The Kesslers
I haven’t been blogging lately, not because I don’t have a ton of great images to post but because it hasn’t been a top priority. Having a 18 month old is keeping me busy and then there are the weddings and the 5 shoots a week and editing, etc, etc. But I do want to catch up and especially showcase a lot more of my portrait work. It seems like last summer all I blogged were weddings. This summer, I’m going to try to blog more family themed work. The Kessler’s are great subjects to build momentum with. I adore them. I photographed Rachel and Jake’s wedding, engagement photos and did a family session a year ago with them when Ruby was 1. Now Ruby is 2 and I’m so in awe of how sweet this little threesome is and of what great parents Rachel and Jake have become. And Ruby is just delicious. I think the photos and the faces say it all.
This is exactly what I would like all of my family sessions to look more like. A real, true “day in the life of” shoot. There was not a single shot posed or contrived. I simply showed up to the Carlson’s beautiful Lafayette farm and photographed this family doing exactly what they do everyday. Of course most families would like images of everybody looking at and smiling for the camera. Even I want some of those of my family. Those are beautiful too, and I can certainly do that and certainly do. But it’s the honest moments in life that are forgotten if not captured. The table conversations, the picking of ripe fruit off the apple tree, the children’s art hung in the stairwell, the bedtime stories, the wet dog. These are the moments that should be preserved. These are the moments that I’m most passionate about in my work. Thank you to the Carlson’s for giving me the opportunity to do exactly what is is that I love to do.
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