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Last weekend we had the pleasure of photographing all the dancers from Elite Performing Arts.  What a job it was!  237 images taken – whew i’m tired!

So many things go into a family portrait:  coordinating outfits, finding a time that is conducive to happy children and work schedules, making sure the weather cooperates, and plenty of prayers that all the planets will align and everyone will be happy and healthy during the shoot.  All of these can cause an immense amount of stress on the person that is coordinating the photo session (usually the Moms – go mom!) – we realize this!  Trust me I’ve been there – at our last family portrait I told my husband – in no uncertain terms – ‘You better act like you love me for the next hour!’   Ok that was a bit extreme - but, like you I had invested a lot of time and effort into getting a great family photo and didn’t want anything to ruin it.  Why I was worried about my 36 year old husband and not my three kids – I’m not sure – but I digress. 

Knowing those feelings, we work hard to alleviate any further stress on all the family members.  Judy & I are committed to giving each session our all and trying our best to provide every family with images that they will LOVE.  If for some reason, one of the above factors isn’t working that day we will reschedule your shoot or, if we have already attempted a session, we will reshoot it until you are in love with your images!  

Last week we had a family session (that had to be rescheduled due to rain the prior week) with a client that has been with me for several years.  I have photographed both boys and grown to love this family – and especially this Mom.  She is one of the sweetest people I know – so I had to feel for her when she pulled up a few minutes late to the session and said – “Well, I’m not sure how this is gonna go.  Ross puked everywhere right as we were walking out the door.”  – I usually never recommend shooting when a kiddo is sick – but we had already rescheduled once and they were already here – so we decided to give it a try. 

After we were done I could tell Jami was thinking – there is no way she got anything we can use.  However, I knew I had some solid images for her.  Was it easy – no.  But, it isn’t anything Judy & I couldn’t handle – or haven’t handled before.  We love what we do and get a lot of joy in proving that we CAN get some great images even when you think we can’t!   

Here are a few of Jami and her beautiful family:

And here is the email I received from Jami this morning!  LOVE getting these!!!!!!!!!! 

Hi Jennifer!
Just a note to let you know again that I love so many of the images from our photo shoot.  Josh was equally as impressed!  A true testament of you as a great photographer as we left there thinking no way did we get many great pictures.  It of course had nothing to do with you or Judy just simply the fact that my kids weren’t being the most cooperative and didn’t feel the best either.  I wanted to let you know that instead of trying to find a few that we like, once again going to have a really tough time making a selection.
Thanks Again!
I could not be a happier client!