Baby Eden was the runner up in our Cute Baby Contest and was in this week for her six month portraits. She is such a riot– I laughed through her entire session! Its so great I have this job and I get to play with the baby girls that come in– I get my “girly” fix and then go home to my little boys!
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Baby Claire was our 2010 Cute Baby Contest winner! We had so much fun with her prize session here in the studio. Her mommy wanted us to play dress-up and I was definitely game!
I wish Lonnie could get ALL the husbands to think the way he does! He says that any time Shannon wants photos she can get whatever she wants. I *heart* Lonnie! 🙂 We had a fabulous session with them out in Destin playing in the sand on an awesome Spring day… oh some days my job is just torture! 🙂
I know I say so often on the blog about how much we love our clients and I want to make sure everyone knows I really DO mean it! We have some of the best clients on the planet! There are a few that have merged for just being clients to being our friends and Jennifer & Kevin are definitely one of those couples! I photographed their wedding back in 2007 and since I have had the wonderful privilege of photographing their family and now the two of them again! They are two people who constantly encourage me, support me and bring smiles to my face. I know if I have a cool shot going up on the blog, Jenn will be one to leave a comment or send me an email or FB message. I am so thankful to have them as clients, but even more luck to call them my friends.
Dear Linda and Olyn,
Our favorite picture is one that taught me a lesson about motherhood. Our session was on a humid afternoon in June of 2008. I was looking forward to hanging the “perfect” family portrait on our living room wall and dressed the family in matching white polos and khaki shorts. Little did I know that the “perfect” picture would not be what I had anticipated.
My eight year old son, Hunter, had been woken from a catnap on the way to Southwood and I knew right away he was not in the mood to be photographed. He does not like to have his picture taken much anyway, but after being woken he was in a particularly bad mood. Oh great, I thought. Here we go…money down the drain. Hunter chose a very stoic pose in almost all of the family pictures you took. I kept saying, “Hunter, please smile!” Linda kindly told me that it was okay because that was his personality and we wanted to capture that in the pictures. Within minutes of meeting our family you were able to gain insight into Hunter’s demeanor. He isn’t prone to showing off in front of others, especially when there is a camera around.
Once you began to take pictures of the boys together, Hunter cheered up and began to giggle and smile. His younger brother, Tyler was able to get him to loosen up a bit and laugh during the rest of the shoot. Yes, they were being silly but you took two beautiful pictures of our boys that day. In one, both boys are lying on the ground but only Tyler is facing the camera with a precious little grin on his face. His head is leaning on his brother’s head. Hunter is resting his head on his arm and chuckling about something funny that Tyler said. Although you cannot see Hunter’s face, I remember the smiling and giggling that they were doing at that moment.
That day I learned that photography is meant to capture the true essence of the subjects. It is not to create an artificial feeling or moment. You gave us a wonderful family photo that hangs in our living room today as well as two other pictures that capture the loving relationship of our sons. Nothing is more precious to a mother that the sound of her children giggling with one another and I can hear the boys’ laughter each day when I walk past those photos in our home. Thank you for capturing the true essence of our children.
Sincerely,
Lisa D. Blackburn
