Spring time play time

My girl grows up

my assistant

"Mommy when I grow up I want to be your helper and I want to live with you forever" - Nikita

Kids in Europe

New Portraits

Some new portraits done in the last few weeks.

Dark beauties

I did my annual photograph of Aggie this week. I do birthday portraits for a group of kids. I have been doing it since they were born and now they are seven years old. It is a great project. Photographing Aggie this week reminded me of another shot I did a few years ago for a fashion magazine and thought it would be fun to put the pictures together. Look at those eyes.

Kids Grow up

Kids grow up which I guess means we get older too. Never did time start to pass as quickly as when the little people came along. They are a measure of your own aging. My girls are the best things that have ever happened to me. They are the muses that inspire my work.

Birthdays

Birthdays are a time of celebration. So many people don't like celebrating their birthdays but I think that whatever age you are there is a great reason to celebrate. Each year you are alive and have new memories to recall is cause for celebration. In our family birthdays are celebrated with cake, champagne and presents in bed, that is a great start to the day. So raise a glass and toast another year of being alive. Happy Birthday. Gratulerer med dagen.

Holiday season approaching

The holiday season is fast approaching signaling another year gone by and a time to look back at the year and see if it was all you hoped it would be. It seems the holiday time comes upon us faster for each year that passes. I vow to keep things simple this year. No extravagant gifts, no big holiday mailing, just time spent with family and friends. Time spent with people is far more precious than any gift it provides memories for years to come. So as this holiday season approaches that is my motto "less is more"
I did have to go out and get the holiday photo taken, the card that goes out to friends and family. This is an out take from today's photo adventure with the girls.

Familes

Families are something we all have. They come in all shapes and sizes They can be great, loving, dysfunctional, maddening, nostalgic, caring, but they are something we all have whether we acknowledge them or not. I have photographed several families in the last few months and I love every opportunity I get to see other peoples family dynamics and to be a part of their life for a few hours through the lens of my camera.

Time for dress up

Another good reason to like Fall is that is time for dress up. Halloween is one of those great holidays that is all about fun and candy. What is not to like of that? So let the child in you out and have fun this Fall.