THANK YOU SO MUCH parish school, for asking me to come take pictures of your adorable student body. i felt so welcomed on your campus. i loved each & every one of those kids & had a blast!!!
As I am sitting here editing (Jen + Camilo’s Wedding & the Nicholas Family) while also working on “the best of 2011” blog post to celebrate a great year – an email popped up from INspire Me Baby! YES!…I love Inspire Me Baby & I love distractions! They are asking for my best or favorite image of 2011 to feature in a post among many other photographer’s favorite images of 2011 . As I sat here & continued to work, I thought hhhmmm what IS my favorite 2011 image? So many sessions popped into my mind that I loved & had so much fun shooting…there are so many sessions that I was/am in love with, that still leave me all smiley to look back at! I kept coming back to this image for some reason, though, so I have to go with my gut. Although this is not one of my “best” pictures, it is one of my favorites for sure because it portrays what I want to do more of in 2012.
Things I like about this image:
-the lifestyle feel
-the moment is candid & unposed, natural
-the outfits are coordinating but not matchy
-the clean colors in their home
-the light coming in behind them (I LOVE light)
-the FUN, the love, & the interaction captured
I’d love to do more “lifestyle,” fun, unposed, “real life” shoots in 2012 because it is what I am all about & have always been about…I love when families are this natural & casual in front of the camera. They were great. It doesn’t hurt that they are beautiful & have an impeccably decorated (clean, bright, modern, straight out of a magazine!) house but that is beside the point…what I really love most here is the feel.
This photo was included in the Inspire Me Baby Best of 2011 – inspiremebaby.com
Make sure to check out all the other great submissions on their website!
You chose well! I love this image too. So clean and fun. They will love this forever!
You chose well! I love this image too. So clean and fun! They will love this for a long time to come!
I love this picture! I’m just waiting for my little Miss Mila to grow some hair so we can do another lifestyle session! 🙂
Wow I just love the feel of this! And those kiddos are just adorable!!
I love this adorably cute & fashionable family! I am so glad I have gotten to see the Ferrells during their trip from Chicago for the past 2 Christmases & then that allows me to see Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas, too. I got to see Jenny & Matt at Miss Mila’s newborn session but she is already so big so it was awesome to see them again, too!
Thank you for being so much fun you guys! Thanks for bearing the cold & making it such an enjoyable experience for me! As always love seeing you guys!
Hope you had a Merry Christmas!
These images are wonderful, Kelly! I’d love to see all of them nice and big. 🙂
Great job Kelly, I am with Lacy they are fantastic and I want them big 😉
Oh wow! Those baby smiles melt my heart!!! And big brother’s eyes? Gorgeousness! You captured them so beautifully Kelly! Great work!
Beautiful family! I can almost hear them laughing and giggling–great job capturing them!
how fun!! love that b/w family shot…no small feat 🙂
I love these! Such genuine smiles and emotions- beautiful work!
What a beautiful family! Just wonderful photos–they must be thrilled to have them!
jen + camilo – CONGRATS! i could see how happy you two are together & that makes ME so happy! jen – you have always been so special to me….you are such an awesome person! camilo is a lucky guy BUT…so are you (except you are a girl…haha) so it’s perfect! and i love cute kate. i want to take her home with me! congrats again & thanks for asking me to be a part of it!
Here’s another installment of “what to wear”! Layers are good in this kind of weather. Being able to wear more layers makes it even easier to coordinate with the other subjects with sublety while still maintaining your own style!
Jessica Holden - Such cute kids and beautiful light–looks like you ALL were having fun!
Tracy - So wonderful! And cute kiddos, too! 🙂
Jenny - Great job, adorable kiddos!
Jessica - I love, love, love your tones in these and clearly you have a talent for working with kids. Every expression is so authentic!
Lisa (Tout Petit Pixel) - What a sweet collection of adorable faces! Great work!
Leah Cook - WOW. what cute kiddos!! these are the BEST school pictures ever 🙂