the worst clients *ever* {Portland Family Photographer}

Some of you may remember my complaints after a little photo shoot with *the* worst clients ever a few weeks back. Photographing your own children stinks. Yep. So we throw the clothes on everyone and head out to explore Hagg Lake, only to find out that Hagg Lake is closed for the winter. So we do what any photographer would do. We stopped at the first cool trashy building (across from the dump) and pull out some smarties. My only goal for this particular afternoon was to get a cute picture of the girls all together and some good shots of Lilly and Elise, solo. Mission accomplished. I guess I should have warned you, but this post is totally a Christmas Card Spoiler. Sorry.

Elise, so sad. Not because I am taking her picture, but because I asked her what her favorite train is. Apparently, Lady is her favorite, but Lady is MIA. (thus the pout.)

little miss {portland child photographer}

Remember this? I offer more proof that I am spot on when it comes to this little theory of mine. The other night, this little miss and I snuck around the corner for a little photo action. This is my daintiest of misses. The one who ate her first birthday cake without getting messy. The one who loves picking blueberries and hates picking strawberries, because of the dirt factor. Ok. So skip ahead to the end of our little photo shoot. She informs me that she has an idea and proceeds to lay down on her stomach on a dirty sidewalk, risking all cleanliness and the well being of her favorite top. For what? A pretty picture. Why? Because she is a girl. Girls of all types will do just about anything for a good picture. And this is why I love having six of them. (among other numerous reasons.)

ha. caught ya. {portland child photographer}

Since this one was about 4, I have had the hardest time getting a good picture of her. The poser, the one who tries so hard and more recently, the one who likes to stick her tongue out or make weird expressions with her eyes in every stinking picture. With her big sister, I fought the rolled eyes. With her, I fought the serious giggles (I mean serious! 75% of her mini-during-soccer-practice-session was spent laughing uncontrollably!) and the "I want to show everyone my teeth post-braces" smile. Even with all of that, I think I captured her real self in a few shots. She just couldn't help it. The top 4 are the ones that, when I look at them, I think "Now that is my Autumn!" And that is why, as a photographer, I have a hard time narrowing down shots. Those 4 might not look like anything special to you, but they are the expressions that I have been seeing for the last nine years from her. I guess that is something that is just a mom thing.

in honor of back to school (or in our house: non back to school day) {portland child photographer}

This is what school pictures are like at the Kang house. Actually, this is from a promised photo shoot that we did to make Hannah feel a little more excited about her hair cut. (she was slightly bothered that her hair was short enough to require clippers in the back) We picked up a new outfit, during which my daughter was quoted saying, "We can buy a lot of outfits and I will change in the car in between them!" (can you imagine her at sixteen?)