{Family} Brian, Verena & Zoya

Last month, my family and I had the privilege of being visited by my sister-in-law and her family. We had a wonderful camping holiday together and then a few days back at home too. While I took lots of pictures of our time together, I had the distinct privilege of convincing them to do a super mini photo session in one very limited location. They agreed (much to my delight) and here are the results. Admittedly, I did snap a couple pictures of our own daughter and the two eldest cousins together (Zoya is our kids' only cousin, so it was special to get the two of them together).





{Could these two be any cuter?}




{There's always time to be silly!}








{Love each of their expressions in this one}




{Z attempts to plant a kiss on Papa}

{Portraiture} Stefanie & Axl

This was a fabulously enjoyable session. Stef and I used to work together several years ago and even lived together for a while when my husband and I were dating. Lots of good times together, that's for sure - dare I say we were a bit of a trouble-making pair at work? No, I probably shouldn't say that.

She chose to meet at Derby Reach, which I loved since it's a beautiful area and has perfect evening light. The other things I loved about this session were that I had no time restraints (a bit of a rarity), was photographing just one person, that said person was not Caucasian, and I got to photograph her dog, Axl, too.

I loved doing this session and I would say that it has been my best one to date in terms of it turning out how I wanted it to. Stef, I hope you like these as much as I do - thanks for letting me photograph you!





















{I didn't notice this until I was editing, but the print on the bottom of Stef's shoes looks like dog bones...pretty fitting!}




{I'm pretty sure Stef has told me before that Axl is part wolf. If that's not true, he sure looks like he is!}


{Stef has the best laugh}

{sneak peak} Stefanie & Axl

I've been on holidays since my last two photo sessions, but now I've caught up with my editing and have both sets ready. Stefanie will be receiving the photos from her with her dog, Axl, today but I wanted to put up a little teaser shot for her to see, and for you to want to come back and see the rest.

{Family} Jon, Courtney & Linden

Over my years of blogging, I've had the opportunity to meet fellow bloggers first through their blog and then in real life. Last week I had that chance again, and met up with Courtney, her husband Jon and their adorable son, Linden. It was right at the end of a heat wave but thankfully the clouds came in that afternoon and we enjoyed a very warm evening without the glare of the sun.

This family was incredibly fun to photograph because they are photogenic, easy-going and Linden is a super happy baby with the best and biggest smile ever.

Thanks for meeting up with me - it was so nice to finally meet you in real life!













{Check out this smile!}


{There are a series of pictures like this between Courtney and Linden that are just adorable, and I found it hard to pick my favorite!}




{Too bad the watermark is right in front of his cute little tongue}


{Baby feet are so edible}






{One of my favorites}






{Near the end, Courtney stated they hadn't been very 'lovey-dovey' and planted one on Jon - it was so cute!}