july! woops – i better get blogging more often lol. ok – this was such a fun session to shoot. it was the dad’s birthday, and his gorgeous wife decided to treat him to a surprise: a full-on stunt plane flight down at ardmore aerodrome! so i headed down early in the morning to shoot the before and after – and then we stayed for fun family photos with their two children. the light was AH-MAY-ZING (sorry about that, won’t do it again) and it really was just a joy to shoot. right – photos!

here’s one of my faves, which was also the sneak peek…

now – a little storytelling, before the portraits:

waiting (and waiting) for the flight – very patiently

resident of the aero club

nervously getting in the plane with parachute on

takeoff! with mixed reactions… mason really wanted to go

dad’s back! safe and sound (and relieved)

and now for some faves from the shoot… just look at this stunningly photogenic family

ok – just one pic to share from monday: the dad in this photo was given an awesome birthday present by his lovely wife – a stunt flight in a little 2-seater racing plane! the weather was ABSOLUTELY perfect too 🙂 more later…

after postponements for bad weather and bad colds, we finally got together yesterday at the park for the quinlan family’s very first photo shoot. young caleb wasn’t feeling too cooperative, and greeted every suggestion with “nooo, don’t want to” so i knew i’d really have to get him on-side if i was going to get any usable shots of him.

fortunately, he is also very smart – which made it easy to interest him in his surroundings. and, he is the ONLY 3-year-old i have photographed who has ever asked what KIND of tree he was climbing on…

more photos soon!