Group Photos that don't suck

I've gotten a few inquiries about group photos recently, so I thought I'd pull a few faves and share them with you. On my INFO page, there is a question/answer part:

Q:   DO YOU SHOOT THE FAMILY GROUP PHOTOS THAT WE NEED?
A:   Yes, of course!! I just don’t feature those on my site because you’ve seen them before. Email me and I'll be happy to send over a few samples. We take the necessary time to capture the formal family portraits that you desire, but please keep in mind that they take time. If your checklist of photos is long, that can add up to a lot of time taken away from the festivities. We will work together in advance to create your list of requested photos so that you get the shots you want while still having plenty of time to eat, drink, and be married! 

I feel that shot lists can get excessive. My philosophy is get the basics/essentials and get on with the party. That said, here are a few favorites that aren't stiff & formal. Just because they're posed, doesn't mean that they have to look posed :)

 

Feather Love Workshop Mini Part 1

I'm freshly back from the most wonderful professional experience ever, the Feather Love Workshop!

I'm inspired, motivated, and focused and I can't wait to get going on new ideas and living it up!

I'm going to start with this Polaroid of me taken by Aimee Adams. Chloe Aftel, a Polaroid ace, was a guest speaker at our workshop and rocked out a Polaroid session! After a brief overview of her different cameras and different gear, she let us take a few portrait shots of each other. Aimee and I paired up and she asked me to flip my hair to the side. Done and done. This rules and I love it. 

New Garden

Over the weekend, my husband and I embarked on a juice cleanse (Friday, Saturday, Sunday). At times it was harder than I thought and other times it was super awesome!!! I am glad that we've done it. Mostly I was surprised at how time consuming it was to make all the juice for both of us. It was about 180 oz per day (90oz per person). My cravings were all sweets, which came as little surprise to me. But I am realizing that my sweet tooth does need some taming once this cleanse is over. I'm eager to learn more about nutrition and being kind to my body. I found Juicing Book to be an amazing resource (don't mind the outdated look of the site). I want to learn more about the veg/fruits that work together and those that don't work together... usually I just throw stuff in a juicer! Lots to learn, I guess. 

One thing that was great was all the time we spent at home! No running around doing errands or playing. It was so nice to be home. Chris and I both got a lot done! I got a lot of photography done, 11/12ths of my taxes, and planted a little vegetable garden. I can't wait until I can juice my new veggies and greens. I planted bell peppers, chard, kale, and watercress. It took the dog about an hour to run through the planter bed, jumbling up half my plants! Ugh!!! Any thoughts on how to keep her out??? Luckily, I was able to take a few photos before she ran through. 

Kid Pics

I'm lucky. There are many reasons why I feel like one of the luckiest gals around. The two main reasons are my two main guys... my husband Chris and our sweet little son. Not only are they both kind, sweet, funny, and charming, they're both crazy handsome and I love to take their picture! When our son was born, I decided I wanted to take a photo every day of our boy! I was pretty good the first year, and not super great the year after that. One of my resolutions this year was to get back into it! I've been doing pretty well... not perfect, but I'm ok with that! After approximately 1200 days (3 years & 4 months), we have a great little library of 708 photos. I just uploaded a new batch of photos from the past few weeks. Here's a link to the Flickr site and below is one of my favorites from the new round of pics. 

Overall, I think it's been a great way to document his first few years. We haven't kept a baby book, so this is kind of our thing. Well, we do have a Twitter account for the silly things he says. How are you chronicling your days with your kids?