life, love and laughter - what priceless gifts to give our children.
- phylis campbell dryden


yesterday, i had the wonderful opportunity to photograph a family with nine children, all between the ages of 2 and 18, for military spouse magazine. and they were all super fun and well behaved. it's obvious that this family is so full of life, love and laughter. and the amazing thing is...mom is doing this while dad is deployed for 7 months or so. mom not only is doing this; she also blogs regular and does weekly podcasts on her mommy of many website. when i got home, steve said, makes three not seem so bad, huh?

the art director requested that the family photo be done in front of their house so i thought that we'd just load everyone in and around dad's truck. the other thing is that the photo had to be vertical. a family of 10 is tough to begin with...getting the shot vertical is that much more challenging.



needless to say, i'm not nearly done with their session but here's a couple others i love...




and an out take that makes me smile (the little one was sneaking up in the back of the truck, while i was photographing the older teens)...