I was lucky enough to be able to shoot my sister-in-law and her family this past week.  They have been overseas in Hong Kong the last few years and just recently moved to Austin where Nathan is the preacher man at Milwood Baptist.  They have a fantastic little family and my kids just adore getting to visit and play with their cousins so a min-vacation/family shoot was in order.

After a while we dropped off the rug rats and had some “adult session” time.  These are some of my favorites.

C – Sorry it took me like a whole day-and-a-half to show them to you. :)  Thanks for being SOOOOOO patient.

I’m sure most of you watched Extreme Makeover Home Edition this past Sunday.  But for those for you who missed it, here is a little re-cap.  The Carrs live in Mineola, TX.  They had a small house.  Now they have a big house. :)  I did post a little while back, but now that the show has aired, and the house has been shown, I wanted to post a few more photos.  Before I get to those, I wanted to give a big thanks to both my print lab and album company.  Pounds Labs and Kiss Books helped me donate over $3,000 worth of photography/prints/albums for the house.  Not bad right. :)

Here are some of the shots from the family session I was able to do for the Carrs.  The crazy things about this session was that I had a total of 5 minutes with the family to photograph them.  I was also not given any “prep” as to where the location would be or what time of day it would happen.  They would pull a kid or the parents for us at random times of the day and say, “You have a few minutes.”  Then right before lunch time they said “Here is the family.”  It was by far the toughest shooting environment I have ever been in and it makes those “rushed” formals I shoot at weddings seem like a breeze. In fact, when they look for who the photographer will be to shoot the family on each show, they typically choose a wedding photographer over a family photographer because they know we tend to be able to work very, very fast. :) I did have the help of Tammy Williams of Clarity Photography and could not have done it without her.  (Many, many thanks, Tammy.)

I also wanted to share a few behind the scenes photos.  These are to show you just how crowded and on the fly one of these shows is while being filmed.  This first one is one of my favorites.  As they were about to knock on the door, someone mention the tree was kinda in the way of a shot.  30 seconds later this guy runs in, saws it down and runs out.

In the middle of the crowd is the Carr family.

This is a wide crowd shot on the day they came back.

A few shots of the house.

One more big giant congrats and thank you to Bayless Custom Homes for their part in making this whole thing come about.  If you need a home built in about 1 week.  They are the best in the area.

Also, in case you missed the episode, you can watch the whole thing online below.

Leishia saw the sister session I did a few weeks ago and contacted me about doing one with her sisters.  The carnival heard we were looking for a location so they came in to town to help us out. :)

Here they are doing what they do best. :)

Admit it, you totally want a funnel cake now. :)
Becca STOLE these glasses from some 3D movie so we did a few shots with them as well. :)

Thanks ladies for a great session.

So a few days ago my little tribe had our photos taken by my friend and superb children’s photographer Tammy Williams of Clarity Photography.  She is the one I always point people towards when they ask for photos of little people.  She did an amazing job and if the 10 or so images she blogged were all we got we would be happy with the results.  Knowing that there are more images still waiting to be seen is like having Christmas morning and also having your birthday only 2 months away.  :)

I will only show you one image below.  You’ll have to visit her site to see the rest. :)

Take a look at the rest of them here.  Also when you are over there, do me a favor and leave a nice comment.  Let’s see if I can set the record for most comments on a post. :)

[One side note… I’m pretty sure I’m the worst client in the world.  From the moment the session ended I was totally stalking her blog checking, checking, and re-checking to see when they would be there.  To all my brides and grooms out there.  I know how you feel.]

I love shooting seniors.  I go back and forth on whether or not it’s something I would want to do a lot of, but seniors like Rachel make me wish I did it more.  She was so much fun to work with and completely trusted me with ANYTHING I asked her to do.  These are some of my favorite images I have ever shot.

This crazy tall bamboo is something I drive past all the time and I have been waiting for just the right person to take to it.

It actually leads down into a creek full of scary stuff in the dark, but she was fearless and was willing to crawl down into it!

We are actually about 4 feet “underground” and immersed in bamboo where this was shot.

Thank you so much for a great session and have fun at Baylor!

Side Note 1: If you are a senior who still needs some photos done, and are up for anything, give me a call. I have some fun ideas.

Side Note 2: If you are a senior and still need some photos done and want to lay down on a big huge 2010 please don’t call me. :)