It’s always fun to have a laid-back photo shoot, especially for our first one of the year. Some times, photo jobs are a guilty pleasure: going on a date with Jenni without kids, sharing a hobby we love, and crafting pictures for our friends.
We’ve managed to take photos of our kids in laundry baskets when they are five-months old. Here’s the collage of all three.
We were privileged to photograph a three-month-old baby girl of our friends Mark and Kendra. She is adorable and her parents are blessed and proud.
We were invited to a very purple wedding last night and got some great purple pictures to share. Nikki (I know her as Thao, her Vietnamese name) is a friend from high school. Coincidentally, Vinh and Nikki’s first date was Jenni and my wedding, so it was fun knowing that our beginning was someone else’s beginning as well.
In June, Jenni and I had the privilege of photographing two families. My coworker’s family of girls have a wonderful home with a backyard that led into an open field. I was inspired by a different coworker’s photography work to use a reflector more and got great results using the sun that day.
The second family, or I should say families, was Jenni’s cousins in the Longview area. We did a short shoot of the youngest cousin of six months, then a mix of group and individual cousin shots. Some of the best came when we let them play outside. Whew! That was a crazy day with seven little ones (including our two) zooming around.
Some things are a constant: like new clothes from my mom for Chinese New Year. I’m sure my mom has a blast now that she gets to buy girl clothes instead of boy clothes when my brother and I were kids. My resident art director and wife got everyone dressed up to show my mom how great the new dresses look on our daughters.
Kadie and Vi when they were about 5 months old and sitting in laundry.