Look away .. LOOK AWAY!!!

(she violently screamed!!!)  ... LEST ye be green with envy!

Yaaaaa ... it happens QUITE often (like EVERY shoot I do) that I get wrapped up in this little FAMILY that is letting me in and I ***sigh*** some serious sighs and think ... "Can I have MYSELF take MY OWN family pictures .... right now - right here .. because this is MAGICAL!!!"

That's how I felt with this family.  Again.  Repeats I tell ya - LOVE THEM!  She was one of my Utah shoots - a lucky one who will get all of her images on DVD.  Ohh happy for her.  Happy for me.  She originally requested an outside shoot.  And I was happy to oblige.  Then her husband mentioned an interest in shooting in their home... and I SQUUUEEEEEEEAAALED with delight (when I add extra eeeeee you can't tell if I'm spelling correctly or not).  But really - I LOVE doing in-home shoots.  Really - one of my favorites.  FAVORITES!  It's what I chose for MY family shoot last year and every time I see my picture, I smile.  Still.

The hard thing about shooting in someone's home is you DON'T.KNOW.THE.LIGHT.  And for a photographer that is SCARY!  Especially one who shoots pretty RAW like me.  Shadows/light are my "frenemy".  :)  But I choose friend.

Yep.  That's her real wall color.  Her real headboard. And that baby is real.  Despite my baby maby coming up a bit ago calling her a "FAE BABEEE".  (fake baby)  seeeeeeee SQUEALING with me???  Somehow I'd like to have this in a magazine.  Like a gerber baby magazine ... or a wall color magazine.  Just something.  Because baby L is BEAUTIFUL and SO pretty she DOES look fake! :)

Don't even try to be this flexible.  I tried.  I cried. 

HOLY CRAP - reaaaaaaly now?  REALLY????  Can I TAKE YOU and have you as my own???

 

uhhhhhhhhhhh huh!!!  This is actually the one I choose for them to print big.  Because I want it to be big for them.  So I choose it.  Not them.  Me.  I'm choosing. :)  Ahhhh she'll choose it because I tell her to! :)

LOVE YOU DARLAN!  Love you!!!!  And ohhh there's LOTS more - this was just the bedroom!!

And a HUGE THANK YOU for my participants of my contest previously posted.  GREAT entries.  And some funny begging going on!  That was funny girls!  DARLING kids - how will I choose?  I'll get working on those and let everyone know.  THANK YOU!!!

Comments

[christine]

I didn't know you shot in RAW....Oh my these pictures are fantastic though (as usual).

POST MORE PLEASE! :)

[kara]

Yes - LOVE RAW! But I was also meaning that I shoot the "raw" feelings of the light and don't try and fix them ... I just go w/ what I have.

[Joanna]

beautiful as always! I miss you!

[Cindy]

I love the pictures with all the beautiful colors. You are a great photographer!

[Amanda Keeys]

See I TOLD you, you are the BEST family photographer. Gooorgeous. The family shots on the bed, TDF. And does that little baby have her toenails painted? PRECIOUS.

[Jennifer]

These are fabulous! Such great colours...oops... colors... I'm an Aussie....(and no brown!) And I agree. Not knowing the light is scary, but kinda fun, too, don't you think? (Extra scary when you're a beginning photog with crap equipment like I am!)

[Lisa]

So tasty and delicious~like a puff pastry. I love all that you do, and I am TERRIBLY prejudice. But I'm also honest and have integrity up the wazoo, so either way, you know you're going to receive a compliment from me. :)

Hey, when do I get to see Halloween pics of my vicarious children? Get on that, will ya?

[Stefanie Middaugh]

Love em Kara. Especially the first one!! So great!

[Amy]

Kara!! LOVE, LOVE, LOOOOOOOVE these!! so happy and fun! and you are right... those kids are ADORABLE!!! Too bad you aren't in UT still. I am heading out there for the holidays. We could have met up. :)

[kelli france]

That baby is totally precious! GREAT shots. Love the colors of their home. Your styles matched up perfectly.