Beautiful weather Saturday evening. I’m always excited when people trust my instincts about time. Ideally, a start time around 6 for a family/child session is perfect. We catch the perfect light half way through and can go virtually anywhere for pictures. I’m getting off subject.
I arrived in Evansville about 4 pm. Drove around quite a bit–lovely town–and then arrived a bit early to scope things out. I knew we had a big group, so I wanted to allow time to unload chairs and try and get an idea where to work. They were VERY helpful with that. And such a beautiful property. And towards the end, I learned there were 3 USMC gentleman in the group and so we took some fun shots of them as well. So honored to have met the 3 of you. Thank you very much for serving our country. I get a wee bit nosey once in a while and I took some time and looked at pictures on facebook of some of the places they were and it is unreal to me. Quite the “job” you have done for us and I’m so thankful for men and women like you who serve. It makes what I find to be every-day stress seem very unimportant. We are so lucky to live in the US.
It was a nice change of scenery and a very lovable family and perfect weather (AND CUTE KIDS)… so I left a happy camper. Couldn’t wait to get home and look at the images and start editing!
Wishing you all a great week. I’m headed to Madison tonight for a family session that I’m really excited about. Another full weekend of shooting–cannot wait! I hope the weather cooperates!
E
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Aren’t they cute? Such a sweet big brother (you will see). Sweet FAMILY, actually. Always nice to end a weekend on a good note, and for me, this was a really good time. Wait until you see these blue eyes a little closer, too. WOW.
I’m always really excited to go somewhere I’ve never shot before. “Mom” suggested their neighbor’s place, and it was GORGEOUS (thank you, neighbors). Had a really nice time with this group. We strolled around and caught happy moments as they happened. Very relaxing, very nice way for me to shoot. As I said on Facebook, I’m not one to initiate a hug, but I always leave feeling as if I’ve known the people I shoot for a long time and it feels a bit strange to walk away and just send a disk when we are done–but that is the case. So, when Mom reached out for a hug, I was so appreciative. I’m really very lucky to spend time with some of the nicest people… it never feels like work.
I hope you all have a wonderful mother’s day, relaxed and pampered. My mom is headed to the Brewer’s game (she’s a fan-atic), so I’m spending the day with my boys doing some planting and relaxing (and hopefully napping)!
E
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Hello all. It’s Tuesday… finally
This past Saturday, I packed up my gear and headed south. Sara and Kyle are getting married in Wisconsin, where their story started out, but they both ended up in Chicago as adults. SO, they were cute little kids running around with goggles and swimcaps (at least that’s how I picture it) and my hope was to put them in goggles again for these, but the night light and not wanting to put goggle marks on their foreheads to edit out left us with the ring shot below!!!
Anyway, when Sara and I started our engagement session conversation, we originally thought of doing them somewhere a little country like their wedding will be (SO EXCITED FOR THIS WEDDING). But when I saw a return address of Chicago, my heart skipped a beat and I mentioned to her that I don’t mind the drive at all
After some thought, she said something like “lets try it!” and so we did. Had no problems finding the place, a few problems with traffic. I love that we had such a calm day at Lincoln Park and smooth sailing around town as well. I saw parts of downtown that I’d never seen before and it was amazing! I drove home (though I wanted to stay so badly I could TASTE the cheesecake in my mouth) and wondered if I spent too much time gawking and enjoying the sights and sounds and not enough time shooting. So, I’ll stop my rambling on and on and leave you with the images. Or perhaps I should say “photos.” A friend of mine just joked that he is not a pictographer…
Hope you all are having a wonderful week.
e
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He is 1 this coming week. And what a cute little man he is. So calm and peaceful. It was really fun spending time with he and mommy. Not one complaint about taking a picture and he was so happy to explore! Thanks so much S&P for meeting me. It was great!
Big weekend for me. My next post will be Chicago engagement session! Keep watching!
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