Mic, Macy, and Faith

So, one person I can always count on to throw a photographic opportunity my way when I visit home is my sister, Daryl. She has always been very supportive of me and now my photography business. And she's a great lighting assistant on my shoots in Doniphan, too.

This visit I photographed three of the little people in my sister's new family. (She got married about a year and a half ago) Mic, Macy, and Faith were a lot of fun to photograph. Macy was quite the little giggle box, at least until she got some of the bubble mixture in her eyes. She was pretty tough and didn't cry (I probably would have) but after that happened, she wasn't as chipper as she had been previously.

Probably, the most interesting part of that session, was the run-in we had with the mule that resided in the field we were shooting in. He watched from a distance for a while, but then I guess decided it was time for HIS close-up and walked right over to us.... and would not budge. Daryl kept trying to push him away, but he was definitely living up to his mule reputation of stubbornness. Finally, I told Daryl to wave the towel she had over her shoulder in his general direction, and she and I made some noise until he finally decided to go away. When he had walked a good distance away, he looked over his shoulder at us with what I would say was a pitiful look. Awwww, why the long face, buddy? BAHAHAHA! Get it? Long face? He's a mule! *cough Anywhooooooo....

Here's a look at some of the shots from the session:

Julian and Londyn

Early in November, I had the pleasure of photographing two beautiful children. And to say that I got my exercise that day is a major understatement.
Julian and Londyn, along with their mother Cassie, met me and my sister-in-law/assistant, Jennifer, at Lakeview Park for their portrait session. Julian was instantly friendly and quite the little chatter box, asking me about my equipment and other things. Londyn, however, was glued to her mother's side and seemed very shy. I wondered how long it would take me to coax her out of her shyness................ not long at all as it turned out. After the first couple of photos, we were having quite a lot of fun! Running along the beach, playing peek-a-boo, and only stopping long enough for Cassie to wipe some very runny noses. I think they had had their photo taken a few times before. Every time they knew I was about to take their picture, what do you think they yelled? "Cheese!" I've heard from many other seasoned photographers to never have your subject say "cheese", but I'm inclined to let my subjects just be themselves. But I have to admit, after hearing "cheese" for about the hundredth time, I convinced Julian and Londyn to say some other foods that they like to eat. "Rice cakes!" "PISTACCHIOS!"
We ended the session on the playground (the part that Julian had been anxiously awaiting) and I got to be a passenger on the toy train. Julian was the conductor and Londyn blew the whistle. It was a great way to end the photo shoot. Here are some of my favorites from our fun filled day:

This beautiful family was truly an inspiration to me.
To Cassie: You have an amazing story and I know that your testimony will bless many lives. It blessed mine. Thank you for being a model for what it means to truly have faith in God. I pray the Lord continues to bless you and your family.

Urban Family Session - Robin, Seth, and Shea

Last week I had a really fun family session with the Walsh Family... well, the Walsh family minus 1 (unfortunately, Luke had to work late). We planned an urban/industrial style shoot for them. The weather has been pretty yucky lately and it was kind of touch and go for a while on the day of their session, but it stopped raining and turned out to be perfect weather for pictures.

We headed out to an area of Oshawa that has many different warehouses and found a couple that had some interesting structural features. The second warehouse had many large pipes at the side of it and we had a lot of fun getting some shots in and among those.

When we were finished at the warehouses, we then went to the local skate park to gets some action shots of the boys on their skateboards. Turns out that the GO station that can be seen in the background of those photos was one of Luke's first construction jobs, so I guess in some small way he was in a few of the photos. hehe. 

I wrapped things up with the boys at the skate park and decided to let them continue skating while I got some more single shots of their mom. Robin was a lot of fun to photograph. She and I are both fans of America's Next Top Model so she knew exactly what I was talking about when I said she had the "wind in the hair" look and when I told her to "smize" and do the "booty tooch." HAHA

Here are some of the photos from their session:

Hope everyone is staying warm during these cold rainy days. Catch you all later! :)