Angie's Family.....

Over the years my family has been able to ride horses, help on cattle drives and brandings because of a rancher who used to run his cows on the ranch on our road. Through Ferrill, the rancher, we have met some of his family and have gotten close to them. We have ridden and worked with Angie, KC and Stacie over the last 10 years and here are some portraits that my daughter, Keegan, did of their families this past weekend. All of the girls were so cute with their fluffy red vests......

Chieko's Family

Chieko, one of our associates and office manager here in Montana, needed her photo taken so we took a few quic shots of her and her family. I picked my favorites and hopefully she will like them......

Marian & Matt's family Portraits

I photographed Marian and Matt's wedding six years ago in Carmel, CA.. Since then I have photographed their family every year and have watched their children grow up. Avery and Eden are really happy little girls that keep getting prettier each year that I photograph them. I love the photos of the girls interacting with each other. While Eden was sitting on the 'rocking' giraffe, I had asked Avery to help me make her smile. She grabbed a long piece of grass and started tickling her. I LOVE THESE PHOTOS!!!



There were other candid moments that I was able to see and photograph like the photo of Eden kissing Marian. Marian instictively closed her eyes and relished the moment.


Another favorite is this photo of Avery jumping on the rocks. As we were taking photos down by the stream, Avery started running upstream on the rocks. As I was capturing Avery I realized that Matt and Eden were playing in the background, which added a lot of interest to the story. These candid moments are what I love to capture. If I had 'scripted' this scene it would have lacked the life that makes it so interesting to me.



Here are some of my other favorite shots.....




This is the first time that I have seen Wheely Bugs. They are SO MUCH fun! (I had to take a spin on the ladybug.) These little toys are fast and the kids love them. If you have a toddler in your life, you need to buy a couple of these. One for them to ride, and one for you to race them with.
I think the photos show what a fun time we had doing our portrait session.

Jeanne & Paul's Family

Once a year I travel to Missoula and take some portraits of families that live there. This is my second year taking photos of Jeanne and Paul's family. I love doing family portraits for several reasons. Foremost I think I am able to capture the personality of children. I know when I take the time to do it with my children I just love seing the joy and excitement that my kids are experiencing in their faces and eyes. The other reason I like taking family portraits is because it is such a challenge. I believe it is more difficult than a wedding because you only have a brief amount of time to get an idea of the family's aesthetic and to create a family portrait that is representative of that. I LOVE the portraits of them in the woods on the logs behind their home! The composition is simple, everyone has their own personal space and the sense of place perfectly represents where they live. Anyway, here are some of my favorites......

Wolter Family Photos.....

Here are some of the images I like best from a shoot I just did for the Wolter family. This was really fun for me because I have photographed all three of Nick's children's weddings. (I think I have my apostrophe's placed correctly there.) Anyway, I really enjoyed seeing everyone again and visiting Nick's property that is up Mill Creek. Again, just like the Martin portraits I mentioned this past week I kept having flashbacks to Megan and Ellen's weddings which both took place on the property.

Here are some photos that I really love......

Centennial Train Car

I received a phone call the other day from a woman who wanted some photographs of the Centennial train car that is located in Livingston on the banks of the Yellowstone River. I have always driven by the car and thought it was lovely but had never been inside of it. Yesterday I got my opportunity to see what the car was like on the inside. It is beautifully done and very comfortable.

Chieko, one of the associates, photograpehd all of the exterior shots because they had to be done quickly before the leaves fell and she did an excellent job!

The photographs speak for themselves...


A small lawn ornament that I loved.....