B Family, Family Photography, Rexburg, Idaho

Someone asked me not too long ago how I got started in photography. It all started with this family. Almost four years ago, I called up my friend, who'd just had a baby, and said, "Hey, can I drive out and take E's baby pictures?"

I don't know what possessed me to do it, but I wanted to try. My friend agreed, so I drove the hour to her house, set up my black sheet, and snapped away.

Thank goodness they're such good friends of mine and let me have another chance a few years later after Little B came along. :) (By the way, those newborn pics can be found on this blog if you care to dig far enough back into the archives. I have learned much since then in the art of Newborn Photography. Actually, in photography, period. :) )

One of the joys of raising young children is all their facial expressions. They don't hide much. As you can see:

But you know what? That's life. This is how it is when you have small people finding their way in a big world. And why would we want to forget that? So I love pictures where the kids aren't smiling big like we are begging them to. :)

And hands down one of my all-time favorite pictures I've ever taken is this one:

Something about the lighting and the coloring and the sweet innocent girl. It just calls to me.

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