K. Cake Smash

You might recognize this little girl, since I've taken pictures for her family before.  So I was thrilled when her mom said she wanted to do a cake smash shoot, because they are truly my favorite shoots to do!  And I tell you, this girl is a professional cake smasher.  Other babies need to be coaxed into it, and might not always be as interested in the cake at first.  But this little lady dug right in with both fists with pure glee!

"You're really letting me do this, Mom?"

I loved seeing the frosting all over her toes!

And in the end, there was almost nothing left behind!

S. Family

I can honestly say that this family was the most fun I have ever had in a photo session.  Usually everyone except Mom is not happy about having their picture taken, and I end up doing all sorts of games and tricks to get everyone smiling.  But in this family Dad and one daughter were the only ones, and everyone else was 100% excited to take pictures!  Dad was even a good sport, too, after giving me my favorite sound bite ever.  "I don't know what my wife is paying you, but I will double it if you go home and we don't have to do pictures," he told me with a straight face.  Hilarious!  As usual, I made sure we did the shots with him first so he could be "done" and then let him sit back while the rest of the crew planned out jumping shots and solo shots and everything else they could think of.

In fact, a good portion of the pictures I sent them were what some would consider "outtakes", but Mom couldn't stop laughing at how perfectly it captured the bright personalities in her family!  That is truly my goal.  We all need the posed shot of everyone smiling, but I think it is just important for everyone to look a the pictures and say " that is SO our family!"