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The ‘R’ Family [Lakeland family and teen photography]

I’m thinking it’s now safe to share more fun family sessions that I had in the fall….everyone’s Christmas cards should be sent out by now. 🙂 It’s January 5th and I’m so excited to say that even mine are done and were sent out a week ago as well!! I think that’s a record for me! (I’ll share my family’s images soon too.)

This family is near and dear to my heart….friends from church first, and now clients and small groupies as well. This mama and I even formed our own band in 2014….but that’s a long story. 🙂 I just love this family and had a blast with them again this year with their family session. I think this is one of the fastest sessions I’ve had….the sky was threatening rain…it was dark and dreary. We got in, got the shots, and went to dinner. My kind of night! Here are a few of my favorites.

January 5, 2015
The ‘E’ Family [Lakeland/Orlando family photography]

Happy New Year everyone!! I really can’t believe it’s 2015 already. The older I get, the faster time flies I think. 🙂 The fall has been as crazy as ever for me with family sessions for the holidays. I actually stayed in town for Christmas this year, so work hasn’t really slowed down yet. I had the priviledge of photographing several families that had all their relatives in town for Christmas….something I don’t usually get to do when I’m out of town for Christmas. So I’ll be spending the next couple of weeks playing catch up, and during that time I hope to share all the amazing families I got to meet over the past couple of months.

This first family I’d like to share asked if I could meet them at one of their favorite hotels over near Disney. I love exploring new places, so I was very excited to meet them at the Waldorf Astoria in Orlando. What a gorgeous hotel! We had a blast walking around the lobby, the golf course, and the pool deck. They really wanted some posed family shots as well as some journalistic style candids that captured them just enjoying their time as a family. Mom is due to have a baby any day now, so they really wanted to capture their life as a family of 3 before it all changes. 🙂 Hope you enjoy looking through these images as much as I enjoyed taking them……

January 1, 2015
The R Family [Lakeland family photography]

So…I realized today that I never shared the images from this family session I had with good friends from church. Looking at the date stamp….um….we did these in (cough, cough) November (cough, cough). Woops!! Better late than never I always say!! 🙂

Like I said, these are great friends of ours from church who we really just got to know well last year. I had never spent a lot of time around their boys before this, and I had so. much. fun! Really, they had me laughing pretty much the entire time we were together. We met at Florida Southern (where we all happened to have graduated from college). Loved their outfits, loved their family banter, loved them. Not much else to say. 🙂

August 22, 2014
Keyton c/o 2014 [Lakeland High School Senior photography]

I was so happy to shoot several high school seniors this year. Would love to do more!! Keyton was great to work with. We met on location first, and then moved to the studio for a few shots as well. His brother and puppies even jumped in some of the shots. Better late than never Keyton – but congratulations on graduating and good luck with your next chapter of life in the fall!!

July 18, 2014
Emi [Lakeland teen photography]

Emi was so fun to work with. This was a “just because” session…which I love! You don’t always need to wait for the big milestones (like graduating high school) to have an excuse for fun pictures. I think the “official” reason I got to photograph Emi was because she got her braces off a while ago. I was just happy because one of my favorite subjects to work with is teens! Emi was no exception. Can you believe she’s only 14?! Super sweet and beautiful….thanks Emi for being a great model!

May 20, 2014