Admittedly I don’t do a lot of family portraits or family photography in Las Vegas, but family photos are very similar to wedding photography and engagement sessions. I really enjoy working with kids (as my regular readers know from all the “cute little girl” photos I’ve been posting from my weddings)!

As a sidenote, for any of my family portraits I do not use my subject’s names when I post them in my blog; I do have permission to post the kids photos but we want to be as careful as possible not to have privacy issues. So, I apologize for using “the son” and “the daughter” type language instead of the first names!

Anyway, last week I worked with a great family – the son is friends with our son and they played on the same baseball team. We went out near Red Rock and had a good time with mom, the 2 kids, and 2 dogs!

For anyone NOT from Las Vegas, to answer the question… YES we have trees that change colors and lose their leaves in the fall!

Just the kids together:

The son with his dog…

A very warm, summery process was used on this photo… isn’t she adorable?!!?

Had some fun with what I call the “bobble head” photo. Wide angle lens about 6″ from the subject’s face results in this very interesting perspective… and I must say – this young lady had REFUSED at first to show her teeth when she smiled – she opened right up and was comfortable with us within just a few shots! And, near the end of the session, I was honored when she asked me to call her by her “short” name instead of her “formal” name… especially after her mom explained that only her friends and family are allowed to do that!

We stayed until nearly dark. This photo required a flash AND a reflector to help make the subjects “pop” while still maintaining the AMAZING color of the sky and the clouds.

Jeremy and I really enjoyed this session, thanks guys!

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Way back in August we left Las Vegas and went back “home” to Michigan for a vacation. While we were there, we did portrait sessions with our sons, our nieces and nephews. You know how they always say, “Doctor, Heal Thyself”… well surprisingly I don’t have a lot of photos of our sons! And, when I do take them, I rarely do any post-processing. So, this year I decided to finally do full processing on some photos and give them as gifts to our family.

This series was taken (obviously) on the banks of a river in Michigan… although for this first pic you can’t really see the river!

Out over the river, some selective-coloring done to this one…

Sun was harsh that day and I didn’t bring my entire set-up from Las Vegas so I had to make due… but here’s another of our little one…

Our older one just had braces put on about 2 months prior to this shoot, and of course was a little self-conscious about them, so no luck getting him to smile…

A few days later we went to Jeremy’s parent’s house (an old farm) and got a ton of photos in-and-around their old barn. This was one of my faves…

And this one, too…

Here’s our sons with two of Jeremy’s nieces…

Oh, look for a very special announcement tomorrow!

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