Small town fun

This past weekend I got to explore the town of Snohomish with this great family and my camera at sunset.  One of my favorite things to capture is the relationship between parent and child.  In this case, a fussy little 1 year old made for many priceless interactions between father and daughter.  Yeah for fussy 1 year olds!

Half way across the world and back

Fresh from Ethiopia, we decided to stay inside for this photo shoot.  Ethiopia to Portland can be quite the shock on such a tiny one, right?   This great family just brought home the newest addition to their family and we just had to capture the excitement and the love that their house is overflowing with.

The lovely, uncooperative 2 year old

I can say this because she is mine, right? This is my elusive 2, almost 3 year old that I can never get good pictures of. Not so much because she won't stay still (although that might have a little to do with it) but because she normally doesn't want to be bothered with things like....cameras. Well, she does like to be bothered with cream cones (a la McDonalds) which is how I got her to cooperate for a little canon fun.

Into the sunset they rode...

What can we do in ten minutes as the sun sets?  A lot, it turns out.  These pictures were taken for my baby brother as the sun was setting, with a soon to be three year old who was behaving very much like a soon to be three old.  We got a lot done in a very short period of time.  Every man's dream when it comes to the length of a photo session.  Short and sweet.