Family Farm Time

I had a nice little Saturday evening in Jasper, IN with this great family.  I started with one family to capture their baby at three months and then we did an extended family session afterwards.  They couldn't have been more laid back and fun.  They had the family stone picked out for their formal portrait location.

I'm not a country girl and yet I love shooting on farms.  The amount of character and the story that a family farm call tell is so inspirational that it's almost chilling to me.

I'm really going to try and narrow down the pictures here...

First, here's the one family with their three month old.

This chest was part of a gift this family received when the dad's grandfather past away.

I couldn't get over how much color and richness could be found in a soy bean field!  How cute are they here?

And now for the extended family session.  Mom and dad, with their three kids who all have families of their own now.

Yep.. this is corn!

That's a wrap!

I will be printing one of this last picture for myself.  If I could do it all over again we would have shot the family pictures in front of this pond, but I didn't find out about this spot until we were done!  (The barn area was unfortunately off limits)

The Real Deal

You might be fooled when looking at these pictures thinking everything went perfectly and the kids were amazingly cooperative.  What all families need to know, is that NO ONE has a seamless session!!  We are working with young kids for crying out loud!!!  With that being said, that is why you hire a photographer who knows what they're doing.  It's our job to get you good pictures of you and your kids no matter what the situation.  Kids are kids and they will behave like kids.  If it makes you feel any better, I have seen A LOT and NOTHING surprises me or seems the least bit unusual!  With that being said, don't think I'm discounting you as the parent(s).  In this session, the youngest was definitely not feeling well and her brothers might have been a little "over it" at times, but in the end all I see is another family full of fun with lots of great emotions!  You are all amazing with the effort you put forth and the parents here worked very hard too!

Setting the example right from the beginning as the oldest tends to do...

so the middle child says, "I can do that too!"

I couldn't decide between B&W and Color... but these shots might have been my favorite.

One goal was to get this cuties 18 month pics.