Family Portraits at the Beach

Words cannot begin to express how much I enjoy photographing this beautiful family! Not only are these kiddos super photogenic, but they are so much fun and full of big smiles! In fact, it would probably be more work to get them not to smile. Seriously. Adding to the fun and excitement, their wonderful grandparents joined up with us at the beach for a few portraits. This session really couldn't have been more perfect!

Cecilia is One!

It's hard for me to believe that it's already been nearly a year since I had the privilege of capturing this little beauty's newborn session (check it out here)! Cecilia is such a little ray of sunshine, and just I cannot get over those big eyes and giant smile of hers. I could just melt at her cuteness!

Libbie {3 weeks new}

I had such a wonderful morning capturing this beautiful family and their sweet new addition, miss Libbie Love! A highlight for me was definitely big sister, Tillie, and that bubbly personality of hers. Right away she directed me toward whatever it was she wanted a picture with or on. "Hedder!" (points to chair, blanket, etc.) "Oh, you'd like a picture with that?" "YEAH!". While most 2-year-olds are running from my lens, this little cutie pie was owning it! As a photographer, what could be better? Oh, and the only thing better than getting to spend the morning with this good looking clan? Calling them my new neighbors!

Mommy + Me!

I cannot get over the sweetness of this momma-son pair. My heart melts every time I get to capture one of these tender, mommy + me sessions. Love, love, love!

The D Family!

I always get so excited when I know a session with this family is on the horizon! These girls are not only super photogenic (I mean, seriously. Look at them.), but they're overflowing with sweetness and  personality as well. It really is more of a challenge to capture them without ear-to-ear smiles - my favorite "problem" for sure. Thanks for yet another super fun session, D family! :)

Audrey is One!

Even though this was miss Audrey's one year session, her brothers stole the show... and she was completely cool with it - as were we! In fact, as soon as she realized she was over the cake smash, the boys jumped in for a little cake smash of their own. Only using their faces, of course! I cannot get enough of these adorable and hilarious kiddos!

 

Davin is One!

I cannot believe this big guy is already one! It feels like just yesterday that I had the privilege of capturing his newborn portraits. Happy birthday, sweet Davin!

Ava is One!

As a natural light photographer, I tend to get a little anxious when I wake up to super dark storm clouds, particularly if the session scheduled to take place is at a clients' home that I've never been to. During the drive over, I had flashbacks to big sister Natalie's one-year session at their previous home, which was on an equally dreary day and left us with about 4' around a small window to work with. I must point out that Natalie's portraits turned out beautifully as would sweet miss Ava's, but limited lighting/space can present it's challenges in terms of variation. Well, you can't even begin to imagine my excitement when I immediately spotted their entire wall of floor to ceiling (retractable!) windows just steps away from Lake Washington. The entire room was filled with the most beautiful, diffused natural light bouncing off of the water and into the home, like a massive softbox. Between the lighting and the ridiculously photogenic miss Ava (clearly there is no shortage of good looks in this family!), this session was a photographers dream come true!