When you have a loved one in the armed forces, red, white, and blue take on a meaning like never before.  I am so joyful this weekend to have Jennifer home with us.

I had no idea that when we were done I might need to pay her.  Wow!  What a beautiful family.  And this little guy defined expressive in both appearance and behavior.

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They’ve been messin’ with me trying to get serious pictures of them since they was youngens.

This was a shoot at the subject’s home with the intention of capturing mother and child in their native environment.

Not quite the Brady Bunch, but he sure does look like Michael Brady, doesn’t he?

Try to coordinate clothes with buttons and bows and she will surely to fuss.  Let her be free, just diaper and tee, and she becomes quite joyous.

This family had decided to bypass the standard senior portraits and go for something that truly represented Astrid’s spirit.  They also wanted formal family portraits around their beautiful props; their musical instruments.