Calvo Lifestyle Shoot

I'm interrupting all the wonderful Fall Mini-Session blog posting to show you something I'm really excited about - my first LIFESTYLE shoot!! Lately, I've been thinking about how important it is to me to have special memories of real life and so I'm working hard to give that to others now!! This is a shoot where you invite me into your home, tell me how you enjoy spending time together and then I let you do those things and I take the pictures! I might help you along here or there with a pose or two and I also enjoy asking questions to loosen you up and get to know you and your family better. But really it is all about you and your family just BEING TOGETHER.

The Calvo family couldn't have been more fun to work with. They had all kinds of ideas of things they wanted me to capture!  Poppi Calvo read a special journal they kept during the girls first years, Fifi Calvo read the girls a special binder of recipes, Kristina and her mom looked at wedding books to plan together for her upcoming wedding, they played board games and music together over coffee and cheesecake and loved on all their sweet animals. It was such a fun glimpse for me into the time they enjoy together and their sweet family bond.

Weikel Family - Fall Mini-Session

Nikki and I have gotten to know each other over the last couple years. But what really made an impact on me was when she reached out and just invited a bunch of girls from our church, that she didn't know that well, over to her house - so we could just hang out. It doesn't sound like a big deal, but somehow it's crazy how you feel alone amidst so many people, so many great people, even. So this was my chance to really try and connect and get to know some people better. We've developed a good mama to mama relationship and I'm so thankful. Her family is just precious! It's so neat to see how God brought her and Bob together and how they both love sweet Elise and Parker so much! Here are my favorites from their Fall Mini-Session:

Toth Family - Fall Mini-Session

Getting the chance to take photos of your friends and their family's = AMAZING! Course it is always extra nerve wracking - because you just wanna do the best job ever for them to have special memories to cherish! SO that's how I felt taking so many of these photos this Fall, including my friends, the Toth's. Trish has been such an amazing mama friend and encouraged me so much in my own motherhood journey. Her and Mike are pretty amazing to keep up with their 3 beautiful kiddos who are all under 4! Love this family SO much! Here are some of my favorites from their session!

Taney Family - Fall Mini-Session

It makes me SO happy to be able to meet new people and gain new clients! Seriously, I'm just so blessed to do this and get so excited when someone else trusts me with their memories! So it was great to meet the Taney family! And let me brag on these boys, even though I bribed them with treats - they did incredible smiling for the camera! Just look at those cuties! Even their new little brother looked right into my lens. Here are the Taney's Family photos: