This sweet family is a great example of why I like to do pre-portrait session consultations with the families and individuals I photograph! Stacy contacted me about taking their family portraits and before we set the session date, I met with them at their home to get to know them and their boys a little. I know I can do my best to get family portraits with nice locations, lighting and expressions but I love going the extra mile by capturing what makes them unique and special in this season of their life! We discussed locations (they wanted to be photographed at the Texas A&M campus by the Century Tree, big Aggie ring, Kyle Field, etc.) and clothes (we decided on blues). I asked what their two boys are into and found out Ian LOVES Nascar and knows amazing stats about cars and drivers so we decided to photograph him with his cars. Then their youngest, Cameron, said he loves super heroes and can often be found around the house in a variety of super hero garb--even being several super heroes at at time. So for Cameron, I asked them to bring his super hero stuff so we could capture him at the precious age and stage that he is! What we got is, as I mentioned, a wonderful snapshot of this sweet family and who they are right now, in 2015. Someday Ian won't play with Nascar cars and Cameron won't dress up in Incredible Hulk hands, a Superman shirt and Indiana Jones hat. But right now he does, and we captured these memories the Curtis family will enjoy for many years. I loved hearing squeals of joy at their viewing and ordering session as their portraits were revealed at my home studio! Thanks Curtis fam, for allowing me to photograph you and get a glimpse of how much you love each other and how much fun you have as a family!!!
