Traditional portraits just aren’t the right thing for my family. Here’s some mother and son bonding with Debbie and Michael. This is as normal as they get and I love them for it.
Debbie in the studio:
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…
I love red dresses. I love white dresses too. …. and black ones. Jonquil was hoping we wouldn’t be discovered by her co-workers with this red dress, shooting a fashion style session just outside her workplace (leading another life!). I think we did escape their notice and if she was concerned about it, you would…
This woman has talent. When Robyn’s not being a beauty model for me, she studies fine arts at UW. I recently commissioned a studio backdrop painting with Robyn: a 10 x 10 foot renaissance clouds painting on canvas. I have a special project in the works for the first use of this backdrop. I’ll have…
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…
Having fun in your portrait session leads to natural, fun captures. Here’s 2 wonderful sisters just being themselves – carefree and living in the moment.
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What a fun and unique shot! I am sure your clients will treasure this image for a lifetime. You are truly a master of your craft.
Jill
Now THIS is my kinda “NORMAL”!
Now if only more families would skip the pseudo-Rockwellian family photo sessions at Sears (ugh) and go to you instead–we could enjoy a world of AMAZING family portraiture for a change!
Fantastic job, Jay–viva the “new normal”!!
Some incredible pictures… the sky looks almost 3-D!