Documentary Family Photos

Karen, Chris and Lauryn came out for a play date.





This family’s closeness and their visible care and interest in each other are compelling and moving to me. Janelle called me to arrange a family session as a gift for her dad. A high school student, paying for and organizing a professional family lifestyle session because she knew it would be a meaningful gift for…
Here are the Voss, Witt and Voss families with mom and dad. They came out in the morning with me and braved the dew laden field grasses and flowers. ….who needs formal gardens!?! I was very happy to have such a large group that was up for trying several locations – and even did some…
These 3 have fun together. I need 2 hands to count the favourite places and activities for Nicholas in this beautiful home (…and I want to know how do you keep it so beautiful with a 16 month old child?). Shawn and Andrea are very relaxed and natural and their attitude shows in how secure…
Check out this great attitude …. 5 family members … and they’re all photogenic – because they all have a great attitude. It turned dark and windy out for our session, so we couldn’t have outdoor pictures and no window light pictures. …. so we had a location studio shoot! The joking and banter was…
14 family members? …. and 4 are young children? ….. and a dog? That’s the kind of session that tempts comtemporary photographers to go old school and do formal posed portraits with everyone gazing into the lens and smiling. This family of 14 helped me avoid that temptation by just being themselves; a spirited state…