With work, family and other projects, my photography blogging tends to take a back burner.  I often get questioned if I am still photographing kids and families.  The answer is a definite yes, but I have been trying my best to create efficiencies in my work and often blogging does not make the priority list.  I have found some quiet time today and wanted to take the time to share a few recent sittings.

This was the second time I have photographed this beautiful family.  It was a little mind boggling that over 10 years had past.  I don't even have pictures I can share here because it was before the digital age.  Their daughters had grown into stunning and mature young women.  They were together to celebrate their youngest's high school graduation.  I have known their parents for years and I couldn't help snapping one of their mom.  She is stunning and I wanted her to see how beautiful she looked for having two adults girls! 

Left in amazement

As I was driving away from this super fun shoot, all I could think about was how incredible the four sisters were together.  They were excited to take me to a few of their favorite spots in their house (hanging bar/trapeze was a must capture) and just be together.  I really am lucky to have such great clients, old and new, that make my job so enjoyable.

I hope these girls will look at these pictures and see how beautiful they are both inside and out!!

As soon as I snapped the first picture of this beautiful girl for her senior pictures I knew it was going to be an easy hour of work.  I know this cliche is over used but this young woman is as beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside.  She will be leaving in Seattle in a few months and starting her next phase of life in our nations capital.  I know this girl is going to impact lives in big and small ways.  You just can't help but smile when you look at her pictures!  I have been super busy working to launch my new project that I hesitated to share my recent portrait work because the images are straight out of the camera but I think these are worth sharing.  And I am adding a few that we took w/ her mom.  One of the main reasons this girl is as special as she is!

This family just relocated from New York arriving in time to enjoy the beautiful August days we are having and fortunate to miss Hurricane Irene. They moved in just a few doors down from me and so I completely enjoyed getting an opportunity to spend time with them and document this time in their lives. A new home in a new state would be exciting enough but these were taken just days before the oldest headed off for her even newer home as she is now a freshman in college. This dynamic threesome was so fun to photograph and I hope they cherish these images for years to come and look back on them fondly as the moment in time that their lives took an amazing turn that lead to many great events and memories! Welcome to Seattle!!

I can't believe it is already May. Last year I jumped off the cliff and did the Giving Every Day in May. It was an incredible month & I so wish I had the bandwidth to do it again this year. But I am buried in work and the amount of work GEDIM requires would drive me into the ground this year. Hopefully I will be able to do something similar in the future.
A few weeks back I photographed another BEAUTIFUL senior. I kept thinking to myself as I was working that I was amazed by her beauty and she has the brains, personality & athletic ability that even surpass her looks. She is off to California for college and I am sure she is going to blow doors off everything she does!