I met Brad's mom this summer and we became instant friends. She is one of the sweetest people I know, working hard to raise her 10 children. She raised a humble son. He and Heather wanted family photos done because their family is officially going from 2 to 6 in the next couple of weeks as their adoption of Kiana, Jazmine, Kishawn, and Jada, becomes final. These children are siblings and what a great blessing to all of them that they now get to be a family. It was such a great experience for me to photograph them. Their mom had gone to great lengths to dress them for our photo session. They looked like they stepped off the pages of a catalog. They were a lively bunch of kids. I loved their energy and playfulness, however I began to be concerned that I wouldn't be able to get much because they were moving around so much. Pretty soon, it became so funny that I just went with it. Wanting to play it safe, I turned to drastic measures to make sure we got something of the whole family. I finally ended up doing the hula to get their attention (Thank you Heather and Brad for putting up with my craziness). I laughed when my thighs were sore the next day. (I stink at doing the hula!) Well, when I looked at our session later, I was so grateful for what I saw. It was filled with little miracles. Thank you, Brad and Heather, for letting me do this with you and congratulations on your beautiful family. This post is for you.
Heather is also pregnant with their first child together. Is she super mom or what?!
Jada was a moving target, but when she stopped...
what a cutie!
...and lots of personality!
Jada wasn't the only moving target! :-)
Then there was sweet Kiana, who has CP. She would quietly get my attention for her turn.
I loved this one of Jazmine and Brad.
Jada takes her turn at doing the hula.
And last, but not least...Jada...doing her thing.
OH MY GOSH!!! I LOVE these pictures!! You are seriously a miracle worker! I have told SO many people about how good you were with the kids and how much they enjoyed you. I'm going to have so much fun picking out which ones to print... if I'm able to decide on just one! We will definitely be using you again.
ReplyDeleteThank you! Thank you! Thank you! They turned out way better than I could have even imagined!
You are amazing!
AHHH!!!!! THESE ARE AWESOME!!!!!!!! Yes this posts deserves these ->!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHi Maria! Loved all of your pictures and posts! I am going to have Trina check out your photos also. I will try to add some of hers to my blog so you can see some of the stuff she has shot - she did some beautiful ones at the Huntington Library while there were in town.
ReplyDeleteEveryone looks so great and I especially loved the family that you shot - what a sweet story. Where are the children from?
Our family blog is norrtorious.blogspot.com.
Give our love to Brian and the kids.
Love,
Tori
Congratulations to a beautiful, beautiful family! So happy for them all! And your work is stunning, as usual, Maria!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness Maria! What an amazing story! I would love to hear more. And what an incredible job you did photographing the whole family and catching each personality! That's one of your many amazing gifts - getting peoples' personalities to shine through in your photos. It leaves me speechless. You are such a people person - you genuinely love them and are so interested in them. And I can totally see you doing the hula to get their attention!
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