Here are some of the images from my shoot with the Biegel family. They were so much fun to work with, up for anything, and totally smitten with their pooch, Lexi. It was cute to see how much the girls loved their dog because it reminded me of me and my dog growing up. They really are part of the family, so I was thrilled when Lexi was on board with the shoot (except for whenever she saw a squirrel, which was fairly often).
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Aren’t they the cutest family ever? And finally, a shot of a goldendoodle during the golden hour – double bonus! Photographers are always after this golden light just before sunset, what better subject than a beautiful blonde like this 🙂 She was such a good dog!
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This little farm is around the corner from our place in Michigan. I have been in love with it for as long as I can remember. It was a centenniel farm that seems to have fallen on hard times lately and is now up for (gasp!) sale. It could not be any cuter. It is up on a little hill, surrounded by asparagus fields, with an old red barn and mature trees all over the place. So we went to check it out recently. How could I resist? In every direction is the most charming view. Sadly, the cute red barn is in such disrepair that I’m not sure it can be salvaged, and the house wasn’t in much better shape. I so wish I could buy this old place – in my head I have a million plans for it. Tim doesn’t seem quite as excited as me about that, however. I just hope whoever buys it doesn’t knock it down. It would be such a shame, the old place has a soul.
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We’re sad to see you go!
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Still working on these but thought I’d share a few. I was really excited when Kristin and I first talked about doing a family shoot for her. I’ve known (and worked!) with Kristin for years. Also, we are sort-of related in a way, because my cousin married her husband Gary’s brother. Are you following? Ha. Anyhow, Kristin and Gary are the nicest most down-to-earth people you could ever hope to meet. Their little ones are getting older fast so I was happy to catch what little glimpses were left of their little-kid selves.
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Big brother. Still catching up on my 52-week project over here! When I was in Seattle visiting Penny, John, and the new baby, I was trying hard to pay special attention to (new) older brother Theo. It’s a tough spot to be in. One minute you’re the only child, the next minute a little guy comes along and steals a bit of your thunder. It goes without saying that I just love little boys…so we spent some time playing Legos, reading, doing puzzles, and talking about Star Wars guys. Oh, and my favorite, catching up on our gossip mags. This is a boy after my own heart.
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I plan to include some of these in his wedding slideshow, or for sure his prom date will be interested to see them and I will be happy to oblige:
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At one point during my visit, the kid just passed out cold. The cute thing was that he was snuggled up with “Dougie Dog” – his favorite lovey (which was a baby shower gift from me to his Mama long ago)!
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Theo wasn’t thrilled about taking pics with his baby brother at first. He also was not super psyched about this outfit that I picked out for him…I decided to have him jump on mom and dad’s bed for a while first. That seemed to work and soon he forgot all about his boring blue t-shirt.
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Here he is with his buddy Dougie:
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And he is really very sweet with his little bro, and fascinated with him in the cutest way. Always reporting to everyone what the baby is doing or trying to say.
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After dealing with me following him around and snapping pictures for several days, he got into it. This was very cute, he was shooting me shooting him:
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And finally, here is a shot that Theo took with my camera. As a reward for holding still for ~25 seconds and not making too many crazy faces so that I could get some images of the entire family together, I told Theo that I’d let him use my camera. I forgot about it, he didn’t 🙂 Remember? Remember what you said? I can use your camera now? He discovered the rapid-fire setting on my camera quickly and shot about 85 frames of this scene in about 1 minute. After some adjustments, not too bad considering he was just under 5 years old!
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I know these little guys will grow to be best of friends. It was fun to be there for a few days in the very beginning of their relationship!
I posted previously about finding and making digital negatives of some of my grandfather’s old 35mm slides. Such a treasure. He was an amazing photographer. While he traveled the world taking amazing pictures of all sorts of sights and people, his favorite thing to shoot was family time at our beloved Magician Lake. Here’s an awesome fisheye shot I found of my brother Raif and I circa late 1970’s. I have a print of this from a long time ago that got somewhat ruined, so I was thrilled to find the negative. This is right out in front of where our house is today, right in the middle of Turtle Bay or “The Cove” as people from the other parts of the lake call it. Try not to be jealous of my outfit or haircut, because I know they are both pretty amazing.
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Adele Humphries - Awesome shots of a beautiful family! Love the “goldendoodle light” and the family shots! Also LOVE the shot of the girls lying in the grass – what pretty girls! Great job Jess!! x
Kim - Love these Jessica – this family just radiates warmth and happiness. Love the light, the pup, all of it!!