I’ve had the pleasure this summer of providing vacation family photography to several families visiting both St. Augustine and Melbourne. I thought I’d combine two of those shoots in this post, one of them in St. Augustine Beach and the other in Melbourne Beach. During the session in Melbourne, I also captured a few quick senior portraits for one of …
Family vacation photography is a great way to capture memories while you’re all together in one place, without a lot of scheduling problems, and with the added bonus of remembering this special occasion! I have more and more families contacting me as they gather together in St. Augustine. First of all, I’m so impressed by extended families who manage to …
I think I confessed recently that there was a time, years ago, that I didn’t enjoy extended family sessions very much. I might have definitely avoided them. I think it was for two reasons. First, the flow is different than a shoot with one family. We spend more time on posed groups and less time on individuals, candid/creative time, etc. …
Wow, I have been so buried in moving you guys! I completely lost track of blogging for a bit and took a short break from shooting as well! (We only moved a few miles north but might as well be a few hundred miles right?) However, I did photograph this fun family on vacation at the beach a couple weeks …
I knew when this family showed up with a cooler that it would be a fun, relaxed session! Seriously though, I admire how they made the shoot an enjoyable outing together rather than simply a photo op. I’ve worked with this family several times now but this was the first time they gathered uncles and grandparents together for a large group …
I’ve known this family for a long time so it was extra special to capture their extended family portraits again. Last time we did this I think we were short a couple grandchildren! I love the clothing colors too! In addition to the big group, we captured all the individual families as well as grandparents with grandchildren, all the girls and mom …
Every year I start out with a handful of posts that I just couldn’t get on the blog before the end of December. The holidays always take me by surprise and leave the blog in the dust! So today I finally get to share an extended family session photographed just after Thanksgiving in Melbourne. I’m always impressed by the people who …
I photographed this extended family session a couple weeks ago on Merritt Island under lots of beautiful oak trees. The dogs were so cute and well behaved. The people were pretty great too!
I loved everything about this session. The people, the clothing, the location, the weather, the chickens! This family just makes you want to know them better. They’re unique in so many ways and full of various skills and talents. They are even building (and have been for years) their own home (as in with their own hands.) It’s almost finished and it’s …
I was looking forward to meeting little Madelyn’s grandparents and extended family for this shoot because I knew they must be amazing people. Jeff and Mariel have been so great to get to know through the baby plan and I knew that genuine kindness had to come from somewhere! Then, not surprisingly, after posting a few sneak peeks to Facebook I learned …
The grass is always greener. Sometimes growing up in the same small town from birth to high school graduation you might feel like you don’t have much of a story to tell. You know, compared to the kids who moved here from NY and spent a few years in Germany, etc. Yet despite feeling this way sometimes as a kid/teenager, …
I have had the pleasure of photographing this sweet boy from newborn to now 16 months, this being our 5th session together. The family wanted to capture portraits with all the grandparents while everyone was in town at the same time. I love these guys and I also super loved the outfits mom put together for everyone! Really great use …
