The White Family

Yikes, two posts in one day! I was so excited about today's shoot with my friend Melannie and her family, that I just couldn't wait. Now that my workflow is improved, it's easier for me to import in RAW, pick out my faves, edit, export to JPGs, upload (in various places) and blog!

My little one, Dylan, was such a good boy today as I took photos indoors and out. Thanks to the rocknplay, it makes it easy to bring him along, while including him in on the action (and not having to worry about him accidentally falling over while sitting up!). He took a nice long (long for us is an hour and 15 min) nap beforehand and then slept the whole way home (about an hour in rush hour traffic-woops!). I was actually glad it took me longer to get home, bc he slept well. ;)

Melannie and I graduated nursing school together a couple of years ago and thanks to good 'ole Facebook, it's easy to keep in touch with everyone's busy lives...and Melannie sure is busy! She has four, count 'em, FOUR boys!! (plus her husband!) ;) There's Kyle, 18; Kole, 16; Jared, 3; and baby Justin, 3 months. I normally don't get the chance to shoot that many people at once, but surprisingly it only took about an hour and a half. I think the older boys were eager to do their thing (although they sure hammed it up for the camera efficiently enough) and although the little ones sure pretended they didn't want their picture taken, they were great in front of the camera as well.











A big thanks to the White family for trusting me with their family portraits and welcoming Dylan & I into their home. :)