It is always fun to meet a family, wherever it is, but there is something really special about being invited into a home and getting to peek into a family’s life. This family is one of the sweetest I have had the privilege to meet in a long time. I love how looking at these pictures tells me a story… about the family dog, about being a little brother of a big sister (necklaces, not trucks), reading with Mom, even farmer’s tans for Florida babies. The love in this family is really palpable (there’s your word for the day, go look it up if you don’t know). Oh, and they are super cute, too!
Yes, I have been a bad blogger lately. I have an excuse, I promise! I have a couple sessions I want to blog, and will, but June has been an event month more than a session month. I just finished a solid week of VBS at our church and right before that was my girls’ ballet studio annual Festival of Dance, which I had the privilege to shoot. I’ve been putting pictures on the dance studio website (click on news), but wanted to share two of my girls here, because I’m a proud momma and I can.
My youngest is the siamese cat there at the end of the line.
That’s my girl, there on the right, with the big grin. She struggled a bit all spring with her attitude towards dance, but this weekend, she was firing on all cylinders. Maybe she is a performer at heart.
If you want to see more of the studio, visit their site.
Just one for y’all today… we’ve gotten out to Sanibel a couple times recently with the new puppy for an evening picnic and have really enjoyed it. Both times it was low tide and the water was so calm, leading out to kind of a sandbar that was just the right depth to walk on or sit on. I loved the sky on this night last week so I made the kids plop down for a shot. My only disappointment with this beach is that it faces more or less east, so the sun sets behind us.
And before you ask, yes, this is what my children wear for most of our family pictures. Finding shots where everyone has clothes on is actually quite a challenge! The trials and tribulations of a Florida mom…
Spent last Sunday morning running around our church with camera in hand for Easter Sunday. It was a lovely service, packed pretty full (let’s just say there’s not a lot of room up front and somehow they squeezed in space for the choir, handbells, organ, three trumpeters, a tympanist (is that the right word? one who plays tympani drums), and space for a small “contemporary” ensemble with singers, guitar, and string bass. I was pretty impressed.
On a techier, but very exciting (to me) note: my friend Erik has written some snazzy code for me so that my faithful blog subscribers are getting the big images again instead of the silly little thumbnails! That was my biggest hangup about using the gallery plugin that I’ve adopted and now that he’s fixed that for me, I am one happy woman. See, Rabia, now you don’t have to come visit any more (but I wish you would!). For those of you who have asked me about this plugin, you can contact Erik about his code… if the interest is high enough he may submit it as a new Wordpress plugin (if my terminology is correct). Erik is also a talented graphic designer in his own right–I’ve seen a lot of the work he’s been putting out and it’s all really fabulous, so if you are needing a designer (graphic or web), please give him a shout!
by robin cornett
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