy color and when it blankets an entire field I love it. And it was so fun to watch these sisters play in the field and pick the flowers.
Sorry for the late peek, but I hope you love it:)
I can imagine that we were quite the sight flying around the country club where they are members on 2 golf carts carrying chairs, clothes, buckets, camera bags and anything else we thought we might need. The good thing was that we (the wife and I) unknowingly scheduled this on the day of the Masters Golf Tournament so there were not a lot of golfers out on the course. It was perfect and gorgeous.
Their girls were such troopers…it was getting late and they hadn’t had dinner yet and we kept trying to get just a little more. It’s hard not to when you have such adorable subjects, gorgeous surroundings and perfect evening light. I had a blast and I hope you guys did too. Hope you enjoy your peek:)
I had not seen this little guy since his newborn shoot. He still has the same face with the big gorgeous eyes but he’s now a fast toddler. It was great seeing and working with you guys again! Hope you enjoy your peek:)
I’m so happy for this family. They are head over heels for their new little guy and big sister is so cute with him.
Look, no hands!
This girl is an absolute doll! These are her one-year-birthday pictures.
Hope you enjoy them:)
We almost got her car stuck out in the field. The tires found a couple of spots where they just spun and spun and I thought to myself “Well, I’ve never gotten a client stuck in a field before”. A new adventure. That’s one of the great things about my job….everything changes with each time I work and that’s fun and exciting. Even if it is almost getting their vehicle stuck. Her mom and I were prepared to push though if we had to. Which luckily we didn’t.
Thanks for the fun session Miss A. Hope you enjoy your sneak peek:)
