Kacie celebrated her Bat Mitzvah on a Friday evening with gorgeous light, so of course we had to take advantage of that for her pre-service portraits! She was also observing her service on the construction site of their new synagogue building, so we used that too to create some creative portraits of the Mitzvah girl! She partied with her friends and family in a hip Sunday night party with a neon lounge feel. Everyone had a blast!
A few weeks after we celebrated this beautiful boy's bris, we met up again at their home to snuggle up and hang out with this delicious newborn. His big sis and parents are pretty cool, too!
Dylan celebrated his Bar Mitzvah this past weekend, so now that these gorgeous photos have been revealed to his family and friends, I get to share them with you here! Mom and I had put in some detailed strategizing prior to the session to ensure we’d have a location with all the right sports fields that wouldn’t be full of teams playing and would easily be able to represent the sports he most enjoys. The skies even threatened rain a few hours before, and I said no, it’s Florida, let’s give it a go, and I’m so glad we did! Dylan was relaxed in front of the camera and we took turns with him going along with my crazy ideas of how we could best capture his sports and me just capturing him doing his thing. His smile comes easily and naturally, so I’m extra glad we waited the extra few weeks to show off those post-braces pearly whites!
If you are a follower of my blog, you know I love photographing Mitzvahs. And every time, I seem to find a new thing I love about them. One thing I love is that a current trend is for families to celebrate the occasion in whatever way is meaningful to them. In this case, a lovely service, followed by a brunch, foregoing the typical big DJ dance party. There was a montage playing in the background as guests enjoyed their meals (what’s not to like about waffles and eggs), and video games and 4-way ping pong for the mitzvah boy and his friends (what boys don’t love video and ball games). Everyone seemed to really enjoy themselves and were, of course, proud of Jared’s achievement of this milestone!
I’ve had the pleasure of photographing this family for their gender reveal when mama found out she was having a boy, Grant’s newborn session, and now his first birthday! And they are always full of lots of energy and fun, and this session was no different. We started off with some fun family photos, followed by a cake smash, and splashing both in the tub, and a spicket at the park. And oh my gosh, how adorable is the balloon basket mom made?!! Happy birthday Grant, and I hope to capture more of you and your family as you grow!
