handsome boys...

Aren't these boys the cutest brothers!? They were so much fun to have in my natural light studio. Eddie has to be the easiest 3 year old I have ever photographed, he was so easy to engage and was so expressive and darling. My goal is always to capture a child's true personality and natural expression. I don't do a lot of directing, I just try to let things happen naturally. When I wanted to photograph the boys together, Eddie grabbed his brothers hand and they held hands the whole time, so cute. Boys are the best...

happy family...

This family is amazing, with 7 children they are as calm as can be and are such loving, giving parents - it was an honor to photograph their big, happy family. Jenny wanted to do the session by the train she drives by every day, so this fun location was her idea and I love it. I'll admit it's no easy task to get lots of little kids to look at you at the same time, all with happy faces, so the goal was just to get everyone looking at the camera with eyes open! We captured some great photos of this wonderful family, and it was even a chilly 40 degrees - thanks you guys, you are such troopers! 

the realities of a photo shoot with 7 kiddos! for the records...

studio shot of the babies...

These sweet little babies came to my house for the first wave of their family photo session. Since we knew it was too cold for happy faces outside, I did the little kids indoors. 4 kids ages 3 and under! I can relate a tinsy bit having had 3 kids under age 2, and man it was crazy. Their mama is so amazing! It was an hour of craziness, but we got some beautiful pictures of their little faces and a frozen memory of it all for the books...

a little princess among them...

These cute kids lived next door to me for 2 years, now they are way too far away (down the street). They are a little too comfortable with me so they didn't think my jokes were all that funny or my threats:) were all that scary (kind of like taking pics of my own kids). But we got some great shots anyway, and of course we had to get lots of extras of the only little girl in the family...thanks you cutie stinkers!

Reese kept doing this pose (cute but not my favorite), I later found out she'd just been to Disneyland and all the princesses taught her this is how a princess smiles for the camera!