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…
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…
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…
We’re often too busy as adults to do kid stuff with our children. Grandmas will do the stuff that figures large in a kid’s life. They’ll encourage a kid to be a kid. Grandmas, nanas and babas realize that those moments spent together are the point. It’s the moments you remember. The same moments that…
Denise, Kayla and I spent 2 days scoping out cool grafitti, browsing Chinatown, hanging out and people watching. Aside from being my partner and daughter, Denise and Kayla are always willing to help me try out new ideas. They usually both contribute many of their own ideas too and I’ve learned how well their ideas…