Wyatt at age 1/4

Since Erica & Scott purchased the first year package (newborn, 3 month, 6 month, and one year pictures) Wyatt gets to experience the joy of having his portrait made over and over.

Not quite ready to sit up yet, young Wyatt gets an assist from dad:

The whole family gets in on the action:Wyatt, still happy with the whole idea of having his picture taken:

And the same in B&W:

A look of surprise, a tongue sticking out, and just a bit of slobber: the picture that has it all:

Wyatt, head up under his own power big boy style:
And one more that he'll probably someday wish we hadn't taken:

Thanks very much guys. I look forward to seeing you and Wyatt over the next few months and in the years to come.

Skylar 042509

Skylar's back. She first came in with Doug & Michelle about six months ago and now it's time for her one year pictures. She has a lot more hair now:
And to go with all that hair an equal amount of personality:

And because we were celebrating her birthday, it was time for a little cake (and a tutu):
What happens to a cake when a one year old gets ahold of it:
Thanks again to Michelle and Doug - I was looking forward to this all week. Now if anyone has suggestions for getting icing out of a paper backdrop...

The Paw Clean

Kevin Fleming: family man, writer, and, dare I say it: visionary.

I'm not sure what the real story is so I'm going to assume that it involves vision quests, a native American medicine man, gypsy curses, and ancient scrolls written in some long-dead dialect of Sanskrit or some combination thereof. Either that or when the family dog came in from the yard Kevin got tired of cleaning up the mess, came up with the idea for Paw Clean, and realized there might be others with the same need.

The end result:

Among his many other talents, Kevin can now also consider himself one of the canine footbath industry's preeminent hand models:

And finally, to help us out Kevin brought along his beautiful daughter Finley:

One last note. Kevin is also the publisher of a great e-newsletter that highlights some of Kansas City's biggest goings on. I highly suggest you go to http://www.squeezeseven.com/ to check it out.

Thanks so much to Kevin and Finley for coming in.

A.J., mom, and dad

The Collins family came in for some family pictures and, more specifically, some picture for A.J.'s first birthday. We'll be seeing more of each other on May 1 when I have the honor of shooting Jeff's sister Erin's wedding.

The family:

The boy, looking perhaps a little surprised:

And then a little sad:
A little happy:
And finally, a little inquisitive:

Thanks guys - I'm looking forward to seeing you at Erin & Charles' wedding.

The McGinnae

'McGinnae' is the plural of 'McGinnis', right? If it's not, somebody please let me know.

Susan told the family she'd lined up a special activity for the day after Christmas and told everyone to wear black. They surmised that she'd set up a session of laser tag. Hopefully it didn't disappoint them too greatly when they realized they'd be spending an hour or so with me instead.

First up was what is known in the photography trade as a BOFP: Big 'Ol Family Picture-

Then we got some of the smaller groups:

I liked this next one in color and in B&W so I included it twice. It's my blog and I can do that if I want to...

Hopefully the family finally made it over for that Laser Tag session. And if they did, I further hope that the grandmas kicked some serious butt.

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.

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.