Best Face

This little guy is one of my favorites from the past year, and my entry for "Best Face" at iheartfaces.com this week.  It was a tough choice. 
I'm really enjoying seeing the other images that were submitted this week. Some very beautiful work.

  

"Bust a Gut"

I have great clients.  I suggested while taking these girls' pictures that their dad might decide to do something funny that might make them laugh while I was shooting.  I didn't get to see what it was that he did, but whatever it was, it worked!   
This family was actually featured in my previous post, in a shoot from a few years ago, when the girl on the right was just beginning to walk.  It's nice to see how they grow and change from year to year. 

The challenge on iheartfaces.com this week is called "Bust a Gut" - there are lots of great images to see on this theme there.

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Autumn

I love shooting family portrait sessions in the fall. This was a fun shoot - perfect weather, great light, and lots of leaves.  This was a nice moment, though there were other nice shots (posted below) too, and it was hard to decide. 

 

See more pictures on the "Autumn" theme at iheartfaces.com.

Black

"Black"

My entry for this week's "Black" theme at iheartfaces.com is, again, of a favorite model of mine - my daughter.  She'd wrapped herself up in a black backdrop that I'd brought out, probably hoping to get pictures of the kids with the backdrop behind.  They had their own ideas about what to do with it though.  I have pictures of each of them, with the backdrop wrapped around like a large shawl, usually with the other one running around.  They're not much for standing still.  Even in this image, parts of her are moving and showing motion blur.  But I loved the expression on her face - just a sweet and happy kid, busy doing what kids do. 

There are many beautiful images and many different interpretations of this week's theme to see at iheartfaces.com.

"Let Them Be Little"

"Let Them Be Little"

There is a row of trees with beautiful color along a busy street not far from our house.  There's also a concrete wall covered by colorful ivy. I've been driving by them every day wanting to get out and get some pictures with those fantastic red leaves.  My daughter wanted to stay in the car and read her library book, but I cajoled her into going for a walk and letting me snap some pictures, with her frequently making slightly goofy faces (this is one of the less goofy ones).  She was a good sport about it.   After about half an hour though she was done.

This is my entry for the "Let Them Be Little" theme this week at iheartfaces.com.  There are lots of beautiful images to check out!

First Day of School

First Day

This year I didn't get any "first day of school" photos.  My daughter missed her first day of first grade. - she and my husband had both been sick during the night, and I wasn't feeling too hot myself.  This photo is from a couple of years ago - my son's very first day of first grade.  He'd attended a private montessori for kindergarten, so this was also his first day to ride the bus.  It was the first time that we met many of the kids in our neighborhood. 

That look he's giving me is very typical of him.  Despite it being his first day, he didn't seem flustered or nervous about it at all. 

There are many more images on the "School" theme at iheartfaces.com this week - check'em out.

Eyes

Eyes

This is my entry for the "eyes" theme this week at iheartfaces.com.  Her eyes are so blue!  I just love the way this one turned out.  There are a lot of great images this week - check them out!