The .D. Squad

Every year for the past three years I have been privileged to photograph the D family and every year they are hilarious!! I mean, I am always laughing so hard that my eyes are watering and I have a hard time focusing the camera... it's kinda' a problem :) But a good problem! They laugh a lot and always full force. This year our session was rained out, canceled for a case of the flu and then rained on again but we managed to get a few keepers in their front yard between storms. I am loving the story boards so here's another one of the D's;

 

And a few of the hilarious out takes of father and son because this session ALWAYS has the best out takes!

This session is my last session of the year so while I enjoy my vacation from "formal" (HA!) sessions I'll try to update the blog from time to time with more personal posts and a year in review post for sure. I just want to say thank you to all of the bride's, families, seniors and baby momma's that have supported Fourth Light this year! What a great year I had capturing memories for you all and I was blessed by each one of you more than you will every know!!

Chipper & Laura .... North Bend Oregon Photographers

She said they met through a friend of a friend of a friend... Chipper said he was done with women. Luckily God had it all orchestrated so that Chipper didn't have to give up on finding "The One" and Laura didn't have to keep being the friend of the bride. No matter how many friends Chipper and Laura had to get through to finally meet each other, when it happened it happened and they've been together ever since. 

Chipper and Laura are so sweet! They are my kind of people ;) Their relationship is so comfortable and pure. You can tell they just fit and that their wedding will be a wonderful celebration of God's ability to know just what each person needs and his faithfulness to provide it. Congrats Chipper and Laura!

 

Laura is so gorgeous and has a wonderful laugh!

 

I brought out the 'ol chalkboard to have some fun with Chipper and Laura and they decided they liked the idea of having a "thank you" picture for their thank you cards after the wedding;

I love it!!

The .I. Family

I had a wonderful time the other evening with my friend Karen and her little family. Matthew has grown SO much since the last time I did photos for him and oh my is he a handsome little guy! He came out for a play date today since I just didn't get to snuggle him enough during our fast and furious session. I always forget about day light savings time and sadly we ran out of light during our shoot but it gave me a good reason to practice with my new flash! At any rate I thought I'd present these photos in a slightly different way just because Karen is so fashion forward and really did great on the outfits for her session! These pics make me ready for Christmas!

The .C. Family

Nothing makes me more nervous than taking pictures of kids the same age as my very own. There's just something about three year old boy's and one year old boy's that doesn't work in photos, at least in my own home ;) So when I scheduled the C family, knowing that Holly's kids were about the same age as mine and both boys I must say I was intimidated, nervous, even a bit worried! After all I am supposed to be good at this photo thing since going "pro", right? I should be able to take great photos for the people who entrust me with the job, right? Well yes I should and thank heavens Holly's boys aren't quite as used to my crazy antics as my boys which made things so much easier. That and the fact that they are an adorable family provided for some great photos. And lucky for me my sister in law did our family photos a couple of weeks ago and she did way better than I've done on my own :) Those will be coming later but for now enjoy the C family!