Family Portraits 2009

It's been 3 years since our last family portraits, so we finally got them done again this last week. Jed's photographer friend, Stan, was kind enough to take the pictures for us even though he doesn't really do family photo sessions. Can I just say after it was all said and done...it's no wonder why we wait so long to get them done. After about the first 15 minutes I was ready to call it quits. Connor and Ronin were constantly trying to outdo each other in silly poses and crazy faces while Rigdon just did his own thing - throwing rocks, constantly running out of the shots, and getting mad when anyone tried to make him stay put. Of course Aubrey was very good and easy to photograph. Thank goodness out of 287 pictures taken we did manage to get a few that were really good. Stan has not yet done any photo editing on them because he waiting for me to tell him which ones we want. So you get to see the raw, unedited shots with a bit of photo shopping by me.

You can see a larger version by clicking on the photo, although there are a few that won't do it for some reason.

The first few photos were taken in back of one of the really old, original buildings. (Carl and Sadie's family photo was the inspiration behind this one.) Due to Stan's schedule we had to do the photo shoot in the afternoon when it was really bright so we had to deal with strong highlights and shadows. But I still really like how they turned out.

The Kids.

This photo is out of order but I couln't get it to move.

One of the very few family shots where Rigdon would actually look at the camera and stand long enough for the picture to be taken.
A cropped view of Rigdon laughing at Connor's funny faces.

Our little girl is growing up...she is very quickly turning into a beautiful, young woman.

Rigdon having fun throwing rocks while I'm trying to tell the other kids to look at the camera, not at Rigdon.

This was a very typical photo of the kids...Rigdon running off while everyone else is laughing.


This was the best one we could get with just the kids in this background....(sigh.) At this point I didn't care too much.

Jed and Mindy.

Yay! A happy face!

Nothing like swinging to put a 1 year old in a good mood.

Ronin.

I love Ronin's laugh, he makes everyone smile.

Mindy and Rigdon.
Rigdon is such a joy to have....I love the toddler stage.

Now it was time to let loose and just let the kids have fun.

Connor.

Aubrey & Ronin.

Well there are tons more pictures but I think this will do for now. Perhaps I'll do a separate post with some of the silly photos...there are certainly plenty of them. That will have to be for another time.

Stan, thank you for the beautiful and fun pictures! (And also for putting up with all of us.)