One of the joys of a photographer (of any level) is to showcase her work. In my case, families are definitely an all-time favorite. Not necessarily always the easiest to capture because of everyone's conflicting interests but I enjoy how each personality emerges during such a session.
My own children will no longer allow me to dress them up, and had always given me a hard time during shoots. It can be a stressful moment. So most of our family portraits are candid and unposed. But the Coad family was a natural and so cooperative. They were just ready. Here's just a few of those precious moments.
“The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.”
~Theodore Hesburgh
“Where does the family start? It starts with a young man falling in love with a girl - no superior alternative has yet been found.” ~Winston Churchill
“The house does not rest upon the ground, but upon a woman.” ~Mexican Proverb
“Whatever they grow up to be, they are still our children, and the one most important of all the things we can give to them is unconditional love. Not a love that depends on anything at all except that they are our children.” ~Rosaleen Dickson
"Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet." ~Vietnamese Proverb
“A happy family is but an earlier heaven.” ~George Bernard Shaw
“In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.” ~Alex Haley
...let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings! ~Henry Ward Beecher
Happy Thanksgiving 2010
But his hair grows nappy due to chlorine from swimming. Does he care? Of course not.
Almost always, it's such a grueling experience. For ALL of us. {Just look at how miserable he gets!}
Poor May. She's been putting up with him since forever. She's been cutting our hair even before we had kids.
But he always looks so handsome after every trip, I dare say.
We survived the last trip. He actually didn't give her a hard time. He was a bit moody in the beginning but kept his cool for the rest of the time.
