Herriman High School Ballroom Team

High school groups are seriously so much fun to work with! This group always has a few characters each year that make me laugh the whole time I'm doing their photos. It's always kind of nostalgic to me to remind me of the fun friends I had in high school and the things I loved about it back in the day. Side note: I always feel like, "I didn't graduate that long ago" and then I see the kids in high school and think, "nope. I'm old. And I DID actually graduate a lot longer ago than I'd like to admit now." Ha ha.

Baby Vincent

Sweet baby Vincent. One thing is for sure- this boy loves his mama more than he loved me or my baskets of fluffy coziness. Ha ha. That's okay. I'm not offended that I'm not the favorite.  His mom had magical powers to calm him though.  She introduced me to the "easy button"- a spot on the back of a baby's neck that you can rub to calm them down.  We'll see if I have the same luck next time I do a newborn shoot. If it works I feel like I'll become a true baby whisperer.

Someone made them this Toad beanie (from Super Mario) so naturally we had to work it into the pictures somehow.

I love the interactions between a proud sibling and their new baby. She was so sweet to be a helper the whole photo shoot and she's been practicing diapering her baby doll.  What an awesome big sister!

Brooklyn & Kennedy

I love these sweet sisters. I've done their pictures a few years in a row now and they are just so fun and delightful, not to mention just beautiful!

Carter Kids

So these kiddos are adorable. And they happen to be my niece and nephews. So yes, I'm biased. But I do love them and love taking their pictures. So much personality in this group!  They're probably sillier than my regular kid sessions because they're so comfortable with me. But I love pictures that capture your true child and especially this top guy is as silly as they come, so it just seems fitting somehow.

Sometimes I'm funny. And sometimes I'm just funny looking. And sometimes I make the person standing behind me do ridiculous things and I play along and act like I can't figure out what's happening each time I turn around and they stop. Somehow my same trick works every time. On every kid...  yup, kids think I'm funny and these are the faces to prove it.  Too bad it doesn't work on adults to get them to relax and smile normally. :)