The Thomson Family

Normally, a family of five is an hour and a half session.
Normally, I walk away from the session thinking, ok I've got maybe 30 shots here. Not this time. This family session wrapped in an hour and I had more images than I knew what to do with. It's hard not to look at these photos and wonder if this family has ever considered modeling. I mean really guys, even baby boy - who I believe was only 7 weeks old in these photos - cooperated.
One of my goals as a photographer is to be able to get that perfect picture without having to yell "smile!" or "look at me!" - which of course is hard when children are involved and you're wanting a posed picture. More often than not it's those moments "in between" poses that are my absolute favorite to capture. Luckily - the poses we did do worked out for the most part, and I was able to get those candid pictures too!
We ended up doing a lot of seated "poses", mostly because there was an infant involved, but also because this gorgeous tree was so perfect to just sit under and watch the world pass us by. We shot at the same park as The Reiherzer Family session - just in a different location. I'm pretty positive I have found my new "spot" - especially early on the weekends, there was no one there to interrupt or distract us from taking these beautiful shots. **side note - how many quotations can a girl use in one post? I mean really.
I'm really looking forward to doing this families fall/winter pictures, not just because they're extremely photogenic but because they were fun to work with!

xo

Justyn