Holiday Mini Sessions

In November I offered holiday mini sessions to clients to use the portraits for gifts and cards. Here is a spotlight on four families who attended…

The Chittendens:

You may recognize these kiddos since I photographed them a couple of years ago out at fort Steilacoom park in Lakewood. Those photos are hanging in the Chittenden’s chiropractic office. This time around we were thinking gifts and we were able to get some great photos of Andrew, Aleis and Matthew! These two boys are absolutely the definition of boy! Rough and tumble, want nothing to do with having their photograph taken… so when I am able to get them to smile at the same time… I kind of feel like I just won a small battle! Ü

The Riggs:

I just recently photographed Layne for her senior portraits and it was a blast. I was very excited when I found out that the Riggs family was going to come in for their family portraits. At this session I had the pleasure of meeting Layne’s brother Evan and sister in law Erika who were married earlier this year. (Congratulations again to you two!) And of course the trickiest family member was the dog... who apparently likes to eat, well whatever he can get his chompers on! I was informed that this dog had recently eaten a whole glove and they were able to unfortunately confirm that a few days later when his stomach decided it was done with the glove! That is just so funny to me.

The Pohwats:

I met Corina and Jared at one of my husband’s work parties a couple of years ago. Ever since then Corina has been telling me how much she wanted to have family photos taken… so I was so glad when she told me that the holiday mini session was going to work out for them! With two little ones it’s always a challenge to make sure everyone is looking at the camera and happy… but we did it and got such cute images of this family! Little Cecilia is so cute with her little teeth just coming in. Too squishy and adorable for words. And Mr. Andrew… at such an independent stage… he was going to let us know where to stand and how to pose. It was pretty awesome! I definitely learned that 30 minutes is pushing it with two little ones... they just take a little extra time. Ü

 

The Jacobsons:

Momma Forest and I were connected through my mother who works with Forest and also has done some crafty projects for her. We were hoping that we’d be able to get a family photo including daddy, but he had to work… (we’ll get that another time though)… so we were able to capture momma with her kiddos and then some of the kiddos separately. These two were just too cute. I absolutely adore the photo of them lying on their tummies! CJ is such a loving older brother and it’s just so cute to watch see how he looks at his baby sister Isabel.

Angie D.

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Susan is getting married

Congratulations to my good friend Susan who will be getting married to Perry this August. 

It was so much fun to watch her try on dresses and get into full on bridal bliss! This day we attended the Brides against breast cancer wedding dress fundraiser and tried our best to find something that would work.

   Well we didn’t find THE dress, but we got a lot of ideas about what styles Susan liked and what she envisioned herself looking like as she walked down the aisle. I can’t wait to be there as you say I do to your groom and to celebrate your love to him.

All the best to you for all of the happy years to come.

Angie D

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Fung Family

Fung Family – WOW, I am so behind on blogging it so isn’t funny. I normally tell people it will be up in a month or two, but sheesh, 7 months…. *blush*

I met the Fung family at a Mariner’s game that my husband Steve’s work organized. The girls were soooo adorable and I of course had to snuggle little Hailey because she was just too friggen adorable for words! Gotta love baby snuggles… yum! Anyway we got to talking with Cassie & Ray and the topic came up that I was a photographer… they were so excited because they had just been talking about doing family photographs. SWEET! Gotta love meeting someone and being able to help them take care of a to do item as wonderful as portraits! Ü

Within a week of meeting I set up the appointment for the Fung family and met them up in Bothell at the Country Village. I’d wanted to photograph there… toooooo cute for words. Well found out the hard way that there is a photographer with rights to the property there so I got a little letter that asked me not to return… oh well… I got to fulfill my wish of photographing there and we got some absolutely adorable shots! Ü

Ray & Cassie ordered framed storyboards to go in their home.  Here are the two they ordered of the girls:

Ok, seriously, could these girls BE any more adorable? I just love my job!!!

Angie D.

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Briana & Jerrod

What an absolutely beautiful day for a wedding! It had rained all week and then the sun came out for a gorgeous wedding day! You just never can tell what it’s going to do here in Washington… but thankfully for Briana & Jerrod’s day it was fantastic weather.

I had a little fun playing with some different light set ups for their wedding photos and I just love how these formals came out.

Love when a bride has fun with her shoes.  It says so much about her personality and adds a fun little touch that says boo ya, I'm the bride and I'm making a statement!!! 

  

Your wedding and reception were such a blast. If it weren’t for the fact that I was totally exhausted from a long day, I think I just might have stayed to shake a leg on the dance floor! Ü

 

Too cute, Briana and Jerrod used their homemade BBQ Sauce as a favor for their wedding guests.  Each family got to leave with a bottle.  Love!

Congratulations you two, to many many years of wedded bliss!

Angie D.

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Landry Family

Jan & Rick are the most wonderful people and I was just ecstatic to be able to photograph their family. We met the Landrys in our car club and have served on the board with them, enjoyed game nights and just feel like they are part of our extended family.

It was so cool to be able to meet their daughter Jana, her husband Travis and their son Colton.

Colton was definitely the star of the day. He loves the beach, so it was an obvious choice to go to Owen's Beach at Point Defiance Park. The beach there is great for photographs.

This was the favorite family portrait of the day. It was used for their holiday cards and is also now hanging in the Landry’s home as well. Decorating with portraits is such a beautiful way to honor those we love and have them near us all day every day.

I just love the interaction here between grandparents and grandson. So absolutely priceless. I know that they will treasure this photograph all of their days and that Colton will treasure it too as he grows.

Thanks to you all for a wonderful session and then a great time visiting at the Antique Sandwich Company afterwards.  It was a fantastic day to create memories!!!

Angie D.

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Willie - Senior '11

Meet Willie.  He's a senior and will graduating this year! Ü Willie is a wrestler, so he is all things tough.

His mom, Bonnie, warned me he’d be a tough one to crack… and he was… but I always win. ;)

Thankfully I was able to catch a couple smiles for her.

I absolutely love how this one turned out! Been playing with lighting and loving the results!!!

Willie rockin' his Lettermans jacket!

Congratulations to you on all your hard work in wrestling.  Good luck at state!

Angie D

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Kaylin & Noah Summer Pics

These kids just keep growing and getting cuter every day! In fact I just got a call from my niece telling me that she read her first entire book all by herself! Such a proud auntie!

This session was supposed to be to get photos of the kids together…. However Noah was not going to cooperate for that. This was just one day when it wasn’t going to happen. So we got some photos of each of them separately and also with their Mimi.

Looking so grown up.

Loving her Mimi so much!

Kaylin & Mimi's hands. A photograph that I know will mean so much to both of them some day!

The little stinker.

Feelin' a little vintage! The best part about this was that Noah's grandpa had a truck just like this when he was a little boy.  It was a neat surprise to give the photo to him.

Enjoy life's moments, even if they aren't perfect, they are still your life and your memories... make them as special as can be.

Angie D.

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