Mother Nature definitely woke up on the wrong side of the bed the morning of this family’s shoot. She dumped a huge storm over Cleveland that almost caused us to bag our session at the South Chagrin Reservation – but, once she got her morning cup of coffee – the rain subsided,  the sun came through …and she created one of the more beautiful settings in which I’ve shot in a while.

Good thing too… because this family was in from out of state visiting Grandma and we only had a few hours for this shoot to even happen.  And I’m so happy it did. Talk about a family who showed up completely relaxed and excited about hanging out in the park and getting their photos done… and they oozed happiness. And me? Well I was just the one there to capture it…

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These two are great together.  You can tell that they are great friends and I love that dynamic with young siblings. What I love most about this image is that they are definitely looking for critters – and little sis is all up in her dress and cute sandals standing in the water wanting to find something creepy and crawly!

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This one needed no direction.  She pretended to be shy at first, but I think she was secretly loving the camera!

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And this guy?  Sweet as ever – but I heard he’s got mean skills on the bball court!

Cute shot of these two. (The kids posed them)

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While we all know there are a lot of “thank yous” that I could express here – for now, let me just simply say “thank you” for the compliment of asking me to do these photos for you in the short time that you had back home.  I enjoyed every minute of seeing you all again, and appreciate your support more than you know!  Until next time…

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