I think this one is one of my favorites!

We attempted to get Chase in the photo, and this is what happened.

One of my favorite “real” photos from their session.  You should have seen the smile on her face when she got her way!

I adore this photo!!

Notice the drops of water coming out of the gun.  Love it!

My last photo of the session.  I think the kids were ready to go to bed for the evening.

Aside from the fact that I had to get up WAY too early, it was an amazing morning full of great sessions.  The lighting was perfect, and it helped that we got a little help from the passing cloud, as well as a tree placed perfectly as the sun rose in the air.  My first session was with sweet Katie & Anna, two adorable sisters dressed and ready to go for photos.  We started with them at 7:00, but that didn’t stop them from looking beautiful and having fun!  Anna fell into the lake about 5 minutes into our session, and much to my delight, she wasn’t miserable the rest of the session.  In fact, she had a blast playing in the water!  Katie was alot more cautious, but she eventually got a little wet.  I adore the backlit photos we got at the end of the session of her.  So gorgeous!

Finally got Katie in the water, although I don’t think she was as happy about it as Anna was.

Next up was 9-month-old Lydia, whom I’ve worked with several times before.  She is such a beauty and always yields great photos.  This session she wasn’t very happy about alot of things, which can happen at this age, however she was happy long enough to get some great shots!

She was both fascinated with the sand and unhappy about sitting in it!

Now, it’s Beckett’s turn.  This crazy boy didn’t waste any time getting wet, as you will soon see.  Mr. Beckett is at that pivotal age of 18 months were it is very difficult to get your subject to sit in one place.  Yet, I love this age for one reason: you never know what the child will give you!  Beckett sure gave us alot!!

I love that I was ready for this!

Since he was sopping wet, we let him play around in just his diaper.

Drew & Ryan were my next session after Beckett.  This is the third year I’ve worked with these boys, and it’s been a blast watching them grow.  It’s also bittersweet, because I see them for just the session, and then it’s another year!  Ah well… at least I got to enjoy them for a little while on Friday.  Their mom came prepared and brought them in their bathing suits ready to get wet.  After they were able to play around in their suits, we got their shirts back on, found some shade (the sun was getting high and hot at that time) and got some nice portraits of them.

I love boys.  I was attempting to make them laugh by making silly faces and sounds, and they decided to imitate me!

Hunter was my very last session of the morning.  The sun was starting to get a little high, so we set up an umbrella that I brought to provide a little more shade for portraits on the beach.  6-month-old Hunter was such a cutie full of smiles and fun expressions!  We were also able to get some great family photos with mom & dad when a big cloud passed by.  He got a little cranky at the end, which is to be expected when you are a baby and all you want is to eat and sleep!  Didn’t stop us from getting some cute photos at the end.

One last one with mom…I love this shot!

It’s Kristin with an engagement session. Both Erin and Ryan had their high school senior pictures taken at the nine mile creek in Bloomington, so they decided to have engagement session there too. You’d never guess that the humidity was 98% on the day of this session! It was ridiculously hot and muggy, but we all took off our shoes and waded through the stream to cool off. Ryan and Erin had so much fun playing in the water that it was easy to capture lots of natural candid shots.

]]> http://www.liveandlovestudios.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=9497 0 http://www.liveandlovestudios.com/blog/?p=9459 http://www.liveandlovestudios.com/blog/?p=9459#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:34:11 +0000 admin http://www.liveandlovestudios.com/blog/?p=9459 I met up with Andrea & Jeremy on Tuesday evening at Minnehaha Falls Park for their engagement photo session.  Despite the heat and humidity (and the fact that they were both wearing pants!), the photos went awesome!  They won’t have to worry about the heat and humidity when they get married this February.  Andrea & Jeremy met while they were in school and now plan to live happily ever after.  Can’t wait for the winter wedding!

Love the mist from the falls in this photo!

There’s no real point in jumping for the photo, but what the hey… it’s fun!

Jenny & Peter are expecting their first child in just a few weeks.  They haven’t found out yet what they are having, however I’m convinced they will be having a girl.  I was way off base with my two kids, however I’m pretty good an guessing what other pregnant woman are having.  This was my first maternity session in my new studio, so I wasn’t quite sure how to start things out.  I had a good routine at my old place, but with the natural light, there are so many more possibilities!  We even got a chance to head outside to the backyard of my building for some really neat shots as the sun was setting.  Congrats on your new arrival, Jenny & Peter, and good luck!!

Her sister got this shirt from Cafe Press.  Such a cute shirt for a pregnant woman!

This pose was all Bennett!  He just went and sat there and smiled.  Such a ham!