This is the second time I’ve photographed Shelby and Jason Poole and their adorable kids. This time they asked if we could schedule a photo shoot just after Thanksgiving while Shelby’s entire family was in town. This family was an absolute joy to work with and you can see how much fun they have together. Now the kids, ahhh, the kids…they weren’t necessarily down with the plan to be photographed, but seeing that they are all as cute as they are, the photos still turned out great.

Oops! Just realized I never published these photos from a photo session this past fall. These little girls were so camera friendly and even the baby had a great time!

Al and Alice are close friends who are expecting their first baby in just a few weeks. They have affectionately named the baby while in utero, Groucho, and will give the baby a more gender specific name of course when he/she is born. We had the idea to hire Ginny Sieminski of Expressions Face Painting to come paint a baby dressed as Groucho on Alice’s belly. We had so much fun with this portrait session and even added Groucho glasses and prop cigars. Stay tuned for photos of the real Groucho who should be here very soon! The first few photos in the series were taken many weeks ago when Alice’s baby bump was just becoming obvious. Of course when we all get together it’s hard to be serious even though we are all beyond excited to meet this baby.