Bentley’s family

about a year ago, or so, i got an email from a photographer from NYC. her name was bentley waters and we hit it off over email pretty nicely. she helped me out with location and dinner ideas while i was in NYC, but the day we were supposed to meet up, i woke up with a nasty stomach bug.

i still so badly wanted to meet her, so i was so happy when she asked me to photograph her family while she was here in CA. she was even more lovely in person-and so was her family.

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her brothers were in town also, so we dragged them into a few photos…
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somebody’s trying to get away…
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this next series of just the two of them are some of my favorites from the session…
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the kid was undeniably adorable.
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and there wasn’t even any whining involved. swear it.

i was going through my photo files from 2007 and i was shocked and appalled to find out that i only took 900-ish photos of my family during the entire year. the year before that? 2700-ish. and september 07? yeah, i didnt take even ONE PHOTO OF THEM THE WHOLE ENTIRE MONTH. the only time my camera came out to play in september was for the wonderful people who were paying me to do it.

i was actually pretty devastated to discover this. the reason i take photos is because of THEM. and is part of the reason for the changes this year for me. i want to enjoy my kids and my hobby. taking pictures of them is like bottled happiness for me. i can open the bottle and take a whiff anytime i want. and to not take advantage of that…it kills me.

so changes. i am happy to say, i have started 08 out with a bang. i have lots on top of lots of photos that i have taken around the house and out and about. and now, i even have a session full of shots. of just them. all bottled up and happy just for me.

Img_0323copy_2 some of my clients may recognize this alley.

Img_0352copy“snuggle up!” i yelled. and i got sweet goodness.

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Img_0364copygoing in for the kill.

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totally playing it cool. killed me.

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“who has the stinkiest feet?”
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Img_0476copythat is mckenna not handling all of the shenanigans very well. so we broke it up after that and had some fun.

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we stayed firmly on the ground.
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make art

you may or may not have seen this. i finally just did on my friend rachels blog after hearing about it all week. if you have heard about it too but havent yet had the chance to watch it, it is worth every single second.

looks like they pulled the video-you can go HERE TO SEE IT!

chills.

and the song that won it for them.

i watched this film on a plane on the way to NYC. i sobbed all over the place. its not sad-just exceptionally moving.