Hey-ya Hey-ya, The gang's all here!

This week I got to shoot a huge 15 person family. Deb is from my MOPS group (Mothers of Preschoolers) and her whole family came visiting for the holidays. Her 3 children, their spouses and her 7 grandchildren were all there for the festivities. Since everyone was here at the same time, Deb asked me to do pictures of the whole clan. It was a challenge shooting 4 preschoolers and 3 babies along with their respective grown-ups, but the result was well worth it! I enjoyed getting to know Deb better and meeting her wonderful family. Deb, here is the sneak peek I promised you!
Happy New Year!

Everyone together
We tried one outside, but it was too cold to last for long!


Indoors was much warmer.


Grandparents and grand-kids


And the smaller family groups.

Family Maternity

I drove over the mountain Saturday to photograph a lovely family. 13 month old L was a doll and her mom looked AMAZING, especially since she is 7 months pregnant! I wish I looked that good. I enjoyed my morning with them, and am so excited to show Mom her pictures.

Fresh and New... Baby Aleks

Aleks was only 5 days old when I got to take his picture. We took pictures of his lovely Mommy a month or so ago I posted them HERE. Now that he has entered the world, it was time for his close-up. Aleks was well behaved for a newborn and we got lots of great shots.

My best friend's Boys.

I got to photograph some of my very favorite people Friday. We were supposed to do the whole family Saturday afternoon but Dad had some change of plans so we decided to go ahead with just the kids a day early so that we could still get at least some pictures done. Amy is my best friend here in Madison and I love hanging out with her and her boys. The boys did a great job modeling for me, especially B! I have never shot B before, but I think he has a future in modeling. The little boys were as crazy as usual, but fun to be with and I really like the shots we got of all three of them together. Thanks for letting me capture your little ones Amy!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Saturday continued the Christmas rush with another studio family shoot. This time the family was all decked out in Christmas colors with the cutest little girl in a Santa dress. We even got the dog Zoe in the action at the end. Zoe wasn't sure she wanted to participate but we convinced her in the end with some treats. I had great fun with the E family, turns out they are across the street neighbors from Amy, whose family I shot last week. Small world, no? I was especially excited to get to use my new backdrop, I think it went perfectly with the Christmas theme and added a lot of warmth to the pictures. Your disc will be coming soon W, but for now here is a peek at your session.

Sweet little S





The family



Zoe


And some specialty shots- my favorites!