If you're following along, you'll see that I recently posted the photos from our incredible time at Winter Break Family Camp. Well, there I am up in the beautiful GA mountains, which I of course see as an incredible background for family photo sessions. Here are the fun images we created of the two families who chose to capture their So You moments with me!
A friend of mine from High School has been going to a local family camp for several years, and whenever she posts her pictures on Facebook, I say to myself, gosh, I’d really love to go to family camp! So this winter, we did! We joined about 40 other families from mostly the Southeastern United States (with a few from the Northeast and Canada) at Camp Ramah Darom in Georgia for 5 days and nights. While we were there, we did activities as families, with just kids, and just adults. We celebrated Hanukkah as a community and shared meals together. And I got to participate as both a camper and as the photographer! This dual role was challenging at times, but mostly fun. I even got to teach a Photography 101 class! Along the way, I (with the help of my husband when I was up on the ropes course) was able to capture lots of So You moments of our camp experience!
I worked with this mama for a few years and took her family photos at the beach 2 years ago when they first moved to Florida from Minnesota. She proudly displayed the photos in her office, and it was finally time for an update for this year’s holiday session! We met at the beach again, and lucked out with an absolutely gorgeous evening with one of the softest watercolor sunsets I’ve seen in a while. And I absolutely LOVE that this family took my gentle guidance for play and genuinely interacted and enjoyed each other at their session. It shows, and these images are SO YOU!
There are few things better than getting to freeze time for a family as you get to watch their kids grow before your eyes! I first got to photograph this family when mom was pregnant with baby #2, again when he was a newborn, and now for his first birthday! We’d had this session on the calendar for a while because both sets of grandparents would be around to celebrate, so when the weather that morning didn’t cooperate, we just moved the session indoors to their lovely home. We started off with a few outdoor portraits in a break from the rain, and then spent some time in the boys’ rooms. There’s just something genuine and fun about capturing a family in the environment where they’re the most comfortable. They really got to play together, and I got to capture it all! And what in the moment may feel a little chaotic, in the images I see when I get home, I just fall in love with how real they are!
I have the pleasure of saying this is another 4peat family, and it’s been fun to watch them grow! From anniversary pics, to maternity pics, to baby pics, and now toddler pics with their mobile little boy, they are literally growing right before my eyes, and it’s an honor and privilege to freeze these moments in time. One of our favorites So You moments from the session is the truest to real life. Can you guess which one it is? Which is your favorite?
