Benjamin Jack is 6 months old

I met little Benjamin when he was just 2 wks old. Here is his birth announcement we did.
To see him 6 months later was great. He was full of smiles and his blue eyes are stunning.

Oscar's First Birthday!

These pictures are nothing to write home about but I wanted to post them for family that could not enjoy the messiness first hand.


Cooper was more than happy to do a little stuffing himself.

Then he got a little confused thinking it was his 21st not his 1st birthday...

Often I have mothers forewarn me that I will have my hands full and they are not too optimistic about getting cooperation from their young ones. I always dismiss their warnings and am confident I will be able to capture the best in their children. Well I finally met my match...3 beautiful little girls under the age of 3 yrs. Getting pictures of each of them was easy but I had high hopes of getting a great shot of all three of them together. Getting them all in once place we could do but for not more than 10 seconds...and then getting them looking in the same direction was completely out of the question. Unfortunately the challenge remains until the next time we get together. Here are all the Brown girls...

Since I am not doing as many weddings as I used to (I used to photograph 30-40 weddings/yr but have decided 4-8 weddings is more manageable w/ 2 little guys at home & a husband in residency) I always look forward to a full day of photographing people at one of their happiest times. Jim & Katherine are a couple who are not shy about showing how in love they are. It is infectious to be around them. You cannot help to smile when you see Jim beaming at his new wife.
Katherine getting ready


Jim's son was the cutest usher I have seen! I had to force myself to stop taking his picture.



Congratulations Jim & Katherine!!

Now that Father's Day has past I can share w/ you an album I created for a client's Father's Day gift. The biggest challenge in designing this album was making sure all 4 kids got equal representation. I was happy w/ the results and my client was thrilled. I am looking forward to hearing what her husband thought of his gift.
This is the cover (back/front)




Here is a link to see the whole album.

Happy Father's Day

Thursday afternoon I had a great time photographing a friend's little girls. I took Cooper and Oscar along as I was checking out a place that I had been wanting to photograph at for a while. It was chaos but we managed to get a few good pictures of each child (getting the siblings together was completely out of the question w/ this bunch). This is what Madeline & Keira's dad will be getting for Father's Day.

I will share a few more pictures in the next few days.

Charles is 3 wks old

It was so fun getting to see Charlie Fraker again. He has grown a little and this time we got some pictures in his birthday suit which is a must at his age.
In each sitting I do I think the magic happens when my clients just do whatever they want w/o looking to me for direction. And that is exactly what this next picture is. Erik just leaned in and gave Margo a kiss. I LOVE IT!!! And I have been sitting typing and deleting for the past 5 minutes trying to explain how, for me, this image completely represents the Frakers but I cannot find the right words except that they are totally in love w/ their new baby boy AND w/ each other.

This last image was taken after we had finished up. It may just look like a snap that anyone could take but for me at that moment it was wonderful to see how content Charlie was to be with his dad and how at ease Erik was to be holding his newborn son (not often the case for 1st time dads). Just minutes later (as they invited me to watch the end of the French Open Championship match) Charlie was sound asleep on his dad's chest.

Here is his slideshow. Click on the picture to start.

With Father's Day this weekend I thought share a few pictures of Cooper w/ his dad taken last week in Kirkland. Next year my goal is to get Oscar in on the action.

June Bugs...Lucy & Harris' 1st Birthday

Yesterday afternoon was a perfect day for a party. Cooper had been talking about Lucy & Harris' party for days. And in his book (& ours) it lived up to his high expectations. All the kids were having a great time.
Harris the Birthday Boy

And Lucy the Birthday Girl

Harris' big brother Stanley


Cake time...

One guest was off to her ballet recital & we were lucky to get a sneak preview.

Cooper on the kazoo

I am going a little overboard w/ the number of pictures but all the kids were so cute. To see more check out the gallery.