What an adorable family! We met up in Martinez for a fun family session, and we had a lot of fun “trespassing” (not really!) and hunting for shade. Most of the time I like to do sessions in the evening during the so called, golden hour. But since we had kids for this session, it worked much better to shoot in the morning. And anytime after about 6:30 is a bit too bright for full light images. So shade is a mid-day photographers best friend.

The youngest one of the kids was a kick. Like most kids her age, they have figured out the “cheese!” smile. The one that dominates school pictures and I really do try to avoid. I am a fan of genuine smiles, the kind where your eyes smile too. So when trying to get Miss. A. to give me the genuine happy smile I look for I asked her sisters and brother how they get her to laugh. The told me that I had to tell her, “I farted!” No kidding, for the next 15 minutes or so I was farting left and right. Ok, not really, I didn’t really fart. But I had her convinced enough to smile for me. And also for her to ask, “did you really just fart?”

Haha! It was great!

Well that is enough personal confession time, here are your images, thanks for letting me capture your memories!

Blessings,

Kristy Lynn