A few years ago I (re) opened my photo studio.  I had taken a few years off of shooting.  I considered it a recharging of sorts.  Having done that I was at the beginning again.  I had no clients, no leads, no “ins”.  I was starting from scratch. (again)  One of my first seniors was a girl by the name of Sara.  She was my kind of subject, as in, go out and shoot and see how it goes.  It was a fun shoot and the images worked out great!

Some time went by and I got a call from Sara.  Seems she had found Mr. Right and was getting married.  Awesome!  I was stoked!  You can see a few of the images here.

Well, coming almost full circle, I was lucky enough to photograph Eden Rose this afternoon!  Eden happens to be Sara’s darling little girl!

Once again, Sara just let me shoot.  What a treat!

I was going to mention to Sara and her husband Logan that the next step will take us full circle. (Their grandchild)  :-) But I thought better of the comment as I did not want to rush the years ahead of them as they tend to go by way to quickly.  I think it is better that they just hug and hold their little angel before she grows up and is to big to hold like this.

I just love it when clients call me year after year to record their children!  It does two things for me.  First of all I get to reconnect with past clients/subjects but more importantly it allows me to become apart of their family!  The kids start to remember me from the past year or past sessions and they become a small part of my history as well!  What a fantastic job I have!

From time to time I photograph my niece Maddison and my nephew Riley.  This day was Maddison's turn as my sister wanted to have a few "dance" pictures of her 2009 season.  Sooooooo, we went to the local park and took some shots.  I am not exactly sure these are "dance" photos or anything remotely close to "dance" photos.  Seems the session went in a totally different direction.  Maddison is 6 and I am not totally sold on the fact that these look like a 6 year old that is a week away from graduating from kindergarten.  My apologies go out to my sister but the images are rockin'!

This first shot if of her green dance outfit. (hard to actually see it) But the expression is perfect I think!

My mother was a dancer when she was young. When I looked at this image I was certain it was one of my mother's pictures when she was young.  Very strange feeling to "see" your mother when you are working on images for your niece/sister. The outfit was a cute red one. Again, not a shot that "shows" the outfit but certainly exhibits strong family traits.

Not sure Maddison looks 7 here.

This shot was one that showed her age the best.  I like this one!