An End of Summer Adventure

A freezing gust of wind splashed across my face as I walked to my car this morning. How hard it was to recollect the miserably intense heat of the previous day! Yesterday afternoon I had the priveledge of shooting the entire Sexson family. The girls are frequent subjects of mine, as I tend to not be capable of resisiting the urge to attempt to capture their gorgeous smiles and priceless personalities. While Kim loves all of these pictures with a passion, it's long been a desire of hers to have me photograph the whole family. Not only does she want a great Christmas card but her spacious dining room walls seem an incredibly inviting place for displying her handsome family.

Their pictures turned out incredible! Shoots of more than three people tend to be more difficult because of closing eyes and other involuntary (and sometimes voluntary) functions. I must say, though, that I was working with a family of troopers yesterday. It was nearly 90 degrees outside and the wind was blowing ferociously; neither of these conditions are great for a photo shoot. In addition, their shirts were not only black (obviously the warmest color possible) but long sleeved. Other than a few complaints when asked to unroll their sleeves the girls did great. I am amazed at the happy people I was able to work with considering all the elements working against us.

Concerned with the wind we decided to start down at the creek. This ended up being the location for the majority of our photo shoot. It was just perfect! So unique and beautiful. Also, how wonderful to have such incredible pictures on your own property? Sexsons are also blessed to have incredible neighbors, the Peacocks. Mr. Peacock has built the neatest little shack for over night stays. The stairs in the pictures are also his handiwork. There are several more amazing props and backdrops on their property that we used, but there are way too many pictures to put them all on this blog.

Here's what the last day of summer provided us with:

The Handsome Couple (It's no wonder their girls are so beautiful!)

I LOVE the lighting in this picture

Can you tell they love those girls?



Priceless



This shot was not originally part of the shoot. During a break Mickynzie and Brenna were outside with me and I snapped a few shots of them. The results? Five or so incredible pictures! It was hard to choose just one.


We got another one with all the girls looking at the camera, but I am crazy about Brenna's wink in this one



Mimi joined us at the end for a few three-generations pictures
Sexsons, have I mentioned that I love you guys! Thanks for giving me the priviledge of capturing your beautiful family.

Special Thanks:

The Peacocks-Thank you so much for letting us use your awesome shack and gorgeous property. Our shoot would have been lacking without these fabulous backdrops!

My Mom- not only is she incredible for coming along on most of my shoots, but she has saved the day on more than one occasion. Down in the creek bed I ran out of memory so she ran up that long flight of stairs to get my card. Lo and Behold I had forgotten the card! Mom had grabbed my stuff to save me a trip inside and had not seen the card. I didn't think to check for it and, well, the rest is history. Sexsons live 45 minutes from us so getting the card from my house was out of the question. "My computer! I can put them on my computer!" I realized. We both ran to the van only to find that, yes, the computer was there but the cord that connects the camera to the computer... at home. NOOOOO!!! Our shoot was no where near finished. Disaster? Not with mom there! She sped to Wal-mart, ran through the store, raced back with a brand new card. What can I say? My mom's incredible. Thanks so much, Mom! You're AMAZING!