I’m editing away, behind on everything (blogging at the top of the list) but just wanted to share this shot.  HA! (and i’ll blog furreals soon).

{lara}

And meeting Mr. G and his parents was *absolutely* an honor.   Their sense of humor, the intimate nature of their family…. was unique and beautiful.  I enjoyed every minute i was there.  And i adore the moments we captured…

And i can’t share from this session without mentioning the dogs.  Because they were funny and fun, and i might just have to invite myself back over and do a dogs only session.  Oh, and they have 5 dogs.  And the last one they got wanna know what they call him?  One Dog Too Many.  Um, I’ve laughed about that many times since i left their home.  And One Dog Too Many is featured below (and i do think he has a proper name… .

Hope everyone had a wonderful and safe Halloween and i’ll be back around later this week!

{lara}

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On to why i’m posting!

We all know dog people.  The ones who have a relationship with their dogs beyond just slapping some Alpo in the dish periodically.  The ones who truly consider them member of the family.   The ones who you feel badly for when they bring their first child home from the hospital, because its a LONG fall from grace for the K9′s when the baby moves in the house.  (oh, and btw, i am one of those people, lol…)

Well, not for these pups.  I suspect they will remain just as much a part of their family as they were before Miss R moved in.   She’s a smashing addition to this sweet family.  And, so as to not hurt any feelings, i must share images of the whole family, because the pups were NOT going to let Miss R upstage them.  But first, let me introduce to you sweet Miss R and her lovely parents!

And now for the sweet pups… so patient and wonderful!

And now for the very last frame from the session.  And wow do i love this image.

Have a wonderful weekend! I’ll be traveling for a gymnastics meet.  I sure hope i score a 10.  Oh wait, thats not right…..

{lara}

Have fun in the snow!

{lara}

First, this little family is so sweet, and settling in beautifully as a family of four.  Their daughter has quickly become friends of my girls, and i always love when i get to transition clients into friends!  Thanks to the L Family for inviting me in and being such wonderful clients… and friends!

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And this next session was with the Littlest Hero’s Project , which is an organization i’ve been involved with for quite some time.  And it has let me to many beautiful families and children.  Miss T was no exception, and i so enjoyed my morning with her!  We were rocking out in a field (while she watched her mother and i make fools of ourselves!) to her favorite Pandora station on her mom’s Blackberry (and in case you wondered, i LURV Pandora and my favorite 2 stations at the moment are G Love and Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova ).

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And this little man was so sweet….. and… FAST.  Toddlers tend to be fast.  Like, REALLY fast, lol….   When he was reading to me, he kept handing me books to read to him.  And well, his books are written in Mandarin, so i was of little to no help to him!

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And i have to finish with a family shot that i just love.  Really love.  And they haven’t seen this version yet.   But i’m delivering the print of it to them tomorrow, so don’t tell them you saw it first, ok?  I’m also practicing my incomplete sentences.  How am.  I doing?

I will have more to come.  I will.  Because, while i don’t like actually katsup, i do like to get kaughtup.

{lara}

And i hope that the sweet S family is too…. Thanks for spending such a lovely evening with me!  And, by the way, i’m glad i got there a few minutes before we started shooting official portraits.  Because, well, its family moments like these that i personally hang on to in my mind of my family, and I love it when i can capture a few of them other families!

and about this next image –i’m SO drawn to images that tell stories… images that define, to me, the essence of childhood.  And i was so very delighted when i saw this image when i returned home from this session…

and lastly… the less than traditional family portrait… i just love it.  period.

See you guys again the week after this coming one as i’m out of the office until then!  Have a great one!

{lara}

And in the middle of the night when she wanted to play, she did this incredibly annoying yawning noise right in your face. That you could not escape, lol….

And she is terribly missed.   And yes, her name was Chuck.  And she was not mine, but i was lucky enough to have her as a friend.

{lara}

Oh, yeah, my point.  Today, I’m leaving for vacation for a couple of weeks!  I’ll be in Atlanta for a glorious week and i also get a week in Utah working with and learning from 12 of the most amazing photographers i know (Yahooie!)!   I’m SOOOOOO excited!  Like, pee my pants kinda excited.   This last week has been intense and amazing… and i wanted to leave you guys with a quick glimpse of the amazing kiddo’s whom i got to work with this week!  I hope everyone is having an amazing summer so far and i’ll be back in a couple of weeks!

isn’t she just stunning?  three months old and such an angel….

and ::sigh::  these 2 FIVE year olds… i’ve had the pleasure of working with them several times before but this time was special… it was their birthday the day of our session…. HAPPY BIRTHDAY again M & M!!

and well, this shot is simply one of my favorites.  I know, you cannot see every detail (and how STUNNING their eyelashes are…).  But you can see who their family is and i LOVE it.  and btw,  Mrs. G — i think if you got just one more dog, you’d have an even dog to people ratio and balance things out……  ::grin::

OK — I will see you guys soon and have a fabulous couple of weeks!

{lara}

I’ve been really busy with shooting, processing, trick-or-treating, delivering, communicating, ordering, eating candy, thwarting off fevers, removing gnats from photos, changing my clocks, sending off slideshows, getting leaves out of my house, trying not to run over woolly bear caterpillars in the road,  and just generally with trying to tread water gracefully.  And, if you’ll notice, blogging wasn’t on my list of accomplishments.  Please forgive me, as i know you wait patiently for your share of the attention.  I’ve put together a couple of collages to show you a few of the sessions I’ve been working on but until now, neglected to show you.

I”ll be happy to sneak some some of my kids candy from Halloween to share with you in exchange for your forgiveness.  Its not that hard to sneak it, well, except from Miss C’s stash as she counts each item at least once every 84 minutes.  So, i should clarify, I’ll be happy to sneak some of Miss S’s candy for you.

Love, Lara.

{lara}

So here is a peek of this simply  lovely family (and well, some of their lovely little pets toooooo)…

and you know i’m a sucker for a non-traditional family portrait… they LOVE the Hahn Horticulture Gardens on campus so we finished up our session there!

And a newborn session is up next!  I just might be getting into the groove of this busy season!!!!!!

{ lara }