Family session with Debbie and David
Debbie and David called me a while back asking for a family portrait. At our consultation in February they explained how hard it is to get a nice family picture, and how important it is for them. As always – I was very excited for the session, and ready to create something special – just for them.
Anyone who has ever photographed children will tell you about the challenges involved… Especially if the children are 2 and 5 years old! Well, I had the pleasure of meeting little Thomas and his big brother Joseph a few weeks ago. They are lively boys with tons of energy (just as I expected them to be) with great charm and personalities. Nothing more real than kids that age!
Together, we were able to create many beautiful family photographs, but I am especially fond of the pose of the parents alone. Picture love, caring, unity – everything that’s most important in marriage. Looking at these two people, it’s hard to believe that they have spent many years together. It seems like they have just gotten engaged! I love those moments!
Patricia understates the challenges of photographing our family in particular. Neither Debbie nor I are facile subjects — getting a natural and photogenic expression from either of us is tricky, much less at the same instant. Joseph and Thomas were, not atypically, bursting with nearly uncontrollable energy. I thought getting a good family photo would be about as easy as getting a shot of somebody smiling in a driving rain storm right as two lightning bolts struck at their side.
The fact that she got multiple great portraits is a credit to Patricia’s patience and gift for working with difficult subjects!
Thank you for the compliments, David. I’m happy that it worked out so well.
Wow great pics! I need your as my photographer! xo xo
I’d be happy to photograph you Cindy. Anytime.
Love your pictures we need to take family pictures we have not done any since 2009 a shame I know lol
Wow! That’s a really long time. Please- find a photographer or do it yourself- but create a family photo on a yearly basis or even more often. It’s so important for our kids- to have those ..when we’ll be gone.
Great pictures! I do in home childcare so I know all too well how hard it is to photograph children. I try to take a group picture at least four times per year and oh the headache I can get from doing that. lol
Happy to hear that you are trying. Don’t give up – some day it will work out.
Those are beautiful! You have to be a special kind of person to photograph little ones :)
Thanks
Great pictures!
Thank you.
Those pictures are gorgeous! What an adorable family!Thank you for sharing with us. We really need to get some of these done!
Those are absolutely amazing pictures, and it does look like the couple just met. I love the family pic w/the little one reaching up to his daddy. :)
I like that picture too. Happy to hear that you like it.
Lovely family! :)
Awww… what a lovely family! Great pics!
Thank you.