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Portrait Photography: My Man

My husband and I recently celebrated our ninth wedding anniversary.  We spent most of the day in downtown Portland.

And I made him model for me.

I met him when I was only 15 and he was 17.  We were high school sweethearts.  This year he planned a two hour lunch cruise on the Portland Spirit to celebrate our anniversary.

He is a VERY good man.

He looks like our oldest daughter in this picture below.  And no his eyes aren't really that green.  They sometimes change color with what he is wearing.

I love him.

Child Photography: Sisters at the Beach

I had the opportunity to participate in a photographer's beach retreat and, thanks to the gorgeous weather, we had some great photo shoots.  

These sisters were just a couple of the models we had.  I will post other models as I edit them.

I just loved when she pulled out this hat and scarf!  When I saw similar hats at The Children's Place I bought a couple for my daughters and for props.

Adorable!

Child Photography: Emma's Two Year Old Session

Emma was quite a bit of fun to photograph.  We played peek-a-boo, chase and danced to some music from her mom's phone.  She liked this pink chair with the sparkly buttons.

And she just loved wearing her Easter hat.  

It was a gorgeous day, just perfect for pictures!

She is such an adorable little girl!  I loved taking her pictures.

Newborn Photography: Dylan

I am so excited to share the pictures from my latest newborn session.  Dylan was PERFECT!  

Look at that blonde hair.  So sweet.

He was a sleepy little guy and let us do all sorts of hats and poses. 

His dad is a musician and he played some beautiful soothing music for Dylan when he took a break to eat.   I had to get a photo of this sweet tradition.  It's not every day I get to have my photo session accompanied by live music!

His beautiful mother was so sweet with him.

There were so many sweet pictures from the session, it was so hard to choose!

Mom and Dad requested that Dylan get a photo with his "big brother."  

Congrats on your wonderful new baby!  It was a pleasure.

Child Photography: Kindergartener

This is my oldest daughter.  I call her Ballerina on the internet.  She is quite the little model.

(I just got Lightroom--YAY!- and I still need to learn how to add my logo)

I took her out for her six year old photo shoot and she just loved it.

I really didn't have to direct her very much, she just threw out pose after pose and of course, she was adorable.

Here she is striking a dance pose for me, she is in ballet class so her internet name works for her.

I love to get kids laughing or talking about something they love so I can get their genuine smiles.  Ballerina loves to tell nonsensical knock knock jokes.

I love my beautiful girl.