Continuing my run of family photo sessions is a family who braved the wind and ventured out with me to try to find a little bit of fall left in the face of winter. We had a great time getting these and even the dogs sat still for a few seconds—just long enough to hit the shutter button. It was strange being at the Finch Arboretum the middle of the day when nobody was there. I’m used to seeing it packed with people.

As we were getting packed up, a few people started to come around. So, like usual, I also snapped a couple of shots of 3 sisters (it wasn’t too tough since I’m pretty used to taking pictures of 3 sisters) who were hanging out at the park with their mom.

Kelsey came along to help, but mostly ended up playing with the twins, Marissa & Sierra, which was just fine.

Check ‘em out…

I met the Stevenson family when I was out photographing a family at the Finch Arboretum. I saw a dad trying to get a family portrait with a tripod & timer. Since I’ve done that with only mediocre results so many times in the past, I offered to grab a shot with their camera. Then after meeting some more people around the park I wandered by the family again and got some shots with my camera. I was happy to email the photo to them.

So I was pleased when Shawn (dad) asked me to take pictures of his family along with their cousins visiting from Arkansas. We got together at Manito Park and got as much as we could before the cold got to be too much.

Special thanks goes to Michael for helping with this session as well as Sadie Stevenson (the oldest cousin) for keeping her cousins entertained and smiling for the camera. She also took a picture (the last photo in this post of her cousin riding on his dad’s shoulders) which is good enough to include in this post as well as deliver. Great job Sadie!

Here’s another recent family session we had at the beautiful Finch Arboretum in west Spokane. The fall colors exploded in the last few weeks and gave us a great palette for portrait backgrounds. Plus it’s always fun to throw around some fallen leaves.

Fun stuff. The kids were shy at first but warmed up pretty quickly when they got to help take pictures of the rest of their family—I have no idea what photographers did before LCD screens on the back of their cameras.

If you still need family portraits in time for Christmas, time is running out, but there is still enough time to get them done. Just let me know.

Click the thumbnails to see the full photos.