It's hard to believe this little baby is already more than a month old. She has the best birth story, waiting patiently to be born on the day her parents started their relationship 10 years ago. This baby couldn't have been born to a more amazing set of parents, and seeing them with her was all sorts of sweetness. I am so excited for this family, and I can't wait to see this little one again soon.
Yay for big families! Yay for folks who are up for a little playing in the rain! Yay for pizza parties! Yay for dance parties!
I got to photograph this crew last year (you can check it out here), and I was so excited to have the opportunity to document them again. I absolutely love sessions like this, when there are so many different interesting things going on, and everyone is mostly oblivious to me even being there. Most photographers would think I'm crazy for loving extended family sessions, but clearly they don't get to photograph the families that I get to photograph.
This session was a gift for a doting grandmother. Three families from all over the country gathered together in their childhood home, and I got to document it in all of it's chaos and joy. I thoroughly enjoyed watching all of the different relationships unfold as they played with balloons, sparklers, worked on a fairy house, played Octonaut Uno, and had a pillow fight. I know many photographers shy away from extended family sessions, but I have to say that they are some of my favorite. Coming from a big family and having grandparents that were such a big part of my life, these sessions stir up something in me that makes me so grateful for the opportunity to photograph them. I'm always so interested in watching all the activity and observing the many different ways of connecting; aunts, uncles, cousins, grandkids, spouses, nieces, nephews, brothers, and sisters. Grandma was all smiles and snuggles, and really, so was everyone else. While this session was meant as a gift for Grandma, I think ultimately the gift is for the grandkids as they will grow up with visual proof of how very much their grandma loves them.
