Family Photos - Melanie

On Saturday Ashley and I photographed family photos for Melanie. We started out at the Botanical Center in Des Moines. In the winter this can be a tough place to shoot photos. There are a lot of people in a small space and lots of photographers love to go there for photos, professional and amateur. We ran across at least 5 other photo sessions that were going on. After shooting what we could there, without getting too many people in the backgrounds of the photos, we headed to the studio where the two girls wore custom make tutus. Mom spent a lot of time putting them together and they looked great in the photos. Ashley selected a few of her favorites to share below.

Jack

You have got to love the kids that come in to the studio and want to just go go go. That was definitely Jack. Once I mentioned doing a photo sicking his tongue out he was hooked on it, along with many other versions of his own made up funny faces. He loved having me take one and then running back to check it out on the camera. So here is Jack and a few of his funny faces.

Caleb

Ashley has photographed little Caleb several times now. Each time he gets more and more comfortable with the whole photo shoot idea. This time he really came out of his shell and had a great time. You can check out the photos below.

Teagan and CJ

Teagan just hit the one-year milestone and her big brother CJ just turned 6 years old. These two are great to photograph. Happy belated birthdays Teagan and and CJ.

Greta

Earlier this week I photographed little Greta and boy is she on the move. She is your typical 9 month old, crawling away as soon as you set her lose. Below are a few of my favorites.