Third time's the charm.

When this family called to book their session, I was thrilled because I worked with them in the past. I love to see families grow and change and expand. Being that they were not from Eau Claire, they left it up to me to determine the location of our shoot, so we decided to visit one of the local apple orchards near Eau Claire. The problem was that most of the orchards didn't open until 9 or 10am on a Saturday, and we needed to start early, since rain was on the way. So we decided on another favorite and frequent location of mine, Gem Gardens. All was well until we showed up at their normal opening time...and the gate was locked. A quick phone call to the office confirmed that this was the first day they were CLOSED for the season!!  After racking my brain (not wanting to make them drive their little ones across the entire Chippewa Valley) we decided to drive out to Lowes Creek County Park. And I think it turned out to be the perfect location for us!

Drawing a crowd

This senior session was a blast. I had to laugh, because never in my years in the photography business have I had a whole family come along for a senior shoot. I've done a quick family photo or two at the beginning or end of a senior shoot, and I've had siblings and friends come along for the shoot, but I have never had an entire family come along just for the sake of hanging out together. How fun!

Paused for a quick photo with the siblings...

And then back to business.

Remember Fall?

This was a quick little shoot I did for a great family this fall. You may remember their boys from last year when their littlest was born. It is always such a pleasure to photograph you guys!

Another Emily!

I am a Jennifer. When I was growing up, I knew about 10 other Jennifer/Jenny/Jens personally in my life. There was Jennifer G., Jenny F., Jennifer P., Jennie H., Jenny L., Jenny B., Jenni S., Jennifer B., Jen K., and I was Jenny M. (Okay, that makes 9 that I can remember...but I know there were more!)

Well, it seems like the same thing is going on with the name Emily. I have had so many Emilys as clients this year, I can hardly keep my client folders straight! Fortunately, they have each had very unique personalities, each bringing a new definition of "Emily" to the table.