One of Those Families

Every once in awhile you meet one of those families. (No, not those crazy families who make you wonder how that much crazy ended up in one place.) Those families who are just so nice and so genuinely caring that they make you wonder how they do it.

This family is one of those families. (And they'll be the first to tell you they are who they are because they love God and each other.) I love my family, but I'm not sure we could pull of a session this long (about an hour and a half of shooting, including the two little guys who were fabulously behaved) without someone losing an eye, or a head for that matter. They made my job really easy.

I am so glad I got to work with them. I've known them since I was a kid, and am flattered that they asked me to capture their group. They made me feel more like part of the family than the photographer. I told them, totally truthfully, that I have had sessions with three people that were more stressful than this big group of 11. No chasing people or yelling "hey can you pleeease look at the camera", and "can so-in-so please remove their hands from around so-in-so's neck"? I hope me and my little family are a lot like this when we grow up.

The first shot is for Communal Global, second is for Leigh vs. Laundry, and third is for Sweet Shot.