Lily & Adam

I have the honor of being with Lily & Adam at their Bar/Bat Mitzvah in February and to get ready we did a session in their backyard. Here they are acting more collegially than a brother and sister have any right to:

Lily jumped right in and was great in front of the camera:
Adam, on the other hand, wasn't as... eager to have his picture taken but he came around and we got some great shots. Of all of them, I think this one is the most "Adam":Another great one of the two of them together:
And one of them that I liked without really knowing why. Let's call it the prom picture:
Finally, putting the rope swing to good use. On second thought this one might be the most "Adam".

Thanks for a great afternoon guys. I'm really looking forward to being with you in February.

Michelle, Doug, Skylar, and Jiggs

Doug, Michelle, Skylar, and, Jiggs the miniature dachshund (as opposed to all the really, really big dachshunds out there...) came in for a family session and to get some pictures for Skylar's 1/4 birthday.

A word about Michelle- she's one of the owners of and trainers at Twin Fitness (http://www.twinfitness.com/) and I can't recommend her and the service she provides highly enough. Whether you're looking to get back to your fighting weight or looking to lose those extra holiday pounds I'd highly recommend giving her a call at 913-648-TWIN.

Having said all that, a few pictures of the family:

The Amiris & The Igoes

Carol Igoe and I ran in some of the same circles in high school. And by that I mean that she hung out with the cool kids and I did not. Nevertheless, it was great to hook up with her on Facebook this fall and to find out that she's raising two beautiful children. We got together on a blustery fall day at Loose Park and to Vincent and Elizabeth's credit they were troopers (Mohsen -- not so much...) as we worked through all manner of family and individual pictures. Here are a few of my favorites:
After we wrapped things up with their family, Carol's brother Chris and his wife Dana brought out their boys Jackson and Preston so that we could get some pictures of their family and some of the grandkids together for Christmas presents.
Thanks to all for braving the cold.

Cindy, Ben, Leo, Ana, & Mateo

Cindy and Ben won an auction at St. Peter's school last year for a gift certificate to Six Columns Imaging, Inc. Fairly ambitious if you ask me given that Mateo wasn't even born yet... Nevertheless they timed it just right to make sure that he was old enough to be an active part of the family pictures in October.

Speaking of the family, here they are on one of my favorite bridges (okay, of the two bridges) at Loose Park:
Here's Mateo looking at something goofy that I'm guessing Leo was probably doing to entertain him:And then another from the bridge with a slight sepia tint:

Leo, posing more beatifically than a boy his age has any right to pose:

Not to be outdone, a happy little Ana:

And finally Mateo's three and a half teeth, Ben's knees, a bridge, and a big ol' happy smile:

A big thanks to Andrea Ways-Newman who is an old and dear, dear, dear friend of mine and of Six Columns Imaging who was apparently there the night of the auction and helped persuade Cindy to bid on the gift certificate.

Caroline & Matthew

There is never a dull moment when I get together with these two.

Our session was at Loose Park just before Halloween as the fall colors were hitting their peak. Here are a few of my favorites from the session.

Kevin, Julia & William

I had the honor of shooting Kevin & Julia's wedding in St. Louis a couple of years ago and I was thrilled to be asked to take pictures of the newest member of the family, William, for his first birthday (or reasonably close to it...)



Well. Not every picture can show Will's happy-go-lucky side.

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Sometimes they just take off at a dead run in the opposite direction.
A happy family with some nice leaves in the background.
I think I'm going to add this one to my standard repertoire of shots for the Wee Ones. After all, what kid isn't smiling when dad's hanging him upside down?

Thanks again to the Hoffmans for getting me out of the studio on a perfect fall day and I hope that you're enjoying the pictures.