Mike & Tasha

I'm sad to see this cute little family move away...but it was a joy to be able to take their final family portraits in Hawaii. I always learn something from each session I do, and this time was no different.  I need to remember to intersperse individual pictures of the kids between family shots.  The little ones only tolerate about 3 minutes of pictures...so by the time I got to taking pictures of them, they were done!  hahaha!  Aloha Oe Mike and Tasha!

AHHH!!  Too many pictures!!  (hahaha!  I love this one!)

Baby Girl wasn't looking up in too many of the pictures...especially since she took my "attention-getter" and is proudly holding it in this shot!  Big Brother was not sure ice cream was worth all the posing and smiling...so I had to make a quick replacement!

Rusty & Kristin

I had a lot of fun with this family!  The little one was the biggest ham and made the shoot fun and challenging. =)  I always look for a good challenge...especially one with dimples!  Dad is deploying soon and they wanted to get in a few family pictures before he leaves.

Pumpkin Patch

I don't usually take the chance to have a photo shoot with my own family, but this fun pumpkin patch was just perfect!

Clint & Emily

This was my very first session with clients I had never met beforehand!  Loved meeting you two!  Such a great shoot!  Clint was on his way home from a long deployment with the Navy.  Emily came to see him early before his homecoming on the mainland.  I learned from this shoot is that when there is a toddler in the pictures, I need to remember to bring something to catch their attention!  Baby would look up whenever the flash went off, and then promptly look back down...before I could get the flash to go off again!  I made it work though. =)

I thought I'd add this to show how I "create" some of my photos!  I don't always get the shot I want, but I can usually make a great shot out of two or three frames!