A day with Lisa

I did this super fun photo shoot with my friend Lisa a few weeks ago. No engagement, no dog- just pictures for the sake of being happy and alive- what a fabulous idea. So we mapped out a whole day-in-the-life-of-Lisa and went to town! We started at the farmers market where we bought a bunch of vegetables. She's been loving her vegan lifestyle lately and we thought it would be great to buy some food, make it, and then invite her boyfriend to go on a picnic and eat it with her :)
Please be forewarned- Lisa has one of the world's most infectious (and best) smiles- I love it!

Delia and Kenya (2.5 years ago!!)

I know there has been zero rhyme or reason to my blog posts the last 4 months, but whatever, it's my blog, I can do what I want, even if that means posting this shoot from 2 and a half years ago and having it be the first thing I've posted in months :)
Anyway, this is for Delia, one of my sweetest clients ever. I photographed her and her Black Lab-of-a-soulmate Dylan back in my first year of business in 2005. Then in 2008 I was doing this promo video and needed some models. Dylan had since passed on but I knew Delia wanted some pictures with her other baby Kenya, and knowing what an amazing relationship Delia has with her animals, I knew she would be perfect for the shoot. And then, as goes the story of my life, I got busy and put that promo shoot stuff on the back burner, but I recently pulled it out and this is what I found.

Five Fidos

I also photographed Shane's (the Pops of the last shoot I posted) parent's dogs right before Christmas. They have FIVE dogs and he had me sneak over to their house while they were out of town so he could give them the photos as a Christmas gift.

Shane and Kristen and their clan {Family/Dogs Session}

It's been MONTHS (and months and months and months) since I've blogged over here- so much to catch up on! Anyway, this is a great place to start:

Two Big People, Two Little People, and Two four-Legged People, the Stent Family are some of my favorite people! I did a session with them a few years ago, but there has since been some additions, so we were due for another.

We started this session by waking up 1-year old blondie Bode from his nap. I watched him and mama play in the sunlight that warms up his nursery, and then we headed downstairs where his older sister Annie had her hair done by papa (a daily ritual). We played with the dogs in the backyard and then went for a little hike. It was perfect.