Another year- Another Shoot

It's that time of year again. Well a bit early but with the way my semester is set up..probably not :) I had to get the kids pics done before xmas and decide on a photo. I was going to go with more enforcements..namely their father since he can get them to laugh (although a lot of times he gets them laughing TOO much- ask Jess )...so maybe it was divine that he did not go. We got haircuts for two of the three and I realized that RAIN was moving in. I don't mind rain but the actual sky when it's overcast is FANtastic for photo taking!

The kids did well! I was amazed....we hadn't eaten lunch yet so maybe starving your kids is the way to go :) Seriously we ventured to a new park..I was a bit tired of the barn at our local one....and didn't want to brave my fave one that has a lot of unsavory ppl in it. I bribed the brood with pizza from their fave place if they cooperated and it worked! The park is fantastic and we only ventured in a few feet...they were having a blast exploring and I *think* this shoot worked better than most since I channeled my inner Tara Whitney and just did it. Let them do their thing and snapped a TON of pics. 195 is a huge amt for me. But it was a success. I have a lot of good ones..some bad ones and my faves as usual are the candid ones of us - with ME in them.

I promised the kids we'd go back and hike....there are caves and dungeon like areas inside and it was so cool...railroad tracks (active though) and other things to see....but like I said the rain was coming fast. Outtakes are all shown here. I'll put some of my faves up on my photo blog. If you want to see ALL 195..drop me an email....I'm uploading to shutterfly now.

I love their deal w/Archivers...for the last two years now we've earned our xmas photos FREE...so stinking cool...and another reason to get them done early. Now to work on the newsletter....and get them all stuffed and ready for shipping at xmas time.

If you've asked me to take your family pics this holiday- just email me...now's a good time to head out - when it's cooler but not super cold....and it's not super hot anymore either.